25 best books for teens

Layfhaker already was a selection best books for teens, Which included lists of Time The magazine, newspaper The Guardian, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation and our editorial staff.

We will offer you a selection to complement their favorite works from the childhood and adolescence, and you are actively involved. We present our list of the best books for teens according to Layfhakera readers.

1. "The Kid and Karlsson on the Roof", Astrid Lindgren

The first part of a trilogy that Soviet children is known primarily for cartoons. Funny how Boris Stepantsev adapted literary material. In the book, The Kid - a selfish spoiled child. It is not only parents, but also friends (Krister and Gunilla). In a cartoon kid - lonely boy under the care of "domomuchitelnitsy" Bok, who came up for a friend. A favorite food Carlson the book does not jam sweets and meatballs.

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2. "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Children's fairy tale for adults by the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, published in 1943. The history of the boy with the golden hair - a storehouse of wisdom. "The Little Prince" is translated into more than 180 languages ​​on its grounds filmed, written music. The book became a part of modern culture and shattered into

quotations.

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3. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain

What did not had time to do twelve tomboy Tom on the pages of this story! Witnessed the murder, I got lost in the cave, discovered a treasure, ran away from home to become a pirate, and, of course, love. In the work of Mark Twain presented whole palette of teenage experiences. Perhaps that is why it is so close to them.

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4. "Alice's Adventures", Kir Bulychev

Alisa Selezneva - schoolgirl, "Guest from the Future." It's childish and fearless. Alice travels the galaxies and get acquainted with their inhabitants, while in the world civilization people have long flourishing. In addition to the exciting adventures of the main character, the children of the XXI century will certainly be interesting to see how Cyrus Bulychev represented life at the end of the century.

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5. "Mysterious Island" by Jules Verne

This novel remains popular almost 150 years (the first publication dates back to 1874). Adventures of the brave five-northerners, stranded on a desert island during the American Civil War, conquered the hearts of readers no less than the previous works of Verne's "20,000 leagues under water" and "Children of Captain Grant ".

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6. "Treasure Island" by Robert Stevenson

Treasure Hunt Captain Flint excited the imagination of generations of boys and girls. Perhaps nowadays pirate adventure is not so relevant, but philosophical reasons raised in the book are interesting and now.

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7. "Island of lost ships" Alexander Belyaev

Science fiction writer Alexander Belyaev is best known for the novels "Amphibian Man" and "Professor Dowell's Head". "The Island of Lost Ships" many remain unread, and in vain. Adventure detective, "criminal", and daughter of a millionaire, who miraculously survived the shipwreck and got on the "island of lost ships' capture (if not the first page) and do not let go until the end.

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8. "Two Captains", Veniamin Kaverin

Tsentenialy certainly give its own interpretation of the immortal motto of this work: "To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield." And hardly imbued with the romance of the profession pilot and polar explorer, but true love and friendship is described in the novel, you should find in them a response.

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9. "The Lost World" by Arthur Conan Doyle

The first book in a series of works of Professor Challenger. The expedition, consisting of British scientists, journalists, aristocrats, detects a "window" into the ancient world. Among dinosaurs and ape-men it is very dangerous, but very interesting.

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10. "King Solomon's Mines", Henry Haggard

Several readers Layfhakera said that every boy and girl should get acquainted with the works of classics of world literature Sir Haggard's adventure. Introducing recommend that you start with the first book of Allan Quatermain - "King Solomon's Mines."

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11. "Destruction of the empire," Mark Lawrence

Trilogy "destruction of the empire" was written in 2011-2013, the Anglo-American writer Mark Lawrence in the best traditions of fantasy. It includes the novels "The Prince of Thorn", "The King of Thorn" and "The Emperor Thorn." Teenagers are especially interesting will be the first book, where the formation of the protagonist.

12. "The hyperboloid of Engineer Garin", Alexei Tolstoy

The plot, where an employee of the Soviet Criminal Investigation and the general uprising of the workers prevail over Pierre capitalist Harry imagines himself ruler of the world, in today's realities looks funny. But be that as it may, this book is still a victory of good over evil. Alexey Tolstoy should applaud at least for the fact that, in fact, he foresaw the invention of the laser.

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13. "The Count of Monte Cristo," Alexandre Dumas

Classics of French literature. Adventure novel about love, betrayal and revenge. Simple Marseille sailor Edmond Dantes is transformed into a mysterious and eccentric Count of Monte Cristo, but whether the right man fancies himself an instrument of justice?

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14. "Les Miserables" by Victor Hugo

One of the greatest novels of the XIX century and the apotheosis of creativity Hugo. On the example of the difficult way of life of Jean Valjean author raises the age-old philosophical problems. What's more - the law or love? Could the rich and poor to understand the suffering of each other? Is it always striving for good wins in a man? The book is more appropriate for older teens.

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15. "Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin", Alexander Pushkin

"Shot", "Snowstorm," "The Undertaker", "Postmaster", "Mistress into Maid" - the names of the stories everyone knows from school. And it is a rare case when the product of school curriculum to truly grasp and looking at a young age.

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16. "The Catcher in the Rye" by Jerome Salinger

A novel about youth and thirst for freedom. Seventeen year old Holden with characteristic maximalism youth expresses his opposition to the false public morality. Publisher Modern Library included it in the list of the 100 best English-language novels of the last century. The product had a huge popularity in the twentieth century and is still gaining recognition of young rebels.

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17. "Portrait of Dorian Gray" Oscar Wilde

Dorian Gray is young and beautiful, but in the pursuit of pleasure immersed in selfishness and vices. Great cautionary tale by Oscar Wilde and his only published novel.

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18. "Martin Eden" by Jack London

Largely autobiographical novel about a man who has made himself. To make love a girl not his lap, Martin Eden is actively engaged in self-education, and many have succeeded. That's just not feeling tested social disunity. If you want to introduce an exciting form of a teenager with the philosophy of Nietzsche and Spencer, podkinte him this book.

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19. "The Collector" by John Fowles

John Fowles - English writer, one of the prominent representatives of post-modernism. A novel about a lonely clerk and collector of butterflies at the same time Frederick Clegg, who kidnaps and keeps at home a nice girl to him, written in 1963, Fowles. The book is read in one breath, but for a long time to reflect on the causes of violence, loneliness and indifference.

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20. "Body" by Stephen King

Another name - "corpse." "Not very suitable book for children" - may say those who have not read the story published in the book "Breathing Method". In fact, the story of the death of the boy takes less than a quarter of the book. Everything else - turretless memories of his youth and the story of a difficult process of growing up. Many teens will recognize the main characters themselves.

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21. "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

Science fiction story, to finish later novel about feeble-minded man, who as a result of a scientific experiment became the smartest in the world. The eternal problem of grief from the mind and subtle ethical paradoxes forced to read this book without stopping. The story was published in 1959, but in the XXI century, in the light of the development of bioengineering and artificial intelligence, it is of particular relevance.

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22. "Animal Farm," George Orwell

This book - an excellent training for the younger generation of the brain. Satirical novel is a parable depicting the transition from unlimited freedom and universal equality to a dictatorship: "All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others. "

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23. "Monday begins on Saturday", the brothers Strugatsky

Many readers like Layfhakera works by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. We, too. Teenagers acquaintance with these great authors is best to start with a satirical story about a programmer Privalov. In the future also we recommend reading "Grad doomed", "Roadside Picnic" and "Hard to be a god."

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24. "Young Guard", Alexander Fadeev

The novel of the same name dedicated to the activities of the youth underground organization that existed during the Great Patriotic War. Most of the main characters of the novel - is really existing people, but the events described by the author, is not always actually happened. Nevertheless, the "Young Guard" is considered one of the best patriotic works.

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25. "The list does not mean" Boris Vasilyev

The action of this novel takes place in the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. The history of heroism and love of Lieutenant Nicholas Pluzhnikov obligatory reading for education of patriotism and a genuine love for the motherland.

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