Good books to read?

Question

Im 14, like books that have action, romance, just not boring lol. i like fantasy alot but it doesnt have to be. i am big fan of the Harry Potter books but have read them all. Fun girly books are cool but i also like books that are a little more mature sometime so just suggest what ever you like, im just dying for something good to read and i hate roaming around the libray aimlessly.

Dairy Of a Girl- Anne Frank, Read and loved! Good suggestion tho. And the Lord of thr Rings book was a little to hard for me to read, lol i got bored and kept getting distracted, too many details in that book.

thnx you all so much, so many good suggestion. i cant wait to go to the library. i forgot i had a rode trip coming up in a few days so perfect timing. thnx.

Answer 1

"watership down" by Richard Bach was good

just read "life of Pi" by Yann Martel, also good.

could always read "the Lord of the Rings" saga...

Answer 2

Good fantasy books--

--Dealing with Dragon by Patricia C Wrede (and the rest of the series). Very fun books, pretty easy read but very entertaining since they twist a lot of "common" fairy tale assumptions

--Chronicles of Chrestomanci (there are maybe... 5 books in the series) by Diana Wynne Jones. If you liked HP you'd most likely like these

--Artemis Fowl by...uh... Colfer? something like that... Teenage evil genius and fairies.

--Elizabeth Peters books are good mystery/romance... The Vicki Bliss books are probably a little more action-packed and more modern setting (the Amelia Peabody series is set in the early 1900s and follows an very non conformist Victorian woman and her Egyptologist husband... "Every year another dead body."). The 1st Vicki book is my least favorite in the series, you can skip without a problem and the 2nd is Street of 5 Moons which is the BEST book in the series.

--Terry Pratchett Possibly my favorite author. He writes really bizzare fantasy books (I probably started reading them when I was about 14..). They're absolutely hilarious and referance a lot different things . I'd recomend starting with Guards Guards or Mort... The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is one of his young adult books and it's really good too.

Answer 3

Stephen King books are a good read. But, I would suggest checking out some of the classics. Not all of them, are worded complicated and are a pain to read. I spent a lot of time reading romance novels and essentially junk. I wish someone had told me to go for the classics, years ago.

You will be doing yourself a big favor. Trust me. I think I would do a google search on classic literature, and go from there.

Answer 4

Howls- Allen Grinsberg
Oliver Twist- Charles Dickens

Answer 5

For fantasy, I love books by Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Stardust, Neverwhere, Anansi Boys, etc.) and the Dragonlance books by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (Soulforge, Brothers in Arms, Legends and Chronicles Trilogy) The Giver by Lois Lowry is also quiet excellent

Answer 6

YA books:

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is part realistic fiction (set in high school), part romance, part fantasy (vampires interacting with humans), and part action. It is anything but boring.

Uglies, Pretties, and Specials is a dystopic futuristic trilogy by Scott Westerfeld. There is plenty of action in them with splashes of romance and betrayal.

The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan is another action-packed fantasy series. (The first two books of a series anyway). Percy Jackson comes to learn in book one that he's half-human, and half-god--Greek god that it is. He's the result of his mother's passionate summer affair with none other than Poseidon. So when he starts vaporizing teachers, he gets a little concerned :)

Other YA authors are Sarah Dessen, who has realistic fiction and romance down perfectly, and Louise Rennison, whose series featuring Georgia Nicolson always keeps me laughing.

Adult writers

I love Orson Scott Card. His most famous novels are probably Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow. There are many books in the series. He has at least two other series, but he also has many stand-alone novels. Enchantment is a modernization of Sleeping Beauty in Russia, US, and a fantasy land. Another novel, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus is a futuristic novel where society has advanced technology to the point where they can watch the past unfold on the big screen. A team of scientists is working on a time machine to save humanity from itself by traveling back in time. There are plenty of twists and turns along the way!

The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers are two books by Alexander Dumas that are very action-packed. (Love those sword fights!)

Answer 7

Have you read the books by Ann Brashears (sp?)
Sisterhood of the travelling pants? (chick lit)

Also-
Secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Devil Wears Prada
Books by Meg Cabot (she does the Princess Diaries)
Books by Sophie Kinsella

Also, when you're in the library, ask the Young Adult Librarian (if your library has one) for recommendations/suggestions. If your library does not have a YA Librarian, ask the librarians at the service desks for help.

Good for you for going to the library! :)

Answer 8

Anything by authors Michael Crichton, Dean Koontz or especially Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series.

Answer 9

The Deed of Paksenarrion

if you like fantasy, this is THE book for you (actually it is a trilogy). it is written by a woman (elizabeth moon) about a young sheep farmers daughter who leaves the farm to join the military. I dont want to give you a lot more information, lest i give away too much.

The authors experience in the military shows in the her writing. i was VERY pleased with the books and reread them every three to four years or so.

trust me on this one. you wont be disappointed

Answer 10

Artemis Fowl
The Wind on Fire Trilogy by William Nicholson (great one)
Catcher in the Rye
Hex triology by Rhiannanon Lassiter (teenagers in computer age plus a bit of magic)

Answer 11

Captain Corelli's Mandolin