summer reading?

Question

i'm 17 and i'm looking for some good books that i might be able to get into this summer. Nothing too intensely deep or anything, but definitely entertaining and it's gotta be a page turner. I've read dan brown and enjoyed it, the harry potter books are good, and golden compass, subtle knife and amber spyglass were good too.

any suggestions? i'm open to a lot of different genres.

Answer 1

Death by ...... series. authored by j.d. rod
spider-wick series authored by t. diterlizzi and h. black
tourist trap authored by Charles Ogden
dear America series publisher scholastic inc.
my America series publisher scholastic inc.
red-wall series by Brian Jacques
anything by Anne McCaffery(my personal fav.)

Answer 2

You might like Inkheart and Inkspell, or the Septimus Heap series (Magyk and Flyte are out right now). I liked that one. Um... There is Mary Higgins Clark if you like weird mysteries. She is a really favored writer. Shadow Children series (Starts with Among the Hidden) By Margaret Peterson Haddix. She writes good books too. Have you read the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants? A lot of people like those. Here are the ones I can think of of the top of my head. I hope I helped you.

Answer 3

Good in Bed by Jeniffer Weiner (not as lewd as the title may sound) and Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (currently making the movie) are both good books for a mature 17 year old. I think you will find both entertaining and insightful. Running with Scissors is a true story of a pre-teen through young adult years of a guy with a mother that suffers from mental illness, an absentee father, an insane psychiatrist and his unconventional family, a pedophile "friend" and first gay experience...it's crazy witty, sad, and unpredictable. I think you'd really enjoy both books.

Answer 4

Here are just a few suggestions for your pleasure: Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. All of these books will provide great reading material for you. This may sound sappy, but my favorite quote from Hearts is: " It was the kiss by which all the others of his life would be judged....and found wanting" Keep reading all you can, your knowledge will soar to new heights and you will be entertained at the same time!!!

Answer 5

I'm 18, so hopefully these books could be interesting for you. I loved them, very entertaining.

My favorite book, that is quite entertaining is 'Temple of Gold' by William Goldman.

Anyhting from the author Chuck Palahniuk.

Perks of being a Wallflower. (I read it last year when I was 17, it made me enjoy my last year of being a "kid"), Virgin Suicides, the Catcher in the Rye, Goodbye Columbus, and Stop Pretending (a story in the form of many poems)

That's just a few, try them!

Answer 6

I love books, I could go on and on about this. But I won't. I just finished Christoper Rice's A Density of Souls. Amazing. Nothing like his mothers stuff. This book makes you feel for and against all the character's. Each with their own personality and story. I highly recommend it. Let me know if you want some more, I would love to share any knowledge about books.

Answer 7

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Street by Ann Petry

The House on Mango Street by Susan Cisneros

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

Answer 8

Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow, Clockers by Richard Price,
Barbarians at the Gate, author easily found, Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein, Void Moon by Michael Connelly,Night Bird by Ed Dee, Cold Hit by Linda Fairstein, if you like any of these, get back to me, I have more.

Answer 9

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Answer 10

Sue Grafton writes compelling Kinsey Millhone Mysteries.

Start with "A is for Alibi."

Answer 11

I love Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. And I also recommend the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld.