Can someone recommend a book for a picky reader?

I've read the following series:


Harry Potter


Twilight


Bartimaeus Trilogy


Abhorsen Trilogy


Great and Terrible Beauty


Uglies


I've read a bunch of other random books including: Beastly, Born Confused, Does my Head Look Big in This?, Blood and Chocolate, Salaam Paris, The Village Bride of Beverly Hills, The Courtesan's Daughter, Wicked Lovely and many others.





I don't really enjoy Chick-Lit. Please don't recommend Tamora Pierce, Eragon or Inkheart or any of the series that are normally recommended because I've already checked those out. I don't like books that have sex in them or any adult material. I'm a pretty conservative reader and I want the book to have some sort of romance in it, if possible. I enjoy fantasy, but it still has to be a bit realistic. And I'm already checking out The Host by Stephenie Meyer, so that one's out too. I also like Historical Fiction. And I'm not so much into classics.





Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.
Can someone recommend a book for a picky reader?
If you liked Twilight, then you should like these books:





Jinx by Meg Cabot. If you liked Twilight, then you'll like this book. It's about a girl who has bad luck all the time so she moves in with her aunt and uncle. He sister is into witchcraft and I don't want to spoil the rest, but it fairly good.





The Mediator series by Meg Cabot. I've only read the first two, but they are VERY good. It's about a girl named Suze who moves to California from New York because her mother just remarried. Oh, and Suze can see ghosts...





13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher. It's about a guy named Clay who gets these tapes in the mail about why a girl named Hannah killed herself. It's very good and a great page-turner!


http://www.thirteenreasonswhy.com/





The Host by Stephenie Meyer. It's about how these things called souls invade Earth, as well as humans. It's based on a soul named Wanda who is placed into Melanie, who refuses to fade away like she's suppose too. It's very interesting and I totally recommend it!


http://stepheniemeyer.com/thehost.html








Good luck with finding a book! I hope these help!
Can someone recommend a book for a picky reader?
+Anima(プラスアニマ 迎 夏生) by natsumi mukai, it's a manga comic book, but me and all of my friends love them! They may look kindof childish, but they are really good. hope that helps :)
Reply:i have read harry potter, the uglies, and the courtestans daughter if you liked the courtestans daughter there is a sequel to thet one, try reading the series of unfortunate events by lemony snicket, when she was good by norma fox mazer and define normal, also read bras and broomsticks by sarah mlynowski
Reply:Well, try something by Meg Cabot. If you like historical romance type books, Avalon High I believe you would love.





Maybe you could also check out something by Ann Rinaldi. She writes books about historical events from a teenage girl's point of view, like the daughter of Paul Revere or a girl related to John Wilkes Booth. They're really good.





And even though you may not like classical type books, you should check out Little Women, The Secret Garden, and A Little Princess. They're actually really cute.





I hope this helps. Good luck finding some good stuff!
Reply:Read Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. It just might change your life. Or Battlefield Earth.
Reply:Have you tried The Hobbit and the Lord of The Ring series or The Chronicles of Narnia, or the Spiderwick Chronicles. Not much romance but I am an old woman and I enjoyed them.
Reply:Tomorrow When The War Began- John Marsden.





i don't know if you would actually enjoy it.


but i know that i hated all books having to do with war, but when i read this, i really liked it.


it's non-fiction.


it's not about a previous war either.


it has a bit of romance in it aswell.


there are seven books in the series i think.
Reply:i recommend my fav series the Cornwall trilogy. I cant tell you how many times i have read them, enough to buy new copies though. if you really enjoyed the books above, then you should love these. The first two books Wise Child and Juniper are the better parts of the trilogy. Coleman (book 3) is not to be skipped over though either. it tells more about junipers life.
Reply:Try Eva Ibbotson's works. No sex, I promise, just clean, light romance. Nothing dirty in these books!


A Company of Swans


Madensky Square


A Countess Below Stairs (retitled The Secret Countess)


A Song for Summer


Magic Flutes


The Morning Gift.





Ms. Ibbotson's works are unlike any I have read. She has just the right combination of comedy, romance, drama, and info on the arts, (ballet, opera, etc) that is amazingly charming.





No chick-lit!





I highly and heartily recommend these.





Happy Reading!
Reply:The CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. Not many know of this book but the ones who do are extremely lucky! CHERUB is a campus for agents that are under 18. Kids/Teens.





CHERUB is not James Bond. There are no master criminals or high-tech gadgets. CHERUB kids live in the real world. They slip under adult radar and get information that sends criminals and terrorists to jail.
Reply:"Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer.


5 books in the series with a 6th to be published later this year.
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try darren shans cirque du freak series, the are great and will change any opinions that you probably have about said vampire novels. the writing is good, and the characters are deep, the plot is unique.








