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Best fiction book that exists for young adults. Don't even try to prove me wrong, you can't.

>> No.6684862

>not his dark materials

lel

>> No.6684882

>>6684859
>muh Holly Short

>> No.6684944

>>6684859
robert louis stevenson's was fun as a child.
as was Dickens'.
in modern times prachett's are quite witty for children books.
but yeah AF is godtier
x001

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I think you meant to upload The Ranger's Apprentice, anon. Here, let me fix that for ya.

>> No.6684954

>>6684859
the elf chick was totally my 11 year old self waifu

>> No.6684955

>>6684859
What the fuck OP, I JUST opened my browser to make a young adults thread.

Also apart from the shitty romance subplot, the Leviathan series was pretty top.

>> No.6684959

>>6684859
loved these books as a kid, and loved his other book "The Supernaturalist" as well

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>>6684955
pic related

>> No.6684967

>>6684954
My fellow negro.

>> No.6685101

>>6684949
shit

>> No.6685264

>>6684949
Nice meme series
Its trash

>> No.6685278

>tfw you read all the pendragon, artemis fowls and harry potters as well as inheritance cycle
fuck i wasted my youth
i could have read greatiterature
I could have been knee deep in greeks

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>>6684859
Really liked this when I was a kid, the third and fourth sequels weren't as good and the movie was horrifying

>> No.6685292

>>6685278
it takes like 3 months to read all of the greeks, you pleb

>> No.6685300

>>6685278
had you been physically around back in the day, you coulda been balls deep in greeks and nobody woulda batted a eye.

>> No.6685303

>>6685285
also liked the edge chronicles's first trilogy (had no idea there were more books)
also
>edge chronicles
had no idea it had this name in english

>> No.6685388
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Something more recent:

>> No.6685395

I was into Darren Shan but then I grew up.

Also, fuck you. Silverwing was the shit.

>> No.6685485

>>6685264
>I don't like it so it's a meme

>> No.6685489

>>6684859
I was busy reading Redwall books when some of my classmates were reading Artemis Fowl.

>> No.6685615

>>6684859
Utter shit from beginning to end.

>> No.6685616

>>6685485
No, see: It's a meme series AND I don't like it.

>> No.6685634

Artemis Fowl is pretty much power fiction. That is, the point of it is to make the reader admire the character, but also to make the character relatable so it makes the reader feel good. It's dangerous because it turns reading from a deeply pleasurable activity into an instant gratification that doesn't actually expand your mind but rather give you a snort of self confidence.

That being said, so long as the book's not preachy or poorly written, it's pretty alright.

>> No.6685653

>>6685395
I remember reading the end of the Silverwing series and being super pissed

>> No.6685733

Lemony Snicket you plebs

>> No.6685737

>>6684859
yeah I loved that shit when I was a young adult.

but when I became a man I put away childish things.

shiggydig

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>>6685737

>> No.6685827

>>6684859
theif lord is GOAT
Artemis Fowl is also GOAT

>> No.6685845

Edge lord shit. Read Deltora Quest.

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>>6684862

>> No.6685862
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This is bretty good.

>>6685653
The supernatural elements were all weird as fuck.

>> No.6685870

>>6685733
What an unfortunate movie adaptation. Not as bad as Eragon at least.

>> No.6685876

>>6685862
holy shit

i don't remember anything about this book, i don't even really remember it at all

but it triggered some deep nostalgia and the name cornella funke is somehow familiar to me

>> No.6685884

>>6685870
Netflix is making a new version.

I still think the narration is too integral to the plot to make a good movie.

>>6685876
She also wrote Inkheart

>> No.6685937
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What do you guys think of this series?

>> No.6685965

First book was definitely the best
I'll literally probably read it again now

>>6685278
So did I, and I mixed it with occasional novels, and I still barely read

>> No.6685971

>>6685634
Name more like it
I can think of one thing. It's nothing like Artemis Fowl, but the term is apt

>> No.6685975

>>6685937
Meh
I only read that book, but I like the first AF, HP, Eragon, all that shit better

>> No.6686285

>>6684882
> smothering the nymphet in pig fat
sure turned le prick on if u know what i mean

On topic though, I'd probably say Series of Unfortunate Events, but it's been a few years since I read it, so that might just be the nostalgia goggles.

>> No.6686290

That hasn't already been named, I can only think of Discworld,which I'm not sure is YA, and Capitan Underpants, which I'm pretty sure is too young.

>> No.6686295

>>6685937
man, I read that book in junior high and I hated it. The characters were just frustratingly retarded.

>> No.6686302

>>6686285
+1 on a series of unfortunate events, those books taught me that life can get really messy :P Snicket is acutely aware of his responsibility to kids' development.

>> No.6686303

I reas the shit out if that Baca in the day. Read his other stuff too. Really enjoyed his style as a kid

>>6685733
Loved the unfortunate series

>> No.6686316

I read dean koontz and Robert Heinlein as a child.

>> No.6686323
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Not YA, but good for a nostalgia blast

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>>6684859
this

>> No.6686508

I have an enduring fondness for the Bartimaeus trilogy.

