I need some good teen books please!
2007-03-28 12:27:14 · 10 answers · asked by thatonegirl 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It depends on what kind of books you like. I like teen fiction for girls so I think that I should only give you books of my expertise.
-Anything by Sarah Dessen! Every single one of her books is amazing and they aren't nessecarily short so they will last a while.
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AVYTXMJ7PB931/ref=cm_blog_dp_pdp/104-1696063-3027113)
-Gossip Girl Series by Cecily von Ziegaser. Great series books. They are a very fun, quick read. I read them when I was on vacation.
(http://www.amazon.com/Gossip-Girl-Novel-Cecily-Ziegesar/dp/0316910333/ref=pd_bbs_5/104-1696063-3027113?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175125476&sr=8-5)
-The A-list Series by Zoey Dean. Pretty good series. Similar to the Gossip Girl series.
(http://www.amazon.com/List-Zoey-Dean/dp/0316734357/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/104-1696063-3027113?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1175125669&sr=1-2)
-The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares. Great series.
(http://www.amazon.com/Sisterhood-Traveling-Pants/dp/0385730586/ref=cm_lmf_tit_1_rsrsrs0/104-1696063-3027113)
-The Clique Series by Lisi Harrison.
(http://www.amazon.com/Clique-Lisi-Harrison/dp/0316701297/ref=cm_syf_dtl_txt_28_rlrsrs0/104-1696063-3027113/104-1696063-3027113)
I also love Margaret Peterson Haddix books and Scott Westerfield's trilogy the Uglies. If you need anymore, Amazon has a great section where you can find related books based on what you've looked at. Also The Lovely Bones by Alice Siebold is a great book too.
2007-03-28 12:54:39 · answer #1 · answered by Breinn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like classics, try Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, or Gone With The Wind. They're all great (though drastically different) love stories, and Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre are relatively short. More modern teen books that I liked are A Time For Dancing by Davida Wills Hurin, Crooked by Laura McNeal and Tom McNeal, and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Other things I read in high school and loved (although they're not considered teen books) are The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquival, and anything written by James Herriot, especially All Creatures Great and Small.
2007-03-28 12:45:56 · answer #2 · answered by Cat Loves Her Sabres 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you're looking for! I'll give you my list, but consider yourself forewarned that they all have romantic undertones (at least, if not more than that).
"Twilight"
"Howl's Moving Castle"
"The Mediator" (series by Meg Cabbot)
"The Naming" (or The Gift outside of the US)
"The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants"
"Daughters of the Moon"
"Fairest"
"Abarat"
"Wolf Tower"
"A Great and Terrible Beauty"
"Sabriel"
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I would also recommend a few classics if you're up to it:
"Pride and Prejudice"
"The Count of Monte Cristo"
"The Three Musketeers"
"The Book of Arthur"
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I would strongly recommend that you stay as far away as you can from the "A-List" and "Clique" series, because they are horribly written, have unoriginal plots, and have absolutely no likeable characters. If you're looking for teen books, you are also presumably old enough (or the person you're buying for is) to take a look at some adult fiction, in which case, I would strongly recommend anything by Anne Patchett, Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Hester Browne, Jacqueline DeJohn, or Philippa Gregory.
2007-03-28 13:34:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have To Kill You by Ally Carter
Year of Secret Assignments by Jaclyn Moriarty
What My Mother Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones
What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones (coming in June 2007)
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta
First Impressions by Marilyn Sachs
The Truth ABout Forever by Sarah Dessen
Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer
2007-03-29 05:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by laney_po 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Amazon.com and search
"Lost from Atlantis Book 1" - book 2 is coming out in the next month or two, and 3 is already written and in editing.
"Death by Murder David Lindsay" - you have to search that way for it to come up. There's a lot of sex and violence in it but it's good, not gratuitous.
and "Super Spaghetti."
They're free on Amazon's Kindle Unlimited, and you can Google how to get a free trial of that. And you can get a free Kindle app for your phone or just read them online.
2016-04-02 21:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by thedavecorp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try the Maximum Ride trilogy by James Patterson. There are two out and the third is out in May. Max is a wonderful character for teens. You will love her. Pax - C.
2007-03-28 12:33:13 · answer #6 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very Far Away From Anywhere Else - Ursula K. LeGuin.
It's a short book, but it will stay with you the rest of your life. I first read it at 17, and 27 years later (yikes!), I still have held onto it.
2007-03-28 12:33:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enid Blyton´s "The Famous Five series"
Jostein Gaarder s "Sophie s world"
Astrid Lindgren s Pippi Langstrumpf
among many others
2007-03-28 13:34:20 · answer #8 · answered by Jassy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many years ago, but Seventeenth Summer and Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones.
2007-03-28 13:49:28 · answer #9 · answered by Maria S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Bartimaeus trilogy" by Jonathan Stroud
"His dark materials trilogy" by Phillip Pullman (I like this one better then Bartimaeus)
2007-03-28 15:59:05 · answer #10 · answered by Samantha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