Books that will make a none reader interested in books ! (1 Viewer)

[lusiv]

Hi,
I want to know what books you would recommend to a year 10 that doesn't like reading and would like to improve his Reading.
cheers.

 

[Lolsmith]

The Twilight series.

It'll get you chix mang

 

[shuttle_bus5]

FHM or Ralph

 

[lusiv]

hahah.
is there any adventure, history books i think ill be interested in that

 

[Lolsmith]

Try the Iliad.

 

[thongetsu]

the very hungry caterpillar
horton hears a who
green eggs and ham

 

[pman]

narnia is very good, started me reading heavily many years ago. HP also good.

 

[scaredytiger]

If you want something easily accessible, and funny, try Nick Earls.

 

[Miss Melly]

the 'tomorrow when the war began' series by john marsden

 

[ImAgInE94]

well i can list a whole lot. but wtf you don't like reading!!!!!

 

[b00m]

harry potter... i think these are the only books i've ever read in full

 

[ibbi00]

Ice station by Mathew Reilly

 

[naisAtoN]

the 'tomorrow when the war began' series by john marsden

This. Or Macbeth.

 

[jarkler]

the holy quran theres all these miracles inside it to shock your eyelids

 

[CecilyMare]

read Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy.

I find that books translated from another language are easier to read than British literature books, like lets say Hardy. It's got hardly any insane words that require a huge dictionary beside you, and the translators are very good at constructing simple sentences.

Anna Karenin is a long read at 800 or so pages, but it's EASY. You can practically read the whole thing but just 'skimming', which you can't do in books where they spend pages describing the landscape.

There. Go for the easy, translated stuff.

 

[steph xx]

read Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy.

I find that books translated from another language are easier to read than British literature books, like lets say Hardy. It's got hardly any insane words that require a huge dictionary beside you, and the translators are very good at constructing simple sentences.

Anna Karenin is a long read at 800 or so pages, but it's EASY. You can practically read the whole thing but just 'skimming', which you can't do in books where they spend pages describing the landscape.

There. Go for the easy, translated stuff.

'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way'

 

[CecilyMare]

'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way'

pure genius at heart that

 

[Cinnamonster]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Genius.

 

[Taketheatrain]

read Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy.

I find that books translated from another language are easier to read than British literature books, like lets say Hardy. It's got hardly any insane words that require a huge dictionary beside you, and the translators are very good at constructing simple sentences.

Anna Karenin is a long read at 800 or so pages, but it's EASY. You can practically read the whole thing but just 'skimming', which you can't do in books where they spend pages describing the landscape.

There. Go for the easy, translated stuff.

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Though I can't really see a year 10 guy who hates reading to be excited about picking up a book that thick.

Why not try Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time?
My brother hates reading but he was glued to this book. He liked it cos it had maths in it.

 

[rokkuguhyo]

Yeah I agree with whoever said Harry Potter. That did the trick when the books first came out.