can anyone suggest a good age appropriate book to read for 16 year olds?

Question

im done with reading all the dan brown, john grisham, harry potters and lord of the rings and all the sweet valley books...i wna read sumthin tht can intellectually challenge me...new ideas..something!!

Answer 1

to kill a mockingbird
gone with the wind
pride and prejudice
sense and sensibility
Emma
anything by Charles dickens
the thorn birds
captains and the kings
how green was my valley
the jungle
of mice and men
the grapes of wrath
the Little prince

Answer 2

One that will really challenge you is Sophie's World (a book written by a philosphy lecturer to teach his students). If you like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings think about David Eddings, Robert Jordan. Labyrinth by Kate Mosse is another variation on the story of the Holy Grail.

Answer 3

Here are some of the books I would recommend.

Barbara Kingsolver, The Bean Trees. Taylor Greer leaves Kentucky and heads west to find a new life. When a baby is abandoned in her car, she learns that responsibilities and independence are not mutually exclusive in this story of family and community. Also check out any of the other books by Kingsolver.

John Green, “Looking for Alaska,”

I don't know if you think that mysteries are 'intellectually challenging' but the original Sherlock Holmes books by Arthur Conan Doyle are some of my favorite books.

If you ever want to relax and enjoy a funny book check out Tamar Meyers' books. The 'Pennsylvania Dutch' series are hilarious - they are also mystery books.

Red, White, and Black by Ted Decker - here is a website with some of his books on it
http://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/cms_content?page=449827&sp=67484&p=1018818


Check out any book by Frank Peretti

Here are a couple of great websites to look at, one is part of the American Library Association and the other is a website with a lot of great classic books on it. The second one also has many other things to do, like like blogs and a photo gallery.

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/outstandingbooks/litlanguage.htm
http://jollyroger.com/library/

Answer 4

A Room of My Own by Ann Tatlock
The Locket by Richard Paul Evans
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Emily Ever After by Ann Dayton
The Blue Bottle Club by Penelope Stokes
The Day of the Storm by Pilcher
Rebecca by DuMaurier
The Inheritance by Alcott

Answer 5

Sweet Valley High.It's all above board in those books. No going too far etc. and very teen friendly.
EDIT
Sorry I didn't think you were 16 , I thought you were looking for books for a 16 year old to read!!
Ok then Try Agatha Christie's 'Partners in Crime' or 'The time traveller's wife' by Audrey Niffenegger. It is about a couple Called Claire and her husband Henry. He suffers from a time displacement disorder and periodically leaps forward or backward in time within his own lifetime. This is written about as if he has an actual condition and is very well written. There are things that Henry has to avoid as they have been known to aggravate his condition!!!

Answer 6

Try reading the classics. The Count of Monte Cristo may be a good start. In high school I also read The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. It's not really a classic, but it's definitely one of the most moving books I have ever read.

Answer 7

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Or if you're really wanting an 'intellectual' challenge try Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson.

Answer 8

Madeleine L'engle is a great author who works for many different age groups. She has teen books and adult books, but I read alot of her adult books as a teen and am now rereading them.
Stiff; the curious lives of human cadavers, by Mary Roach, is good if you like learning weird things. Its well written and suprisingly funny in parts.
The Portable Dorothy Parker is great. Lots of short stories and poems. Kinda angsty, dark humour.
Kurt Vonnegut has lots of books that make you think.
Also The Phantom Tollbooth is a book that gets better as you get older, but anyone can enjoy it.

Answer 9

Garlic and sapphires by Ruth Reichl.
As the New York Times's restaurant critic for most of the 1990s, Reichl was determined to review the "true" nature of each restaurant she visited, so she often dined incognito--each chapter of her book highlights a new disguise, a different restaurant (including the original reviews from the Times), and a fresh culinary adventure.

The Time-Master trilogy By Louise Cooper.(review from Amazon)The books are 'The Initiate',The Outcast and The Master.It tells the story of Tarod a fascinating anti-hero, evolving throughout the series from a loyal disciple of Order to the God of Chaos that is his true heritage, with the repeated examination of his humanity thrown into the mix.

Bellarion the Fortunate by Rafael Sabatini.Brilliant swordfights,marvelous schemes and beautiful damsels abound in this fascinating tale of a condottiere or mercenary in 15th century Italy.As the story unfolds Bellarion a convent bred orphan youth is on the way to Padua for higher studies. He gets entangled in the affairs of Princess Valeria of Montferrat.And immediately takes up her cause.He acquits himself marvelously in the court intrigues at Montferrat.However the situation proved too hot and he escapes to Milan.In Milan he passes himself off as the son of Facino Cane,the great mercenary captain to escape the clutches of Gian Maria Visconti the bloodthirsty Duke of Milan.The real Facino Cane was amused at Bellarion’s deviousness and adopts him as his son.Under Facino Cane’s tutelage Bellarion emerges as one of the greatest mercenary captains of that age.

Answer 10

The Little Prince by Saint Exupery
Chicken Soup for the Soul

Answer 11

hey im 16 too! i am also done reading sweet valley and all that. i stopped reading sweet valley in 5th grade so... anyway. if u want a good laugh read the insiders by j.minter. its hilarious! and u have to read 13 little blue envelopes by maureen johnson. and blue bloods (by melissa de la cruz) is ahmazing. i can give u a full list if u want. send me a message.