Sci-fi, Magical, Science books, etc....
2006-08-31 00:18:54 · 23 answers · asked by Miss LaStrange 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Not Harry Potter!
2006-08-31 00:24:12 · update #1
Books by Madelein L'Engle. She has a trilogy that's very good! Actually, my daughter has read just about all her books and enjoyed them.
My other daughter enjoyed Janette Oke.
Any of the classics: Little Women. Jane Eyre. Pride and Prejudice. (just to name a few).
Catcher in the Rye.
Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe (read the entire series. I think there are about 7 books total).
2006-08-31 00:24:22 · answer #1 · answered by grahamma 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a very difficult question since literature preference is such a personal thing. The first recommendation I would have is to go to your local library. I know it's probably not the best hang out spot you can think of but they probably have a children's or teen's librarian who can recommend some titles. Be aware that the section may be called "Young Adult." This will make sure you aren't looking at Magic Treehouse books and such that are meant for younger kids. Take along the names and authors of some books you have liked in the past as a guideline.
Amazon.com also offers "recommendations" as long as you log in. You rate some books you like and then get titles of similar books that may be good.
As far as my personal recommendations, Harry Potter is always a good series as is the Charlie Bone series and Molly Moon but all are a little younger than the age group you are looking for - still cute.
Eargon and Eldest iare two great and very hot titles right now.
If you are a fan of the shows Charmed or Buffy the Vampire Slayer there are titles that are based on both of those shows.
Meg Cabot writes a series called The Mediator about a young woman who is a link between this world and the world of the dead that is creepy.
Neil Gaiman is another great sci-fi/magic author who has multiple titles both in YA and in Adult including a graphic novel series called The Sandman about a guy who wants to capture Death but by accident captures the King of Dreams and a novel called Neverwhere that is very good.
Garth Nix writes some interesting YA novels that would fit the bill called The Abhorsen Trilogy.
Darren Shan writes a series called Cirque du Freak that would also be something to look into.
If the reader is an advanced one and can handle some mature matter, some adult titles will fit the bill just fine - books by Anne Rice are scary and usually about vampires, Alice Hoffman weaves a mystical quality into her books even if they aren't directly about magic, etc. . If you want to get a little into the horror aspect, Clive Barker is a good crossover. Michael Crichton is great especially for some of the fictional science aspects - Coma and Jurassic Park are two of his better known novels. If you like true science fiction/fantasy (where worlds collide, dragons exist, etc.) try some Anne McCaffery.
Now after listing all of those, I still recommend checking out your library and browsing the shelves - there is so much out there you just never know what you'll come across!
Good reading!
2006-08-31 02:45:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Josie and Jack--Kelly Braffet sort of fairy tale/Flowers in the Attic
Stranger than Fiction--Kelli Link, magical, sci-fi short stories
Oohh, and The Thief of Always by Clive Barker, fairy tale about a little boy who goes to live in this magical house where he can do whatever he wants to and then he learns that time moves differently in the world from which he came (sorry, crap summary, but excellent book, I just don't want to give away the whole story!)
I'd recommend them for people older than 15-18 too.
2006-08-31 04:35:43 · answer #3 · answered by LA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The East End Murders series, Eragon, Eldest, The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golems Eye, Ptolemy’s Gate, Endymion Spring, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Artemis Fowl series.
2006-08-31 03:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if they are for a girl the coolest author ever is LJ Smith, i read them when i was that age, they are romance teen books about witches, vampires and werewolves (i.e. a vampire falls in love with a human but they can't tell the human they are a vampire........etc) the only place i know to get them now is on ebay. Christopher Pike is also great he is a very unique author, you can never guess the outcome of his stories, they are a bit sci-fi/magical depending on which book.
2006-08-31 00:26:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would reccomend anything by R.A. Salvatore. I am a 24 year old woman and I have a 17 year old brother. For the past 4 years, we have been reading Everything he has written, or that another author has started a spin off with. But that is, only if you like fiction. We swap books and discuss them on the phone. Before I got him his first one, he hated to read. Now I can't get him to put the books down. Every holiday it's all he wants as a present. a new book. :O)
2006-08-31 05:43:53 · answer #6 · answered by Orange 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl.
Any book written by Agatha Christie
The Harry Potter Series
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
A Bird in the House by Margaret Laurence
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Simarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
2006-08-31 15:29:20 · answer #7 · answered by Gail M 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Vampire/Werewolves...Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. These are the first two books in a series. Both are great and I highly recommend them.
Dystopia/Science Fiction...Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld. Uglies; Pretties; Specials. Tally is a young girl, 15-16, who along with her friends ends up with a huge responsibility/opportunity to reshape her society.
Re-told fairy tales...Robin McKinley is a great author.
Orson Scott Card is my favorite science fiction writer. He writes for adults, but young adults have found their way to several of his titles...such as Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow.
A new fantasy book called HERE THERE BE DRAGONS comes out on October 1. It is really good. It is by James A. Owen.
2006-08-31 07:14:18 · answer #8 · answered by laney_po 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-06 03:27:24 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the teens. At the age of 17 I had a big breakthrough considering literature, so I could name Sartre as well, while before that I haven't really read even the compulsory books... :))
How about something adventurous but also serious, such as:
E. T. A. Hoffmann: Devil's Elixir
2006-08-31 00:38:36 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