but not too "feel-good"?
Something like *Candide*, as opposed to *Tuesdays with Morrie* or *The Christmas Box*?
Something with a little meat in it, but a fictional novel?
Any ideas? I want to get started reading fiction, but with thinner books, at first. The level can be Young Adult through Mature Adult/ Graduate School level.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions!
2007-08-27 04:33:37 · 10 answers · asked by embroidery fan 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
downers grove- Michael hornburg
skin game- Caroline kettlewell
the rules of survival- Nancy werlin
the torn skirt- Rebbecca Godfrey
suicide blond- Darcey steinke
bad girl: confessions of teenage delinquent- Abigail vona
the Beatrice sparks collection:
Go Ask Alice (1971)
Jay's Journal (1978)
It Happened to Nancy: By an Anonymous Teenager (1994)
Almost Lost : The True Story of an Anonymous Teenager's life on the Streets (1996)
Annie's Baby : The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager (1998)
Treacherous love : The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager (2000)
Kim : empty inside : The Diary of an Anonymous Teenager (2002)
Finding Katie: The Diary of Anonymous, A Teenager in Foster Care (2005)
all written in journal form and it really delves deep into some hot button issues
Ellen Hopkins- crank + glass (the sequel to crank), then burned and impulse
Her books are LOADS thicker put they are written all in verse and only take up so little of the page. if you really get into it, its actually a fast read, but it will leave you shaking.
2007-08-27 05:04:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Chris Crutcher. The books are short and classified as YA, but very meaty.
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Loitering with Intent Muriel Sparks
Once you're ready for something a little more intense, then you really should try American Gods by Neil Gaiman.
2007-08-27 09:44:40 · answer #2 · answered by lkydragn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen
Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
middle ground,
Handfull of Dust, Evelyn Waugh
2007-08-27 18:55:51 · answer #3 · answered by lolita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Red Pony by John Stienbeck
2007-08-27 06:31:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita
They won't be too feel-good, for sure, but all are well written and about 200 pages each (Lolita might be 300).
2007-08-27 05:19:22 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Great Gatsby" - a classic short piece of fiction. And it certainly isn't "feel good"
If you are looking for something a little more contemporary, you might try something by Kerouac, such as "On the Road" or "Dharma Bums."
2007-08-27 06:47:40 · answer #6 · answered by Gretta 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The Awakening" by Kate Chopin.
"The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Both are under 200 pages and well-worth reading.
2007-08-27 04:56:19 · answer #7 · answered by Rob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I recommend Of Mice And Men. It's a tragic book, but it is very good. It is short. I usually read it in one night. (I've read it many times.)
2007-08-27 08:31:26 · answer #8 · answered by knowalotlearnalot 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you might enjoy 'The Bell Jar,' by Sylvia Plath, or JD Salinger's 'Catcher in the Rye.'
2007-08-27 07:21:10 · answer #9 · answered by briteyes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Black Dogs by Ian McEwan.
2007-08-27 05:36:06 · answer #10 · answered by Lee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