hey, i'm about to go to the library. what books would you recomend? i don't like classics, but everything else is fine.
2007-07-20 04:55:32 · 14 answers · asked by dancemaniac4 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
i'm 14 years old
2007-07-20 05:10:36 · update #1
Read the Lord of the Flies or Go Ask Alice.
Both are amazing
CHeeRioS
2007-07-20 04:58:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a question for you, kiddo: Have you read all the classics? You must know them very well if you decided you don't like their writings, although I doubt it.
You are 14 you haven't read all classics! You just decided you don't like them.
Typically 14 lol!
I suggest you read some canon books, those might you help compare the contemporary literature with the classics.
2007-07-28 02:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by Latifa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The clique series: by Lisi Harrison
Inkheart (the second book in the triology is Inkspell): by Cornelia Funke
I Coriander: by Sally Gardener
Elsewhere: by Gabrielle Zevin
2007-07-20 12:35:25 · answer #3 · answered by notoriousteen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mysterys: look up books by Lillian Jackson Braun, Carola Dunn, and Martha Grimes.
Science fiction look up books by David Weber, Heinlein, and Anne McCaferty.
Fantesy: Look up books by Mercades Lackey, Robert Jordan and Emmseron Ru.
Good Luck
2007-07-20 12:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by Coasty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd suggest Meg Cabot's Mediator series (Shadowland being the first book) or Louise Rennison's Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series (Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging being the first book). They are both wonderful series!
2007-07-20 14:35:53 · answer #5 · answered by DemonBookLover 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People, you need to say what genre you like the most, for what age group, etc. I can recommend yo a book for adults with things youg teens shouldn't read and you might be around 12, what do I know? So when you ask us to recommend a book give more detail about what you are looking for.
2007-07-20 12:02:25 · answer #6 · answered by Dreamer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you HAVE to read this book called Twilight. it's about vampires and is based on this point in time. i know, vampires, right? but as soon as i read this one i got hooked. while you are there, get it's sequal, new moon. once you read them, you will be counting down the days until the third book, eclipse, comes out. 17 days! the author is stephenie meyers.
2007-07-20 12:14:57 · answer #7 · answered by Look into the Air 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twilight and New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. They are about vampires and probably the best books I have ever read. Done let their size scare you they are extremely quick reads.
2007-07-20 12:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by connerito 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey I'm 14 too! I'm mostly a fantasy, sci-fi reader, here are my picks (I post the same list for every question like yours lol)
***Indicates stuff i REALLY liked...the more stars the better.
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*Fablehaven (Series) -- Brandon Mull (pretty good, haven’t read no. 3 yet)
****The Chronicles of Narnia (Series)-- C. S. Lewis (one of the first fantasy series I read, and still a favourite)
***Inheritance Trilogy (Eragon, Eldest) -- Christopher Paolini (GOOD…nice long fantasy novels lol)
The Dark is Rising (Series) -- Susan Cooper (okay, but then I haven’t read them all yet)
*Inkheart (Series) -- Cornelia Funke (okay, but the first one was better than the 2nd)
***Peter Pan and the Starcatchers, Peter Pan and the Shadow Thieves -- Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson (liked these lots)
*Kingdom Keepers -- Ridley Pearson (interesting at the least)
***Artemis Fowl (Series) -- Eoin Colfer (one of my favorites)
**The Supernaturalist -- also by Eoin Colfer (good as well)
anything else written by Eoin Colfer, for that matter...
anything written by Eric Walters, Louis Sachar or Edward Bloor (not fantasy but I like it anyways.) =)
*Ella Enchanted, Fairest, etc. -- Gail Carson Levine (liked these ones--she's written other stuff too but a lot of it is aimed at a younger age group than me)
****Abhorsen (Trilogy) -- Garth Nix (AMAZING)
**Keys to the Kingdom (Series) -- Garth Nix (liked these ones too)
*MacDonald Hall (Series) -- Gordon Korman (really funny--all the books he's written are good, not too much depth to most of them, they're best used as quick reads when you don't want to get too much into a novel or won't have the time to finish a longer book, but still want the satisfaction of reading a good story)
*Island, Everest, Dive (3 seperate trilogies) -- again by Gordon Korman (good)
The Serpent’s Egg (Trilogy) -- J. Fitzgerald McCurdy (okay, just barely started reading though)
****Harry Potter (Series) -- J. K. Rowling (lol lot of people have already recommended these…but I really liked them too, so whatever)
****Maximum Ride (Trilogy...action/little bit sci-fi) -- James Patterson (LOVED ‘EM ALL)
****Bartimaeus Trilogy -- Jonathan Stroud (REALLY good)
*The Leap -- Jonathan Stroud (sortof fantasy but not really...if you like a definate explained ending to everything don't read it…I really liked it though)
The Last Seige -- Jonathan Stroud (another non-fantasy but still good)
Bridge to Terabithia --Katherine Patterson (sad ending...) :(
A Series of Unfortunate Events (Series...duh lol) -- Lemony Snicket
**A Wrinkle in Time (Series) -- Madelaine L’Engle
**Leven Thumps (Series) -- Obert Skye (amusing)
Children of the Lamp (Series) -- P. B. Kerr
**His Dark Materials (Trilogy) -- Phillip Pullman (pretty darn good)
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Series) -- Rick Riordan (okay I guess)
***Lost years of Merlin (Series) -- T. A. Barron (good as well)
****The Great Tree of Avalon (Trilogy) -- T. A. Barron (GREAT READS)
2007-07-27 23:35:47 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey. It might be the next really great series of movies.
2007-07-20 12:02:17 · answer #10 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