no romance or comedy
2007-01-11 06:42:14 · 14 answers · asked by non active 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hey Non Active,
First, take Laney Po's advice - she knows books!
Me, I am a hack at best. My advice is to read a lot, so you find what you like, and what you don't like.
Here is a great series about Wooden ships and Iron Men, it includes the block buster Master and Commander:
Post Captain (Aubrey Maturin Series) (Paperback)
by Patrick O'Brian "At first dawn the swathes of rain drifting eastwards across the Channel parted long enough to show that the chase had altered course..." 1.
2007-01-11 06:55:43 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I think that you can read all kinds of "adult" books as a young adult! I guess it depends on how old you are and if your parents are cool with letting you read whatever you want, but some of my faves were/are:
* "Why Moths Hate Thomas Edison", Hampton Sides (editor) is a collection of science Q&A from Outside magazine.
* "Darkness at Noon" by Arthur Koestler (political fiction, I first read it for school, but I really love this book). If you like this book check out "The Commissar Vanishes" by David King which is about the falsification of photographs in Russia under Stalin.
* The "Dune" series by Frank Herbert if you are into sci-fi
* Anything by Dick Francis for a good escapist mystery, usually involving the horse-racing world.
* "The Way Things Work" by David Macaulay
Hope you read at least one, I promise you won't be sorry!!
2007-01-11 07:09:32 · answer #2 · answered by Carolyn R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
2007-01-11 06:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by laney_po 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn
Acceleration by Graham Mcnamee
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles
You Don't Know Me by David Klass
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Never Let Me Go (Alex Awards (Awards)) by Kazuo Ishiguro
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
2007-01-11 07:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by Ralph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When i was young i asked our school librarain that same question and i said exactly what you said, no love or lame joke book. What she said was, well, for young adults like you i would recomend "The wander", "to kill a mocking bird", "the true confessions of charlotte doyle", and books which invole nature and life. P.s i miss my teacher a lot! i wish that, that silly cancer wouldn't take her away from me and the world around me.
2007-01-11 06:55:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you enjoy fiction/fantasty I would recomend these three books, they are a series and come in a young readers level or an adult level.
The Golden Compass-Philp Pullman
The Subtle Knife-Philp Pullman
The Amber Spyglass-Philp Pullman
2007-01-11 07:46:58 · answer #6 · answered by Miki-chan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A Random Walk Down Wallstreet" by Burton G. Malkiel.
"Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert T. Kiyosaki.
"Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitlers Shadow" by Susan Campbell.
"I am the Messanger" by Markus Zusak.
Those are all really good books, so make sure to check them out.
2007-01-11 06:59:24 · answer #7 · answered by Michael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend the following:
"Meet you at the Top" by Zig Ziegler" It is an uplifting book by a great motivational writer and speaker.
Also, "God wants you to be Rich" by Paul Zane Pilzer. He is a top Christian Economist that gives good Bibilical answers to a lot of questions in an entertaining way!
2007-01-11 06:59:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That kinda depends what grade are you in? Do you like mystery?
How about
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Series) by Anthony Horowitz
Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo
2007-01-11 06:54:20 · answer #9 · answered by lavenderagate 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Holy books
2007-01-11 06:50:45 · answer #10 · answered by Rana S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