What are some good reads for a 16 year old boy(me)?

my mom is going crazy about college and all that and she's making me read books cuz she says it'll make me smarter, but i dont mind. well im about to go to the library and was wondering if you guys could reccommend me some stuff. and PLEASE, no british literature. blech, i had to read a bunch of it in 10th grade.

Every single Dune book, by Frank Herbert, literary gold right there.TongHua

I agree his books are absolutely amazing.

Hamlet
Julius Ceasar
A Brief History of Time
Some Edgar Allen Poe collections (greatly improve your vocabulary)

A grammar textbook.

Go Dog Go

Green Eggs and Ham

Killer Angels

Gates Of Fire

The Things They Carried

The Foundation Series and Dune.

If you just want something weird as Hell..check out Satan Burger and Electric Jesus Corpse.

Read some nietzsche. Start transforming yourself into an Uber Mensch. :P Nah, Kidding, Lord of the Rings and Silmarilian would be good.Darthmatt

"The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time" by Mark Haddon.

I jut finished it (even though I'm 18 ). It won the Whitbread Award for 2003.

[QUOTE="Darthmatt"]Read some nietzsche. Start transforming yourself into an Uber Mensch. :P Nah, Kidding, Lord of the Rings and Silmarilian would be good.schoeffmaster

the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman
including "The Golden Compass," "The Subtle Knife," and "The Amber Spyglass."

also, "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury. He's my favorite author, and this is my favorite book by him.

and "The Book Theif" by Markus Zuzak. i got that for my birthday, and loved it.

Why nothing British?Bourbons3

sorry, i should've said victorian. mayor of casterbridge, jane eyre, pride and prejudice, great expectations, definitely not my taste. british is cool;).

How about Ender's Game, and the rest in the Ender series?Fire_Ants

+1 Those are great books.

I would also recommend anything by Michael Crichton.

Your mom needs to know life isn't an RPG. You can't grind knowledge by readinga bunch of books.

My recommendation? The Godfather. Greatest book I've ever read.

percy jackson and the olymians

pendragon

harry potter

eragon series

left foot right foot ( badass book btw)

douj.... uhhh nvm

7 Habits for highly effective teens

also

CHE: The motorcycle diarys.

At 16 when my reading scores were in their prime (booya!) I was reading almost exclusively Tom Clancy. "Rainbow Six" (of course) got me into his books. My favorite is "Cardinal of the Kremlin."

I am now reading more political things, but am currently reading all I can by the awesome author in my sig, HP Lovecraft. "The Colour Out of Space" scared the crap out of me. The monster itself is not scary, it is the way he describes it and such. I am reading "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" right now (he wrote a ton of short stories) which the game "Call of Cthulhu Dark Corners of the Earth" is based off of (for the most part).

[QUOTE="schoeffmaster"][QUOTE="Darthmatt"]Read some nietzsche. Start transforming yourself into an Uber Mensch. :P Nah, Kidding, Lord of the Rings and Silmarilian would be good.Darthmatt

Street Pharm

Sleeper Code

Sleeprer Agenda

If you like weird stories i would suggest Ray Bradbury or Stephen King.

Read Tiger Beats, and Teen People Magazine.

Jurassic Park by Micheal Crhiton. fun and there are dinosours eating people in a graphic manner.bigfatcrap

When I first read Jurassic Park, I was kind of surprised on how graphic it was. It was way gorier than the movie (Nedry grabbing onto his intestines; HOLY ****!)

marquis de sade - 120 days of sodom

although you may have grown out of it already.

Anything by Edgar Allen Poe...seriously, Also, the Count of Monte Cristo is good, even if you don't understand the allegories involved, it's still is a great action book. If you're into more upper crust reading I'd suggest The Scarlet Letter, The Odyssey, and Farenheit 451 are all very well-written, lots-to-learn books.TigerFangRed

funny, i ended getting that lol. even though it is kinda similar to old-fashioned victorian, i remember seeing bits of a movie, and thought it was really interesting, so i checked that out. i read farenheit 451, that wasn't bad, and im really into roman/greek stuff, going into my 5th year of latin when school starts, will be my junior year. and please keep the recommendations coming:).

[QUOTE="bigfatcrap"]Jurassic Park by Micheal Crhiton. fun and there are dinosours eating people in a graphic manner.tomxizor

When I first read Jurassic Park, I was kind of surprised on how graphic it was. It was way gorier than the movie (Nedry grabbing onto his intestines; HOLY ****!)

Books don't make you smarter, nothing does, although if you're, say, 2-8 years old it will provide a very small boost. That said they will improve your vocabularly. Anyway, I'd recommend:

• Alas, Babylon
• 1984
• Animal Farm (what can I say I'm a big fan of Orwell)
• Heart of Darkness (only read if you're good at appreciating literature because that's the only way you're going to be entertained by this book, much less understand it. Explicitly, there isn't much there. The story develops for the most part through the book's heavy use of symbolism and other literary devices which is why its such an amazing book. As a plus, if you're looking to improve your vocab, this is the book to read. However, it may be too hard of a read for the average 16 year old)
• Life of Pi
• Anything by Stephen King (I'm also a big King fan. Personally I'd recommend the Dark Tower series. That by itself should fill up whatever is left of your summer)
• Fast Food Nation

That's all I can think of for right now