Any good book recommendations? Before you answer, read the details...?

I'm 17 and in AP English. Preferably list books with teenage characters-Adult books are okay as long as there are no "adult scenes"-nothing disgusting/ erotic(my limit is Flowers for Algernon- nothing "more" than that)





I don't like Harry Potter or the Clique Series(or anything shallow).





Other than that,anything is fair game! Cute %26amp; sweet books (as long as theres a meaning behind it), horror, sci-fi, basically any genre. I like searching for allegory-but I also like lighthearted books.





Some books I like: Feed by MT Anderson, Lord of the Flies, The Giver, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, A Walk to Remember, the Bourne series, the Outsiders, House of the Scorpion, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the Cirque Du Freak series, The Monkey's Paw (short story- Edgar Allan Poe), Ray Bradbury stories, Nicholas Sparks books, and I wanna read Gone With the Wind but it's always sold out.

Any good book recommendations? Before you answer, read the details...?
You might enjoy Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series. It's a humorous fantasy series that also manages to tackle some deep issues. Pratchett has also written a young adult series (the Tiffany Aching books) using the same setting. Funnily enough, these books tend to be darker and scarier than the ones he writes for adults!





I'd also highly recommend Neil Gaiman's work. "Neverwhere" would be a good one to try. It's about a man who discovers a secret -- and dangerous -- fantasy world below the streets of modern London.





"Big Fish" was based on a novel, but I understand several significant changes were made for the movie. I haven't read the book, but Tim Burton mentioned several changes in the director's commentary. The author's name is Daniel Wallace, and the book's full title is "Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions".
Reply:Anything but 2001 by Arthur C Clarke.
Reply:I suggest anything by Tony Hillerman. He writes (mostly)mysteries which take place in a sparsely-populated area of northeastern Arizona. The two police detectives who are the main characters are Native American.


I also suggest any of the mysteries by Agatha Christie. Her character development is wonderful.


If you have not read Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, you should read that before another week goes by.


Wallace Stegner was a terrific writer. I especially recommend his Crossing to Safety and Angle of Repose.


I very much recommend anything by Kurt Vonnegut. He had an incredibly eccentric mind. His books make you see our planet and the people who live here in a different way.


Willa Cather was a wonderful writer. I especially love Sapphira and the Slave Girl.
Reply:I suggest you try some world classics -


If you liked E. A. Poe, try Nikolay Gogol, Evenings on the Farm near Dikanka -


Nabokov - Luzhin's Defense


Gary Shteyngart - Russian Debutante's Handbook


Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Hundred Years of Solitude





Hope it helps


A very good website to get books is alibris.com
Reply:There is one series I'm helplessly addicted too which is currently outselling Harry Potter called Warriors





The books are in this order:





First Series(Original Series)





1.Into the Wild


2.Fire and Ice


3.Forest of Secrets


4.Rising Storm


5.A dangerous Path


6.The Darkest Hour





Second Series(The New Prophecy)





1.Midnight


2.Moonrise


3.Dawn


4.Starlight


5.Twilight


6.Sunset





Third Series(The Power of Three)





1.The Sight


2.Dark River(Still being written)


3.Outcast(Still being written)





There are 3 more that haven't been written yet in the series, there is a manga of something that happens to somebody named Graystripe, the manga is called:





1.The Lost Warrior


2.Warriors Refuge


3.(Still being written)





Two more books are cast off from the series that explain different things that happened, and between the gaps in the series





Secrets of the Clan (A field guide)


Firestar's Quest (Book between the first and second series gap)
Reply:I applaud most of your question. I have never found a book bad, or unreadable(if that is a word). Some books are slow to me or make no sense. I enjoy reading novels and trying to figure out where the author either got his information or where he/she got their inspiration. I read mysteries, sci-fi, fantasy, thrillers, you name it. Alternate world books are some of my favorites. Have you tried anything by S.M.Stirling? He wrote a book called Conquistador and then wrote another series, but his website says he is going to be writing a sequel to Conquistador which should be a great read. Also, you might want to try Matthew Reilly, Jack DuBrul, Clive Cussler and James Rollins to name a few and check out their websites also. Happy reading!
Reply:I think I know your fav book list:





Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen


Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte


Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men %26amp; Joe’s Boys by L. M. Alcott


Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte


Great Expectations by Charles Dickens


Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy


The Overcoat, The Nose and Other Short Stories by Nikolai Gogol


1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell


Catch 22 by Joseph Heller


One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez


Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh


Atonement by Ian McEwan


The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahaeme


Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson


Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson


The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood


The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro


Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky


Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe


To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee


In Cold Blood by Truman Capote


The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger


Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom


The Story of My Life by Helen Keller


The Catcher in The Rye


A Clockwork Orange


The Lord of The Flies


Brave New World


The Old Man and The Sea





enjoy =))
Reply:Go talk to your local librarian, that's the exact kind of question that people get paid to answer there every single day. They know exactly what you are talking about and what you are looking for. And it's FREE!
Reply:First of all at least borrow Gone Wwith the Wind from your local library!! It is a terrific, wonderful story. While you are at the library, see if they have a copy of Valley of Decision, by Marcia Davenport. I am pretty sure it is out of print but your library should have it. Another suggestion is The Songmaster by Orson Scott Card and The Man Who Fell To Earth by Walter Tevis. They are both thought provoking. The Tevis book might be out of print. A surprisingly good book that I am just finishing by Anne Rivers Siddon is Sweetwater Creek-the main character is a teenager.
Reply:I love Francesca Lia Block's books, most of which have teenage main characters. My favorites are Dangerous Angels, Wasteland, and I Was a Teenage Fairy. Tamora Pierce's Tortall series are awesome, starting with The Song of the Lioness Quartet. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is great. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot is a fun read, though I have enjoyed them less as the series progressed. The first one is really good though. Fahrenheit 451 and By the Pricking of my Thumbs by Ray Bradbury are good. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. All things Jasper Fforde. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley. The Awakening by Kate Chopin. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
Reply:1984 is a really good book it takes awhile to get into but its good.
Reply:I know I'm repeating some from the person above me, but I'm just reposting a list I posted for some other person who asked a similar question.





Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain


Life of Pi - Yann Martel


Kokoro - Natsume Soseki (don't worry; it's translated)


Snow Country - Yasunari Kawabata


Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse


Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe


The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood


1984 - George Orwell


To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Reply:shut up


why ask if ur just going to put restrictions on the answers?


You should be more opened minded.

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