Know any good (preferably YA) books?
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No classics or romance.
No classics or romance.
I like young adult, thriller, suspense, some science fiction, some fantasy, and books that are simply interesting in general.
I already know about Harry Potter
Peter


Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Eragon
Travel Team (may be too young, but good)
And someone told me a book called Stuff the story of a cool demented dude
AUTHORS: Eragon Cristopher Paloni
TRAVEL TEAM Mike Lupica
Stuff is unknown
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
The Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
The Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane
The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud
i LOVE the twilight series….it’s very good. although it has some romance in it between edward and bella, it’s very adventurous. also i would say garth nix or anything mike lupica.
thirteen reasons why its about a high *********** that commits ******* but b4 she commits ******* she tapes thirteen reasons why she killed herself and sent it out to the thirteen ppl its really suspensful if thats a word its by jay asher i believe btw its definatley not a classic or a romance
Terry Goodkind’s Sword of Truth series which starts with Wizards first Rule 10 Books plus an odd one.
Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, starts with The Gunslinger 7 books plus an odd one.
Have read both more than once and SK set 3 times.
WEBSITE BELOW HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT LISTS IF YOU DON’T CARE FOR THIS ONE.
Anthony Horowitz
Alex Rider Series – He was told that his Uncle Ian died in a car crash. However, 14 year old Alex has seen the bullet holes in his Uncle’s windshield. He was not prepared for the news that his Uncle had been a spy for MI6, the British top secret intelligence agency. Alex is recruited to locate those who killed his Uncle and finish Ian’s last mission. – Stormbreaker (2000), Point Blanc (2001), Skeleton Key (2002), Eagle Strike (2003), Scorpia (2004), Ark Angel (2005), Snakehead (2007), and Yassen (Forthcoming).
Diamond Brothers Series – The Falcon’s Malteser (1986), Public Enemy Number Two (1987), South by South East (1991), The Blurred Man (2003), The French Confection (2003), I Know What You Did Last Wednesday (2003), The Greek Who Stole Christmas (2007), and The Radius of the Lost Shark (Forthcoming).
Pentagram Series – The Devil’s Door-Bell (1983), The Night of the Scorpion (1984), The Silver Citadel (1986), and The Day of the Dragon (1989).
Power of Five (In the U.S.: The Gatekeepers) – Raven’s Gate (2005), Evil Star (2006), Nightrise (2007), and Necropolis: City of the Dead (2008, Forthcoming).
C. S. Forester (1899 – 1966; English) Hornblower Series
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower – The year is 1793 and Horatio Hornblower is a 17 year old boy who is ordered to board a French merchant ship and take command. This is the first in a series of adventures for the young man.
Lieutenant Hornblower – This is the second book (of 11) in the series. The seafaring Hornblower is promoted to Acting Lieutenant under the command of an insane Queeg-like of a ship’s captain. The ship runs aground, is attacked by Spaniards, and Hornblower saves the day. You will find lots of adventure. 1952.
Other Titles Include: Hornblower and the Hotspur, Hornblower During the Crisis, Hornblower and the Atropos, Beat to Quarters, Ship of the Line, Flying Colours, Commodore Hornblower, Lord Hornblower, and Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies.
Tom Clancy
Jack Ryan/John Clark Universe (Listed NOT by date of publication, but rather chronologically) – Without Remorse (1993), Patriot Games (1987), Red Rabbit (2002), The Hunt for Red October (1984), The Cardinal of the Kremlin (1988), Clear and Present Danger (1989), The Sum of All Fears (1991), Debt of Honor (1994), Executive Order (1996), Rainbow Six (1998), The Bear and the Dragon (2000), and The Teeth of the Tiger (2003).
W. E. B. Griffin
M*A*S*H Series
Brotherhood of War Series (Army) – The Lieutenants, The Captains, The Majors, The Colonels, The Berets, The Generals, The New Breed, The Aviators, and Special Ops.
The Corps Series (Marine Corps) – Semper Fi, Call to Arms, Counterattack, Battleground, Line of Fire, Close Combat, Behind the Lines, In Danger’s Path, Under Fire, and Retreat, Hell!
