What books do you recommend for a high school student (Senior year)?

Question

Please mention books you've personally read and believe that it's a nice story to be read. English ONLY please.

English Only. Meant that I don't need any books written in other languages which are not translated. People may recommend spanish books as an example. The only language I can read is English. That is all what I meant. I do not mind reading books translated into English from other languages.

Answer 1

Animal farm (by George orwell) ( the book is better than the movie)

Shogun (by james Clavell) (good dialect in writing here...alot of 'pirate speak', if you will)

The outsiders (Movie is pretty good too)

Of mice and men ( good movies too)

Answer 2

Hi my son suggests the following:
Hawksmoor Peter Ackroyd
Ghostly Beasts Joan Aiken
Skellig David Almond
The Rachel Papers Martin Amis
The Long Firm Trilogy Jake Arnott
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
The Crow Road Iain Banks
Carrie's War Nina Bawden
Checkmate Malorie Blackman
River Boy Tom Bowler
Under Pressure Tony Bradman
Jayne Eyre Charlotte Bronte
Junk Melvin Burgess
Girl with a Pearl earing Tracey Chevalier
The Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald

There's a few to start with, happy reading

Answer 3

I would suggest:

The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
Heart of Darkness

Below is a link to my local library's suggestions of good books for high school seniors.

Answer 4

As far as classics go:

1984
Frankenstein
The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers
Pride & Prejudice

As far as YA literature:

Looking for Alaska by John Green
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Adult literature
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card

Answer 5

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
1984 by George Orwell
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

1st 3 books mentioned could be read over a weekend.
4th one slightly longer, but a very good read.

edit: I do not understand the "English only" in the question. Is the request for books by authors native to English-speaking countries? Are choices limited to authors writing in English as their first language? This seems like a foolish criterion; fine English translations exist for many non-English books.

Answer 6

catcher in the rye
jane eyre
roll of thunder, hear my cry
breakfast at tiffanys
virgin suicides
1984
My advice is to try and read lots of different books, for a good, well told story try any John Irving books, starting with a prayer for owen meany - fantastic

Answer 7

a bunch of people mentioned a cather in the rye- that book was great. i read atlas shrugged when i was a senior in high school and it really changed my life. it's long and a bit challenging but worth it.

Answer 8

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What books do you recommend for a high school student (Senior year)?
Please mention books you've personally read and believe that it's a nice story to be read. English ONLY please.

Answer 9

i believe that the following books are very good to read.


1 A child called It

2 The lost boy

3 A man named dave

theses are all from a author named dave pelzer.


i hope you read them they are truely inspiring books

Answer 10

Pride and Prejudice, Austen
The Odyssey, Homer