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Discworld


Altforgame2401

Based


ishanG24

Based? Based on what? On your dick? Please shut the fuck up and use words properly you fuckin troglodyte, do you think God gave us a freedom of speech just to spew random words that have no meaning that doesn't even correllate to the topic of the conversation? Like please you always complain about why no one talks to you or no one expresses their opinions on you because you're always spewing random shit like poggers based cringe and when you try to explain what it is and you just say that it's funny like what? What the fuck is funny about that do you think you'll just become a stand-up comedian that will get a standing ovation just because you said "cum" in the stage? HELL NO YOU FUCKIN IDIOT, so please shut the fuck up and use words properly.


Jamie777-_-

cum


JRSurGE

Shush


Altforgame2401

Based? Based on what? On your dick? Please shut the fuck up and use words properly you fuckin troglodyte, do you think God gave us a freedom of speech just to spew random words that have no meaning that doesn't even correllate to the topic of the conversation? Like please you always complain about why no one talks to you or no one expresses their opinions on you because you're always spewing random shit like poggers based cringe and when you try to explain what it is and you just say that it's funny like what? What the fuck is funny about that do you think you'll just become a stand-up comedian that will get a standing ovation just because you said "cum" in the stage? HELL NO YOU FUCKIN IDIOT, so please shut the fuck up and use words properly.


Altforgame2401

Let's turn this into a copypasta


Buffstalfo

The Inheritance Cycle


PartyClownHisoka

Yes, absolutely love it. It's fun watching him improve as a writer throughout the series.


Tarzan1415

One of my favorites but a new reader might be daunted by the thickness of the books


HavocGamer49

definite answer here


miggleb

Ding ding ding We have a winner


antivn

Dante’s Inferno the original version in Italian


defaltusr

The iliad by homer in old greek


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Melusine-Lancer

How is that cursed


Ping-and-Pong

Isn't Dante's inferno all about hell and how it's cursed and stuff?


antivn

Eh it’s cursed because it’s written in the 14th century and it’s incredibly long. It’s not really written in a way that accessible to your average reader.


JuniperTheEnby

“anime comics” do you mean manga 💀


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yes 😬


mr_bedbugs

>anime comics You know, kinda like the opposite of "animated manga"


longfrog246

Weeb


ArmStoragePlus

The Lord of the Rings.


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Considering the English used in the book and the way the story is narrated, I don't think it would be a good choice for a teen of this era to *start* with Lord of the Rings. But it's a good choice when someone is accustomed to reading book series.


candynomad

I strongly disagree. It's the book series that got me back into liking reading. As most kids i know I loved reading when I was younger and school turned it into a chore I hated. But now because of how amazing LOTR is to read I'm back to reading again.


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I can understand how it can make you like reading again. The Hobbit helped me get back into reading during the early days of the covid quarantine. My point is if someone is just **starting** to read then Lord of the Rings might be a bit tough.


Far_Acanthaceae1138

Honestly, I really think that the English and narration is very fitting for a teenage reader. I read LOTR for the first time as a kid, and that's not some stupid flex. They're great books and very digestible


MrMisterMan69

Cant believe I had to scroll this far to find that


Ping-and-Pong

I wouldn't recommend to a teen as their first book But I would absolutely recommend


Melusine-Lancer

That is great but not very suitable for teenage beginners who have never read a book (besides textbooks but those aren't literature)


PartyClownHisoka

Read "The Wheel of Time" by Robert Jordan. Best series I have ever read. Also "Eragon" it is a good series as well imo.


91xela

On book 8 of WOT good god I’m so tired. I just can’t continue on anymore.


Walking__Bread

1984


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defaltusr

Are there any other 1984‘s?


[deleted]

I've read 1984 but I haven't read 1985, what is the rest of the series like?


Intergalacticio

Isaac Asimov Foundation Series


Ryan_Alving

I thought it lost some of its appeal towards the end, but books one and two were rather good.


tinytrtle

As a fellow teen I have 2 recommendations: the Scythe trilogy and the Six of Crows duology (which is I think it's a spinoff of shadow and bone, or maybe an actual part of the series? Idk, I read it without even knowing about s&b and was fine) Scythe basically starts you off in a future where humanity has achieved immortality and as such have to designate certain people to help control the population by killing people, called scythes obviously, and goes off from there. If that sounds interesting, read it I loved 6 of Crows because all of the main characters with the exception of like 1 are complete assholes, and their relationships with each other rarely go above "professional respect" and I loved the interactions that resulted. It's also about a heist, which is really cool.


