We had a great discussion of Looking For Alaska at the March 24 LOL. Here is a list of recommended books along the lines of "If You Liked Looking for Alaska...You Might Like:"
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Thirteen reasons why by Jay Asher
Someday this pain will be useful to you by Peter Cameron
The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Nick and Norah's infinite playlist by Rachel Cohn
Ordinary ghosts by Eireann Corrigan
Born to rock by Gordon Korman
The astonishing adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl by Barry Lyga
King Dork by Frank Portman
Maybe by Brent Runyon
Saints of Augustine by Patrick Ryan
What my girlfriend doesn't know by Sonya Sones
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Blankets (graphic novel) by Craig Thompson
I am the messenger by Markus Zusak
This list came from a list on Novelist (if you are an MPL library customer, you can access the list (with cover art and annotations) yourself by calling 754-5738 to get your login and password).
Lisa L. at LOL also recommended that the books The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst and As Simple As Snow by Gregory Galloway be added to this list.
I would also recommend A Separate Peace by John Knowles, a double recommendation of I am the messenger by Markus Zusak (already recommended above), a book of poetry by Auden (writer of the line"love your crooked neighbour with your crooked heart" in his poem As I Walked Out One Evening), and a book like Quotationary (with an entry on famous last words).
These books were highly recommended by participants at the recent "Books We Love" session of LOL at MHS:
The Invention of Air: A Story of Science, Faith, Revolution and Birth in America
by Joseph Priestly (Adult Biography, B Priestly)
The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution (textbook)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare (TEEN PB Speare Book on Cassette)
Project 17 by Laurie Stolarz (TEEN Stolarz)
Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling (J Rowling JCD books)
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke (J Funke book on cassette)
Slumdog Millionaire by Vikus Swarup (on order)
Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven (Adult SF, Niven)
Neuromancer by William Gibson (Adult SF, Gibson)
Brisingr (and Inheritance series) by Christopher Paolini (TEEN SF Paolini TEEN CD Book)
Legend of Luke ( rest of the Redwall series) by Brian Jacques (J Jacques)
Interesting Times (Discworld series) by Terry Pratchett (Adult SF, Pratchett)
Water for Elephants by Sarah Gruen (Adult Fiction, Gruen Adult CD Book)
Alex Rider series (starts with Stormbreaker) by Anthony Horowitz (TEEN Horowitz,
TEEN PB Horowitz TEEN CD Book)
The Last Summer (of you and me) by Ann Brashares (Adult Fiction, Brashares)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Adult Fiction, Kidd Cassette book)
Midnight for Charlie Bone (& Charlie Bone series) by Jenny Nimmo (J Nimmo JCD Books)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (TEEN Chbosky)
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Adult Fiction, Hosseini Adult CD book movie version)
Hawksong by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (TEEN Rhodes)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (Adult SF, Adams TEEN SF, Adams)
I Am Messenger by Markus Zusak (TEEN Zusak TEEN CD book)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Titles Recommended by MHS LOL group:
Tsubasa (manga series) by Koichi Mashimo (TEEN GN Tsubasa)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (and all Chronicles of Narnia) by C.S. Lewis (J Lewis JCD Lewis of all series Spanish graphic novel version)
Life as We Knew It by Susan Pfeffer (J Pfeffer, TEEN Pfeffer, JCD Book)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Adult Fiction, McCarthy CD Book on Tape)
How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove (could request)
Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin (Adult SF LeGuin: Five Complete Novels)
Where late the sweet birds sang by Kate Wilhelm (Adult SF Wilhelm)
The Shamer’s Daughter (and whole series) by Lene Kaaberbol (TEEN SF Kaaberbol)
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (J Rowling JCD books)
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci (series) by Diane Wynne Jones (TEEN PB Jones)
The Wind Singer (Wind on the Fire series, Book 1) by William Nicholson (on order)
Pendragon (series) by D.J. MacHale (J MacHale)
Stone Canal (Fall Revolution series) by Ken McCleod (could request)
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (Adult Fiction, Gaiman)
Brisingr (and series) by Christopher Paolini (TEEN SF Paolini)
Nightwatch by Sergei Lukyanenko (Adult SF, Lukyanenko)
Magic Kingdom of Landover series by Terry Brooks (Adult SF, Brooks some on CD)
Inkheart (trilogy with Inkspell, and Inkdeath) by Cornelia Funke (J Funke JCD books)
Clash of Kings(Book 2 of A Song of Fire and Ice series) by George RR Martin (Adult SF Martin)
The Gunslinger (Book one ofrecommended Dark Tower series) by Stephen King
(Adult Fiction, King Adult CD Book)
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (Adult Fiction, Gaiman TEEN PB Gaiman TEEN CD book)
The Dig by Alan Dean Foster (out of print, could be borrowed on interlibrary loan)
A Great and Terrible Beauty (trilogy with Rebel Angels and A Sweet, Far Thing)
by Libba Bray (TEEN SF Bray TEEN CD books)
