The Best Young Adult Books Thread

[queendarkness12]

I'm interested in reading the Lunar Chronicles, is it any good?

 

[queendarkness12]

I'm looking for a new book or series to read, any recommendations?

 

[James44]

I really loved the works by Christopher Pike when I was younger especially the last vampire series (or more precisely the first 2). he is still writing, but I found he really went on a strange tangent with his "harvest" showing up in a lot of his later work - so I only recommend his earlier stuff

 

[The Apocalypse]

I'm looking for a new book or series to read, any recommendations?

Red Rising series. 3rd book just came out.

 

[childeroland]

I loved Pike too, and Lois Duncan and Mildred Ames, but lost touch with their books later on. Never encountered that "harvest" stuff.

 

[Crayola]

Can only speak on the ones I've read:

Harry Potter (of course)
Hunger Games
Percy Jackson series
Eragon (Yes to the max. I saw the movie first and thought it was bad, my brother told me to read the book and I'm glad I did)
Golden Compass series
Leven Thumps series
Wicked Lovely (think it's a series, but I didn't read other books)
Fablehaven
Ink Heart series (movie broke my heart)
Chronicles of Faeries series
Down the Rabbit Hole (Echo Falls Mystery series)
A Series of Unfortunate Events
A Great and Terrible Beauty
Anne of Green Gables series
A Nothern Light
Chronicles of Narnia
Pendragon series (love)
Cat Royal series
The Door Within Trilogy (ending made me so mad, but I enjoyed the journey)
Fallen (think it's a series too, but only read the first book)
Forest of Hands and Teeth (mood dampener)
An Old Fashioned Girl
Eight Cousins
Rose in Bloom
Changeling (by Delia Sherman. This might be in children's lit now that I think about it. Still a fun book for a any age.)
Pirates! (by Celia Reese)
A Stolen Life (by Jane Louise Curry)
Song of the Lioness series
Protector of the Small series
Trickster series
Beka Cooper series
Nancy Drew series
Hardy Boys series
Singer of all Songs

This is all I can remember right now. Most of these can be cut as I don't think they're the best of this category. I just remember enjoying them at the time I read 'em.

A couple of series I wanted to read but never got to:
Artemis Fowl (heard good things about it)
Ender's Game
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Rings (saw every last movie, but haven't got to the books)

 

[queendarkness12]

Anything good this year?

 

[Pawlaris]

Anything good this year?

Red queen and its sequel and about TLC , by far one of the best retellings

 

[queendarkness12]

L.J Smith's Night World Series and Darren Shan's Demonata Series are both great to read.

 

[queendarkness12]

Are Marie Lu or Malinda Lo books any good?

 

[scarlet-witch]

Harry Potter
The Hunger Games
The Lovely Bones

 

[queendarkness12]

I'm thinking of reading Sara Farizan's books.

 

[st barbara]

Fans of "The Hunger Games" might enjoy John Marsden's "Tomorrow, When The War Began" series (although it probably has more in common with "Red Dawn" than "The Hunger Games"). Australian, but should be available from Amazon or other on line booksellers. It has also been done as both a feature film and a T V mini series here in Australia.

 

[ComicChick]

i think i added that to my queue a while back

 

[st barbara]

Oh "Crayola" for what it is worth I second the "Cat Royal" recommendation !

 

[st barbara]

Any good ones with witches in it?

That depends on your age. For primary school aged people I would suggest "The Worst Witch" series by Jill Murphy. Also done as a T V series that might be available from Amazon U K.

 

[queendarkness12]

Malorie Blackman's Noughts and Crosses trilogy is a great read.

 

[queendarkness12]

Any books to recommend this year?

 

[ComicChick]

you said that one yesterday

 

[queendarkness12]

I just reread The Forbidden Game by L.J Smith, an underrated writer and it's a good book with a mix of romance and mystery. It's not as widely talked about as the Vampire Diaries series or the Night World series, but it's still a good series with great characters.

 

[ComicChick]

i read the first Vampire Diaries book by her and did not like it. but i was a big fan of the show, so i'll look it up on GoodReads