>> No.6686538
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>>6684859
it's animorphs you guys. it's animorphs.

>> No.6686546
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>not these postmodern, hypertextual, comedy masterpieces

Seriously, this book was fantastic. The sequels were okay.

>> No.6686575

>>6685845
THANK YOU. I've been trying to think of the name of that series for years

>> No.6686639

>>6685845
Used to come home from school and read one a day, best shit.

>> No.6686641

>>6686546
Too bad they progressively got worse.

>> No.6686651

>>6686323
holy fuck I remember loving this as a child

>> No.6686671

>>6686641
Just Macbeth was a masterpiece.

But the series reached its peak with Just Annoying and the Gnome Arc.

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This

>> No.6686697

>>6685845
yeap

Jasmine had such an attractive personality. Almost surprised me that she ended up with Lief but I was secretly hoping that would happen the whole time.

>> No.6686709

>>6684859
>young
>adults

>> No.6686717

>>6685395
Darren Shan was great though.

>> No.6686723

>>6685845
Best children's series.

>> No.6686819

>>6686546
>Dem illustrations

>> No.6686822

>>6685845
I wanted Barda to be a black dude so hard. The anime sucked.

>> No.6687148

>>6685971
Ender's Game.

In retrospect I know I liked it as a kid for the reasons he mentioned.

>> No.6687528

Loved the "Young Jedi Knights" series when I was younger, even though I wasn't really much of a "Star Wars" person.

I unfortunately only got a chance to read the first one, "Heirs Of The Force".
>Imperial tie-fighter pilot stranded in the desert
>Has no idea the war between the Empire & the Rebels has ended
>Watches as two Jedi padawans, a wookie, and a warrior girl repairs his ship

>> No.6687561

>/lit/ discusses YA

>> No.6687566

>>6685395
After finishing Demonata I was mind blown.

>> No.6687579

>>6685303
The Edge Chronicles is something else entirely.

it is a very good something else though.

>> No.6687678
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I'm shocked at you people. No one else here ever read A Squire's Tale series? The Ballad of Sir Dinadan is my favorite middle school book. Such a good series.

>> No.6687744

>>6687561
this isn't YA

I read a series called Ewilan. french.
Also, Alex Rider, Young Bond and CHERUB

>> No.6688379
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Abarat will always be my favorite because it's one of those books where the reader is in the same perspective as the protagonist and you get to learn about the world as the story progresses. The archipelago setting was also really cool.

goddamn why did the third book have to be such a mess

>> No.6688468

>>6686538
Thought these books were pretty scary

Never finished the series. I got about 6 in

>> No.6688728

>>6686508
Out of all the YA stuff I read as a kid, the Bartimaeus trilogy has probably held up the best. I also remember the Hungry City books (or whatever they were called, I think there were multiple names for the series) fondly.

>> No.6688908

>>6685845
I have no idea why, but every Christmas Eve since I was in the fifth grade I have read that entire series in one sitting. Takes about two or three hours, more if I'm hammered.

>> No.6688915

>>6686697
They made an anime about this? Goddamn, will grorrious nippon ever cease to amaze me?

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This shit right here. I'd do unspeakable things in exchange for a good video game adaptation.

>> No.6689227

>>6684859
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>> No.6689262

>>6689227
my eyes are bleeding

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>>6684859
Edge Chronicles.

It's not even a contest

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>> No.6689289

>>6685745
>When I became a man I put away childish things

>> No.6689301

>>6685854
Why? I only read the first; did it turn out to be really atheistic? Would you say it's worth reading?

>> No.6689318

>>6689301
His Dark Materials is atheist Narnia. (the author even says so)

They kill "god" in the third book.

>> No.6689464

A Series of Unfortunate Events would have been the goat YA series if Snicket hadn't shit his balls out at the end. There was so much build up and so much Snicket could've done with The End but didn't.

Spiderwick was alright. Until the shitty movie

>> No.6689470

>>6689227
Joyce pls go

>> No.6689493

>>6685937
Terrific for young children as a means into fantasy. Still pretty good as an adult
>>6687678
These were great. Surprisingly adult, if I remember

>> No.6689521

>>6689464
The point was that life doesn't have a clear cut ending where everything is explained.

(also the prequel series is answering all sorts of questions now)

>> No.6689916

>>6689318
As I recall, the protagonists didn't even know it was god and were just trying to help the guy.

>> No.6689919

Hatchet and it's sequels.

>> No.6689923

>>6684859
A young adult should be old enough to not read "Young Adult" literature

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>>6684859
>Best fiction book that exists for young adults

>> No.6689933

>>6689923
Basically everything in this thread is children's, not YA

>> No.6689935

>>6689926
Don't be silly that's a novel for all ages, anon

>> No.6689941

I only have one question: did he shag the fairy?

>> No.6689955

>>6685971
Kingkiller Chronicle

>> No.6689968

>>6689941
I think they kissed?
He's reached jailbait status by the latest book, I think.

