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For my library's summer reading program, we have a bingo sheet with different book genres in each square. Some of the genres are classic, realistic fiction, adventure, humor, graphic novel, verse noves, historical fiction and fairytale retold. I have books for most of the genres listed, but I don't have books for the following...
Dystopia
Steampunk
Graphic Novel
Verse Novel
I know what each genre is, but I don't know any good books in the genre. So, if you know any books that fall into those categories, could you please list them here. Thanks!
submitted by Teresa, age 14, Michigan
(June 25, 2013 - 2:06 pm)
(June 25, 2013 - 2:06 pm)
Dystopian: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Steampunk: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Graphic Novel: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer(there's graphic novels of the first two books)
Verse Novel: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
(June 25, 2013 - 5:43 pm)
Top!
(June 26, 2013 - 10:27 am)
I think Hunger Games is Dystopian, not sure of anything Steampunk, Smile by Raina Telgemeier is a cool Graphic Novel for girls and I don't know exactly what a verse novel is.
(June 26, 2013 - 2:23 pm)
Dystopia: Wool by Hugh Howey (have not read that, but it sounds right for your purposes)
Steampunk: Can't help you there, sorry.
Graphic novel: The Oz series adpatations, written by Eric Shanower and drawn by Skottie Young! They won an Eisner Award. I've gone through three, five so far. ISBNs are:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz:
0785129219
The Marvelous Land of Oz:
9780785163657
Ozma of Oz:
9780785142478
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz:
9780785155546
Road to Oz:
9780785164043
They are SERIOUS WINNERS!
Also try Monsters Inc.: Laugh Factory (ISBN 978160886508). It is also really awesome!
I am quite stuffed on comics, dude!
Verse Novel: What the heck is that?????
(June 26, 2013 - 3:50 pm)
Oh! Oh! Okay!
Steampunk: Matthew Cody's THE DEAD GENTLEMAN
Dystopia: So many good ones. THE OWL KEEPER is amazing, though.
Graphic Novel: Depending on your preferances...
---LENDGENDS OF ZITA cute scifi story about a girl lost in outer space
---BONE any of Jeff Smith's Bone. Any of it. More of fantasy, though.
---GHOSTOPOLIS-- if you like something that's pretending to be horror. Kind of gothic, the illustrations are great. Well, they are on all three of these.
---Artemis Fowl--The Graphic Novel-- For obvious reasons.
(June 26, 2013 - 4:37 pm)
Pretty much everything everyone said above.
For those who don't know what a verse novel is, it's basically a narrative written in poetry form, instead of a normal form.
The most common is as Maggie said above, Out of the Dust, which is a very good! I've read it, and it's a great book about a girl overcoming trials and guilt.
@ Theo, I KNEW you were going to say The Dead Gentleman! I've been meaning to find that! I really want to read it. Do you know any other steampunk books?
(June 26, 2013 - 8:53 pm)
I wish I knew more--I know there's one by FE Higgins (I lover her books, except for the LUNTIC'S CURSE. I couldn't stand the main character) called The Phenomentals--A tangle of Traitors, but it's the mystery book that can't be found anywhere. The clockwork three is kind of steampunkish, it depends on your idea of steampunk. Oh, GOLBIN SECRETS. I count that as Steampunk. It was amazing.
There's one book, LARKLIGHT, that I want to read but I couldn't finish the first chapter. Sad. THE PECULIARS, also, I have not finished, but I'm busy, and I own it.
Clues that you might be reading something Steampunk or inspired by Steampunk: Clockwork and gears. Zepplins. Sort of characters in Victorian London, just with advanced and chunky machinery. Something like that.
Oh, and there's AIRBORN too. I couldn't get past that first chapter, either. Maybe some other time.
(June 28, 2013 - 10:39 am)
I'll have to find those...
(June 28, 2013 - 7:56 pm)
Trying to think of examples other people have not listed here.
Dystopia: 1984 by George Orwell, Divergent and its sequels by I forget the author (but it's popular enough that you should still be able to find it without too much trouble) (I wasn't a big fan of the characters, but the world is really fun to play with in my head) (whether it's really a dystopia is arguable, but I think it was meant that way), and Uglies and its sequels by Scott Westerfield.
Graphic Novel: Neil Gaiman wrote some that I've heard are really good, although I haven't read them yet. I believe there was a Sandman story or something of the sort. Anyway, I loved the novels and short stories I've read by him. Also, there's a manga I started called Naussicaa of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki that seemed really good (I do intend to finish it). And if you like the Warriors books, they have graphic novels that are separate stories from the regular novels.
Verse Novel: Well, if you don't mind how long it would take to read them, there are Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey.
I may have misspelled some names somewhere.
(June 27, 2013 - 12:13 am)
Other verse novels include Beowulf and The Poetic Edda, which I'm sure would also take ages to get through.
(June 27, 2013 - 3:38 pm)
Dystopia: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (like others have said already), Divergent by Veronica Roth, Legend by Marie Lu, Uglies by Scott Westerfeld (I think that counts as Dystopia...)
Graphic Novel: Coraline by Neil Gaiman. I actually never read the real book, but the Graphic Novel was very good.
(June 27, 2013 - 8:46 am)
Dystopia: Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld
Steampunk: The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress. It's a really good mystery with lots of girl power! It's a must read!
Graphic Novel: There are graphic novel versions of some of Rick Riordan's books.
Verse novel: Heaven Looks a Lot Like the Mall by Wendy Mass. It's a contemporary verse novel that reads like a regular book.
(June 27, 2013 - 3:28 pm)
Dystopia: The Maze Runner trilogy and it's prequel, The Death Cure, are pretty okay. Just as a warning, they can get kind of violent. I'm actually quite fond of dystopian novels, but they tend to have romance which just annoys me more than anything. The Unwind trilogy probably doesn't count, but those two books are quite good anyway (I say two because the third one isn't out yet.)
Steampunk: Steampunk lends itself to bad writing, sadly, so most books tend to be rather poorly written. However, I found a short story anthology at Barnes and Noble called Steampunk! (yes, with the exclamation point) edited by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant and it's pretty decent, all things considered.
Graphic Novel: Well, I know this is more of a kid book, but Rapunzel's Revenge is actually quite good. I can't remember the authors at the moment, sorry, and I have no idea where my copy is. The Maximum Ride series has a graphic novel version that makes me laugh and The Red Pyramid has a graphic novel that made me want to laugh and flush it down the toilet at the same time. Also, if you can get away with reading manga, I highly recommend Azumanga Daioh. It can be found in one book at Barnes and Noble. It's about the lives of five high school girls, and I know that sounds cheesy, but every person I know who has read it loved it. Boys and girls alike. It's incredibly funny and touching.
Verse Novel: Aren't the Sonya Sones books verse novels? They look awfully girly so I haven't read them but if you like that kind of stuff...
(June 28, 2013 - 3:48 pm)
Dystopia: The Hunger Games (the first one's the best), Divergent (Insurgent isn't as good. I'm really starting to think the third one will be called Detergent.) ... I swear I've read more than that. I can't think though.
Steampunk: The... thing... society... Okay, just call it the first book in the Candle Man series. That's all I've read.
Graphic Novel: Stitches, Feynman, Smile, Bone, Tintin, Maus, The Storm in the Barn.
Verse Novel: I don't think I've actually read any of these, but Tofu Quilt is supposed to be good, as well as Love That Dog.
(June 28, 2013 - 6:54 pm)
It's the Society of Unrelenting Vigilance. I remembered it last night.
(June 29, 2013 - 8:10 am)