i like to read and would like some book reccommendations. i love books by sarah dessen, the harry potter books, and stuff like that. btw, im a teenage girl.
2007-02-14 08:55:10 · 21 answers · asked by jjj 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If you love Sarah Dessen try Joan Bauer. She is a great writer. My favorites are Hope Was Here and Squashed. Although she's written several more--and I've enjoyed them all. You might also enjoy Sonya Sones. Her books are What My Mother Doesn't Know, and One Of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies. They are great, and are very fast reads. Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta is great. Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock is good. The Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty is great. Hit the Road by Caroline B. Cooney is good and very funny. And you really can't beat the Georgia Nicholson series by Louise Rennison if you're looking for laugh-out-loud books. The first one is Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging. I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter is good. I smiled all the way through it.
And perhaps my two favorite books are Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer.
2007-02-14 10:53:53 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Given I read so much, here is a decent booklist:
Chocolat – Joanne Harris (the gypsy was based on me)
Unusual Point of View:
Skepticism – Bo Fowler (main character is a supermarket trolley)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – J. Safran Foer (main character is a boy whose dad called from World Trade Centre and left an answer phone message)
British:
Hemmingway’s Chair – Michael Palin
Not the End of the World – Christopher Brookmyre
White Teeth – Zadie Smith
Making History – Stephen Fry
Popcorn – Ben Elton
International:
The Ringmaster’s Daughter – Jostein Gaarder
Memoirs of a Geisha – Authur Golden
Well paced:
Jonathon Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach*
The Beach – Alex Garland
Life of Pi – Yarn Merkel
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemmingway *
Flud – Hilary Mantel
Non Fiction:
Round Ireland with a Fridge – Tony Hawks
Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
Playing the Moldavian’s at Tennis – Tony Hawks
Fever Pitch – Nick Hornby
Classics:
Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll *
Brideshead Revisited – Evelyn Waugh
Madame Bouvary – Gustave Flaubert
Gormenghast Trilogy – Mervin Peake
I, Robot – Isaac Asimov
Humor:
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1st three books in the trilogy) – Douglas Adams
A Book of Nonsense – Mervin Peake *
Detective:
Complicity – Iain Banks
Filth – Irvine Welsh
Inspector Rebus novels – Ian Rankin
* books that I read cover to cover without putting down
Source(s):
my 360 Blog
2007-02-15 20:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im about your age. I love:
Series of Unfortunate Events-Lemony Snicket
Any Book by Lois Lowry; especially The Giver
The Clique-Lisi Harrison
The Chronicles of Narnia! a must read series!
Wenny Has Wings- Janet Lee Carey- a bit short but wonderful
The City of Ember and The People of Sparks
I've heard good things about Eragon, but I've also heard its a dumb semi-knockoff of Harry Potter.
Uglies, Pretties, and the newest upcoming book, Specials, a wonderful trilogy series of must reads for people 10 and over-all by Scott Westerfield.
And watch for the latest Harry Potter book which is supposed to come out this summer! Happy Reading! :)
2007-02-14 12:30:13 · answer #3 · answered by Bri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm also a teenage girl and read all the time.
Some good books are: Tamora Pierce books, Cornelia Funke books, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Secrets of my Hollywood Life, The Gallagher Girl books by Ally Carter, Eragon and Eldest, The Enchanted Forest chronicles, Narnia, Lord of the Rings, The Taker, Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements... There are tons more excellent young adult novels. Hope this helps.
2007-02-14 09:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by hobbitgirl 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try Trudi Canavan, Jane Lindskold will probably truly astound your sensibilities with her 'Wolf' series, Dennis McKiernan, Emily Drake writes a series sort of like Harry Potter but it takes place in America. Or any other books and authors you can understand without too much thought. Just enough to enjoy the stories, not have to ponder the improbabilities of all the juxtapositions written on the pages. Have fun, happy reading.
2007-02-14 09:04:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some good books that I've liked and would recommend are Eragon by Christopher Paolini, Goose Girl by Shannon Hale, Bad Kitty by Michele Jaffe and The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede. Enjoy!
2007-02-14 09:14:45 · answer #6 · answered by ♥doodlebug♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi, You should really check out Holly Black, her books TITHE and VALIANT are great if you like average loner type characters who develop relationships with cool creatures like fairies and people of the underworld. Awesome reads both of them.
The other is Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT AND NEW MOON are great suspenseful stories about vampires and werewolves. Not gory, but page turning, and the character is an average girl trying to make it in a weird society. I like the way these were written..in a one person narrative perspective, they dont jump around which makes a smooth read.
I am not a teenager, far from it, and i have read these books and prefer them to most adult fiction today ;;;Happy reading!
2007-02-14 09:24:21 · answer #7 · answered by mckyrules 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a number of those are from lady perspectives, some might want to be a touch "girly woman" on your liking yet others should be ok. i have left both type on and also you'll ensure. Meryll of the Stone (Brian Caswell) Picnic at putting Rock (Joan Lindsay) Stranger with my face (Lois Duncan) taking area in Beattie Bow (Ruth Parks) My Sister Sif (Ruth Parks) Hitch hikers training guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams) Holes (Louis Sachar) Lord of the earrings / The Hobbit Eragorn trilogy Narnia The Golden Compass Interview with a Vampire (Anne Rice) Requiem for a Princess (Ruth M Arthur) searching for Alibrandi (Melina Marchetta) Angels Gate (Gary crew) Sisterhood of the vacationing Pants Pelican's Creek (Maureen Pople) The Diary of Anne Frank To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) The Shiralee (Dárcy Niland) Into the Wild (John Krakauer) Chocolat (Joanne Harris) Harp in the South; negative guy's Orange; Missus (Trilogy by technique of Ruth Parks) the position the middle is (Billie Letts) My position (Sally Morgan) Little women individuals (Louisa might want to Alcott) Rebecca (Daphne De Maurier) the three Muskateers (Alexandre Dumas) something by technique of the Bronte sisters or Jane Austen inspite of you do don’t run The December Boys (Robert Noonan)
2016-11-03 11:11:22 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I particularly like the Earth-Children Series by Jean M. Auel. I'm still waiting for the next book to come out.
Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. Theres three books to that.
The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques. I've read all of them!
The Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini. Book three hasn't come out yet.
Books by Tamora Pierce.(Theres alot of series by her)
And books by Robin Hobb. They're great.
And books by Melanie Rawn. They're also great.
2007-02-15 02:38:21 · answer #9 · answered by kmiriminx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a timeless classic would be "The Great Gatsby" its so great! Also, you are going to have to eventually read it anyway, might as well get a head start! If you're looking for a newer book that has kids your age in it I recomment "Stoner and Spaz". Its about a girl who is bit of a rebel who becomes friends with a boy who suffers from MS. Its good! Read both of them!
++++Almost forgot.. Almost all autobiographies are great reads.. Your library should have a pretty decent collection, so check them out!
2007-02-14 09:04:31 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