Men at War Series (OSS, WWII precursor to the CIA) – The Last Heroes (aka In The Line of Duty), The Secret Warriors (aka Covert Operations), The Soldier Spies (aka Give me Liberty), The Fighting Agents (aka Into Enemy Hands), The Saboteurs, and The Double Agents.
Honor Bound Series (OSS) – Honor Bound, Blood and Honor, and Secret Honor.
Badge of Honor Series (Philadelphia Police) – Men in Blue, Special Operations, The Victim, The Witness, The Assassin, The Murderers, The Investigators, and Final Justice.
Presidential Agent Series (Contemporary Counterterrorism) -By Order of the President, The Hostage, The Hunters, and The Shooters.
Vince Flynn
Mitch Rapp Series (Mitch is a CIA “black ops” counterterrorism agent) – Transfer of Power (1999), The Third Option (2000), Separation of Power (2001), Executive Power (2002), Memorial Day (2004), Consent to Kill (2005), Act of Treason (2006), and Protect and Defend (2007).
Robert Ludlum
The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971), The Osterman Weekend (1972), The Matlock Paper (1973), Trevayne (1973, writing under the pen-name Jonathan Ryder), The Cry of the Halidon (1974, writing under the pen-name Jonathan Ryder), The Rhinemann Exchange (1974), The Road to Gandolfo (1975, writing under the pen-name Michael Shephard), The Gemini Contenders (1976), The Chancellor Manuscript (1977), The Holcroft Covenant (1978), The Matarese Circle (1979), The Bourne Identity (1980), The Parsifal Mosaic (1982), The Aquitaine Progression (1984), The Bourne Supremacy (1986), The Icarus Agenda (1988), The Bourne Ultimatum (1990), The Road to Omaha (1992), The Scorpio Illusion (1993), The Apocalypse Watch (1995), The Matarese Countdown (1997), and The Prometheus Deception (2000).
John le Carre
Call for the Dead (1961); A Murder of Quality (1962); The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963); The Looking-Glass War (1965); A Small Town in Germany (1968); The Naive and Sentimental Lover (1971); Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974); The Honourable Schoolboy (1977); Smiley’s People (1979); The Little Drummer Girl (1983); A Perfect Spy (1986); The Russia House (1989); The Secret Pilgrim (1990); The Night Manager (1993); Our Game (1995); The Tailor of Panama (1996); Single & Single (1999); The Constant Gardener (2001); Absolute Friends (2003); and The Mission Song (2006).
Hugh Laurie
The Gun Seller
James W. Huston
Secret Justice, Shadows of Power, Fallout, Flash Point, The Price of Power, and Balance of Power.
Brad Thor
Scot Harvath Series – The Lions of Lucerne, Path of the Assassin, State of the Union, Blowback, Takedown, and The First Commandment.
Dale Brown
Patrick McLanahan Series – Flight of the Old Dog, Day of the Cheetah, Skymaster, Night of the Hawk, Shadows of Steel, Fatal Terrain, The Tin Man, Battle Born, Warrior Class, Air Battle Force, Plan of Attack, and Strike Force.
Act of War Series – Act of War and Edge of Battle.
Independent Series – Silver Tower, Hammerheads, Chains of Command, Storming Heaven, and Shadow Command.
Len Deighton
“Unnamed Hero” Series – The IPCRESS File (1962); Horse Under Water (1963); Funeral in Berlin (1964); Billion Dollar Brain (1966); An Expensive Place to Die (1967); Spy Story (1972); Yesterday’s Spy (1975); and Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy (1976; In the U.S.: Catch a Falling Spy).
The Bernard Samson Series – Berlin Game (1983), Mexico Set (1984), London Match (1985), Spy Hook (1988), Spy Line (1989), Spy Sinker (1990), Faith (1994), Hope (1995), Charity (1996), and Winter (1987; A prequel to the Series).
