I’m 16 and want to start reading. I feel like I don’t enjoy reading because I’m just not reading the right interesting books. So give me some book recommendations, books that I will for sure love and won’t put down.
Any genres but I want books that have a good plot and the dots connect as you read. Just very very interesting books.
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Interesting is a relative term. War and Peace and Anna Karenina both have good plots and many people find them interesting. They’re considered among the greatest masterpieces of literature. I would not recommend either to a 16 year old who doesn’t enjoy reading.
Your more apt to find a book interesting if it is a genre or subject you like.
That said, here are a few titles across a wide variety of genres and subjects.
1. Cormac McCarthy: The Road
2. Andy Weir: The Martian; Project Hail Mary
3. Larry McMurtry: Lonesome Dove
4. Paul Tremblay: The Cabin at the End of the World
5. Stephen King: The Stand; 11/23/62; The Dark Tower series
6. Alan Moore: V for Vendetta
7. Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl
8. Pierce Brown: The Red Rising series
9. James Islington: The Hierarchy series
10. Matt Dinniman: Dungeon Crawler Carl series
The Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson (The Final Empire, Well of Ascension, and Hero of Ages, in that order). Fantasy/dystopian with a little romance side plot. Main characters try to overthrow the overlord. Highly recommend. Better yet: if you like Mistborn, it is part of a wider interconnected universe. So not only do the puzzles and “connecting dots” span throughout the whole trilogy, but they also span throughout multiple different series’.
Alternatively, the “Cat in the Stacks” mystery novels following a librarian and his Maine Coon cat. While it is technically a series, it is what I call a “series of stand-alones.” You could start with Book 1 or Book 7. Some minor background details will change or progress, but there’s nothing like “by reading Book 7, you spoiled the surprise in Book 5.” Likewise, the events of Book 1 are fully resolved within the pages of Book 1. There’s no “loose ends” that leave your curiosity needing the next book. So this suggestion is not asking for as much commitment.