Any good books I can try?

I don't know if you still want more, but I've got some no one else recommended.

A Princess of Mars ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs

Robert E Howard's Conan the Barbarian series

H.P. Lovecraft's mythos tales (Be warned these are some of the creepiest stories ever written)

Red Harvest ~ Dashiell Hammett

Bernard Cornwell's 'Sharpe's series'

I echo the Riordan books. He is a great author and I'm sure you will love any of his books! Another one I suggest is The Alex Rider Series, by Anthony Horowitz. They have always been a favorite of mine, and were what got me into reading. Finally, I suggest The Ranger's Apprentice series, these books are truly great, written by John Flannagan.

Yeah, I'm like you too. When I was in 1st grade I had read every Harry Potter book that was out at the time. Now I can read adult books ( when I have the attention span for them). I can not find any new and good books, but one amazing series I have read is The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare, or the Infernal Devices which is also by her. Good Luck!!

-thestorygirl

Any book by Roland Smith!!! Or the Bloody Jack series by L.A Meyer (it sounds weird but its amazing)!!

I sugest the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It is a great book that has fighting and romance. It's a great combination and I think that you should try it. Unless you already have, and then I'll feel stupid. But I didn't really like the last two books, so read them at your own risk. That's all I have to say about that.

Best books ever(and when I read it, as well as description):

Speak:Laurie Halse Anderson-This year-A girl in ninth grade, a little "sexual" if that bothers you; best book ever
Eleanors Story:Eleanor Ramrath Garner-6th grade-A girl growing up in Hitlers Germany;second favorite book
The Book Thief:Markus Zusak-This year-
The Resistance-see below(sequal, this is the second book)
The Declaration:Gemma Malley-7th grade- A book about a longevity pill that makes people live forever
Castaway:Iain Lawrence-6th grade- I don't remember to much accept that it was good, takes place in the industrial revolution of Britain, I think
The Lost Conspiracy:Francis Hardinge-Last year-About a girl named Hathin who uncovers a conspiracy about the "Lost,"
a group of people who can leave their bodies.
Ellin Hopkins books look good, too, somebody else mentioned them, however I haven't read any.
1st to Die:James Patterson-This year-Don't tell your parents you are reading it...Full of detailed rapes, sex and love, murder, and violence. But, great book. About a detective and her buds.

The Dark is Rising:Susan Cooper-this year-Utterly Terrible

If you like stories about animals, I can name a few.

Redwall series by Brian Jacques

Watership Down by Richard Adams

Warriors by Erin Hunter. (Actually it's a pen name; the books are written by 3 people.)

The Mistmantle Chronicles by M.I. McAllister.

Lots of good books that people have already said

Harry Potter, it's wonderful! The plot, suspense, everything is great about it!
Percy Jackson series. Love the humor in it!
Everlost. The second book is Everwild, but I'm not too sure if the third one is out. But it's great.
On the Run. It's a series, don't think a lot of you have read it. By Gordon Korman, kind of a simple easy book but the plot is really good.
Eragon if you're interested in dragons
Inkheart, interesting plot, it's a lot different from other books that you might have read.

And I agree, Twilight is weird. I don't see how anyone can go all crazy about a werewolf, a vampire, and Bella. No offense to any Twilight lovers.

When i was in year 3, i got bored with reading the "Laser Beam Series."

So i read Bram Stokers, "Dracula."

Nice read, and it's not that scary.

Hungar Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins is a very good trilogy. It's exciting and kind of scary. Look them up if you haven't heard of them. It can be a bit graphic with the violence sometimes (For a week I was having nightmares; but couldn't figure it out) I'm not sure if this is a selling point for you I'm not the greatest saleswomen but these are seriously good book, I've gotten many of my friends to read them and they love them. Great bed time stories

Unm great books are ll arond us but i think i have found one of the best series. i think you have heard of it. its called the house of night series and the authors had me crying by the second book so yeah i would most definatly go out there, find these books, and DEVOUR them like i did lol

Books, Books, Books!! *Sighs happily* I try every sort of book so be in for a big one.

