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Glad you didn't like Twilight and Gossip Girl!. I don't know if you did already, but my opinion is that you have to move on to heavier stuff!.!.!.Dostoevsky (Not only Crime and Punishment, but also other books, especially Notes From Underground), Kafka (Especially The Metamorphosis) and if you like/want to start reading plays, read The Diary of a Madman by Gogol first, and then to Waiting for Godot by Beckett, if you didn't!. That way it'll be easier to focus, Gogol's is a one-man play!.
Dante can be hard to focus sometimes too, but definitely read The Divine Comedy!.
Oh, and read Le Spleen De Paris by Baudelaire!. Prose poetry is so great!. :)Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I love Meg Cabot (Heather Wells & Queen of Babble) and Sophie Kinsella's (Shopaholic [soon to be movie] & Remember Me) Emily Giffin (Something Borrowed & Something Blue, Baby Proof) books!. I am in the process of reading Jennifer Weiner's (Good In Bed & Certain Girls) books!. They are all great authors!

For a young adult/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, Airhead and more!. She has adult books too, so you can grow with her!.

If you want more info or the authors website's email me!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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read the uglies series by scott westerfeld it is good, try books by ned vizzini like its kind of a funny story, teen angst!.!.!. naah, and be more chill!. dark angel is good!. Trigger!. tomorrow when the war began and the following series by john marsden!. crunch time, twisted, last name anderson!. Shift by bradury (not ray bradbury)!. Those are some of my favorite books, exept shift cuz i havent read it yet but it looks good!. im 14 and i already have an entire bookcase in my closet that i have filled up, donated, and filled up again!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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The Bloody Jack Series, by L!.A!. Meyer!. Bloody Jack is really a girl!. Orphaned in London at the end of the 1700's, she lives with a street gang, then disguises herself as a boy and is hired onto a British Naval ship!.
Great adventure, great characters, humor, suspense, great FUN!.
Bloody Jack, L!.A!. Meyer
The Curse of the Blue Tattoo
Under the Jolly Roger
In the Belly of the Bloodhound
Mississippi Jack

also, try:
Beyond the Western Sea, Avi
Does My Head Look Big in This!?; Abdel
Of Sound Mind, Jean Ferris
Things Not Seen, Andrew Clements!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Check out these books:

Sophie Kinsella-Remember Me!?, The Shopaholic Series, Can You Keep A Secret (I really enjoyed this one!), The Undomestic Goddess

Sarah Dessen-Lock and Key, Just Listen, Someone Like You, That Summer

Emily Giffin-Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Love The One You're With, Baby Proof

Meg Cabot-Size 12 Is Not Fat, All-American Girl

Ann Brashares-The Last Summer (Of You and Me), The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series

Cathy Kelly-Just Between Us (I enjoyed this one a lot too)

Jane Austen-Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility

Louisa May Alcott-Little Women

Charlotte Bronte-Jane EyreWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Fantasy:
Mediator Series by Meg Cabot (It's like Ghost Whisperer on TV, but with a teen girl talking to the ghosts)
Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
Wake by Lisa McMann (She dreams other's dreams)
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey (plus 2 sequels)
anything by Tamora Pierce

Romance
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (She wrote others)
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
anything by Sarah Dessen, Ann Brashares, Meg Cabot, Nicholas Sparks

Teen Issues
anything by Ellen Hopkins or Laurie Halse Anderson
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Nineteen Minutes and The Pact by Jodi PicoultWww@QuestionHome@Com

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trust me, someone will still say Twilight!. I've asked questions about good classics and people still suggested twilight!.

Anyways:
The Body
The Shawshank Redemption
Ender's Game
The Green Mile
Koontz's Frankenstein series
The Five People You Meet In Heaven
For One More DayWww@QuestionHome@Com

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My Most Excelent Year by Steve Kluger
^^I absolutly loved this book!. Relistic fiction!. It can be hard to follow, but it's well worth it!.

Other books: (fairly east reads)
Of Sound Mind
Hero
Remember Me!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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anything by ellen hopkins!.

the "uglies" series by scott westerfield!.

anything by chris crutcher (my fav author)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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well i really like books by kay hooper!. anything by her is really good especially her bishop trilogies! (they're suspence novels)

hope i helpedWww@QuestionHome@Com

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The SERRAted Edge series by Margret Weis!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Wicked
The Lovely Bones
Anything by Meg Cabot
Girls Out Late
UgliesWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Of Mice & Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings!. Anything by Lurlene McDaniel or Mary Monroe!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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try devilish by Maureen JohnsonWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Annie on My Mind by Nancy GardenWww@QuestionHome@Com

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ttyl!.
it's all IM's(:Www@QuestionHome@Com

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STEPHENIE MEYER-
Twilight
New Moon
and Eclipse comes out aug 7
their about a girl who falls in love with a vampire, and they go through obstacles and find out that without eachother they are nothing, sorry I cant explain more but theres just to much to say!. their really good, i love them!.