>> No.6689971

While I think Fowl is probably the best book I read as a kid, I remember liking a bunch of shit trash fantasy as a kid. Shit like Eragon.

>> No.6689977

>>6685971
Atlas Shrugged

>> No.6689982
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Underrated ya gem coming through

>> No.6689984

>>6685937
Lloyd Alexander was my favorite author as a kid

>> No.6690040

>>6689982
As with everything else in this thread, this is middle grade, not YA. (Reckoners is YA, Rithmatist is YA. Alcatraz is MG through and through)

Good though.

>>6689971
I remember being repulsed by Eragon as a child, despite never reading Pern or LOTR

>> No.6690052

Much fun was had

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>>6690052
Much fun was had

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>ctrl+f
>zero results
You're all shitters with poor taste.

>> No.6690246

>>6685854
Still a great book, admit it you memewhore

>> No.6690294

>>6690242
god i wanted to make a video game based on this magic system for the longest time. my cousins and i ideaguyed for hours on end over green tea. we thought we were so cool.

>> No.6690415

>>6690242
his keys to the kingdom series was goat

>> No.6690460

>>6690242

My favorite Garth Nix is The Seventh Tower, but The Abhorsen trilogy and Shade's children are also great.

>> No.6690525

>>6685278
>tfw you ignored YA in middle school to read the Greeks
Social rejection never felt so good

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Any one else ever read this series?

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This was a more recent series that was pretty decent. The last two were fucking batshit insane though, but they were entertaining batshit insane.

>> No.6691516

>>6691389
>jet fuel and dragon dildos

>> No.6692129

>>6684859
First one is GOAT, the next two are okay, the rest are shit.

>> No.6692151

>>6684859
ARTEMIS FOWL POWER RANKINGS
Artemis Fowl = Arctic Incident > Opal Deception > Eternity Code >>>POWER GAP>>> everything else

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>>6688921
This and A Series of Unfortunate Events were my childhood

>> No.6692212

>Ctrl+f
>no watership down

Absolutely disgusting.

>> No.6692320

>>6692212

It's not a book many people actually read in middle school, it's not really YA honestly.

>> No.6692523

>>6684859
That ending though holy shit

>> No.6692527

>>6692523
How did the series end? I don't think more than 3 or 4 of the books were out by the time I got old enough to have lost interest in them.

>> No.6692529

>>6692527
Yeah same for me but my younger cousin had them all so I read them all in a week and God damn. Fuck man I teared up at the last page. It went straight into my childhood. You gotta finish it.

>> No.6692530

>>6692320
>middle school
>young adult

>> No.6692558

>>6690060
i can't remember if this series was actually amazing or i just thought it was amazing because i was le edgy 14 year old

>> No.6692564
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Used to love this. Really great, inventive, relatively realistic (by YA standards) modern adventure story. The movie is pretty shit though.

>> No.6692711

>>6692320
>tfw you read Watership Down and all the decent Redwall books in middle school but your friends were only interested in Eragon and the Warriors series

At least one of them got me into reading Pendragon for a bit, that series was alright.

>> No.6692712

>>6685854
Artemis Fowl gives off those vibes to a far larger extent than His Dark Materials. The kid is smug and arrogant as fuck. He would fucking love Dawkins.

>> No.6692730

>>6692564
good kids book.

>> No.6692904

>>6692527
Artemis dies

>> No.6692925

>>6684859
I adored this series, but I stopped liking when Artemis started being way too nice. Still, first few books are classic.
>>6684949
Nope, it's shit.

>> No.6692928

>>6692151
This, except I'd put the first book on the third place instead of Eternity Code. Arctic Incident is god-tier, though.

>> No.6693042

>>6689301
It's been a while since I read it but I remember it being more anti- organised religion than atheistic.

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Anybody read pic related? I remember really enjoying it as a kid

>> No.6693367

>>6685300
I guffawed, anon, that´s a good one.

>> No.6693433

>>6689301
As far as ideologies in themes go, it has more of heavy- handed evnirommetalism, than atheism and contempt for the transcendenta, but tha only shows up a few times per book. There is also the fairies posturing how more advanced and environmentally conscious they are than humans, and that shows up much more often than the direct evironmentalisitic crticism thought, also appears alongside that.

>> No.6693468

>>6689977
Underrated post.

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>>6684859

>> No.6694137 [DELETED] 

>>6687744

>CHERUB

Jesus now that is a nostalgia trip, those books were essentially wish fulfillment for loser 13 year olds. I think they're still going is well because the main character must be live 30 by now.

>> No.6694153

>>6684859
>boring and generic as shit, like most young adult books
>read The Book Thief

>> No.6694460

>>6686693
Hell. fuckin. yes. Classic "blow your mind in 6th grade"-core

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>> No.6696374

did anybody else translate the runes at the bottom to read about the offial shoveler?

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>>6696374
Oh man I totally forgot about that

>> No.6696406

>>6690460

>The Seventh Tower

mah nigga mah nigga mah muthafuckin nigga

>> No.6696420

>>6692167
why don't you have a vfd tattoo