Vampire Academy. Though, after the first book (even the first, I think) it is kinda 17+ in a couple of part. (Then again, isn't Twilight an adult book that 11 y/os read? =.=) It is, as the name says...about vampires. Vampires, half-vampires (vampire guardians), undead [vampires], and humans. Element magic for vampires (not..for attacking..and barely even defense). Silver stakes, no daylight, modern times (cell phones, school, dress as you like, cars, technology). It is the only vampire thing I have ever, ever liked...and it is my favorite series of books. Also, I liked the series Edge Chronicles. Friendly even for children, far as I remember. There are three or so timeframes (kind of past, present, and future) that alternate as you go through the series. It's a very interesting story/stories, and involves...flying ships, trolls, and fantasy stuffs. There is also Spiderwick Chronicles. More fantasy, but a variety of fantastical creatures. Also kid-friendly, but still enjoyable for older peoples. >>
Anogher amazing series is the belgaraid It has 3 parts, totalling 4689 pages belgaraid Mallorian And the prologue and epilogue I read it all in a week.
My mom has every David Eddings book ever, I tried reading the Belgaraid but I got lost at about the last third of the first book.
If you are into the vampire books, I would suggest reading the Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan. Puts a huge twist on the traditional vampire. Im fairly certain you will enjoy it, as it is a very well written book
The complete works of William Shakespeare. And.. Another Monster. (It's in japanese, and the translation wasn't public, so I requested the translator to provide me with a download link.)
People have already said Maximum Ride and Harry Potter and Series of Unfortunate Events and stuff like that, so without further ado: - Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games Trilogy (I guess this counts as morbid?) - Koushun Takami's Battle Royale (definitely morbid) - Robert Muchamore's CHERUB series - Pittacus Lore's I Am Number Four and the sequels - The works of Haruki Murakami (don't read if you're under... let's say 16) (pretty morbid) - John Marsden's Tomorrow series (sort of morbid I guess?) - Chris Ryan's Alpha Force books Or, if for some reason you hate the times, some interesting classics: - Virgil's Aeneid - Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (probably the only book on this half of the list that's actually easy to read) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov (hard reads) - Anton Chekhov's Sakhalin Island (not gonna lie, pretty boring but a good read nonetheless) - J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye (not for younger readers, I guess) - George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm - Jack London's The Call of the Wild and his short story (which you've probably already read in school sometime), To Build a Fire (morbid-ish) This was all I could think of, I'm an avid reader so I'm bound to come up with more sometime.
I have to say, I'm not the most avid reader. I do enjoy a good Shakespeare of course, and I absolutely love Dante's Inferno and anything else mythology related, specifically Greek mythology really makes me happy, though there's nothing wrong with a good Egyptian myth. Books I enjoyed in high school absolutely included Catcher in the Rye and Lord of the Flies, as well as Frankenstein. Not cirriculum related, the books I remember most reading in high school are The Blue Girl by Charles de Lint, which is very urban fantasy and one of the few books I can say I've gone out of my way to read twice, as well as Firefly Cloak by Sherri Reynolds, which is a nice little coming of age story that I actually picked up only to make my teacher shut up about me dosing in class, and I actually ended up liking it. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is absolutely the best book I've ever read as a non-cirricular in school, and I liked it so much I used it for a book report two years later just to have an excuse to reread it. XD Then there are the series, I <3 Harry Potter, the Goblet of Fire is absolutely my favourite. A Series of Unfortunate Events is another one I picked up on, though like Harry Potter I couldn't bring myself to finish the last book because I didn't want it to end. Also since we're on series, Dante's Divine Comedy (consisting of Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso) is at the top of my list for people who can read classical/difficult texts. I also like sci-fi works, although I can't think of any actual novels to mention here. One piece that is a short story that I will mention is called The Screwfly Solution by Raccoona Sheldon, which is not for younger readers, as it does get quite graphic even for me. It is however a really good story and one that I can truly say I enjoyed overall. And then of course there are my other books I love, most of which I refuse to mention here at all.
More books, since I'm bored tonight: - Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series - ability to stomach fantasy is a must And classics, since everyone here is totally going to read them all: - Victor Hugo's Les Misérables - Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo - Shakespeare - Hamlet, Richard II and A Midsummer Night's Dream are my favourites - Homer's Iliad and Odyssey - Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights And since I'm listing great books you'll never read, have some deep philosophical works: - Kant's The Critique of Pure Reason - Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Machiavelli's The Prince Also... quite sadly, I've actually read everything I've recommended.
