Books you'd recomend to a girl in her early 20's who's interested in..?

Question

expanding her horizon, developing her mind, enrichment, become more intellectual, humor, inspiration, self improvement.....etc

Answer 1

Try "lovely bones". A New York times bestseller, and has a little bit of everything.

Or for the intellectual road try reading some Bronte (there were, I believe, 3 sisters. So there were many books). A good Bronte would be Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre.

Try some Jane Austen too.

Also, try reading "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner. Very deep, and it'll get you to think (you have to be thinking to follow along... it's complicated). Also, for similar readings check out his other books. You could also try reading some Virginia Woolf.

Try some other "stream of consciousness"(look the term up.. that'll be something new to you for sure) books. They are very interesting. Also, these books are very hard to understand, so you'll feel smart when you get what you are reading.

Go for some poetry once in a while too. Most poetry doesn't make sense when you read it, so try to figure out the meaning. This will make you deep and intellectual for sure. And down the poetry road you can find inspiration, humor, and self improvement.

Just some suggestions. IF you need more specifics, just ask me!

Another book my mom read when she was younger (and I am trying now) is "Atlas Shrugged". It's about the size of two Potter books, and has higher level vocab words, and the story is apparently complicated... I've just started, but can tell you that it will certainly work for the intellectual road.

Also, don't worry about being geeky. Read a few scifi books too. It shows you're smart... just check some science fiction books. Just not things like Star Wars. More like "1984". I believe that is considered scifi.. just a suggestion.

Also try some books like "The Giver" If you aren't used to crazy philosphical books. This way you start out easy (Giver is phsycology related... deals with the way humans behave and think... but is a teen fiction boon) So start easy... then get really deep!

Answer 2

The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway. It's a short book, a novella, really. It's a good read. It will make you feel proud of reading such an American master. You'll learn a bit about Cuba, a part of coastal Cuba that is one, maybe one and a half hours east of Havana, and Cuba could become important in the life of any young American (assuming you're American); it WILL become important in the life of many.

And, it will do what any great book should do. It will change the way you look at or experience something. It will change how you look at and feel about the sea. And, about fortitude. And stoicism. And being humbled.

Answer 3

The Locket by Evans
The Blue Bottle Club by Stokes
Christy by Marshall
To Kill a Mockingbird by Lee
All the Way Home by Tatlock
A Dog's Life by Mayle
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Smith
The Joy Luck Club by Tan
Dreaming Water by Tsukiyama

Answer 4

If you're interested in history, read Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States." Very eye-opening for expanding your horizons. For literature, try some Latin American writers such as Isabel Allende and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Answer 5

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson. It's inspirational and proves we can all do wonderful things to impact the world in a positive manner. In this instance his failed attempt at climbing Mount Everest, leading him to build a school for the villagers who saved his life, and then more schools after that.

Answer 6

I am 24 and I just read The Lovely Bones. Fan-damn-tastic. Also Little Altars Everywhere and The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood are excellent for women our age setting out into our own worlds.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Love In the Time of Cholera, by Marquez. Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Stegnor, The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. Read these magnificently written novels and you will meet and exceed all the things you listed above.

Answer 9

'Sins of the fathers, the Thomas Kane Chronicles'
Its kind of a science fiction story, but it is about this guy who can travel through time and alter events to try and reset the balance of good and evil. the time travel stories really make you think about what has happened, what is good, evil, or just plain right. check it out at www.kanechronicles.com
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Delinda

Answer 10

I can't think of any except This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn. You'll find it either in teens or adult. Its a great book, written from the perspective of a girl from early teens to young adult.