What books do you recommend?

Question

I love mysteries and young adults....i like books like "the face on the milk carton" "faitality" - caroline b cooney-----what books would you recommend...i want to read something good..but idk wat to buy...can u help me out?

Answer 1

Avi. Something Upstairs

The room held an ancient secret!

Avi. Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror

Andy gets a phone call from a murderer and not even his own father believes him.

Bellairs, John. The House with a Clock in its Walls

The thing was ticking away, marking off the minutes until doomsday.

Cross, Gillian. On the Edge

Two young people discover hidden strengths when one is kidnapped and the other tries to save him.

DeFelice, Cynthia. Light on Hogback Hill

Who is the Witch of Hogback Hill?

Duncan, Lois. I Know What You Did Last Summer

Four friends conceal a shocking secret.

Fanner, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye and the Arm

Three mutant detectives look for a kidnapper.

Hahn, Mary Downing. Dead Man in Indian Creek

Two boys discover a floating body and think they know who the killer is.

Hahn, Mary Downing. Running Out of Time

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her village, jessie is determined to escape and save the lives of the dying children.

Hamilton, Virginia. The House of Dies Drear

Is Thomas's new home haunted?

Hayes, Daniel. The Trouble with Lemons

Tyler feels like a "lemon" and then finds a body!

Haynes, Betsy. Deadly Deception

Ashlyn attempts to solve a murder.

Howe, James. Dew Drop Dead

Three teens investigate a disappearing body.

Kerr, M. E.. Fell Down

Fell finds murder and mystery at a prep school.

Klause, Annette Curtis. Alien Secrets

Mystery and science fiction combine.

Mahy, Margaret. Underrunners

Two loners sharing a secret place.

Nixon, Joan Lowery. Murdered, My Sweet

Jenny attempts to solve a murder.

Nixon, Joan Lowry. Search for the Shadowman.

While working on a genealogy project for class, Andy becomes determined to solve the mystery surrounding a distant relative who was accused of stealing the family fortune.

Pullman, Philip. The Ruby in the Smoke

Sally risks murder and mayhem to solve the mystery of her father's death. The first in a trilogy set in Victorian England.

Raskin, Elien. The Westing Game

In this puzzle mystery, 16 possible heirs to Sam Westing's fortune must discover who the murderer is.

Roberts, Willo Davis. The View From the Cherry Tree

Who killed Mrs. Calloway? Rob admits having seen a murder, but no one believes him - except the murderer.

Sleator, William. The Night the Heads Came

Was Leo really kidnapped by an alien life-form?

Voight, Cynthia. The Vandemark Mummy

A mummy is stolen in this creepy thriller.

Werlin, Nancy. The Killer's Cousin.

Acquitted of murder, David moves in with his aunt and uncle to escape his past, but finds his new home a lot less safe.

You may also enjoy books by these writers of adult mysteries:

Lillian Jackson Braun

Patricia Cornwell

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sue Grafton

Tony Hillerman

Robert B. Parker

Answer 2

Try some of these.

Children/Young Adult

Last Chance by Sarah Dessen

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funkt

Ingo series by Helen Dunmore

Whistling for the Elephants by Sandi Toksvic

The Book Thief by Markus Zusack

All the Harry Potter books

Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer

The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling

The Railway Children - E Nesbit

Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carol

Treasure Island and Kidnapped - Robert Louis Stevenson

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Dating Hamlet by Lisa Fielder

Adult

No! I don’t want to join a Book Club by Virgina Ironside

Gods Behaving Badly by Marie Phillips

Innocent Traitor by Alison Weir......and her other books

The Time Travelers Wife by Audrey Neffenigger

Best of Fathers by Anne Baker

The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood

Cell by Stephen King

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

Swimming with the Fishes and Swimming without a net by MaryJanice Davidson

Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill

Mr Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle and his others

Mr McGreggor, The Last Lighthouse Keeper, Animal Instincts, Only Dad, Rosie, Love and Dr Devon all by Alan Titchmarsh

Pillars of the Earth and the sequel World Without End by Ken Follett

Anything by Stephen King, John Saul, John Connolly, Alexander McCall Smith, Terry Pratchett, James Herbert

Classics

Lord of the Flies and The Inheritors by William Golding

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Gulliver's Travels by Johnathan Swift

Sons and Lovers - D H Lawrence

Great Gatsby - Scot Fitzgerald

1984 and Animal Farm - GeorgeOorwell

Mrs Dalloway - Virgina Wolfe

I Claudius - Robert Graves

Rebecca - Daphne de Maurier

Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh

Women in Love - D H Lawrence

Lord Jim - Joseph Conrad

A Portrait of an Artist as a Young man - James Joyce

Goodbye to all That - Robert Graves

Shirley - Charlotte Bronte

Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

Brave New World - Aldais Huxley

Anna Karnina - Tolstoy

The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

Lolita - Vladimer Naborkov

Tarka the Otter - Henry Williamson

Burning Bright - John Steinbeck

Travels with my Aunt - Graham Greene

The Pearl - John Steinbeck

A Room With a View - E M Forster

Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo

Les Miseriables - Victor Hugo

Lorna Doon - R D Blackmore

Moll Flanders - Daniel Defoe

Brideshead Revisted - Evelyn Waugh

War and Peace - Tolstoy

Anything by Jane Austin

Series

Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz

The Arthur Trilogy by Bernard Cornwall starts with Winter King

The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind starts with Wizards First Rule

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King starts with The Gunslinger

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon starts with Cross Stitch

Answer 3

the coldest winter ever- sista soulja

Answer 4

You don't tell me how old you are or whether your male or female.

Lucy Hepburn - Clicking her Heels

Dorothy Koomsom - My best friends girl

James Patterson - 6th Target

Stephen Baxter - Flood

Answer 5

You'd probably love anything by Lois Duncan.  =)