What are some good books to read for a 9th grader??

Question

i am an avid reader and read many books. fav author is nicholas sparks..know any good authors similar to him??

nicholas sparks wrote the notebook, yes it is related to the movie, also A walk to remember, he wrote that. Mandy moore and Shane West star in that.

Answer 1

Try Anton Chekhov's stories, Bernard Malamud, Dan Brown if you haven't yet read The DaVinci Code, The Lord of the Rings, books by Michael Crichton if you like techno-thrillers, Artemis Fowl series, Bartimeaus trilogy, "Birds of America" by Lorrie Moore, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, and complete Sherlock Holmes by sir Arthur Conan Doyle if you're not familiar with his works, and Jane Austen's novels. these should keep you happily reading for quite some time. have fun!

Answer 2

I love Nicholas Sparks as well... last year I was taking a long drive so I got an audio book that he wrote with his brother. It's their true story about how they grew up, what life was like with their parents and their sister.

I laughed, cried, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's called Three Weeks with my Brother, and if you haven't read it, I would highly recommend it.

Here are a couple that are similar to Sparks' works:

Letters for Emily (Camron Wright): A grandfather is suffering from Alzheimer's and before he gets too bad, he decides to write some letters to his very young granddaughter, Emily. And in each letter he has included a puzzle. If she can put together all the puzzles, she'll find a treasure.

The Christmas Box (Richard Paul Evans): The Christmas Box, the touching story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her. Together they discover the first gift of Christmas and learn what Christmas is really all about.

Answer 3

Although Nicholas Sparks may have his merits, there are some books out there that depart from a romantic paradigm and may broaden your view of the world, especially if you are in high school and just starting to wake up to the world around you. Here are some of my favorites from childhood and adulthood:
1. The Thief of Always, Clive Barker
2. Passing, Nella Larsen
3. The Color Purple, Alice Walker
4. The Neverending Story, Michael Ende
5. Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Salmun Rushdie
6. Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Carson McCullers
7. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein
8. Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
9. Emma, Jane Austen
10. VILLETTE, CHARLOTTE BRONTE

Answer 4

As an avid reader myself, I am often faced with the same problem like you have. The best way to find new fav books is go to a bookstore or the library and just grab a book right out of the shelf and read a page or two in order to see whether it is likely to interest you or not.

It is always a quest and a challenge because sometimes a book is horribly boring in the beginning but after reading it you declare it the most fascinating story ever told.

So, to make things short I wish you lots of persistance to always keep that quest for a good book alive.

Here are some inspirations:

Holes - by Lois Sachar,
the Barbara Woods books
Follow the Stars home - by Luanne Rice
Nicholas Evans

and on, and on, and on..............................................

Answer 5

George Orwell's "Animal Farm," and "1984," also by Orwell. There is also Jack Schaefer's famous and very much loved, "Shane." Or, how about the always popular classic, "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee, and "Flowers for Algernon," a science fiction story written by Daniel Keyes." There are lots of notes and commentaries of these novels on the Internet for discussion!

You might also want to read the series by John Jakes, which traces the family of a young boy born of a French peasant woman and a titled Englishman. He comes to America, meets Ben Franklin, Paul Revere and many of the founding fathers of this nation. The books, known as The Kent Family Chronicles and also known as The Bicentennial Series, tell about different members of the Kent family and their connection with history. Everything starts before the American Revolution and ends in 1890. The titles of the 8 books are: The Bastard (1974), The Rebels (1975), The Seekers (1975), The Furies (1976), The Titans (1976), The Warriors (1977), The Lawless (1978), The Americans (1979). You'll love this series of very well written books, with historical anecdotes and all sorts of trivial facts thrown in as a backdrop to the stories. Fantastic reading!

Answer 6

When I was in 9th grade, I was an avid reader myself. And my tastes tended to be a bit eclectic, from Tom Sawyer to Call of the Wild to the Lord of the Rings books. I don't remember being especially fond of one particular author at that time- but I did like Louisa May Alcott and Caroll Lewis. I was a bit older when I got introduced to Isaac Asimov, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and some of the others.

Answer 7

Before I give you a long list of books, I think you should just go to the library and glance through some books or sections or authors you might want to pursue on your own time. It's always good to be open to the type of book you want to read - don't judge a book by its cover. Really. Don't.

Some good books that I myself have enjoyed as a current 9th grader -
-The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series
-To Kill a Mockingbird
-A Separate Peace
-A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
-The Clique Series - kind of childish, but still funny
-Ender's Game
-Anthem (or any of Ayn Rand's books)
-Fahrenheit 451
-Just In Case along with How I Live Now (Meg Rosoff is a very good author)
-I absolutely love John Steinbeck, he's a little serious, but still the overall stories are very good.
-Try any of Carl Hiaasen's books. Most are for adults but hey we're in high school now so it's all good.
-Looking for Alaska. I forget who wrote it but that was an excellent book.

Good luck!

Answer 8

Authors: Scott O'Dell, Lois Lowry, Dan Brown
Books: A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebels Angel's, A-list series, Classics like Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and Sense and Sensibility

Answer 9

Some of my favorite books when I was around that age were by Madeleine L'Engle: And Both Were Young, A Wrinkle in Time, A Wind in the Door, A Swiftly Tilting Planet, Many Waters, An Acceptable Time, etc, etc... I haven't read anything by her that I didn't like! I'm pushing 30 years old, and I still love to re-read these books...

Some of the others people have listed are near the top of my 'favorites' list: Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings

I also love: Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Bronte), the Anne of Green Gables series (by LM Montgomery), some of the Jane Austen books (Pride & Prejudice, Persuasion...)

Answer 10

When I was about your age, I read The Good Earth. It's a classic. You'll remember it for your life. If you like Nicholas Sparks, I think you'll like Maeve Binchy's earlier works. Like:
Circle of Friends, Light a Penny Candle, Echoes, The Copper Beech. Binchy is very good at character development and weaving in different characters lives together. There's romance in them, but what I always liked best about her books is that her characters aren't perfect people. They're like someone you know and get to like, and wish you could see even after the book is done. I don't really like her more recent titles. But the ones I mention here, are really good. And I'll bet you can find them in your local library.

Answer 11

I read The Good Earth. It's a classic. You'll remember it for your life. If you like Nicholas Sparks, I think you'll like Maeve Binchy's earlier works. Like:
Circle of Friends, Light a Penny Candle, Echoes, The Copper Beech. Binchy is very good at character development and weaving in different characters lives together. There's romance in them, but what I always liked best about her books is that her characters aren't perfect people. They're like someone you know and get to like, and wish you could see even after the book is done. I don't really like her more recent titles. But the ones I mention here, are really good. And I'll bet you can find them in your local library.