Good, classic books?

I really dislike books by John Steinbeck, and I didn't like Catcher in the Rye. I'm looking for classic books that would appeal to young adults. I love writing that is poetic. And I thoroughly enjoyed The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, because it was very suspenseful. I like reading books about the Holocaust, like Night. I plan to read Antonement, by Ian McEwan, since I loved the movie.


So, can anyone reccomend classic books that aren't tedious reads and appeal to a young adult audience?


Thanks!

Good, classic books?
For poetic imagery I would suggest a book named Earthly Paradise by Colette. I have loved it since I was very young. A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell is wonderful book about WWII that addresses the Italian front rather than the German one. It is an amazing piece of writing and sheds light on a forgotten part of that war. She also wrote one of my favorite books entitled The Sparrow. It is very intense but I love it and would have in my youth as well. You also might enjoy Iris Murdoch. She has so many titles that I won't suggest any in particular but she is someone with the knack for writing intelligent and poetic books that keep your interest completely. None of these are young adult books by genre but I read Colette and Murdoch as a teen and I certainly would have read Russell had she been writing then.
Reply:the twilight series by stephenie meyer definetly!!!
Reply:Here are a few suggestions... Michael Ondaajte is very poetic in his writing -- I really enjoyed Divisadero. Isabella Allende is very poetic, too -- even in translation.





For true classics, check out my web site:


http://www.bookclubclassics.com





Go to American or British classics and click on the titles to see a list of reasons you may/not enjoy each. Have you tried The Great Gatsby? Or The Scarlet Letter?
Reply:the outsiders is a great book.
Reply:Tom Sawyer, anything by PG Woodhouse, the little house on the prarie books, Jane Eyre (by charlotte Bronte), the Tenant of Wildfell Hall (by Anne Bronte) and Wuthering Heights (by Emily Bronte), I Capture the Castle By Dodie Smith, the Emily books by LM Montgomery, the Cosmic Trilogy and the Cronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis. Anything by Jane Austen.


(some of these assume the teenagers are reasonably intelligent and like to read)


For very poetic writing try Katherine Mansfield's Short Stories.
Reply:To Kill a Mockingbird





Diary of Anne Frank





Treasure Island (although it is rather slow)





Witch Child (I don't know if you can find this one and it's not exactly a classic, but it's an AMAZING book. Well, actually, it's the diary of this girl who was claimed to be a witch and was therefore hunted down. Really interesting and slightly creepy.)
Reply:A Seperate Peace by James Knowles
Reply:Tess of the D'ubervilles
Reply:How about one of Jane Austen's books? My favorite of hers (in fact, my favorite of all time) is Pride and Prejudice. However, the rest of her books are excellent, too. There is Persuasion, Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park.





You may also enjoy Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte or The Tenant of Wildfell Hall or Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (which is lesser known). They all have romance and drama and Gothic elements.





There is some element of mystery and suspense in several of Daphne du Maurier's stories like Rebecca and My Cousin Rachel.





Perhaps you would enjoy some of Agatha Christie's mystery stories like And Then There Were None (also called Ten Little Indians), The Mousetrap (a play), The Murder of Roger Ackroyd or Murder on the Orient Express.





I would also highly recommend Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery and The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.





I hope that helps!





Addition: I forgot to add The Woman in White or The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. They are both classic Gothic mysteries.
Reply:I think you would like The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath who was also a poet.


Some other good ones are The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway.





I don't like Steinbeck either but I love Hemingway, although I loved East of Eden by Steinbeck.





Dracula by Bram Stroker is excellent


Little Women by Louisa May Alcott


Pride and Prejudice-Jane Austen


A Tale of Two Cities-Charles Dickens


Wuthering Heights-Bronte

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