-Ophelia by Lisa Klein

-Maximum Ride series by James Patterson

-Witch and Wizard by James Patterson

-Ten things I hate about me (can't remember author)

-Witch Child by Cecilia Rees

-Sovay by Cecilia Rees

-House of Night series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. First is Marked.
(IS totally different than Twilight.)

-Children of the lamp series by P.B. Kerr first is THe Akhenthan Adventure

-Bra's and Broomsticks by Sarah Mylonski (Think that's how you spell it.)

Try some of Cecelia Ahern's books like "where rainbows end", and "a place called here" XxX

I love the fallowing books:
Willow
Dead tossed waves
Go ask alice ( this one maybe to old for you since it was to old for me and has content about drugs. )
Fallout ( same with this. )
Thirteen Reasons Why

Thefadedphotograph wrote:I'll give one more suggestion about a great author, not an individual book. That author is Neil Gaiman. The guy's a genius most of the time. He wrote Coraline and Stardust---both of which I've only read brief exerpts from, but I've heard that they're good. Now, the book that truely caught my attention from him was American Gods, which I got last Christmas. This book was amazing---gave me another one of those "Holy Shit . . ." moments. Filled with myths and vivid dreams, along with a horribly gripping storyline. It starts with the main character whose name is Shadow. He's in prison in the beginning of the story, but when he gets some unexpected news he is let out into the world he was locked away from for so long. On the flight home he encounters a man who knows things about him that know one else knows, things that possibly he didn't even know. And from there is goes.

the Inkheart series. Cant beat it.

~the hunger games
(the hunger games, catching fire, mocking jay)

Harry Potter

I doubt you'll be interested in my suggestions after being bludgeoned by everyone elses, but I'll give it a go anyway. I am very open minded in regards to the types of books I like to read but I'm also very picky. I like a clear and accurate story without much extra hoopla thrown in for character developement. Although I have read a lot of Stephen King and he tends to go overboard with his characters. The best stories to me are the ones that entertain my mind by igniting my imagination with strange ideas and anything unordinary.

My number one choice when suggesting a book to people is It by Stephen King. It's in the one thousand page length and took me a week to read but it was well worth it. When I finally put the book down I had one of those "Holy Shit That Was A Good Book" moments. I mean, the characters in this book literally Breath with life. The shape shifting being that haunts this book's pages has filled my head with some of the strangest images. . . . I highly recommend this book.

I'll give one more suggestion about a great author, not an individual book. That author is Neil Gaiman. The guy's a genius most of the time. He wrote Coraline and Stardust---both of which I've only read brief exerpts from, but I've heard that they're good. Now, the book that truely caught my attention from him was American Gods, which I got last Christmas. This book was amazing---gave me another one of those "Holy Shit . . ." moments. Filled with myths and vivid dreams, along with a horribly gripping storyline. It starts with the main character whose name is Shadow. He's in prison in the beginning of the story, but when he gets some unexpected news he is let out into the world he was locked away from for so long. On the flight home he encounters a man who knows things about him that know one else knows, things that possibly he didn't even know. And from there is goes.

Hey there!

I highly reccomend:

all of Ellen Hopkins' books are incredible. just be up for lots of drugs and sex.

Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen by Garth Nix- these are great fantasy stories with all sorts of dark magic, necromancy, and zombies. really good!

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice- this book is dark and erotic and has all sorts of weird stuff. amazing.

the Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz- a series where fallen angels are vampires that are reborn in different cycles. romance, masquerade balls, and fights between the blue bloods and the silver bloods. intriguing read

Shiver by Maggie Steifvater- awesome wolf book. they're not really werewolves either. anyway, its a passionate love story and a great read.

Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick- another fallen angel book, but its focus is on a human girl who falls in love with a fallen angel.

the Private series by Kate Brian- a gossip girl meets murder mystery series about a girl who goes to private school on scholarship and gets tapped for an exclusive dorm. along the way her boyfriend gets killed, her friends are all suspicious, and she herself almost gets killed.

hope you enjoy!

ANY Nicholas Sparks book if your into romance.

For action, I would.. hmm shoot.. Idk I dont read action.

For sadness get
*Hatelist
*The last year
*I am furniture
I like the books:
*Lovely bones
*Gone with the wind
*Kissed by an angel
*The forest of hands and teeth
*The geography of girls
*Hate list
*Dear John
*The notebook
*The wedding
*The last song
*Message in a bottle

There are SOMMME (:

The three of the top of my head are: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Famished Road by Ben Okri and the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn/ Gillian Rubenstein.

Anything by Brandon Sanderson, Garth Nix, Diane Wynne Jones, George Orwell, Mickey Zucker Reichert, or Terry Brooks.

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss is by far my favorite book.
Annnd, a list of titles:

The Painted (or Warded, depending on where you're from) by Peter Brett
The Prince of Shadow by Curt Benjamin
The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind


So...yeah. If you ever need any more, let me know. This is short cause I have school.


-Coral-

Do you like fantasy? If so, I can reccomend a few you might want to try.
First off, about the reading age - thank goodness, I thought I was abnormal
Anyway, on to the reccomendations.
You must have read Harry Potter.
Deltora Quest, by Emily Rodda, is a very good typical 'quest' type.
Artemis Fowl, by Eoin Colfer. Very good books, they become kind of heart-warming.
Redwall (the series) by Brian Jacques is one of my favourites.
Also the Inkheart (Cornelia Funke - always reminds me of Cornelius Fudge) and the Bartimaeus (Jonathan Stroud) trilogies.
I can't really help you further than that. Of course, if fantasy's not your type, I never said anything. O.O
God bless,
Ignis

i am currently reading the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer and i love it. i would recomend this series to every1. Another book i really enjoy is Daniel's Story by Carol Matas. i have read it twice and am going to read it again soon. If you liek Animals you should read the Penderwicks an't remember the authors name atm. good luck

Here are some of the books I recommend. All of them I've been really impressed with, or else they probably wouldn't be on here!

- 'Abarat' & 'Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War' by Clive Barker. I just finished reading the second one and I can honestly admit that these books are currently on the top of my favorites list. They're for young adults, so they don't have any bad content other than a few bad words. They're pretty surreal, but definitely worth reading.

- 'Daemon Hall' by Andrew Nance. Another rather surreal, paranormal book. This book is also for young adults, so again no bad content. It's a good book to read if you're looking for a scary story...or just a story about teen writers like yourself.

- 'The Bartimaeus Trilogy' by Johnathan Stroud. Probably my second-favorite series of all time. These books are witty, clever and just overall...awesome. They're also for young adults. The first book is The Amulet of Samarkand.

- 'The Dragonlance Chronicles' by Margret Weis and Tracy Hickman. These books are a bit more mature, but still rather good. The Chronicles are a series of three books, but in reality there are about 17 or so that follow it. The first book is Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

- 'Sword of Truth' series by Terry Goodkind. These books are definitely more mature and a little harder to get into, but I'm on the third one and so far they're pretty good. The first book is Wizard's First Rule.

That's all I can think of at the moment. Hope this helps!

Pooka?

Do you mean Everlost by Neal Shüsterman?

Oh. My. Gosh. I'd just forgotten the author, and I went into a little research in the web, and I found it's a triology...

oh. my. I have the first book, and I really like it...

[quote="MaresAzulados"]I'm 13, and one of the authors I dislike is Meg Cabot. I just... can't read a book of hers anymore...

Ya, She has a few good ones out there, Like The mediator series, but she kind of went off the deep end and started writing about nasty stuff. If you read Princess Diaries, then you REALLY need to watch out after the fifth or sixth book. ALSO, all American girl was good but DO NOT read the sequel, it was awful and i can't believe they put that in the teen section!

Some of my favorites include:
Everlost
anything By Sharon Creech
anything by Margret Peterson Hadix
ALL the books by Lois Duncan (Despite the scary movie, her books are more suspense and mystery than horror)
Sun and moon, Ice and snow (My favorite book ever)
Wicked lovely
The Sweep series
Bloody Jack series
Artemis Fowl
Nancy Drew
Sherlock Holmes
the book thief
and May Bird


hope i could be of help

Ok, some of these books sound like things I am going to have to read in school haha. I suggest the Percey jackson and the olimpians series, the series of unfortunate events are ok, um the lord of the rings if you have a big attension span. Inkheart, inkspell, and inkdeath (they are a series) Treasure Island was ok. The host was pretty good. Thats all I can think of off the top of my head.

I'm 13, and one of the authors I dislike is Meg Cabot. I just... can't read a book of hers anymore...

So, when I'm online I go for "Books Hunt". I go to places were they sell books, and I read descriptions, then I try to buy the most interesting ones. I have, like, a long, long list of those.

Heya! I'm a bit like you, I always wanted to read above my age group!
Anyways, I would recommend these books:
> The Louise Rennison books - they're absolutely hilarious
> Triskellion and Triskellion 2, by Will Peterson - a mixture of fantasy/adventure/archaeology. I thought they were really great
> The Princess Diaries - cheesy, but still fun
> Lock and Key/The Truth About Forever/This Lullaby/(Just Listen), by Sarah Dessen - subject content a bit more mature than the others I've mentioned but she's just such a good writer.

Hope this helps in some small way! And if you ever want to talk about a book, I'm always more than happy to! (in fact, talking about books is one of my favourite things - second only to reading lol)
~*X*~

"Peter and the Starcatchers" by Dave Barry, "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins, "The Merchant of Death" by D. J. MacHale, "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld, anything by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Half Moon Investigations by Eoin Colfer, "Life as we Knew It" by Susan Beth Pfeffer, "Silverwing" and "Airborn" by Kenneth Oppel, "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer, and "The Seer and the Sword" by Victoria Hanley.

Note that alot of the books I've mentioned are the first in a series.

Hey there!

Well, it's summer, and yay! Time to read! So, you simply HAVE to read Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. It's an essential to every writer's bookshelf, and besides being my favorite book (ZOMG RHETT BUTLER *drools* ), it really taught me a lot about excellent characterization, flowing writing, and magnificent settings. Highly, highly recommended.

Also, Knightly's suggestion of anything by Jane Austen is fabulous, too! I'd recommend Pride and Prejudice first; besides being the most well-known, it's a nice introduction into the classics, and it's a very beautiful love story.

Hmmm....oh! If you like Christian fiction, I'd really recommend A Passion Most Pure and its sequel, A Passion Redeemed by Julie Lessman. They're excellent, excellent stories. I've even met Julie herself; she's real sweet, down to earth, and she's a great writing advisor. But yeah. Read her books. lol

Best of luck reading!

Wigs

KnightlyAngel09 wrote:
Oh, and a lovely series you can read is Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. First book in the series is called The Lightning Thief.

--Knightly

Hiya.

Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli. Young adult fiction... I really loved it when I was younger. Really smart too.

If you're willing to try some classics, go with To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Also, anything Jane Austen would be a great read as well although a lot of people say she's a rather difficult read.

If you don't read classics that much but you're willing to try it and want to start with something not as tedious as some classics tend to be, try Little Women, Little Men and Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott.

Oh, and a lovely series you can read is Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan. First book in the series is called The Lightning Thief.

--Knightly

Try Harry Potter by J.K.Rowling. And don't worry it is nothing like Twilight. The characters and plot are very well done and the fantasy world that Rowling created is absolutely incredible.

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. Best book I ever read. The characters are phenomenal.

Well, I guess I would recommend The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. There is some stuff that is a little inappropriate. But, I'm thirteen and I read it. It's my favorite book.

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult is really good, too. I like a lot of her books.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold is really good, and it's different. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin is kind of the same thing, but different.

Frozen Fire by Tim Bowler is good.

Anything by Sarah Dessen is good, especially Dreamland and The Truth About Forever.

I liked Impulse by Ellen Hopkins.

I liked Willow by Julia Hoban, as well.

I liked Nothing by Robin Friedman.

Smack by Melvin Burgess was good, also.

That's all I can think of right now. Check them out, they're all really good.