10th grade specifically
not just classics..because i will be reading some
but just normal novels
i'm not that into sci fi and fantasy .. unless it's really really good sci fi and fantasy
thank you!
2007-09-03 12:36:10 · 10 answers · asked by ♥ mimi ♥ 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
i loove poetry as well
so any good poets or poetry books would be greatly appreciated also
thank you!
2007-09-03 13:14:58 · update #1
I agree you should read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the movie was horrible but the book is absolutely one of the most hilarious works of sci-fi. I also think you would enjoy The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub. I am currently working on my Masters degree in English Literature and i understand the need to read for pleasure. I love Stephen King, but can understand if you do not want to read horror. I will tell you my secret, I will occasionally read romance. I know, it's horrible. Don't tell anyone. Any of Judith McNaught's novels are really well written. I also recently read a book called The Poison Wood Bible, it is very sad but gives a unique look at Africa in the fifties. I could go on forever, but I won't. Hope this is helpful.
Poetry:
Blake is my favorite, "Songs of Innocence" "Songs of Experience".
2007-09-03 14:43:26 · answer #1 · answered by Crysslynn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Catcher in the Rye, Salinger
Brave New World, Huxley
Into the Wild, Krakauer
Cat's Cradle /or/ Slaughterhouse-5, Vonnegut
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Adams (great sci fi - the best!)
I love all of these books in high school.
2007-09-03 20:03:43 · answer #2 · answered by dvas1147 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For poetry I would definitely suggest Billy Collins. He was the poet laureate for the US in 2001-2003. His poems have humor and beauty. Really great stuff!
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
So Yesterday by Scott Westerfeld
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
2007-09-03 22:22:40 · answer #3 · answered by karla t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you like thrillers? Read these by Matthew Reilly
ICE STATION
TEMPLE
AREA 7
SCARECROW
SEVEN DEADLY WONDERS
Or anything by Jack DuBrul
Mysteries try:
J.A.Jance
Paul Christopher
Stuart Woods
James Doss-writes like Tony Hillerman except his protagonist is a 7 foot tall Ute
John Dunning
Sci-Fi try the Honor Harrington series by David Weber
Just to get you started. Have fun, happy reading!!!
2007-09-03 19:55:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the poster who suggested Catcher in the Rye. I would also suggest anything else by J.D. Salinger.
I think you would also enjoy anything by Kurt Vonnegut. He had a really original take on the human race.
Tony Hillerman has a series of books which take place in Arizona. They are mysteries which are solved by two Native American detectives.
I also love the mysteries written by Agatha Christie.
One final thought - have you read The Autobiography of Malcom X?
2007-09-03 19:51:52 · answer #5 · answered by Tricia R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trust me this series is a really good Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Twilight
New Moon
and
Eclipse
By
Stephenie Meyer
10 days after Eclipse it knocked Deathly Hallows ( harry potter) right off the Best-Sellers list
2007-09-03 19:40:32 · answer #6 · answered by Bella Swan ~I Wish~ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Great and Terrible Beauty
About this private/boarding/finishing school for girls in Britain and this group of girls that gets involved in an occult practice. Great read
It's Kind of a Funny Story
About a teenaged boy who is depressed and confused about everything. He nearly commits suicide, but ends up in the psychiatric ward where he learns that he isn't as crazy as he thought. He meets a girl there....eh, you probably know the rest.
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Extremely difficult to find. A coming of age novel...About teenage boys who find mischief in a Catholic school...
Any Robert Frost collection
symbolism runs rampant in Frost works one of my favorite poems is "After Apple-picking"
2007-09-03 19:49:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there was a series of novels written by John Marsden, called the Tomorrow Series, and it starts with Tomorrow When the War Began.
i think there is about 7 of them all up, and they are an excellent books to read.
very hard to put down, and not writen as if you were a child, directed at you as a young adult
2007-09-03 19:44:45 · answer #8 · answered by deaity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Catcher in the Rye is very good, a little risque, but good
2007-09-03 19:43:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Twilight Series by stephenie meyer are truely AMAZING, once you start reading them you can't put them down.
Twilight
New Moon
Eclipse
...& they ARE amazing not just saying that...i'm obsessed
The Uglies
The Pretties
ect. (all of those series)
....just a few
2007-09-04 00:38:55 · answer #10 · answered by Ali 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