What is your favorite book that is on a 16 or 17 year olds level?

Answer 1

Lord of the Rings

Answer 2

The A-List Books
Gossip Girls
Summer Boys
The Au Pairs
The Dating Game
Cruel Summer

Answer 3

My ultimate favorite book read in high school was called "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles.

As it has been many years since I read it, here is a good summary description (source listed below):
Since it was first published in 1959, John Knowles's novel A Separate Peace has gradually acquired the status of a minor classic. Set in the summer of 1942 at a boys' boarding school in New Hampshire, the novel focuses on the relationship between two roommates and best friends, Gene Forrester and Phineas. Both approaching their last year of high school and anticipating their involvement in World War II, Gene and Phineas have very different dispositions. Gene, from whose point of view A Separate Peace is told, is a somewhat athletic, shy intellectual; Phineas is a reckless non-intellectual and the best athlete at the school. As an adult looking back fifteen years, Gene recalls and comes to terms with an act he committed that left his friend physically incapacitated and ultimately contributed to his death. While daring each other to jump from a tree in a cold river, Gene jounces the limb Phineas is standing on. The latter lands on the bank of river, shattering several bones and terminating his athletic career.

A Separate Peace, which evolved from Knowles's short story "Phineas," brought its author both critical and commercial success. First published in England, it received excellent reviews there. Many critics praised the novel for its rich characterizations, artful symbolism, and effective narrative. Despite its success in England, eleven publishers in the United States turned it down before Macmillan decided to publish the American edition. As in England, the novel received excellent notices in the U.S. press. Many critics noted that the novel could be read as an allegory about the causes of war. Although A Separate Peace did not become an instant best-seller—only selling seven thousand copies in its first American printing—it has gradually become a commercial success, selling more than nine million copies to date.

Answer 4

It depends on the reader, because that's right about the age where the person is not quite a teen, not quite and adult. It also depends on how much the reader understand the language. A lot of adult books use bigger words and I know 16 year olds who have gotten it and others who haven't. I'd say check the Young Adult section at the bookstore or library.

Answer 5

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (maybe a bit older)

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

The A-List Series

Night

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Dan Brown Books...depending on what you like


All are good choices...

Answer 6

Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Looking For Alaska (John Green)
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Enchantment (Orson Scott Card)

Answer 7

Catcher in the Rye is an amazing coming of age tale. It should suffice any 16 or 17 year old's reading taste.

Answer 8

I absolutely love VC Andrews' books, but I'm 19. One of my really good friends is 17, though, and she really likes them, too. They tend to touch on really taboo and warped subjects, though, but they're fascinating. "Music In The Night" is to this day one of the best books I've read.

Caroline B. Cooney is also a fantastic author with great thrillers.

Also, check out "To Kill A Mockingbird"-Harper Lee and "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn"-Betty Smith. Those were two of my absolute favorite books in high school.

Answer 9

To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee
The Chosen- Chaim Potok
Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood
Their Eyes Were Watching God

All are a "must read before you leave the comforts of high school" kind of book.

Answer 10

*Wicked-The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West ( Is on a 16-17 yr. old level with the exception of City of Emeralds. Because of this, I find myself frequently comparing it to Peyton Place.)
*Son of A Witch (Sequel^^)
{Both are by Gregory Maguire.}
*Eragon and Eldest-two of the three Inheritance books, movie coming out in december.
{Christopher Paolini.}

Answer 11

Almost any book by Lurlere McDaniel. She writes books for young adults. These books are really good, but if you don't like books that are sad then you might not want to read these.
It mainly depends on what you like here's a website to check out Luurlene McDaniel if you want
www.lurlenemcdaniel.com