Getting 15 year old reading again

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My DD is almost 15. She stopped reading for pleasure probably more than a year ago. She seems very opposed to starting again but I think she'd benefit hugely.

I'm looking for suggestions for authors/specific books that might tempt her back. She used to like The School for Good and Evil, Harry Potter, that kind of thing.

Grateful for any ideas 😊

Fourth Wing series by Rebecca Yarros. It’s quite sexy though so be aware if that’s a problem for you.

Hunger Games?

The Temeraire series by Naomi Novik!

Stephen King books.

We had the same problem. The hunger games was a massive hit and there is a whole series. Now enjoying Divergent.

Not sure if these would be too young now but my daughter loved the Tom Becker Darkside series and other ones by him. She rated them that much I read them too and really liked them. She’s 15 and read them last year.

If she's reluctant, buy a few books anyway and wait for a winter power cut.

We had a six hour power outage and I gave ds17 a battery lantern and a couple of books after his phone died.

Job done 😊

Restrict phone usage if not already as I’ve found it they have the choice over a book or the phone, the phone wins every time. I’m guilty of it myself sometimes!

God no, not really appropriate for kids.

If she does start reading again just be vary aware as romantasy is a very popular genre at the moment, the books look pretty but they can be pretty spicy 🌶️ 🥵 great for adults but not ideal for younger readers. Think Sarah j mass, Callie hart, Rebecca yarros.

i can suggest Howls moving castle as a good fantasy book.

Thank you all very much for all these suggestions (and warnings!) so far 🤗

Horrifies me the amount of people recommending acotar, forth wing etc to a 14 year old on FB. May as well just suggest 50 shades 🤣

If she used to be an avid reader, and is now midway through her GCSEs, I wouldn't be too worried. A friend and I were constantly reading up until around that time (probably because of the drivel that we had to read for English!). After a break, we both picked up books again after the exams were over, and I have a home library now 😁

My 16-year-old niece was the same. She asked for Lauren Roberts' Powerless trilogy for Christmas. I have no idea what the books are like, but I'm glad that she's back into reading again!

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You need something light and fun to tempt her I think. Try the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter which I adore. I also really love the northern lights trilogy by Pullman and the Paranormalcy trilogy by Kiersten White which I have on kindle.

Same here, my former avid reader was put right off reading by having to read set texts for English. I'm sure she'll come back to it once her Highers are over with.

Skulduggery Pleasant is a good one for lovers of fantasy and humour. Keeper of the Lost Cities has also been a hit bit the books are massive!!

What about audiobooks?

Is Book Tok still a thing? It got my daughter back into reading after she basically stopped altogether for a couple of years in her early teens.

(She's now doing an English Lit degree).

Yeah it is but a little less popular.

The Boys of Tommen series is incredibly popular right now but I'd be careful of content in the later books I think

Hunger Games, Divergent Series, The Giver Series, Ready Player One, Ender’s Game, Unlondon, Shadow and Bone Series, even Harry Potter (any age!) … For Science Fiction/Fiction (we are big fans).

Romance (if she is allowed spicy books) could be The Hating Game, or any Georgette Hayer books (Period romance, not so spicy). Twilight….

Dan Brown is good for adventure, Steven King is great for everything (The Gunslinger series is amazing as a fictional adventure read, and a good bite size book ‘The Dead Zone’).

Maybe non-fiction for inspiration? I have heard that Michelle Obama is a good read, but finding out about your daughter’s role models through books is a good idea.

My children used to read non-stop, but at around year 10 this stopped due to increased homework and wanting to play online with friends more or reading around their A Level subjects instead. It is a little sad.

15 is not a kid. Almost legally old enough to have sex themselves.

I don't think anyone has suggested the "Good girl's guide to murder" series.

The first book was recently dramatised, so might act as an encouragement.

Talking of recently dramatised, how about the Percy Jackson series? I don't think she is too old and she might prefer an "easier" book, and it would be similar to some of her previous "likes".

My 13 year old stopped reading more or less when he started secondary - it breaks my heart. I recently gave away a pile of untouched books with a deep sense of sadness, just couldn't bear the total refusal to look at them

I grew up reading stephen king/ jilly cooper - all sorts of far too grown up stuff ! at this age - but it got me reading!

Stephen King - Carrie (does have some very violent graphic sex in it as well as the mass murder at the end) - Firestarter/ the body (the book stand by me was based on) green mile?