I know the feeling - I used to read a lot of books intended for youth, but it has been a long time since I found something convinving.
My Stevenson Book was always treasure island. I must have read this one hundrets of times. Dumas - never ever read Dumas in the "not cut down for teenager" version, unless you can appreciate long windeness and a very sexist description of woman.
Have you ever read the Neverending Story? I know that people know the movie, but that's only a shadow of the original book. For that matter, all books by Michael Ende are epic! They might be technical for young adults, but there is a reason they are considered good material for university.
Artemis Fowl was also a pleasant surprise, at least the first three books - I'm not too crazy about the ones after.
CJ Cherryh is an all time favourite of mine, although, yes, there tend to be sex in the books, but it's never random, and her world building and character development is outstanding. I recommend the foreigner series (nothing graphic in there, and the best world she ever build). It's science fiction, though - the only sience fiction I read because the aliens she desripes are actual aliens and not basicall humans who look strange.
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Date: 2011-08-17 12:36 pm (UTC)From:My Stevenson Book was always treasure island. I must have read this one hundrets of times. Dumas - never ever read Dumas in the "not cut down for teenager" version, unless you can appreciate long windeness and a very sexist description of woman.
Have you ever read the Neverending Story? I know that people know the movie, but that's only a shadow of the original book. For that matter, all books by Michael Ende are epic! They might be technical for young adults, but there is a reason they are considered good material for university.
Artemis Fowl was also a pleasant surprise, at least the first three books - I'm not too crazy about the ones after.
CJ Cherryh is an all time favourite of mine, although, yes, there tend to be sex in the books, but it's never random, and her world building and character development is outstanding. I recommend the foreigner series (nothing graphic in there, and the best world she ever build). It's science fiction, though - the only sience fiction I read because the aliens she desripes are actual aliens and not basicall humans who look strange.