Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Out of these books which are really good ones?

which 10 (or less) books out of the following are good books that a teenage girl (13-15) would read?

Wuthering Heights

Watership Down

War and Peace

Vanity Fair

Ulysses

Twenty Thousand Leagues UNDER The Sea

To Kill A Mockingbird

The wind in the wollows

the turn of the screw

the thorn birds

the thirty nine steps

the strange case of dr jekyl and mr hyde

the stand

the scarlet letter

the ragged trousered philanthropist

the provost

the pillars of thee earth

the pilgrims progress

the picture of dorian gray

the phantom of the opera

the moonstone

the lost world

the lord of the files

the legend of sleepy hollow

the last of the mohicans

the jungle book

the jungle

the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

the great gasby

the da vinci code

the count of monte cristo

the colour of magic

the call of the wind

the adventures of tom sawyer

tess of the durbervilles

tales of terror and mystery

siddhartha

rebecca

pinocchio

persuasion

paradise lost

one hundred years of solitude

oliver twist

of mice and men

notes from the underground

nostromo

northanger abbey

moby dick

midnights children

middle march

metamorphosis

memoirs of fanny hill

madame bovary

love in the time of cholera

les miserables

kane and abel

jane eyreOut of these books which are really good ones?
My 7th grade teacher had me read To Kill a Mockingbird, Treasure Island, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mockingbird's now my favorite novel. I'm kinda ish-y about the other two.

I read The Pilgrim's Progress in fifth grade and I'm not a huge fan of it.

The Great Gatsby is a favorite of mine. Jane Eyre, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow were all pretty good. The Last of the Mohicans, The Call of the Wild, and The Jungle Book I'm not a fan of.

I tried reading Moby-Dick twice but only made it about 8 chapters in both times before stopping.

Oh, and I'm 13, by the way.



Edit (for the others you listed):

The Catcher in the Rye is another one of my favorite books. However, I actually like Salinger's book Franny and Zooey better. It's spiritual, and I don't know how interesting you'd find it, but I love it.

Great Expectations, Frankenstein, Dracula, A Tale of Two Cities, and A Christmas Carol are all great.

I haven't read Crime and Punishment, but I'm reading another novel by Dostoevsky right now, The Brothers Karamazov, which is great. He has some interesting characters and ideas.

I didn't fall in love with 1984 like I have with some books (I'm not a fan of dystopian novels), but I think it's an important book that everyone should read, along with Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury and probably Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. I haven't read BNW, but it, F451, and 1984 are the 3 big dystopian novels.

I read Black Beauty as a kid and it was all right.



@ SOS. Pfff. You sound like my mother.
When I was that age, I was all over the animal books. So, Watership Down, Call of the Wild, and The Jungle Book(s). And I loved Little Women as well. Still do. And The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, because it's freakin' hilarious.Out of these books which are really good ones?
um treasure island is a really good book
I hate Jules Verne and disliked Tess of the D'urbervilles. The others sound great. I've read a lot of the ones you listed ( and it's a long list..LOL). Pride and Prejudice, Rebecca, and The Count of Monte Cristo are my favorite books.Out of these books which are really good ones?
There are some really good books on those list but none that I'd recommend for a girl 13-15; because I like girls 13-15 to remain innocent and sweet. Well, except, Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn.



@ soaked to the bone - zott! - you sound like some old well lubricated butt-hole.



To - loving him - girls your age that are NOT sweet and innocent are mostly called tramps and are not in the perspective of my answer.
Northanger Abbey is really fun, or The Picture of Dorian Gray.
To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite book of all time, so that is my first pick.



I also like, Heidi, Black Beauty, Little Women, A Prayer for Own Meany, and Watership Down.



You might also try another of my favorites, A Little Princess.
To Kill A Mockingbird!! (well, I'm probably recommending this to you because the book was written in my town..lol) and I also love Little Women!

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