Prom night from hell with meg cabot and 3 other writes!. The stories where really good, they all had some type of vampirey/demons in them!.

LAURIE STOLARZ-

Blue is for nightmares
White is for magic
Silver is for secrets
Red is for rememberance
These are about a teenage girl who practices wicca, and her dreams tell her things!. I guess shes sort of a psychic!. And in each book she has to help someone and save their lives(including herself)!. They are really good!. She goes to a boarding school and has 4 (5 including her boyfriend) really close friends!. Her friends are really funny, she has 2 friends who are girls, and one is!.!.!.!.funny and out there, the other is pretty and cheerleadery(but shes not), her 2 guy friends are the same, ones different and goofy, the other is a jock and good looking!. Her boyfriend is so much like her,(practices wicca and has the dreams also, about something thats going to happen to someone) and she loves him a lot!. But thats what all the books are about, her trying to save the people shes having dreams about lives!. They are a great serious, mix of romance, mystery, realistic fiction and comedy!.

She also has a book called Bleed, which is about like 5 teens and their lives!.


LAURA RUBY-

Good Girls
About a girl whose reputation is destroyed after a picture is taken of her and a boy being!.!.!.!.close!. She makes new friends during the book and finds out that she loved that boy!.

LAURA WEISS-

Such a pretty girl
A girls father who was in prison for child rape and molestation, gets out early!. Shes 15, and tries to find a way to put him back in jail, because hes still active!.

HOLLY BLACK-

Tithe
Ironside
a girl wo finds out shes a fairy, falls in love with a knight, and tries to survive and overcome many problems!. very good books also!.

she also has the book
Valiant
about a girl who runs away because of her mothers and boyfriends betrayal!. She meets new friends in the streets and falls in love with a troll, whom teachers her how to fight with a sword!.


LAURIE ANDERSON-

Speak
a girl gets raped and calls the cops at the party, and everybody hates her at her school!.

Fever 1793
a girl tries to save her mom from a deathly fever

SARAH DESSEN-

This Lullaby
a girl who never stays with a guy for more than a couple of months, gets with a musicician, which she promised herself she would never date musicians, but hes different from all the other guys!.

Keeping the Moon-
a girl goes to her aunts for the summer, she used to be really fat, but she got skinny because of her mom!. And she finds her inner beauty with real friends!. she didnt have friends back at home, even when she turned skinny, everybody still hated her!. But here she meets a great guy, and finds out stuff about herself!.

The Truth About Forever-
a girl whose father died, and she or her mother, never really dealt with it, they didnt want to think about it and get depressed!. she ends up working at a library and a catering business!. she meets good friends, one of which is very attractive, and ends up being the friend she can tell anything to!.

Someone LIke you-
a girls best friend gets pregnant, and the father was killed in a motorcycle accident, she helps her with her pregnacy!.She also meets a guy who is a rebel!. and she ends up getting in trouble with her parents because of him!. And she ends up getting in a accident, because of him!.


Just Listen-
A girl almost gets raped by her former best friends boyfriend, and everybody thinks that shes a slut!. So she has no friends, but the ones at her modeling career!. She meets a boy at school, who is obsessed with music, and keeps to himself!.
He teaches her to not lie, and let her emotions out!.

Dreamland-
this girl meets a boy whom she is fascinated with and loves!. But he ends up hurting her, and she faces with her sister running away and being abused by her boyfriend!.

oh all of the girls in these books are teenagers!.

LINDA JOY SINGLETON
The Seer Series-
Dont die dragonfly
Last Dance
Witch Ball
Sword Play
Fatal Charm
their about a girl who is psychic and she has powers, which she uses to try and save people, that she sees in her visions, that are gonna die!. And she gets help from her friend who also has a power and another friend who has a power!. They team up to try and help her grandmother with her illness, who also is a psychic, these books are great I highly recommend them!.

JODI LYNN ANDERSON-

Peaches
3 very differnt girls become friends, and find love!. and solve problems with help from one another!.


Hope this helps, and that you read some, im sure there will be some you'll love!. All of them are about teenagers!.

