I'm dying to find a good book to read, can anyone help me??

Question

I'm 15, but generally loved every book imaginable, including literature, not keen on romance novels tough.

Please Help me!!

Answer 1

Are you male, or female? What type of book to you most enjoy?

I particularly liked Frank Yearby in my teens. He wrote really wonderful historical fiction most of which was around the time of the Civil War. I read all his books at your age, and never knew until I was in my 20's that he was a black man.

The Foxes of Harrow, The Vines of Yaraby are two titles I recall, but just type Frank Yearby into a search engine.

As I said, it would help to know more about you to be more specific.

gender, interests, best subjects in school etc. Also what books have you enjoyed in the past?

Answer 2

Suggested readings for you. I have read all these.

1. The Little Prince
2. The Da Vinci Code
3. Angels and Demons
4. One Hundred Years of Solitude
5. Tuesdays with Morrie
6. The Five People You Meet In Heaven
7. A B N K K B S N P L Ko?! by Bob Ong
8. Stainless Longanisa by Bob Ong
9. Organize Yourself! by Ronnie Eisenberg (sort of a manual. it's a very good book!)
10. If you are a girl, try The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

Happy Reading!

Answer 3

OH! What a marvelous question! Alright - I suppose it depends what you're into. I started getting really into Michael Dibdin mysteries - they're short... VERY short.

Now I know you said you didn't want anything huge, but I'd recommend All That Glitters from Thomas Tryon. They're short stories that all eventually tie together. HOWEVER, the stories are good enough on their own, they can be read casually and on their own.

Anything from Stephen Fry. (Even his biography, which was a gas!)

Love and Other Games of Chance : A Novelty

Vile Bodies

I, Lucifer

And... I admit it, the shortest of short books I've ever read - Coraline from Neil Gaiman.

Little Me (from Patrick Dennis)

Any of the three Ed Wood books.

Memoirs of a Geisha

The Last Masquerade

1929


...And I could go on and on! If you get through these, and like'em, I could give you another list! :-D

Answer 4

Look for "84, Charing Cross Road" by Helene Hanff. It's a small book, a very quick read, but so warm and rich. It's a collection of letters spanning 30 years, between Hanff, a writer living in New York City, and a bookseller in London England. You see a friendship develop even though they're worlds apart. It's a delightful book!

Answer 5

Have you tried Eragon or Eldest? Eragon was written by a fifteen year old. He is now I believe 21 but he also wrote Eldest when he was like 18 or 19. I'm 39 and found that it was an excellent read. He also has a third book to the trilogy coming out but don't know when.

Answer 6

Ok. this is an awesome question.
The Protector of the Small quartet and the Song of the Lioness quartets are really great. by Tamora Pierce......anything by her is awesome.
Sarah Dessen writes good books on subjects dealing with real life like relationships and change. some titles are: "That Summer" "Someone Like You" "This Lullaby" and " "Truth About Forever"

If you like historical fiction Ann Rinaldi is really great.

Also I would recommend reading some classic novels, if you like the idea,like Lousia May Alcott and Jane Austen.....they might be a little bit deep but I loved them.

Answer 7

The Number One Ladies Detective Agency series: Alexander McCall Smith

About a Boy: Nick Hornby

Go to Amazon and type in some of the books you have enjoyed - it will recommend some others for you!

Answer 8

The Bounty trilogy. Mutiny of the Bounty, Men against the Sea, and Pitcairn's Island. Much better than I thought they would be. I am also partial to Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein and Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck.

Answer 9

1) High Crimes and Misdemeaners, by Ann Coulter
2) No One Left To Lie To, by Christopher Hitchens.


Both of these books are about the Clinton presidency. One by a christian conservative female (Coulter), the other by an atheistic, leftist male (Hitchens). It is comforting the way they both honestly come to the same conclusions - and also shows just how complicite the media was in preserving Clinton's term in office.

Two great books about recent history.

Answer 10

Try: The Chronicles of Narnia

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (suspense!)

Any Agatha Christie mystery

Good luck!