What are some really good books for young adults?
I'm at the age where I'm not so interested in teen books anymore so I want to find some good books in the main fiction/literature section. I like psychological thrillers, horror, "southern grotesque", and drama stories. But any suggestions are fine! thanks
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March 20th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
here’s a list of books that i’ve heard are really good and want to read:
Annie’s Baby, Almost Home, Beauty Qeen, Door Near Here, Falling, Gone, Impulse, I Don’t Want To Be Crazy, Infamous, It Happened to Nancy, Junk, Keeping the Moon, Lock and Key, Love Survives, Lucky, My Brothers Keeper, Not Like You, Out of Focus, Playing With Fire, Pure Sunshine, Reckless, Stoner and Spazz, Tempted, That Summer, The After Life, This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn, Tweak, Unforgettable, What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know, Nineteen Minutes, My Sisters Keeper, The Perfect Match.
here’s a list of books i’ve read and enjoyed:
A Million Little Pieces, Burned, Crank, Dreamland, Full Tilt, Glass, Identical, Just Listen, Lucas, Notorious, One of Those Hideous Books Where The Mother Dies, Running With Scissors, Second Helpings, Sloppy Firsts, Someone Like You, Speak, The Burn Journals, The Diary of Anne Frank, The It Girl, The Outsiders, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Truth About Forever, The Uglies Series, Thirteen Reasons Why, This Lullaby, What My Mother Doesn’t Know.
i especially reccomend:
A Million Little Pieces, Crank, Dreamland, Glass, Identical, The Burn Journals, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Outsiders, and The Perks Of Being A Wallflower.
and an author to keep up with is ellen hopkins.
her work is brilliant.
you can look all of them up on barnesandnoble.com
and decide for yourself wether your interested or not.
March 20th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Sci-fi, "Ender’s Game" by Card
"Empire Falls"
"Into Thin Air"
"Belle Canto"
check them out, all are very good
March 20th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Gone by Michael Grant is one of the best books I have ever read.
March 20th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
"And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie is one of my favorites. It’s a mystery thriller type.
March 20th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
hmm, I like your kind of books too but I’m having trouble finding them. Salems lot is horror, but I’m not sure if it’s young adult, it’s by stephen king and it’s one of his few books that doesn’t have 200 pages of thriller. Oryx and Crake is also an adult book but it has a lotttt of moral questions, I know thats not exactly what you might by psychological thrillers but it’s good none the less. Strongly recommend it, it’s just hard to get through the first few chapters. Kite runner is a really good story drama wise, and so is Memoirs of a geisha, if you haven’t read those already. I can’t really think of to many horror stories, I love scary movies but I haven’t come across to many scary books. If your a bit more of a mature reader, as in reading level wuthering heights is wonderful, but its a very difficult book. On the more young adult side of things the uglies series is a fun adventure and it has drama too