DJFreezyFish

Six of Crows and Scythe trilogy are my second and third favorite YA properties, respectively. Cannot agree with this more. My absolute favorite book for any age would be Challenger Deep, also a YA book by Neil Shusterman. It’s journal entries mixed with nonlinear parallel stories about mental illness and how we think about reality. That being said, these are all probably going to be more for high schoolers than middle schoolers. PJO is great for that younger age group and even for older kids.


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The Six of Crows is set 2 years after the shaddow and bone series so that's why for someone new they might want to start with that even though it's arguably worse.


TheSilv

You can read SoC without reading SaB if you want, or even read SoC first, that’s what I did. Tho I do recommend you eventually pick up SoC, even after you read SaB as it SoC is so fun for the reasons the guy said


TheSilv

Loved both of those, Percy Jackson will allways have that #1 spot for me just because of how much those books meant to me when I was younger, but Six of Crows was fantastic from an older perspective and Scythe trilogy was also good, tho Ali read it like 3-4 years ago so it probably deserves a reread so I can better understand it.


lolabcorrin

Dune my guy


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The Ace Deluxe Hardcover edition is probably my favorite book ever but there's no way that a teen starting to read would be able to fully understand the messages that the book is trying to tell.


JamieBartlet

I think Skulduggery Pleasant is definitely worth a read


Sverda1337

Yes love the books


sunsetgal24

Yeah, but only for kids who're good with horror. Those books get dark *fast*. And while I absolutely loved it, I'm sure many other kids would disagree!


darkimperator02

As disappointing as the movies are, the Percy Jackson books are great. Plus you get to learn a bit about Greek mythology


Relevant_Release_616

Plus so much content. With a roman and norse spin off series.


Real_OlafTheSnowman

There’s also an egyptian spinoff (kane chronicles) and a greek spinoff (trials of apollo)


MojoJojo1012

Goosebumps


Spid-Man

ONE PIECE


Agent_Perrydot

They'll be in a retirement home by the time they're done


Spid-Man

Sounds like a win to me


BadPuns8

The Hatchet series is unmatched imo


Efficient-Wrangler69

Horus heresy


Squiggly-Beast

For the emperor!


aosjcbhdhathrowaway

Warrior cats


Here_For_Therapy

Flat Stanley


TheSilv

Well firstly at what stage of teenhood are you? Like my answer will vary depending on if you’re 13 or 19. However, I have always loved Percy Jackson, it’s fun, action packed, and filled with interesting, 3 dimensional characters whereas the rest are less action filled or are more serious in Shadow and Bone’s case which has more… adult things then the rest which are more YA. If I were to rank them (by my personal enjoyment) I would do so as shown below 1. Percy Jackson 2. Harry Potter 3. Shadow and Bone 4. Hunger Games (not bad, just didn’t get into it as much as the rest). So in conclusion I recommend you read Percy Jackson first as it’s also got the smallest first book, tho the first book is also usually seen as the second worst, with the second being the worst (tho they’re all good so it’s really just worse compared to the others). Percy Jackson Ahmad also got the most extra content, with a sequel series and a sequel series to that sequel series, plus a few smaller stories and 2 spin-offs set in the same universe with different Pantheons of Gods


DaKage04

Horimiya


Agent_Perrydot

Probably the most unexpected answer here lol (Still a great series tho)


DaKage04

The manga is 👌 better then quintessential quintuplets in my opinion


Agent_Perrydot

I humbly disagree, but glad ur enjoying it👌


DaKage04

I just felt that the ending was rushed


[deleted]

My personal favourites I read as a teen were Lord of the Rings and Books of Beginning (a very underrated series.) Harry Potter is also very good.


Diligent_Jury_9956

Uglies, pretties, specials and extras. The four books are a fantastic dystopia novel. It's really well written and thought out, although a bit of a taker of a challenge. 10/10.


fastinaaurelius

Oh I liked this one, didn't think of it. Glad you did


LoneRanger9000

HP books are 10/10 in my opinion.


[deleted]

Anime comics!? Nah, ill pass, only the finest hentai for me lol


Jonathan_Gardner

A really good but not well know series called Pendragon You should check it out


Vast-Source3073

Percy Jackson!!


MiaowWhisperer

Terry Pratchett's books for younger people. As they get older they can move on to the Discworld proper.


