Books for a 17 year old girl?

Question

Hey i NEED some new reading for the end of summer/my senior year. I'm not into the usual "teen angst" novels. For the last i don't know how many months i've been reading only stuff for school and SAT prep novels (you know those cheesy novels put out by Spakrs notes with SAT words in them yahh) so i'm desperate for some new stuff

Just to give you an idea some of my favorite books are: Julius Caesar (yes Shakespeare), Fahrenheit 451 and 1984

in other words, my favorite authors are Ray Bradbury, Shakespeare and Orwell so yahhh

any suggestions?

Answer 1

THE TWILIGHT SERIES!!!!!

AHHHH O_O

READ ITTTTTT

Answer 2

Jodi Picoult's books, specifically, My Sister's Keeper and Nineteen Minutes are amazing. Probably the best books I have ever read, they're not easy reads and they not only require you think but they will make you think! Try them, you will not be disappointed.  

Answer 3

Animal Farm - George Orwell

Flowers for Algernon

The Crucible

The Great Gatsby

Good luck :)

Answer 4

Lord of the Flies

Catcher and The Rye (sp?)

Animal Farm

The Chrysalids

Answer 5

Have you ever read "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee? That is a must-read for anyone that is interested in "classic" stories. That book, just blew me away, it is so beautiful and touching. If you ever read the book, you should see the movie, even though it is in Black & White.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

try to read all of shakespeare's works, they sell complete collection

the scarlet letter if you haven't yet

go back and read some of your childhood favorites

an inconvenient truth (non fiction but still good)

sweeney todd: the demon barber of fleet street (it is a book, not just a movie)

greek mythology (it is very good if you read it for fun)

i can't think of much else right now, but i'll edit this once i check my book shelves as i'm also not into the "teen angst" novels

Answer 8

Well if your favorite books are Fahrenheit 451 and 1984, then I would suggest Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, but you probably already read that.

This website has some good ones

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dys...

Answer 9

i recommend the chicken soup books they are absolutely AMAZING!!! some of the stories in there make you realize how great your life is and they are life changing!!!! also the book i am starting is the diary of anne frank i think that every teenage girl should read that book!!!

well i hope you find the right book that suits you!!!

Answer 10

Wee! I love book questions. Based on what you like here, I can throw out some authors and/or books I like too (since I am very much a fan of Bradbury, Fitzgerald, etc.). I'm the kind of person who reads an author, likes him/her, and then reads everything they've written. I get stuck in ruts, but when I recommend things-I'm serious! :)

1. John Steinbeck. I never read him in high school because he sounded intimidating. When I got to college, I picked up "Tortilla Flat" and absolutely loved it (had to read "Cannery Row" afterward). It's Arthurian Legends on skid row. It is very entertaining and very well done. I have since become a Steinbeck nut, including reading "The Moon is Down" a very interesting take on WWII and n**i relationships with their conquered villages.

2. George Saunders: He is a modern writer who writes very short and interesting pieces of fiction and nonfiction. His short story collection "Pastoralia" is quite good, and so is his "In Persuasion Nation." He is definitely off-beat and not like other fiction writers today who can be kind of long and boring. He also does not dumb-down his prose.

3. Dave Eggers is a great writer of fiction and non-fiction. He is young, fun, and successful. His memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" is a modern classic, and his involvement in literary journals that are trendy and cool like "The Believer" is making literature fun again. I would suggest a subscription to the Believer on your Christmas list this year. It is wonderful to read in college and might introduce you to new authors as well as help keep you sane. :P

4. Tom Robbins is one author that you are bound to stumble upon eventually. He is, for the most part, an "adult" writer due to some of the graphic content of his work; however, he can be very funny and very thought-provoking. He has degrees in religion and philosophy, but he was alive during the 70s, so there are some "interesting" things going on in his writing. The best start-off with him might be "Villa Incognito." It is shorter and more recent, but it gives you a taste of his style and will help you decide whether or not you want to go any deeper with his work.

5. Cormac McCarthy: He is getting a lot of praise for "The Road" (which is well-deserved), but he also has a number of great, but sometimes gory, books that are just as wonderfully written. I would suggest that you bypass "No Country for Old Men" until you get a sample of some of his older works and get a handle for his themes. I suggest that you start with the Border Triology or "The Orchard Keeper". He is the Bradbury/Faulkner of the Southwest.

6. Joan Didion: Her fiction was okay, but her career soared with nonfiction. A collection of her nonfiction works was recently released containing "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", "The White Album" as well as her chilling portrait of "Salvador". If you want to be a writer, she is the one to read. She is dark, funny, hopeful, and witty at the same time. She does not "flower-up" her writing in any way.

Other random authors that I won't outline here because I don't want to take up too much of your space: Haruki Murakami ("Dance, Dance, Dance", in particular); Jo Ann Beard ("The Boys of My Youth"), & Hemingway ("For Whom the Bell Tolls"...not the other ones...this is the best one, I think, by far...).

Answer 11

Now and Forever =Ray Bradbury.

Farewell Summer =Ray Bradbury.

Nineteen eighty four =Orwell.

Blood Imagery in Macbeth  

The Globe Theatre

All About "Et tu, Brute?"  

Hamlet and Christ

The Revenge Plot of Hamlet

The Swan Theatre

Famous Last Words

Saxo Grammaticus

Analysis of Horatio

Falstaff and Queen Elizabeth

First Folio Facts  

Violent Deaths Shakespeare's Plays

  A Guide to Sonnet 116

Elizabethan Actors  

Lady Macbeth's Speech

Sonnet 55 Analysis

Shakespeare's Death

Romeo and Juliet Quiz

Sonnet 138 Analysis

Macbeth Character Analysis

Power in the History Plays

The Story of Othello

Iago Character Study

Honour in 1 Henry IV

Scary Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Birds

Unusual Shakespeare Facts

Authorship Debate

The Life of Edward Alleyn

Fire at the Globe!  

=Shakespeare

Answer 12

Read some Tom Clancy, good stuff.

Answer 13

I love books that faces what teens go through within those years. A book I am currently reading and find very interesting is Boy Toy by Barry Lyga.

Answer 14

stranger in a strange land,  the Cat who walks Through Walls (both by Robert A. Heinlein) Dracula, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe