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Transitioning Books From Teen to Adult To Read?

• I'm a nineteen year old woman and I'm going through that awkward stage of "what books do I read?" I don't necessarily want to jump into books like Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov or The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, although they're both amazing authors, I'm sure, my skills aren't that advanced just yet. Just a word of caution; I really disliked Twilight so any books like that in the adult/older teen fiction section would just bother me. If I read about the supernatural I don't want it to be all these books that were sparked from Twilight. Some books I have liked which include teen fiction and adult fiction. The Luxe Series/Bright Young Things Series by Anna Godberson, the Flapper Series by Jillian Larkin, Harry Potter Series by JKR, The Immortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, Sarah Dessen Books, Burned by Ellen Hopkins, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anna Karenina (was hard to get through but I eventually did it!) Leo Tolstoy, Jonathan Safren Foer books, etc. As you can see, I read many genres. So I'm just looking for similar things but with a more adult theme. The only things I won't read are horror books (I'm talking Stephen King horror) and erotica. Please help! I'm willing to read more teen fiction if the characters are more on the older side (16+, preferably over 18). I also would prefer a list sort of thing, but if you don't have that many books in mind just put how ever many you can - even one can lead me in a good direction.

• Answer:

  There's an award given by the ALA each year to 10 books that are written for adults but have a particular appeal to younger readers. I'm an adult, and have read most of the winners for the last 2 years and enjoyed them quite a lot. The award is called the Alex Award. Here's a link to the winners. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Awards If you can handle Tolstoy, I don't think Plath or Nabokov will pose any special difficulties. Try some contemporary classics, perhaps 2011 Notables (several different newspapers put together their own lists so just search for 2011 Notable fiction.) Some of my personal favorites from the 2011 lists: The Sense of and Ending by Julian Barnes Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward The Buddha in the Attic by Julia Otsuka Swamplandia by Karen Russell The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht The Free World by David Bezmozgis