The 10 best books to give to a teenager

What books to give a teenager to interest him in reading? The choice of topics is fundamental. And it is a reality that some books have changed our lives. During adolescence it is essential to make a good selection of what we read. You do not have to be a book addict to understand the impact books can have at that age. Therefore, whether you are looking for new readings or good ones books to give to a teenager, we recommend a selection of 10 titles with which you will guess for sure.

Encouraging interest in reading is something that should be encouraged during childhood and promote during adolescence for which habit lasts during adulthood. For this reason, it is essential to select books that fall into their hands through motivation, good by the themes, by the narrative quality, by their educational and formative sense ... There is a lot of variety to choose from.


10 books to seduce with reading to a teenager

What is the ideal title to give to our teenage children? Here we are going to propose 10 books for teenagers from which to choose the one that most suits the tastes of this person, a range with several options among which is sure to be correct.

1. The secret files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler

Title of intrigue where the reader is presented the case of Claudia, a young woman who decides to leave home with her brother Jamie so that her parents begin to value her. After its emancipation the Metropolitan Museum is the place where this adventure will begin, and you will find a statue that arouses your curiosity. In the search for the truths of this sculpture, you will end up finding the mysterious Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, the former owner of this work.


2. The curious incident of the dog at midnight

Christopher Boone, a fifteen-year-old boy who lives with his father because his mother has died, has exceptional skills for mathematics and an incredible retentive, but great communication problems and a good collection of peculiarities: does not support brown or yellow , he does not want to be touched or surprised. On the advice of a teacher, he writes an account of what happens to him when, one day, he finds a neighbor's dog impaled and tries to find out who killed him by imitating his admired Sherlock Holmes. But on the way you will discover things you did not know.

3. The 6 most important decisions of your life


A good work that conveys the feeling that teens often suffer when faced with responsibility. Until now they have been in a universe where the parents were the ones who made decisions, but now with the passing of the years they are the ones who have to choose what to do. Decisions that will mark his life, a journey in which they take the helm of a ship that they will guide with their choices.

4. DUNE

For teenagers who love science fiction, DUNE is the best option. This book takes the reader to the planet Arrakis, the only celestial body in the universe that has melange, a substance that increases the capabilities of human beings to unsuspected limits. Different families take turns in the administration of the collection of this product, however when the ambition of one of the houses arrives, stories of betrayal follow one another that end up leaving the protagonist in the cruel desert of Arrakis. A place where you will have to survive to return and do justice.

5. The truth about the Savolta case

Another work by Eduardo Mendoza that returns to have a case to solve as an argument. On this occasion this title takes the reader to the Barcelona of the early twentieth century, where a young lawyer named Javier Miranda will be surrounded in an event marked by the power cravings of the business elite and where there is only one thing clear : nobody is who they say they are.

6. The fair of darkness

October. Two thirteen-year-old boys, neighbors: Jim Nightshade, brown hair like waxed chestnut, and William Halloway, blond, son of the village librarian. After a "normal" beginning, in which their way of being and their families are presented, everything becomes very strange when some street vendors settle in the city.

7. Kafka and the traveling doll

A year before his death, Franz Kafka had an unusual experience. Walking through the Steglitz park in Berlin, he found a girl crying inconsolably: she had lost her wrist. To calm the little one, the author of Metamorphosis a peculiar story was invented: the doll had not been lost, he had gone on a trip, and he, turned into a doll postman, had a letter that would take him the next day to the park. That night Franz wrote the first of many letters that, for three weeks, delivered to the girl on time, narrating the adventures of the extraordinary doll from all corners of the world.

8. A bag of marbles

A fictionalized biographical tale that narrates the adventures of two Jewish children who are forced to separate from their parents and flee Paris in 1941, to get rid of Nazi persecution. The work describes the hard experience of the protagonists, their courage, cunning and hope, in a natural tone, without falling into reproaches or recriminations, and is at the same time an authentic report on life in France divided by occupation.

9.   The invisible man

Griffin, a scientist who discovers the formula of invisibility, goes crazy and provokes terror. An old friend of his, the responsible Dr. Kemp, whose opinion Wells - "never reproach anyone, that is outdated" - will be at the head of his pursuit and capture.

10. The Count of Monte Cristo

Years 1814-1838. Edmond Dantès, Marseilles sailor, is sent to prison when he is about to marry, for an unfair denunciation of a love rival and another professional rival, and with the collaboration of the judge. Locked in the castle of If, there he is related to another prisoner, the abbe Faria, who reveals his secrets and names him heir to a hidden and unknown fortune. Dantès manages to escape and organize a methodical revenge against the guilty of his imprisonment for fourteen years.

Damián Montero

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