ANNETTE KURTIS KLAUSE-

blood and chocolate
A 16 year old werewolf girl falls in love with a human!. Against what her family/pack wills!. And the leader of the pack tries to get her to!.!.!.!.be his girlfriend/mate!. And throughout the book you deal with problems, action, romance, and suspense!. Its really good I liked it!.

AMELIA ATWATER RHODES-
In the forest of the night
Demon in my view
shattered mirror
they are not a series but have some of the same characters!. They're also about vampires!.kind of like the vampires falling in love with the human!.demon in my view and shattered mirror both have teenagers in high school!. They are all really good!.


S!.E!. HINTON

the outsiders
about greasers and the socs, rumbles and running away

MELISSA DE LA CRUZ
Blue bloods series
A vampire girl goes on advantures to try and figure out secrets!.!.!.!.it's a lot more interesting than my description!. hahaha

MELISSA MARR
Wicked Lovely
Ink Exchange
Girl can see fairies and other creatures!. She overcomes obsticles to save the ones she loves!.

All of these are great! They deal with real life teenage stuff, well if you dont count some of the fantasy stuff with the fairies and vampires!. But they really do, stuff what teens do and dont do!. The ups and downs of relationships and school and family!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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WEBSITE BELOW HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT LISTS!.

Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888; American) - Rose's father has died leaving her an orphan!. She goes to live with her Aunt Plenty and Aunt Rose!. She is very lonely until she makes friends with a servant, Phoebe and then seven cousins, all boys, arrive!. Life will never be the same!. Publication 1875!.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888; American) - This novel about Jo and her three sisters, Meg, Amy, and Beth, is set during the Civil War!. Their father has gone off to fight!. It is based upon the author's life and the lives of her three sisters!. Publication 1868!.

Little Men by Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888; American)!. Publication 1871!.

Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888; American)!. Publication 1886!.

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855; English) - This is an amazing love story!. Jane, an poor orphan, grows up in the loveless home of a hate-filled aunt!. Her close friend at school dies and cruel punishments are administered by the superintendent!. As an adult, Jane falls in love with her employer, Mr!. Rochester!. He is tormented by a terrible secret in his past!. This is a true gothic tale of suspense, romance, insanity, and attempted murder!. Publication 1847!.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (1818 - 1849; English) - The is the story of the tortured romantic relationship of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan adopted by Catherine's father!. The tale is set on the rugged moors of Yorkshire!. Publication 1847!.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte (1820 - 1849; English) Publication 1848!.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) - The courtship of proud Mr!. Darcy and prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet is complicated by their persistent misunderstanding of each other's actions and feelings!. There are many interesting characters!. Mrs!. Bennet is preoccupied with marrying off her five daughters!. There is an impressive dowager aunt who intimidates everyone except Elizabeth!. The amazingly conceited clergyman rehearses his speeches to young ladies!. The story is set in the 18th century!. Publication 1813!.

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) - Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two very different sisters!. Elinor is sensible, while Marianne is sensitive and emotional!. After the death of their father, the girls, their mother, and younger sister are forced to move to a small cottage in the country!. The sisters fall in love with eligible bachelors, but problems arise!. Publication 1811!.

Emma by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) - Emma Woodhouse is a young lady who is intent on matchmaking!. After many complications Emma finds that her scheming has served to confuse matters and hurt other people's feelings!. Publication 1815!.

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) Publication 1814!.

Persuasion by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English)Publication 1817!.

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1775 - 1817; English) Publication 1817!.

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942; Canadian) - Orphaned red head Anne Shirley goes to live with an elderly brother and sister, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert on Prince Edward Island!. Anne is a bookish dreamer who needs to be loved!. Publication 1908!. Sequels include: Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, and Anne of Ingleside!.

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1907 - 1989; English) - Wealthy Max de Winter remarries and his new bride quickly realizes something is wrong at Manderley!. In the opinion of the housekeeper, who was devoted to Rebecca, the last mistress of Manderly, the new Mrs!. de Winter is timid and nervous, nothing like Rebecca!. The housekeeper becomes the new bride's enemy as a horrible mystery about Rebecca unfolds!. Publication 1940!.

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emma Orczy (1865 - 1947; Hungarian) Publication 1903!.

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864; American) - A young woman, Hester Prynne, is shunned in her community of New England Puritans and forced to wear a red "A" on her chest because of her sins with the local minister, Arthur Dimmesdale!. Hester's husband, Roger Chillingworth, is jealous and full of vengeance!. Publication 1850!.

The House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864; American) Publication 1851!.

My Antonia by Willa Cather (1873 - 1947; American) - Antonia Shimerda moves from Bohemia to a pioneer town in Nebraska!. Mr!. Shimerda is homesick and cannot make a living, so he commits suicide!. Antonia is strong and determined!. She makes friends with Jim Burden, who lives on a neighboring farm!. They grow up on the Nebraska prairie along with wolves, brown earth-owls, and rattlesnakes, and gradually Jim learns to love Antonia!. Publication 1918!.

O, Pioneers! by Willa Cather (1873 - 1947; American) Publication 1913!.

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (1873 - 1947; American) - Publication 1915!.

The Gift of the Magi by O!. Henry (1862 - 1910; American) - A young couple want to make Christmas special despite lack of funds!. Each does what is necessary to buy just the right present for the other!. The results are quite ironic!. Publication 1906!.

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865; English) Publication 1854!.

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865; English) Publication 1865!.

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863; English) Publication 1848!.

The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope (1863 - 1933; English) Publication 1894!.

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson (1908 - 1973; American) - The old stray dog certainly is ugly and a thieving rascal, but out here on the Texas frontier a dog is a good companion, especially with Dad away on a cattle drive!. Publication 1956!.

The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1876 - 1916; American) - A domesticated dog, Buck, is kidnapped and sold to gold hunters!. To survive he has to learn to listen to the call of the wild and learn the ways of his wolf ancestors!. Eventually, he falls into the ownership of John Thornton, whose life Buck saves twice!. Publication 1903!.

White Fang by Jack London (1876 - 1916; American) - A half wolf - half dog is nearly destroyed by the vicious cruelty of men!. Publication 1906!.

The Sea Wolf by Jack London (1876 - 1916; American) Publication 1904!.

Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (1891 - 1968; American) - Johnny is an apprentice to a silversmith in Boston (not Paul Revere) in the days just prior to the American Revolution!. An accident ends his apprenticeship!. In the days following his accident he meets Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and many other men of history!. Publication 1944!.

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745; Anglo-Irish) - Lemuel Gulliver travels to a series of very unusual and heretofore unknown lands!. In one place he is a giant compared to the Lilliputians!. In another, he is the size of a mouse compared to the people he finds!. He also finds a floating island and a place where intelligent horses are served by humanoids!. Publication 1726!. This was made into a movie starring Ted Danson!.

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1660 - 1731; English) - Crusoe finds himself stranded on an uncharted island off the coast of South America for nearly 30 years!. He must find food, shelter, and clothing!. He survives because of his faith in God!. Many years after landing on the island, he saves a man named, Friday, who is about to be eaten by cannibals and Friday becomes Crusoe's faithful servant!. Publication 1719!.

Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss (1743 - 1848; Swiss) - Fritz, Ernest, Jack, Franz, Mother, and Father survive a shipwreck and find themselves stranded on a deserted island near New Guinea!. Being a religious family they offer thanks to God for all that he has provided!. They salvage all that they can from the ship!. They build a tree house for protection from wild animals, find food, make candles from berries, bread from roots, and a canoe from a tree!. They face snakes, wolves, bears, and a lion, but are doing quite well until they discover a way to leave the island!. Who will go!? Who will stay!? This was made into a movie a very long time ago!. Publication 1812!.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894; Scot) - Young Jim Hawkins, an innkeeper's son, finds a treasure map among the belongings of a dead seaman!. Pirates seek that very map and Jim finds himself in quite a predicament!. On board ship, Jim overhears Long John Silver's plans for mutiny!. This has also been made into a movie!. Publication 1883!.

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1828 - 1905; French) - Phineas Fogg tries to make his way around the globe in 80 days in order to win a bet of 20,000 pounds!. He is accompanied on his journey by a servant and they implore all sorts of modes of travel (elephant, sled, balloon, etc!.)!. Publication 1873!.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1828 - 1905; French) - Professor Aronnax leads an expedition attempting to destroy a giant sea monster!. Their efforts with harpoons are futile and the men find themselves in the water!. Later, they are captured by the enigmatic Captain Nemo on his underwater vessel, the Nautilus!. Publication 1870!. The movie starred a rather young Kirk Douglas!.

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936; English)!. - A boy, Mowgli, is lost in the jungle of India and adopted by a family of wolves!. Publication 1894!.

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936; English) This has many wonderful tales including How the Leopard Got His Spots!. Publication 1902!.

Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936; English) - Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled rich teenager who considers himself above the manual labor aboard the ship!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

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