good book to read.?

Question

i a into true stories i have already read a cchild called it and she said yes, but i eant another good book to read. im 17 and i dont want a corny book. thank you.

Answer 1

Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Joe’s Boys by L. M. Alcott
Harry Potter by J. K Rowling
Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Overcoat, The Nose and Other Short Stories by Nikolai Gogol
1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahaeme
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Lemony Snicket’s series of Unfortunate Events
The Catcher in The Rye
A Clockwork Orange
The Lord of The Flies
Brave New World
The Handmaid's Tale
The Old Man and The Sea

Answer 2

Well, there's always "The Lovely Bones." It isn't a true story, but the author bases part of the book on her own experiences. It is a really sad story, though.

There's also "The Pursuit of Happyness," which has been made into a movie, with Will Smith.

I would also recommend "Country Under My Skin," if you're looking for a challenge; it's an autobiography, of a revolutionist, in South America. It's written by Gioconda Belli.

Answer 3

Neither of these are true but they are both fantastic reads---

Everything is Illuminated. Fantastic, fantastic story. Made into a movie with Elijah Wood, but I suggest reading the book before seeing the movie, if you haven't done either yet.

Forrest Gump. This book is so much different from the movie, it's amazing. I found it when I was about your age, and it quickly made it's way to the top of my favourite books of all time.

Edit: someone mentioned "Into Thin Air", by Jon Krakauer. A great one by him is "Into the Wild". True story, quite interesting.

Answer 4

This is not a true story, but it is so good--you should try reading Eragon ,and Eldest by Christopher Paolini. He wrote the first book when he was only 15, and he is a freaking genius--he wote it to find a new direction in life afer he had graduated fron high school.

Answer 5

True stories? The best is history and biography. There are many valuable biographies out there: it completely depends on who you admire. There are also "fictionalized biographies," and the champion of that genre is Irving Stone. I consider his works more interesting than pure biography. some examples:

Clarence Darrow for the Defense
Jack London, Sailor on Horseback
The Agony and the Ecstasy (Michelangelo)
Passions of the Mind (Freud)
Lust for Life (van Gogh)
The Greek Treasure (Schliemann)

Answer 6

Biographies are great.

There's a book by Sam Kinnison's brother on his life. And a great book on Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto called The Dark Side of Genius. A good read. --Effortless, if you like movies and psychology.

Answer 7

This is far from corny and it is based on the authors Diaries. "Crying Mountain" by Lili Dauphin It's at Amazon.com

Answer 8

True story? Into Thin Air is as an amazing story and it really happened.

Answer 9

You may like David Sedaris' book "Me Talk Pretty One Day." It is several short autobiographical stories, and VERY funny. Check it out!

Answer 10

Try Frank Peritte. I love his books they are suspence but GOOD. not really books to read at night before bed though.