Here are some great YA authors:
Sarah Dessen
Scott Westerfeld
Stephenie Meyer
Laurie Halse Anderson
Sonya Sones
Louise Rennison
And here are some good books I'd recommend
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
Looking For Alaska by John Green
Pepperland by Mark DeLaney
Angus, Thongs, & Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
2006-07-15 14:22:46
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answered by laney_po 6
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YA (young adult) authors are plentiful and any good library has someone (several someones) who can help you.
Personally, authors such as Piers Anthony, Raymond Feist, Robert Heinlein, and Gordon R. Dickson were pleasant reading growing up along with the Amber series by Roger Zelazney.
Look to the classics. They are classics for a reason. Tom Sawyer, Far From The Madding Crowd, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man.
Pick a movie you've seen...Bet you it was a book first.
But the important thing is ... READ. Commic or classics, 'sall good.
2006-07-15 19:40:39
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answered by comedianwit 2
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Personally, I'm big on German history, so anything on Germany during the 1930s and '40s is interesting such as Auschwitz by Laurence Rees. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is very good. The Pickwick Papers and A Tale of Two Cities are also excellent-both by Charles Dickens. The Canterbury Tales is a comical one by Geoffrey Chaucer..take your pick. Literature is also a great thing! Give it a try! Some are not as bad and as boring as you probably think.
2006-07-15 14:11:32
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answered by MerienPlatz423 1
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If you like to read really big books like me, then i suggest you read the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. If you want awkward romance- V.C.Andrews, The Wildflowers. Supernatural? Meg Cabot, The Mediator or Stephenie Meyer, Twilight. Fantasy and adventure? Nancy Farmer, House of the Scorpion
Have fun
2006-07-15 14:09:09
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answered by nymphette13 2
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Try "Found" by June Oldham or "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card. "Gingerbread" by Rachel Cohn is good or my favorite is "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky. It's an easy read with a deeper message and a different style of writting. If you only pick one from this list, I'd say try "The Perks of Being a Wallflower".
2006-07-15 15:54:12
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answered by sick_of_att 1
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Read some of Stephen King's short stories books like Nightmares and Dreamscapes and Everything's Eventual.
2006-07-15 14:11:20
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answered by saintmeghan 3
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I do not read scary stuff. If you read Caribbean literature, the book "The Painted Canoe" by Anthony C. Winkler I found interesting, sad, happy and even intriguing.
2006-07-15 14:12:21
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answered by Chrissy 2
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Anything by Cynthia Voight, but especially Homecoming. It's about four kids whose mother abandons them, and the oldest one (13) has to get them to their aunt's house. It's the first of a whole series of books about the family.
I read them when I was in eighth grade, and am not ashamed to admit that even now, at 30, I reread them occasionally.
2006-07-15 14:09:25
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answered by meathead76 6
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Sarah Dessen is amazing. As is my most favorite author Tamora Pierce! They both write wonderful books....one is fiction the other fantasy...I would suggest Ann Rinaldi if you like historical fiction.
I don't know what my favorite book is b/c I have read so many and loved almost ALL of them!
2006-07-16 13:57:38
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answered by nickollete15 2
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I love the MYTH Adventure books by Robert Aspirin. They are incredibly funny, and spoof fantasy books in great way. Whether you like fantasy or not, if you have somewhat of a absurdest sense of humor.
2006-07-15 14:30:05
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answered by Rae 2
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