Teen Read

I got inspired by Ramblings of a Daydreamer. Who where talking about teen books and what books teen reads these days :)

From her blog: (Though the markings are from what I read)
The Half Price Blog polled 3,000 readers and asked what books they read as teens and what books they'd read if they were a teenager now. Here are the 40 books they came up with:

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Marked in red - books I've read

Marked in orange - books on my tbr list
Marked in yellow - books on my tbr list, that I own

1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2. Divergent by Veronica Roth

3. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

4. Uglies by Scott Westerfield

5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

6. Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce

7. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

8. The Fault in our Stars by John Green

9. The Crazy Horse Electric Game by Chris Crutcher

10. Shade’s Children by Garth Nix

11. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen

12. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

13. Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

14. Knee Deep in Thunder by Shelia Moon

15. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley

16. Unwind by Neal Shusterman

17. I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

18. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie

19. Please Ignore Vera Dietz by A. S. King

20. Pure by Julianna Baggott

21. Twilight by Stephanie Myers

22. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

23. Mister Monday by Garth Nix

24. Fablehaven by Brandon Mull

25. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

26. Going Bovine by Libba Bray

27. Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

28. Battle Royale: The Novel by Koushun Takami

29. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

30. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

31. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

32. The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

33. Book Thief by Markus Zusak

34. The Diviners by Libba Bray

35. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

36. Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

37. The Star Beast by Robert A. Heinlein

38. City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

39. Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

40. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black

Conclusion: So as you can see, I read 4 out of the 40 books on the list :P But then again I am no longer a teen :P But anyways 8 of the books are on my TBR list :P So shows that you can love teen books, even though your not a teen.

But for the teens out there I would recommend some other teen books aswell :)

My recommendations:
- Chronicles of Narnia by C.S Lewis
- His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
- Gone by Michael Grant

I loved Narnia as a teen, aswell with Harry Potter. They were my first book favourites :D

Which teen recommendations do you have up your sleve ;)

Update: 18/6  -13 I have now read Divergent by Veronica Roth, therefor marked it red. + marked The Fault in out stars by John Green, yellow. Since I got it on my shelf now :)  Just got and ARC of the norwegian edition :D YaY

~MoonStar~