Recommended Books for Young Adults
I have always searched for answers to questions plaguing my mind in books (it requires lots of patience, though). You may call it a positive type of escapism. When relentless worries and endless streams of thoughts stroll the mind uninterrupted, making my life miserable, I resort to a book, in a desperate attempt to turn myself into a shouting optimist within an hour, or so. Getting lost in a library of books, that houses some timeless experiences, wisdom and knowledge since time immemorial, gives me a gratification that possibly, even I can't explain (Nor can any voracious book reader. Right?). Least awareness about some good book recommendations in my college years, seems a huge loss, to be very frank. Although having read some classics in my school years, my inclination in later years turned towards reading self help books, that when I view in retrospect, has only loaded my mind with lots of tips, techniques, principles and fundamentals to live life.
Sudden catastrophic turns of life have frequently proved, experience is the best teacher and what is precisely written in self help books, though is useful, its understanding comes, only through life experiences. While I have been able to free myself from loads of expectations that self help books bring in life, I have rediscovered my reading joy, after having been introduced to some phenomenal science thrillers and fiction books, in the adult years of my life.
In retrospect, the reader in me has modified, matured, to be precise. Now, I'm able to decipher every word of Dale's Carnegie's, 'How to Stop Worrying and Start Living', that in my high school years, seemed nothing more than trash. Though, I'm proud to have bought it in the teenage years, from my pocket money, that was nothing but peanuts. From the phenomenal 'The Kite Runner' to 'Harry Potter Series; everything is now more meaningful, more transparent and more beautiful. Every novel, every book and every word now appears in a new perspective.
List of Books for Young Adults
Young adults who comprise the age group between 14 to 25 must read something from every genre. It may be initially very difficult to switch from a favorite genre to something new, but it can be great to reinvent your reading habit and to explore a new field. The importance of reading can't be explained in words. Reading not only widens horizon, but it also exposes us to numerous cultures, geography and traditions. The following list contains names of some of the most popular books from all fields, be it fiction, non - fiction, thrillers, philosophy and self help.
- The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
- The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
- The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
- Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
- The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
- The Secret Life of Bees - Sue Monk Kidd
- The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
- Confessions of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
- The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again - J.R.R Tolkien
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret - Judy Blume
- Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
- The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R Tolkien
- Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
- Tuesdays With Morrie - Mitch Albom
- Animal Farm - George Orwell
- Life of Pi - Yann Martel
- Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
- Memoirs of Geisha - Arthur Golden
- Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
- Twilight Series - Stephanie Mayer
- The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Mitch Albom
- The Odyssey - Homer
- Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
- The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
- A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
- Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
- Emma - Jane Austen
- A Walk to Remember - Nicholas Sparks
- The Count of Mount Cristo - Alexander Dumas
- The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein
- The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
- The Pillars of Earth - Ken Follet
- And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie
- The Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
- Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
- Laughable Loves - Milan Kundera
- Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
- Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt
- Matilda - Roald Dahl
- His Dark Materials' Trilogy - Phillip Pullman
- Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
- Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead
- Dracula - Bram Stoker
- The Bad Beginning - Lemony Snicket
