What books would you suggest to a girl entering high school?
My dad doesn’t like me on the computer, so he told me he’d take me to the library later to get some books. I’m not sure what to get though. Does anyone have any good suggestions? Preferably books that will open my eyes about something.
Don’t suggest anything from Stephanie Meyer or Sarah Dessen, I’ve read their books already.
Meyer and Dessen are of my fav!
Meg Cabot …all her stuff is good.
You could always start reading all the other vampire stuff out there, like me
Vampire Beach
Vampire Kisses
Vampire Academy
Blue Bloods,
etc….
Try the Shopaholic Books by Sophie Kinsella. They’re funny.
Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk!!! (The guy who wrote Fight Club)
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
The Doomspell Trilogy by Cliff McNish
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Gossip Girl books
umm. well i read this book my sophmore year that totally changed my high school life. and i think you should read it.
speak by laurie anderson.
its about a girl who got raped and all her friends stopped talking to her and she became mute. its acutally a good book. and they made a movie about it too. with kristen stewart whos playing bella in the twilight movie.
The A-list books are good and so are the gossip girl books
I am the same age and I liked these books
Since you are going to enter high school, why not try to read some books which may be required sooner or later?
I would suggest some like:
-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
-Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
-Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
-A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
-Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
-Night by Elie Wiesel
-Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (also known as The Diary of Anne Frank)
-The Crucible by Arthur Miller
-The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
-The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
-Beowulf (at least I was required to read this one)
-Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
-Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
-Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
-Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
-some of William Shakespeare’s plays like Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth and others
-Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
-A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (or others of his)
-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
-The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
-Life of Pi by Yann Martel
-The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
-Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
-Lord of the Flies by William Golding
-The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
-My Antonia by Willa Cather
Obviously every high school is different, so there may be many on the required reading list that I haven’t put down and some you won’t be required to read. I hope this helps, however.
Try some books by Tamaro Pierce.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Chicken Soup for the Teen Soul
Tuesdays with Morrie
Books about Teen Issues:
A Child Called “IT” by David Pelzer (Abuse)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Rape/murder of a teen)
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Suicide)
Crank and Glass (Drugs), Burned (Abuse), and Impulse (Suicide, Drugs, etc.) by Ellen Hopkins
The Pact (Suicide Pact), Nineteen Minutes (Columbine-Like), and My Sister’s Keeper (Being a donor for a sick sister) by Jodi Picoult
Prom, Twisted, Speak (Rape), and Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Historical Fiction:
In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason – It’s about the VietnamWar
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor – about blacks in America
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller – Pilots in WWII
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak – WWII
The Other Boleyn Girl (and others) by Philippa Gregory
Romance:
Anything by Ann Brashares, Meg Cabot, Nicholas Sparks, or Ellen Giffin
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Persuasion by Jane Austen
Books to Make You Think:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven; Tuesdays With Morrie; and For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Anything by Hermann Hesse
Slaughterhouse Five and Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Fantasy:
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien
Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Brisingr in 9/2008)
Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey
Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett
The Sword of Shanarra Series by Terry Brooks
His Dark Materials Series by Philip Pullman
Mediator and 1-800 Series by Meg Cabot
Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
Odd Thomas Series by Dean Koontz
Anything by Tamora Pierce or Donita K. Paul
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Wake by Lisa McMann
Science Fiction:
Anything by Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, HG Wells, Jules Verne, Douglas Adams, Michael Crichton, or Orson Scott Card
Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras by Scott Westerfeld
Mysteries:
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
anything by Agatha Christie
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote TRUE CRIME
I love Meg Cabot (Heather Wells & Queen of Babble) and Sophie Kinsella’s (Shopaholic [soon to be movie] & Remember Me) Emily Giffin (Something Borrowed & Something Blue, Baby Proof) books. I am in the process of reading Jennifer Weiner’s (Good In Bed & Certain Girls) books. They are all great authors!
For a young adult/teen I recommend Meg Cabot’s young adult books. She is the best author. Also best selling. She wrote tons of books including the Princess Diaries (Movies based on her books), Mediator (upcoming movie), 1-800-Missing (TV show based on her books), Jinx, Airhead and more. She has adult books too, so you can grow with her.
If you want more info or the authors website’s email me.