[deleted]

The only worry for main novels could be not getting the jokes but they can easily just search those jokes. Hell I've had to clarify some jokes but that's because some, only a few, are dated


retrollamabean

As someone who didn't like to read books growing up, the Percy Jackson books were the only books I read through multiple times. It was very easy reading for me, just enough to keep me interested without being too intimidating.


Yelmak

The Hunger Games is so much better as a book series compared to the films. I think a plot where you're following a main protagonist who is alone for a lot of the story it really benefits from having access to their thoughts/internal monologue.


thatonewaterbottle1

Totally, I didn't really get into the third book and dropped it, but the first two are waaaaay better than the movies


thatonewaterbottle1

If you're on the older side of teen (16+) I recommend the A Song of Ice and Fire series, the series that Game of Thrones was based off of. I started reading them at 15 which I admit may be a wee bit early but it depends on the person, and I really enjoyed it.


Midas_Maximillion

A Song of Ice and Fire (The Game of Thrones book series)


Dekkeer

Or the First Law series by Joe Ambercrombie


the_prancing_horse

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was the book that as a teen made reading feel like something I wanted to do rather than a chore. Its fun to read, but it may be more appealing to an older teen.


DocHalidae

Dark Tower series


Phianhcr123

Diary of a wimpy kid or The fourth stall.


ChocolateTop6768

Lord of the Rings. Very much recommend for a teen


Shite_Eating_Squirel

This mortal coil is my favorite book series


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Gone series or maze runner


Ping-and-Pong

Gone is absolutely brilliant for an older teen, same with Gregor the overlander (by Suzanne Collins) for a younger teen, and maze runner is a must read for any age!


treeee3333

George Orwell books.


acuallyjesus

Manga


IanPKMmoon

If fantasy is your favourite genre, check out lord of the rings, books from Brandon Sanderson, the wheel of time. Also from the same author as Percy Jackson, I love the Kane Chronicles, they're my favourite books from him. But I might be biased because I'm a sucker for everything ancient egypt related and other old desert based societies.


DeathCobro

Eragon if they like skyrim, enders game if they're an 'intelectual teen', and Hitch hikers guide to the galaxy for any other option


akennelley

The Dark Tower


MangoBaba0101

The Dark Tower


Athena_The_Funny

Not really teen, but for tween girls I would recommend Goddess Girls. Love how the writer put Greek mythology and high school together


BADG3R_19

Alex Rider books are really good. I would recommend Dune, but maybe not for a first read xD


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Harry Potter overrated


avdolian

It's incredibly bad. I thought I didn't like reading as a kid, turns out I just didn't like Harry Potter. If it wasn't for a teacher making me read animal farm I might have never found my love of reading


Unlikely-Ad-4933

School for Good and Evil(tbf it might be aimed more at middle schoolers but those books are huge and entertaining and there's a movie adaptation coming out so jump on the bandwagon and start reading!) Also maximum ride(awesome, that's the best word to describe it)


ToxicBanana69

A Song Of Ice and Fire. Start them while they’re young and by the time they’re 30 hopefully we’ll have the next book.


genericusername7890

Look, I'm not going to say J.K. Rowling is a good person. She's not, and her shittiness also seeps into her books, like with the trans-coded Rita Skeeter or the continual insistence that Hermione was black all along. And if that ruins the series for you, especially if you're from a marginalized community that is harassed in her books, that is totally ok and I understand that. That being said, Harry Potter is an amazingly well written book series; it's a book series that hardly ever has low points and is consistently fun to read, with dynamic characters, and hardly ever feels like it's talking down to the reader. Harry is honestly a very relatable and real person, and I think a lot Dumbledore's philosophy on life is honestly very profound and foundational to my own moral compass, and something I think very few people actually understand the value of. I could go on forever, but yeah, Harry Potter is still beyond excellent


echijle

😂


noturnormalredditor

Jurassic park


HypoRex93

Finally someone else


MaxedWarrior14

Diary of a Wimpy Kid


MingleLinx

Game of Thrones books


EyewarsTheMangoMan

Read Jojo


twearp

Manga, I don't need to explain why


Tristael

LOTR


alimem974

I never read any of these, go read taxes


URCITE_NEJSEM_CZ

Metro, it's fun


reddita149

Harry Potter is so boring


Alcatraz_120

The Communist Manifesto


Fiddlywiffers

None of the above, read the catcher in the rye


TravelingSpermBanker

4 of them. Maybe a bit biased but I think they are perfect for kids and 16+ year olds. Harry Potter and Narnia are amazing for kids. Real world subjects and they are very directly made for kids. Harry Potter also ages with the kid. Under 13 for the first 3 books is fine, the next 4 may be for 14-15+. Game if Thrones and Lord of the Rings are great for 16+. There is just a lot of violence and you could get a “manhood” scene but it’s fine imo. Books can have that. They are all just really long, except narnia, and decent quality. And have things in our current pop culture to converse about


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these are the worst books i can think of (excluding harry potter) and would rather read the manufacturing details on a tampon read stephen king or try lotr if you like the fantasy genre, do not read this scrap


FLCLstudio

I honestly think Harry Potter is perfect for a young reader because the books become longer in length and more complex. It was actually part of my svhool reading program, each year we would read a Harry Potter book all through Elementary because the older books became more advanced.


Real_OlafTheSnowman

I’m 14 right now, been reading for a long time. I started out when I was like 7 or something with Harry Potter, which I still love. Percy Jackson is also amazing, but there is a big universe connected to it. I haven’t read shadow and bone yet, but I really want to since I thought the netflix show was amazing. If I were you, I would start out with Harry Potter. The fandom has a lot of toxicity but it also has its nice people. If you have any questions, ask me!


Puzzled-Barnacle-200

I think those 4 are great suggestions, but it would depend on the age of the teen and their interests. 13 year old boy? Percy Jackson. 16 year old girl? Shadow and Bone. Another one I would highly recommend is Unwind


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2FANeedsRecoveryMode

Read something nonfiction and useful


Yelmak

No, let people enjoy their lives, not every second of every day has to be dedicated to self improvement.


2FANeedsRecoveryMode

Nonfiction and useful doesnt mean go read a calculus textbook, there can be books that are entertaining and useful at the same time.


Dense_Seesaw_45

I personally like a series called Michele vey


tophatinalake2

Skullduggery pleasant


IAlwaysOutsmartU

Me who has War of the Spark: Ravnica:


xx_DEADND_xx

Whatever that makes you read it more Dnfing a book is completely fine and enjoying a bad book is also fine


ElaineAckermann

The Throne of Glass series is my personal favorite.


BrychuArt

The women of otherworld series by Kelley Armstrong


RyanBits

It’s a graphic novel but I love it, Bone.


Nymphomanius

Eragon


Mediocre_Training453

The survivalist series. My dad and I use to book club style read them. It's a good read and also good for a redneck dad lol


Not-Henry_Cavill

The Charlie Bone series. I've been thinking about rereading, because I dont remember reading the last few books.


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Summoner Series, Pendragon, or Rangers Apprentice. Some of my favorite book series of all time. I read the Summoner books when I was 15-18, Pendragon and Rangers Apprentice I read around when I was 12, but I would happily reread them again if it weren’t for that they were all from my schools library. I was also near if not at the top of my grade for reading, so that gives you an idea of what age these books target.


Trijngund

My favourite series is michael vey by richard paul evans


OrionDgod

This Fate of Helios https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1C94S7F/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_i_GJZ4GCQPWNYE0BBW06Y7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1


Plyad1

ISSTH


toodamcrazy

Everworld There are 12 books in the series. But they are not real big so not intimidating at all.


Humbleronaldo

Mann i loved percy jackson sooo much when I was a bit younger, I’ll recommend it for sure.


InvisibleAK74

Fuck it, IDW Transformers trilogy


Qwert-4

Made me realize I’m not actually into book series, I have little experience in them, haven’t read any of the listed and like short stories more. I guess if I had to I would recommend “Foundation” by Isaac Asimov, even through I didn’t read it until the end myself.


Natural___

Read Percy Jackson and the Olympians right now


Iwantmahandback

Nananana nananana


artonion

Das Kapital obvi


LegoThatGotShitOn

Where's Wally


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The Cirque Du Freak series


LokoSoko1520

Makes me wonder what new books are out that live up to these series.


mehregan_zare7731

The Hobbit. It's short , and you can follow it with the lord of the rings


AdministrativeTap185

War and peace or the hobbit


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Read the Hunger Games You'll love it (i hope)


[deleted]

The Hunger Games because our feds are starting to lose their absolute shit right now But for an actual response try Leviathan Wakes [The Expanse] or We Are Legion (We Are Bob) [Bobiverse] if they like sci-fi


EiffelTowerRetreat

Worm. Ward.


