Book Suggestions

I love mysteries.

Look for:

-Nancy Drew series

-Hardy Boys series

-The Tunnels series

-The Found series

-Sisters Grimm series

-The 39 Clues series

-The Mysterious Benedict Society and others in this series

-Books by Agatha Christie

-Shelter by Harlan Coben

-Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

-Snap by Carol Snow

-When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

-Compulsion by Martina Boone

-Skink: No Surrender by Carl Hiassen

I love adventurous fantasy novels that include heroes and battles.

Look for:

-Taming Fire by Aaron Pogue

-The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

-The Lord of the Rings series

-The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

-The Redwall series

-The Hunger Games series (parents, please preview -- does include violence)

-Among the Hidden series

-Watership Down, by Richard Adams

-Fablehaven series

-The 39 Clues series

-Maximum Ride series

-Percy Jackson & The Olympians series by Rick Riordan

-The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan

I love fantasy novels with mythical creatures and magic.

Look for:

-Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older

-An Enemy series by Charlie Higson (zombies)

-The Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix

-The Chronicles of Nick series, by Sherrilyn Kenyon

-The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Claire

-I am #4 series, by Pittaceus Lore

-Ranger's Apprentice by John Flannigan

-Fallen by Lauren Kate

-Un Lun Dun by China Miéville

-The Harry Potter series

-Percy Jackson & The Olympians series by Rick Riordan

-The Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan

-The Eragon series

-The Inkheart series

-The Artemis Fowl series

-The Dark is Rising series

-The Chronicles of Narnia

-The Deltora series

-Oh my gods series

-Sisters Grimm series

-Fablehaven series

-Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

-Books by Roald Dahl

-The Tail of Emily Windsnap (and 3 Swishy Mermaid Tails)

-The Cronus Chronicles 

-Beautiful Creatures by Cammy Garcia and Margaret Stohl

-Survivors by Erin Hunter

-Compulsion by Martina Boone

I love modern realistic fiction.

Look for:

-Books by Louis Sachar

-Books by Jerry Spinelli

-Books by Judy Blume

-Books by Cynthia Voigt

-Wonder by R.J. Palacio

-Dork Diaries series by Rachel Russler 

-Delirium by Lauren Oliver

-Mockingbird by Catherine Erskine

-A Crooked Kind of Perfect, by Linda Urban

-Dizzy, by Cathy Cassidy

-The Zoey Dean series

-A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith

-M.E. and Morton, by Sylvia Cassedy

-Out of my Mind, by Sharon Draper 

-Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh

-From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg 

-The Mickey Bolitar series by Harlan Coben

-Ruined by Paula Morris

-Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

-Summer of the Monkeys by Wilson Rawls 

-13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

-Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

-Nothing Grows Here by Jean Thesman

-Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

-Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor

-It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

-The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall

-Greetings From Nowhere by Barbara O'Connor

-Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

-Paper Towns by John Green

-The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

-Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

-Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

I love survival/adventure novels.

Look for:
-Hatchet and other books by Gary Paulsen 

-The Alex Rider series

-Indiana Jones series

-Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

-Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne

-Gone series by Michael Grant

-Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (first book of the Silverwing triology)

-Enclave by Anne Aguire (first book of the Razorland series)

-Legend by Marie Lu

-Survivors by Erin Hunter

-BZRK by Michael Grant

-GONE series by Michael Grant

I love comedy.

Look for:

-Books by Louis Sachar

-The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

-Hoot, Flush, or Scat by Carl Hiaasen

-Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series

-Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey

-Smile by Raina Telgemeier

-I Can Pee on This Francesco Marciuliano

-101 Ways To Bug Your Teacher by Lee Wardlaw

-Skink: No Surrender by Carl Hiassen

I love science fiction novels.

Look for:
-Ender's Game and the rest of the Ender series (and parallel Bean series)

-City of Ember series

-A Wrinkle in Time and other books by Madeleine L'Engle

-Maximum Ride series

-Pathfinder series by Orson Scott Card

-Maze Runner by James Dashner

-Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi series by multiple authors

-Declaration by Jemma Maliey

-Selection by Kiera Cass

-Ilium by Dan Simmons

-After by Ellen Datlow

-Divergent by Veronica Roth

-Unwind by Neal Shusterman

-Monument  14 by Emmy Laybourne

-Gone series by Michael Grant

 -Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (first book of the Silverwing trilogy)

-Enclave by Anne Aguire (first book of the Razorland series)

-Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson (The Reckoners series) 

-Legend by Marie Lu

-BZRK by Michael Grant

-GONE series by Michael Grant

I love dramatic realistic fiction that gets into teenagers' daily lives.

-Books by Judy Blume

-Books by Cynthia Voigt (such as Homecoming; Dicey's Song; Izzy, Willy-Nilly)

-A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith

-M.E. and Morton, by Sylvia Cassedy

-Out of my Mind, by Sharon Draper 

-Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh

-The Mickey Bolitar series by Harlan Coben

-Delirium by Lauren Oliver

-Dork Diaries series by Rachel Russler

-Wonder by R.J. Palacio

-Ruined by Paula Morris

-Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

-13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher

-Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson

-Nothing Grows Here by Jean Thesman

-Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

-Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor

-It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

-Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech

-Paper Towns by John Green

-The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

-Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella

-Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

I love historical fiction.

Look for:

-Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian

-Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman

-The American Diaries series

-My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Collier

-The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane

-The Book Thief, by Marcus Zusa

-Distant Waves, by Suzanne Weyn

-The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton

-Daniel's Story, by Carol Matas

-The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne

-Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott

-Saturnalia, by Paul Fleischmann

-Whirligig, by Paul Fleischmann

-Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

-The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

-Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

I love memoirs.

Look for:

-Soul Surfer, by Bethany Hamilton

-The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank

-Forever Hellos, Hard Goodbyes by Axel Dahlberg, Janis Russell Love

-Memoirs of a Child Soldier by Ishmael Beah

-Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

-Rena's Promise by Rena Kornreich-Gelissen and Danka Kornereich-Brandel

-Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander by Phil Robinson

-Smile by Raina Telgemeier

-A Work in Progress by Connor Franta

I love historical fiction or memoir set during World War II and the Holocaust.

Look for:

-Goodnight, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian

-Daniel's Story, by Carol Matas

-The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne

-Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry

-The Diary of Anne Frank, by Anne Frank

-Rena's Promise by Rena Kornreich-Gelissen and Danka Kornereich-Brandel 

-Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

I love sports.

Look for: 

-Books by Mike Lupica

-Soul Surfer, by Bethany Hamilton

-Through My Eyes: Tim Tebow, by Nathan Whitaker

-Hoops by Walter Dean Myers

-Slam! by Walter Dean Myers

-Game by Walter Dean Myers

-The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

I love nonfiction.

-The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

-Forever Hellos, Hard Goodbyes by Axel Dahlberg, Janis Russell Love

-All We Know of Heaven by Jacquelyn Mitchard

-Memoirs of a Child Soldier by Ishmael Beah

-Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

-The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

I don't feel like I like to read.

Look for:

-Young adult horror novels by R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Caroline B. Cooney, Diane Hoh 

-Mysteries (see category above)

-Diary of a Wimpy Kid series

-A Series of Unfortunate Events series

-Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey

-It's a Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

-Smile by Raina Telgemeier

-Snap by Carol Snow

-Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

I love poetry and intensity.

-What Have You Lost? by Naomi Shihab Nye