if a person does like to read, wuts the best book for a 16 year old to enjoy?

Answer 1

Looking for Alaska by John Green
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Ender's Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Invisible by Pete Hautman

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
Hit the Road by Caroline B. Cooney
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

Answer 2

Definitely the His Dark Materials Trilogy by Phillip Pullman (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, the Amber Spyglass, and the companion: Lyra's Oxford).

Also the Young Wizards series by Diane Duane (So You Want to be a Wizard, Deep Wizardry, High Wizardry, A Wizard Abroad, A Wizard's Dilemma, A Wizard Alone, Wizard's Holiday, Wizards At War)

The Pendragon series by D.J. MacHale also rocks (The Merchant of Death, The Lost City of Faar, The Never War, The Reality Bug, Black Water, The Rivers of Zadaa, The Quillan Games).

If you want more realistic fiction, I reccomend anything by Clive Cussler, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, Vince Flynn, or Andy McNabb. Cussler writes maritime thrillers, Crichton writes thrillers on all different topics, King writes horror thrillers, and Flynn and McNabb write political thrillers. All of these authors write books that are impossible to put down once you get into them, and they have wonderful plots.

Hopefully you'll find something that I've recommended interesting! I hope that this helps you!

Answer 3

Being 16 doesn't really mean you should stick to teenage books or books for young adults. Try your luck at books that were written for adults. You'll get a higher respect from anyone who sees you reading them usually and you'll be helping yourself by getting into the habit of more advanced reading. Some authors that would be a good read are:

James Patterson
Ken Follett
Jack Higgins
Thomas Harris
Thomas Harlan

Each of these authors has written a few books at least, each incredible to the very end. Go to the library and ask the librarian to search these names or do so yourself and I promise, not only will people be impressed, but your mental status will increase because of the better material.

It worked for me and I'm only 14.

Answer 4

Well, everyone's different, regardless of their age, so there's no easy answer. Best solution is -- when you find a book you like -- read more books by that author. "Lord of the Flies" usually goes over pretty well, as does "Catcher in the Rye" and "To Kill a Mockingbird". For more contemporary stuff, just start with popular fiction. Stephen King, John Grisham, etc. If you find that you enjoy the horror genre or legal genre, for example, try to find other authors that write in that genre.

Also, if a movie you enjoyed was based on a book, try reading it or other books by that author.

Answer 5

From a number of those examples, i'd additionally say she probable enjoys delusion. indexed right here are some solid recommendations (and various of alternative them have lady protagonists). Madeleine L'Engle has written a ton of books that are all actually interior an identical sequence. Her maximum nicely-regular (and probable the wonderful one first of all) is A Wrinkle in Time. Lowis Lowry's trilogy beginning with The Giver is likewise solid. Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries, has written a number of "girly" books, too.

Answer 6

Graphic novels are great for people who like to read 'a little' or have little interest in reading novels.

Novellas are also great for those of us with short attention spans. "Turn of the Screw" is a classic Victorian novella that is short with a major return on the investment.

I'd recommend "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel to any 16-year-old. While it is a novel, it's a great read - it's easy to get immersed in this story of a boy's traveling across the Pacific Ocean after the ship carrying him, his family, and his father's zoo animals sinks.

Short-shorts, flash fiction, and short story collections are also good reads, especially on long rides.

Answer 7

Girl or boy?

The Narnia series is so great.

But lots of adult books are great too. I started reading Stephen King pretty young. Also, classics are classics for a reason. Consider To Kill a Mockingbird..it's AWESOME. Look into other classics!

Answer 8

I would say that it depends on what the 16 year old is interested in, gender, that type of thing.
Anything by CS Lewis is a good choice, ditto JRR Tolkein.
Slightly less well known, but also very good: Tad Williams (particularly if he/she likes cats).
I tend toward fantasy, but he/she may prefer something more realistic. Try the young adults section of your library, and scan until you see a topic that you know interests him/her.

Answer 9

A Separate Peace

Catcher in the Rye

Answer 10

Harry Potter.