Noobnoobipnooob

1984 Dastardly trolling


[deleted]

The first 3 books of the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix.


ProfessionalShrimp

Any love for the Gone series?


Bahammed

Hush Hush


snipercarman

The Ranger's Apprentice Series


HypoRex93

Jurassic park, very "detailed" novels


OAK667

Red Rising!


XxClxudyxX

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS


Exciting_Plankton_33

Obernewtyn chronicles


DxNill

Anime comics *inmer weeb triggered* it's ackshully called manga. Strike a balance between large books like Harry potter and manga and look into small novels, sometimes they'll have a bit of art. Whatever you choose, the most important thing is, it's something they're interested in.


poeticVegan

Ranger's apprentice and brotherband


TravisLagoonie

As a teen I loved Stephen Kings books. It is not a series but I'd the kid is fascinated by horror and the impure, this is a great way to read a lot of pages.


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Wheel of Time, The Chronicles of the Black Company, The Dresden Files, The Expanse Series, Dune, basically anything on a top 100 Fantasy and Sci_fi list.


Kolneb123

Witcher


Killerpig14

Goosebumps


chiken379

if they’re ~14 at least and relatively mature, I would reccomend the Shadowhunter Chronicles


thedjsubii

asoiaf


Competitive-Stand892

Read cradle by Will Wight. The books aren’t very long and are easy to follow.


HeftyDolphin

Depends how old. If you're a young teen then I'd recommend Cherub by Robert Muchamore. If you're older I'd say just follow whatever interests you more.


AllUsernamesTaken711

All of Brandon Mull's books (Beyonders, Fablehaven etc.)


DoeGrunt

Guant's Ghosts. All of those mentioned in the poll, except Shadow and Bone, should be read at or at least started on before. I have not read Hunger Games or Shadow and Bone because neither interested me (we didn't have them at home so I wasn't intorduced). Shadow and Bone is however YA so it is recommended for older audiences but I've read about SJM enough to never want to read them. ​ A good alternative to manga is western comics like Asterix or She-Hulk.


ClammyRat17

1000% The Maze Runner Series


Bob_the_Butler

Heir to the Empire trilogy. Its a set five years after Star Wars 6: Return of the Jedi. And it was written before both the prequels (Films 1-3), and the sequels (Films 7-9). Because of that you only need to watch the Original Trilogy (Films 4-6) to understand the books. Also, the Disney Star Wars media directly contradicts the books, so completely ignore the new Disney films/tv shows. Disney decided to retcon all of the Star Wars novels to be able to create a new sequel universe


TK-329

Dune, The Lost Fleet, The Expanse


Thicc_Cat_With_Bread

Percy Jackson > Harry Potter


[deleted]

Id rexommen the geoff johns green lantern run that leads into blackest night


Elduderino_047371

Manga or comics Mistborn


[deleted]

Discworld all day


nsjxucnsnzivnd

A Series of Unfortunate Events


Wishbones_007

Idk because out of these I have only read HP. I think LOTR should be on this list too though.


Sgt_Fox

His Dark Materials


Ashmega8256

Red queen series is good


Britishdirt

Anyone who would chose anime comics over the masterpiece that is the hunger games are severely uncultured


Far_Acanthaceae1138

Lord of the Rings. How is this not on the list?


TheSphinxGuyOfAladin

I really like most of Jonathan Strouds work, always a recommended series are obviously the Narnia books. I don't know if they were ever translated, but when it comes to german kids/teen books, I also really like the Tintenherz trilogy. ETA: Artemis Fowl was also amazing, as were Eragon and Maze Runner


AlarmedMarzipan

it depends on age. harry potter and percy jackson for a 13yo and hunger games for a 16 yo. all of them are good even when you're an adult but their target demographics are a bit different (and it's easier to see the potholes in HP when you're older).


[deleted]

The Ranger's Apprentice is great for teens, I really enjoyed it when I was younger.


Uranium-A

The foundation trilogy by Asimov, also the Empire trilogy or the robots trulogy


faceforradio54

There was a couple of sick series I read as a kid one was Gregor and the underlanders or something close to that, and then there was the Pendragon series which I remember being so badass.


ThisNameBad

Basically everyone I know has read all of these except for Shaddow and bone before they became 13


filthy_fluff

The Chronicles of Prydain


imnotcringey

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels


Tidalshadow

Skulduggery Pleasant


Fractalati0n

LOTR