Ghost Boy by Ian Lawrence
Seven Deadly Sins series by Robin Wasserman
Naughts & Crosses series by Malorie Blackman
Uglies saga by Scott Westerfeld
The Other Boleyn Girl by Phillipa Gregory
Children of the River by Linda Crew
Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz
The Vampire Diaires by L.J. Smith
These are some of my favorites. Theres horror, chick lit, fantasy and action.
1.) Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr.
2.) TTYL by Lauren Myracle.
3.) The It Girl by Cecily Von Ziesagar.
4.) Howls Moving Castle by Diane Wynne Jones.
5.) The Last Apprentice by Joseph Delaney.
6.) Tithe by Holly Black.
7.) Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolez
8.) Unwind by Neal Shusterman.
9.) Maximum Ride by James Patterson.
Enjoy!
What about “Diary of Dating”.
By: D.G. Elizabeth
i am also a 15 year old girl who loves to read and i find interest in similar books as you do (the clique series seems so fake)
Ender’s Shadow and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
these two books are probably two of the best books i have ever read and i have read each book multiple times… the synopsis for each of the books does not do them justice and i HIGHLY recomend that you read them… i have supplied links to the barnes and noble site for each book so you can see the reviews from other readers as well as the summaries
Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray
these books have a bit of romance in them but i promise you that they are fantastic and not shallow whatsoever! they are fantasy books about a girl who has the gift and burden of magical abilities and keep the reader interested from start to finish
Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
this book is by the same author as the davinci code, however i find it even better… the plot is exciting and different and you wont want to put the book down until it is over! i stayed up until 3 one night to finish the 600 page story (give or take a few pages) which i had started earlier that day on the way to a basketball game… a must read!
Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini
if you liked harry potter you will LOVE the inheritance set by paolini! i personally find these books to be much better than harry potter and i have read both books twice and will probably read them again before the 3rd book comes out in september. i was thoroughly disappointed by the movie becasue the books were so much better
and last of all…..
ANYTHING BY TAMORA PIERCE
especially the quartets which take place in Tortal….these books are absolutely fantastic and i have read every one of her books and am eagerly waiting for more… i have suggested these books to my friends, including those who hate to read, and all of them are now just as addicted to her books as i am… my favorite books by Pierce include:
the alanna quarter (song of the lioness)
the kell quartet (protector of the small)
the alainne books (daughter of the lioness)
the first book in the terrier series
HAPPY READING!!!!
I’m also a girl entering high school. I think you should try reading:
– The Twilight Series by: Stephenie Meyers IT’S A YOUNG ADULT SERIES FOR TEENS. I LOVED THAT SERIES!!!!!!!!! IT’S A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS!!
– The Bartimaeus Triology by: Jonathan Stroud IT’S FOR EVERY AGE AND A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!!! THESE BOOKS ARE REALLY GREAT!!!!!!!!! IT TOOK ME SEVERAL DAYS TO START READING OTHER BOOKS AND THINK THEY’RE NOT LAME.
–The Harry Potter Series by: J.K. Rowling IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THIS SERIES, YOU’RE REALLY MISSING OUT. IT’S THE BEST SERIES I’VE EVER READ. BUT IT’S ALREADY CONSIDERED 2nd COMPARED TO THE TWILIGHT SERIES(1st choice, above). THAT’S WHY YOU SHOULD READ BOTH TWILIGHT SERIES AND HARRY POTTER SERIES.
–The Inkheart Series by: Cornelia Funke YOU HAVE TO READ THIS SERIES. THIS SERIES IS ABOUT A GIRL WHO CAN ACTUALLY READ SOMEONE OR SOMETHING out OF A BOOK OR READ SOMEONE OR SOMETHING into A BOOK. Imagine that “Tinker Bell from Peter Pan series” actually came to real life OR you jumping into the story “Cinderella”!!!!!!!!!! Aint that great?
THESE 3 BOOK SERIES ARE ALL VERY GOOD, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLINGS, FANTASY BOOKS, AND ALL VERY BOOKS !!! THE’RE ALL VERY POPULAR SERIES. MAKE SURE YOU READ IT BEFORE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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haha, i love dessen.
i really like the books:
speak.
the outsiders.
stoner and spaz.
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER