books Im looking foward to reading Pt.3
Discover the next chapter of must-reads in Books I'm Looking Forward to Reading Pt. 3—a curated mix of gripping fiction and juvenile classics. From Scott Westerfeld's dystopian *Uglies* series to Alice Sebold's haunting *The Lovely Bones* and Oscar Wilde's timeless *The Picture of Dorian Gray*, this list spans thrilling sagas, thought-provoking tales, and character-driven stories. Perfect for book lovers seeking fresh page-turners, teen reads, and literary gems to add to their TBR pile. Dive into these highly anticipated titles and find your next favorite story.
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Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
Golding’s iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by Lois Lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age. This edition includes a new Suggestions for Further Reading by Jennifer Buehler. At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued.
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Kyra's Story
by Dandi Daley Mackall
When seventeen-year-old Kyra of Macon, Iowa, becomes overwhelmed by the stress of senior year in high school, the school play, and early admission to drama school she begins taking prescription drugs, unaware that her twin brother will suffer the consequences.
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Miranda's Story
by Melody Carlson
High school senior Miranda Sanchez wants to change her boring life and, despite the concerns of her friend Sammy, she decides to become a "wild child," until her partying ends up in disaster.
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Tyrone's Story
by Sigmund Brouwer
Eighteen-year-old Tyrone Larson ponders the events of his life that led to his part in the death of a high school friend from a drug overdose.
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The Minister's Daughter
by Julie Hearn
Set during the tumultuous era of the Civil War in England, this stunning debut by a student of Philip Pullman ("His Dark Materials") captures the superstition, passion, madness, and magic of a vanished age.
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The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
Sebold's mesmerizing and luminous first novel--a #1 national bestseller--builds a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, and even joy, following an unspeakable tragedy.
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The Tea Rose
by Jennifer Donnelly
In this towering, old-fashioned story, a young woman returns to London, armed with tremendous wealth, to exact a breathtaking revenge upon a ruthless tea baron who had killed her father a decade before.
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Sierra's Story
by Dandi Daley Mackall
Scarred and in pain after a car accident, a high school senior turns away from God, especially after remembering how her boyfriend and best friend were involved in the crash, and plans her revenge while the elderly woman sharing her hospital room urges her to forgive and forget.
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Kenzie's Story
by Melody Carlson
Finally part of the popular crowd, Kenzie begins spending too much money on clothes, avoiding church, and dating her best friend's boyfriend behind her back, but a serious car accident and its aftermath force her to make things right with her friends, and with God.
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Ryun's Story
by Jeffrey Asher Nesbit
Ryun is a self-centered soccer star, living it up his senior year in high school by cheating on his girlfriend with her best friend, smoking, drinking, stealing, and lying, until a serious car accident and its aftermath change everything.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
Introduction by Jeffrey Eugenides • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Written in his distinctively dazzling manner, Oscar Wilde’s story of a fashionable young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty is the author’s most popular work. The tale of Dorian Gray’s moral disintegration caused a scandal when it first appeared in 1890, but though Wilde was attacked for the novel’s corrupting influence, he responded that there is, in fact, “a terrible moral in Dorian Gray.” Just a few years later, the book and the aesthetic/moral dilemma it presented became issues in the trials occasioned by Wilde’s homosexual liaisons, which resulted in his imprisonment. Of Dorian Gray’s relationship to autobiography, Wilde noted in a letter, “Basil Hallward is what I think I am: Lord Henry what the world thinks me: Dorian what I would like to be—in other ages, perhaps.”
