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supersid
July 20th, 2013, 03:25 PM
hi im 15 year old boy ive read both Darren shan series and hunger games trilogy but I have no idea wattoread nextive been looking all over the web and in shops but there is nothing that looks good. any ideas?

pvanhouten
July 23rd, 2013, 02:03 AM
I've never read it but I've heard good things about The Maze Runner trilogy. I personally loved the The Kite Runner, John Green books (I'm a Nerdfighter), and maybe you can dabble in the classics such as The Catcher in the Rye, Fahrenheit 451, and To Kill a Mockingbird. I just turned 16.

citydreams
July 23rd, 2013, 02:26 PM
Yeah John Green is good, I've heard the inheritance cycle is good and the abduction by John Grisham is really good (it's the first in a series I think)

Jess
July 23rd, 2013, 07:57 PM
Inheritance Cycle, Percy Jackson series, maybe?

Jacob H.
July 24th, 2013, 06:03 AM
what about the fable haven and beyonder series?, both by bradon mull

Cygnus
July 27th, 2013, 05:18 PM
If you played the videogame Bioshock you can pick up a prequel book that is called Bioshock: Rapture. Interesting political tale. You could also read something like the Percy Jackson series as previously mentioned.

DerBear
July 27th, 2013, 08:54 PM
Do you like detective case solving kind of books?

Luminous
July 27th, 2013, 09:34 PM
you might be a little old but you might like the percy jackson series and the heroes of olympus series. There's a series calle the missing still coming out it is very good about time travel.I personally can't stand either narnia or lord of the rings but you might like them. Oh and the golden compass and the other two books in the series I forgot the Name. I am 13 but a very advanced reader I started at 2 and was fluently reading at 4.

YOi'mMO
July 27th, 2013, 10:54 PM
Well, if you're looking at series, The Mortal Instruments; Vampire Academy (better than most vampire-based books I've read), are ones I'm reading now and they're pretty good. Speak by Laurie Anderson; The Fault in Our Stars by John Green; and Anna Dress in Red-or something along those lines-are also pretty good :3

Life's Like This
July 27th, 2013, 11:01 PM
The Fault in OurStars by John Green. I highly encourage you to read it! The best book I've ever read this year... And any year.

Daracon
July 28th, 2013, 01:25 AM
Read The Thin Executioner by Darren Shan, Hunger by Michael Grant, Percy Jackson series, Age of Odin,

stoneflowe96
August 2nd, 2013, 05:50 PM
With 15 I was first amazed by adult books, I like youth books too. It was "Andorra" by Max Frisch and "the pillars of earth" by Ken Follet

removeddddd
August 5th, 2013, 12:20 PM
A Song of Ice and Fire

LouBerry
August 5th, 2013, 12:36 PM
The Book Thief. The Mortal Instruments series. The Lost Hero series. The Divergent series.

Origami
August 5th, 2013, 03:55 PM
I always recommend that everyone take the time to read Paul Zindel's The Pigman. It's a really quick and light read written from the point of view of two characters on their experiences with a strange, friendly old man dubbed "The Pigman."

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EvanGr
August 5th, 2013, 04:14 PM
I strongly recomend to read Dqn Brown. His books are just AMAZING. Also Wilbur Smith's books are terrific.I just started the Cortney series.

Obsidian
August 5th, 2013, 04:18 PM
Well based on what books you said you like, you should definitely read The Mortal Instruments series. Those books are awesome! I know a lot of guys and girls that have read them, so it's not a girly series or anything. The Witch & Wizard series by James Patterson is good too.

Matt_97
August 10th, 2013, 07:33 PM
How about:
Mortal Instruments Series
Divergent Series
Graceling Series
Legend Series
A Song of Ice and Fire

Faolan
August 11th, 2013, 04:40 PM
Ones that I enjoyed:
Those Who Love by Irving Stone
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
The Help
Everything is Illuminated (Maybe wait a while to read; it's very intense and hard to read at points, but well worth reading)
Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

SmartandSassy
August 11th, 2013, 04:41 PM
If u like that sort of book then maybe the chaos walking series

Hawk1248
August 11th, 2013, 04:49 PM
The maze runner trilogy , the giver, house of secrets

blue666
August 21st, 2013, 01:51 AM
A Song of Ice and Fire is a good series--fantasy, but more adult, and with a lot of characters and a lot going on.

If you like dystopian like the hunger games, Brave New World and 1984 are both good classic dystopians. Newer dystopian-type books: the Gone series, the Maze Runner series, and the Divergent series. You might also like the Maximum Ride series.

Some all-around good books I'd recommend are Looking for Alaska by John Green, Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk, and Diary of the Madman Underground by Julian Barnes.

Tarannosaurus
August 21st, 2013, 08:18 AM
Bzrk, gone series (far better than the hunger games)or anything else by Michael Grant. If you like vampires the Department 19 books are good. They're more based on the actual Dracula book and have more action than other teen vampire novels.