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LongTimeNoNC · 14/05/2026 17:18

She keeps re-reading Harry Potter, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Skandar, Crookhaven and Rick Riordan's books (Percy Jackson, Magnus Chase and Kane Chronicles), Kay's Anatomy and Inventions.

I promised her a couple of new books, so I need to deliver!

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JustADayDreamBeliever · 15/05/2026 08:46

Mortal Instruments (Cassandra Clare)
Infernal Devices (Cassandra Clare)
Hungry Games (Suzanne Collins)
Sophie Mckenzie and the girl missing set (some books are older, others younger)
Divergent Series (Veronica Roth)
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashers)
Twilight Series (Stephanie Meyer)
Maze Runner (James Dashner)
Throne of Glass (Sarah J Maas)
Noughts and Crosses collection (Malorie Blackman)

All of these are series, so could keep her going, Casandra Clare for example has done an additional 2 or 3 series so there are a lot of books here. Only ones I haven't read all of are the Throne of Glass and Noughts and Crosses series, everything else I have read either as a teenager or a young adult. I would read everything and read quickly so I always had quite a collection.

Whysnothingsimple · 15/05/2026 09:34

Stephen king, Terry Pratchett, the never ending Story etc

BeardySchnauzer · 15/05/2026 09:42

Lonely castle in the mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

LilyLemonade · 15/05/2026 09:54

Philip Pullman - His Dark Materials
Shannon Messenger - Keeper of the Lost Cities (similar vibe I think to Percy Jackson)
Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hobbit
Has she tried reading manga or Japanese light novels? Also very popular among some teens.

LilyLemonade · 15/05/2026 14:44

Philip Reeve - Mortal Engines

Tellmetomorrow57 · 15/05/2026 16:08

@JustADayDreamBeliever aren't the Maas ones very heavy on the romantasy? By which I think quite explicit 🤣

Lookonline · 15/05/2026 16:33

JustADayDreamBeliever · 15/05/2026 08:46

Mortal Instruments (Cassandra Clare)
Infernal Devices (Cassandra Clare)
Hungry Games (Suzanne Collins)
Sophie Mckenzie and the girl missing set (some books are older, others younger)
Divergent Series (Veronica Roth)
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brashers)
Twilight Series (Stephanie Meyer)
Maze Runner (James Dashner)
Throne of Glass (Sarah J Maas)
Noughts and Crosses collection (Malorie Blackman)

All of these are series, so could keep her going, Casandra Clare for example has done an additional 2 or 3 series so there are a lot of books here. Only ones I haven't read all of are the Throne of Glass and Noughts and Crosses series, everything else I have read either as a teenager or a young adult. I would read everything and read quickly so I always had quite a collection.

LOL, if you are going to rec. Cassandra Clare you may as well suggest AO3.

JustADayDreamBeliever · 15/05/2026 16:45

Lookonline · 15/05/2026 16:33

LOL, if you are going to rec. Cassandra Clare you may as well suggest AO3.

Okay dokey 👍🙄
Couldn't possibly be I gave the author to make it easier for OP to find the book series 🙄🙈

LongTimeNoNC · 15/05/2026 18:34

Thanks. She actually has some of these on her shelf and hasn't read all of them so I'll point those out again. She's not a fan of horror / vampires, prefers adventure and fantasy. Absolutely no romance (yet 😂).

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Bestnottalkaboutit · 15/05/2026 18:37

Roald Dahl - Kiss Kiss, or any of his short story books
They Both Die at the End - Adam Silvera. Thought provoking and brilliantly written
Saki - fabulously funny

MaryTheMagical · 15/05/2026 18:39

if she quite likes fantasy, Anne McCaffrey’s dragon books are good.

Also Ursula Le Guin’s fantastic Earthsea trilogy.

At this age my dd liked Diary of Anne Frank, Diary of Adrian Mole, also Stephen King!

DreamingOfGeneHunt · 15/05/2026 18:44

Helen Forrester's autobiographies? I was about her age when I read them. Her novels are good too.

Lindtnotlint · 15/05/2026 18:49

I think you need some really gripping, not too difficult reads with some slightly older themes that will hook her. I would try Hunger Games, Noughts and Crosses or perhaps the Divergent series. I think Dark Materials is actually quite a heavy read (certainly after the first book) and some of the more adult authors people are suggesting might also be more challenging than gripping.

BigBrownBoogyingBear · 15/05/2026 19:42

A Series of Unfortunate Events
Skandar

Diabloplayer · Yesterday 15:55

The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix, fantastic fantasy books with strong young female protagonists. The first book is 'Sabriel'

OopsOhNoZHM · Yesterday 19:09

Garth Nix - Old Kingdom series
Anything by Darren Shan

MrsJLevinson · Yesterday 19:29

Racking my brains….

Darren Shan
Twilight
The Hunger Games
Noughts and Crosses
Discworld
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Mortal Instruments
Trueblood series

Most of what I’ve suggested have been recommended already.

What about the Heartstopper books by Alice Oseman? - there more of a graphic novel, but her book Solitaire is a novel and set in the same universe.

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