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Question: 16 year old girl in need of book recommendations :)!?
I dont read NEARLY enough as I want to!.!.!.I need some recommendations :)

I would like to find books with plot lines similar to the movies Donnie Darko or The Number 23 - something that will catch my attention, a thriller of some sort possibly!.

I also enjoy books such as Pride and Prejudice and Far From The Madding Crowd!.

I've heard the Twilight series, Alice in Wonderland, and Jane Eyre are good as well, any more ideas!? Thoughts!? Thanks! :DWww@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Don't read the Twilight series!. Probably most people on here are going to recommend it, but it is really badly written!. It's full of undeveloped characters, telling instead of showing, and purple prose!. Unfortunately, many people (including myself when I first read it) get obsessed with Edward's HAWT SPARKLY VAMPIRENESS!11!!!11!!, that they don't seem to notice!.

Alice in Wonderland is supposed to be a great book, but I couldn't really get into it!.

There were parts of Jane Eyre that I really liked, but overall I didn't care for it too much!. If you like Pride and Prejudice though, you might like it better than I did!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

So you've heard the Twilight series, but have you read them!? If you haven't, you really should!. They are my favorite books of all time!.

also~

----------The Inkworld series ~ Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath

----------The Artemis Fowl series ~ Artemis Fowl, The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, The Opal Deception, The Lost Colony, and The Time Paradox

----------The Gemma Doyle trilogy ~ A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, and The Sweet Far Thing

----------The Uglies series ~ Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras

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If you haven't read Harry Potter, I really recommend it!. If you read the start of the 1st book and didn't like it, I assure you that's the only time you'll ever be bored!.
I love all books by Jodi Piccoult!. I especially love My Sister's Keeper, The Pact, and 19 Minutes!.
13 Reasons Why is really great
Twilight is really good for the 1st 3, but the last is terrible!.

That's all I can think of!. Good luck! ?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Here are some books that I think are really good books that i've read!. You might like them but then again you might not!.

The twilight series!.
Kitty Kitty by Michele Jaffe
Before I die- Jenny Downham
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
Rose By Any Other Name - Maureen McCarthy
The luxe by anna godbersem
saving zoe by alyson noel

hope i've helped!

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The Gossip Girl Series is really good!. Oh my good there are so many to choose from!. When I'm in need of a good book I cruise the Barnes and Noble in the Teen section they always have something good!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

This isn't like a thriller or anything but it is kinda a darker book which is good and it's called Night by Ellie Weisel!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I would suggest:

Wake by Lisa McMann
Choices by Doborah Lynn JacobsWww@QuestionHome@Com

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Night I Disappeared by Julie Reece DeaverWww@QuestionHome@Com

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Traci Chevalier!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

read twilight its the best!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I would reccomend these, they're not too deep and are just lighthearted but are enthraling at the same time!.!.!.

The A List (series of 10) - Zoey Dean
About the goings on of the teenage children of the rich and famous, contains a wide variety of material - love, hate, jealousy etc!. Loved it!

Girl Meets Boy, Guy Next Door, All American Girl, Avalon High, etc!. - Meg Cabot
I absoloutly love Meg Cabot's books! I would especially recommend the Girl Meets Boy & Guy Next Door as well as the third in that series, I immensly enjoyed them! Some are intended for adults but most for youth and I love them all!

Lioness Quartet, Wild Magic Quartet, Trickster, etc!. - Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce's books are mainly set in the land of Tortall in medieval times, they use the same characters just at different stages of their lives and different books/series' focus on different people!. They consist of fighting, magic, love, etc!.

The diaries of kelly ann (2 books) & Jumping to Confusions - by Liz Rettig
These recount the goings on of an older teenager as she strugles to make decisions and learn to trust in others!. The second one, Now or Never is about her relationship with a boy and is funny but romantic and suspencful at the same time!.

It's A Mall World After All - Not sure who wrote it though!.!.!.
Comedy of a girl and how she falls in love with her best friend's boyfriend's bestfriend while stalking her friend's boyfriend in an attempt to prove he is a lying cheating scumbag!. A very good read & lovey but funny at the same time!.

I'd Tell You I Love You But I'd Have to Kill You - Ally Carter
About a girl brought up as a spy and enrolled in a leading spy school who falls in love with an ordinary boy and can’t tell him who she actually is!. Funny!. There is a second in the series called To Spy or Not to Spy, it’s just as good!.

Possibly the S!.A!.S!.S!. series - Numerous Authors
About the travels of students and what happens to them on their stay - love etc!. Not brill but an ok read

Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paloini
Love them, you have to read them, Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr!

Sweet Valley High Books - !?!?!?
I can’t remember who wrote these but they’re a pretty good read even if they are kind of old!. If you’re into series’s these are good as their’s over 100 books

The Last Summer (Of You and Me) - Ann Brashares
A good book but immensly sad, it is probably better for older teens or adults!.

Twilight - Stephenie Meyer
I haven’t actually read any books by Stephenie Meyer but they’re so highly reccommended that I’ve reserved one at the library!. I believe that they’re a love story involving a vampire!.

I have more suggestions if you want to hear them, just contact me or check out my website, http://www!.freewebs!.com/greatteennovels/
Hope you find something you like here!Www@QuestionHome@Com