Palma Harcourt
Climate for Conspiracy (1974), A Fair Exchange (1975), Dance for Diplomats (1976), At High Risk (1977), Agents of Influence (1978), Sleep of Spies (1979), Tomorrow’s Treason (1980), A Turn of Traitors (1981), The Twisted Tree (1982), Shadows of Doubt (1983), Distant Stranger (1984), Cloud of Doves (1985), A Matter of Conscience (1986), Limited Options (1987), Clash of Loyalties (1988), Cover for a Traitor (1989), Double Deceit (1990), The Reluctant Defector (1991), Cue for Conspiracy (1992), Bitter Betrayal (1993), The Vermont Myth (1994), and Shadows of the Past (1996).
Ian Fleming
James Bond Series – Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, From Russia with Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Thunderball, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, The Man with the Golden Gun, and Octopussy and the Living Daylights.
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey
The Pigman by Paul Zindel
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Bridge to Terabitha by Katherine Paterson
Madeleine L’Engles “Time” Series:
- A Wrinkle in Time
- A Wind in the Door
- A Swiftly Tilting Planet
- Many Waters
- An Acceptable Time
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Mary Stuart’s “King Arthur” trilogy
- The Crystal Cave
- The Hollow Hills
- The Last Enchantment
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
Susan Cooper’s “Dark is Rising” series:
- Over Sea, Under Stone
- The Dark is Rising
- Greenwitch
- The Grey King
- Silver on the Tree
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Stardust by Neil Gaiman
Maximum Ride
The Plague [by Jan Ure i think]
Hole in the Sky
Twilight
ummmmmmmmm uhhhhh i’ll try 2 think of some more
For I 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, and more. She has adult books too, so you can grow with her.
If you want more info or meg cabot’s website email me.
i don’t exactly know what kind of books would interest you.
but I’ll list some of my favorites
Lord of the Rings
Chronicles of Narnia
Harry Potter
books by Victor Villasenor, which are non-fiction, but probably the most interesting non-fiction books ever.
The Host-Stephenie Meyer. it’s pretty good, not one of my favorites, but it’s a good story.
Flowers for Algernon-Daniel Keyes
one of my ALL time favorite book: The Catcher in the rye-J.D. Salinger. (but you probably read that)
and ANY given book by David Sedaris. the guy is freaking hilarious.
Running with Scissors-Augusten Burroughs a super funny book
and i like a lot of other books, but I doubt they’d capture your interest, they’re written for females mostly.
just go to teenreads.com
and go to their ultimate reading list.
sure you’ll find something
happy reading!
Here are some of my favorites:
Neil Gaiman is an amazing author!
Edgar Allen Poe is a really good author. Check out his poems and short stories.
Any books by Scott Westernfeld or Neal Shusterman are really good too.
Any books by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes are amazing! There is In The Forest of The Night, Demon In My View, Shattered Mirror, Midnight Predator. And then there is the The Kiesha’ra series: Hawksong (the best in the series!), Snakecharm, Falcondance, Wolfcry and Wyverhail.
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Abarat by Clive Barker, Make sue you get the hardcover version though!!! If you liked the first one be sure to check out the next book in the series Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War.
Daughters of Destiny series: Keeper of the Winds by Jenna Solitaire, If you enjoyed the first one check out the next three books in the series. Keeper of the Waters, Keeper of the Flames and Keeper of the Earth.
The Abhorsen Trilogy (Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen) by Garth Nix
The Maximum Ride series (The Angel Experiment, Schools Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports, The Final Warning) by James Patterson
His Dark Materials trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Far Sweet Thing by Libba Bray
The Riddles of Epsilon by Christine Morton-Shaw
The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill, If you liked this one, check out the next two Blade of Fire and The Last Battle of the Icemark.
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding
Inkheart and Inkspell and Inkdeath (coming soon!) by Cornelia Funke
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Holes by Louis Sanchar
A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
The Morganville Vampire series (Glass Houses, Dead Girls Dance, Midnight Alley and Feast of Fools) by Rachel Cain
The Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini
The Chronicles of Narnia (7 books) by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
The Secret Under My Skin by Janet McNaughton
Uglies series by Scott Westernfeld
The Wind Singer, Slaves of the Mastery and Firesong by William Nicholson
Define “Normal” by Julie Ann Peters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
The Sight and Fell by David Clement-Davies