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Reply:Sex is part of romance, but if you truly like historical fiction, check out Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series.
Reply:If you enjoy historical fiction that has no explicit material, you may enjoy The House of Winslow series by Gilbert Morris. It begins with Honorable Imposter (in the 1600s) and follows the family into modern times. It really was an excellent series.





...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven Santmyer was an excellent read about a little town in which the women form a book club. It starts just after the Civil War and follows the lives of the members for almost forty years. It's a very long book and one that I would call a "gentle" read; sweet and moves at a leisurely pace.





Another good series was the Kent Family Chronicles by John Jakes. It starts around the time of the Revolutionary War and follows the family almost to the 1900s. I read it a long time ago, so I can't be positive that there's no sex at all, but I don't recall any.





Patricia Veryan's Tales of the Jewelled Men series was another excellent series that starts with Time's Fool. It's set in England and the first book shows the hero returning from fighting in the Revolutionary War. This series has a mystery that continues throughout the volumes. There's no explicit material in this series.





Georgette Heyer is another author whose books I would recommend. She wrote period pieces in various eras as well as some mystery stories. I particularly enjoyed her Regency romance novels like The Nonesuch, Regency Buck, The Corinthian and others. She didn't add any explicit material to her books, but she knew how to tell a good story.





You might also appreciate some of Taylor Caldwell's books. Captains and the Kings, for instance, was an excellent book.





If you enjoy romantic suspense novels, I'd recommend the books by Phyllis A. Whitney (The Trembling Hills, Seven Tears for Apollo, Black Amber, Woman Without a Past), Mary Stewart (The Ivy Tree, Nine Coaches Waiting, Touch Not the Cat, Airs Above the Ground) and most of Victoria Holt's books (Menfreya in the Morning, The House of a Thousand Lanterns, The Landower Legacy, The Time of the Hunter's Moon).





Eleanor Hibbert (Victoria Holt) also wrote historical fiction under the name Jean Plaidy. She wrote an entire series about the Tudors, another two books about Mary Queen of Scots, seven books about the Stuarts and more. She also wrote the very good Daughters of England series under the name Philippa Carr.





Though sex is implied, Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor was an excellent book that delves into 17th century England. You get a birdseye view of the plague, the London fire of 1666 and Charles II's court with all its scandals. It was quite a book.





The Poldark series (starting with Ross Poldark) by Winston Graham was another wonderful series. I believe there was some sex, but not much. It's a story about two families (but mainly the Poldarks) in Cornwall starting in the 1700s.





The Brides of Montclair series by Jane Peart was also an excellent series. It follows the family from the 1700s to modern times. The first book was Valiant Bride.





I know you said you don't usually like classics, but you may enjoy Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. It's a wonderful story about the South just before, during and after the Civil War.





Eugenia Price also wrote a good series about that period: Savannah, To See Your Face Again, Before the Darkness Falls, Stranger in Savannah. It's excellent.





You might also enjoy the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde, which begins with The Eyre Affair. It's got romance and fantasy and mystery. This series is one of the most unique I've ever read: fictional characters can be kidnapped by real people, people jump into books and much more.





There are many more, but I hope this helps.
Reply:Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Reply:Well, if you've read A Great and Terrible Beauty, then you should finish up the trilogy.





Historical fiction, you say? I recommend The Other Boleyn Girl and the Young Royals series.





The Minister's Daughter is really good.





I enjoy books by Diana Wynne Jones, such as the Chrestomanci Chronicles and Howl's Moving Castle.





The Forest With Hands and Teeth
Reply:I have answered this question so many times, I decided to dedicate a web site to answer this question. Here it is:





http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com





Included is a list of only the best sorcery fantasy books, grade reading level, a short review of each book along with a brief summary of adult content. There is also a "Readers' Choice" list of favorite books, and a list of heroine sorcery fantasy books, plus a full review of "The Golden Compass".





Since it requires romance, I recommend these from the list above:





"A Spell for Chameleon" - the main character goes on a quest to prove himself to his fiancé. Teen romance, completely appropriate. Excellent and original, but I only recommend the first 3 books of this 30+ book series.





Steinbeck - the best serious Arthurian fantasy I have ever read. Mention of incest and adultery, but nothing explicit. In addition to the traditional "tragic" Arthurian romance, the chapter on Enid and Owain is one of the best romantic stories that I have ever read. Appropriate for all but very young readers.





"The Dying Earth" by Vance. Although not in print anymore, this is a collection of short stories with the same setting, and includes some of the best fantasy romance adventures that I have ever read. Some adult content (one instance, and it verges on explicit). This book is included in the omnibus "Tales of the Dying Earth". That larger work includes stories that are *definitely* adult, though still not explicit.





I hope this helps.





Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/wheel/