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[quote=Anonymous]PP here with the long list of books your DD hadn't read.  After reading your latest post, I now feel less bad about suggesting 100 Years of Solitude and the Crying of Lot 49.

I avoided books with obvious adultery (quite hard actually), too unrelentingly grim, or too existential.

Had meant to give a warning on a 1001 Nights.  This sounds innocuous, but unexpurgated it is very racy.  The original Sir Richard Burton has even racier footnotes fore example about his recordings of penis size among slaves he'd met in his travels.  My pretty high tolerance mother was subtly, but unmistakeably upset when she saw me reading our family's unexpurgated version.  Expurgated, however, it is just delightful and a classic.

Given your DD's seeming bent to fantasy, she also might enjoy reading the stories that the are the source for many fantasy novels.  This includes mythology (I can only think of Bullfinch's--maybe some other good version out there).  Don't forget the Norse stories.  She may or may not enjoy Beowulf (pretty standard fare for ninth graders) or Sir Gawain and the Green Night. Also Grimm's Fairy Tales and Andersen's fairy tales (the original Little Mermaid).

A personal favorite is Gilgamesh, the oldest piece of literature still existing.  There is a bit where Gilgamesh's best friend refuses to sleep with the goddess Ishtar and she punishes him.  It is in no way explicit, but you may not want her exposed yet.  On the other hand, of course, if you don't want to encourage such exposure yet a lot of Greek mythology is off limits as well.

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