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Anonymous wrote:My kids loved "Congo" by Michael Crichton as they transitioned from youth books to "real" books.

I loved Michael Crichton novels from ages 13-16. Great plots and interesting ideas. “Travels,” his memoir of his amazing adventures, is also great.

I did re-read “Congo,” “Sphere,” and “Timeline” recently and wow did his prose make me wince. But they’re still fun books.

I think I read Andromeda Strain around this age too!

I also read Shogun and Tai Pan and I just saw someone recc Tai Pan as a book that holds up (and Shogun has the tv show tie in).

Anonymous wrote:My kids loved "Congo" by Michael Crichton as they transitioned from youth books to "real" books.

I loved Michael Crichton novels from ages 13-16. Great plots and interesting ideas. “Travels,” his memoir of his amazing adventures, is also great.

I did re-read “Congo,” “Sphere,” and “Timeline” recently and wow did his prose make me wince. But they’re still fun books.

My kids loved "Congo" by Michael Crichton as they transitioned from youth books to "real" books.

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Anonymous wrote:Jodi Picoult is perfect for this.

Only if you want her to think that adult lit is terrible

What were her prior reading interests? I feel like that's key for teen readers. As a pre-teen I really enjoyed Nancy Drew, the Hardy Boys and RL Stein so as I aged I gravitated towards similar themes starting with Agatha Christie and progressing to John Grisham, Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson, Stephen King, etc.

Why are you picking books for your 16 years old ? I stopped doing that after ES.

Also trying to figure this out.

Abby Jimenez?

The Circle by Dave Eggers

Colleen Hoover books have so much sexual violence ... if my daughter seeks them out on her own, fine, but I'm not handing them to her.

The transitional books are sometimes called "New Adult."

A list of possible books: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/new-adult

Try non-fiction biographies of interesting women.

I don't think there are transitional books from YA to adult. My kids at that age were reading whatever interested them, whether it be YA or adult. I occasionally read a YA book. The question is what interests her - what genre, what style of writing... Start with a genre and then experiment with different authors.