What are good book recommendations? Does anyone know any YA books in general that has no romance? It is hard to find non-romantic books for teens nowadays.

Wizard of Earthsea (and all associated books thereof) Ursula K. LeGuin. Excellent, excellent series of books and NO romance.

Metamorphoses by Ovid. Yes, this is good for young adults! Ovid was the introduction to Greek mythology once upon a time and you can find editions with straightforward translations. Greek mythology isn’t pretty, but it’s not graphic. Ovid’s version of the myths focuses on those where a person turns into something else, hence the title. Just be careful about reading Ovid’s other works. He wrote some pretty suggestive love poetry too. Stick with the myths for now!

Tales from Shakespeare Charles and Mary Lamb—This is a classic based on classics. If you aren’t quite ready to tackle Shakepseare himself, this will give you an overview of what each play is about. Isaac Asimov also wrote his own version so if you can locate that, feel free to substitute!

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The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis. I’ve always loved this. They’re childish today, perhaps, but sometimes you need a little bit of that innocence to get you through some really tough times.

Silas Marner by George Eliot. This is not a romance per se. It’s about a lonely man who takes in an orphaned girl only to have to fight to keep her when her biological parents come along and want her back. It’s powerful and endearing about the true nature of family and parenthood. Moral: your parents are not necessarily the people who give birth to you.

The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings—Do I really need to go into why?

Hi everybody! I have been looking at posts on narcs and narc abuse on here and if has really helped me out a lot. I am currently struggling with my situation and need some advice/support. I met a narc last year, everything seemed to good to be true. Love bombing, always texting calling and taking me on dates. Everything changed when someone warned me about him out in public in front of him and who he is. This caused a conflict with us and the love bombing seized. he would tell me that everything is okay and i can come and talk. He would set a time limit on me and kick me out after that. he would then text me like everything was fine and we hung out again and after that he completely ghosted me for one week. He came back and texted me a week later laughing about the ghosting and acting like nothing had happened. he continued to text me ( not like in the beginning) make plans with me, then on the day of the plans he would just ghost me. One day he would act interested the next silence. i contacted him a month later and he acted like nothing happened. He was on a vacation and sent me a picture of another woman ( someone he allegedly met on the trip) to strike a reaction but i never gave him one. After the trip he came to my place and was extremely rude, accusing me of going on dates with a bunch of men. The next day he accused me of being an alcoholic and that he wanted nothing to do with me but said well maybe we can be "friends" then ghosted me i assumed at this point it was over and i would never hear from him again. He contacted me on the holiday a month later acting like everything was great. We ended up hanging out a month or so later and when we hung out it went well, i thought things were going in the right direction. after we hung out.. silence. I would try to text him and if he replied it would be very short then he just stopped replying. He ghosted me for almost three months. I thought he was done this time and of course he popped up again like nothing happened. At this point i was getting sick of if so i questioned him as to why he dissapeared and always does this. Of course he had some sob story about a injury and family member dying of cancer. I felt pity for him and he gave me an apology.. so i took him back stupidly. things seemed to be going smooth for a couple months, of course until his family member died and his injury got better he never contacted me and was distant. Menawhile, i was there for him during the difficult time for him. He lied to me about the funeral and never wanted to chat. I was chasing him and he would always claim nothing was wrong but when i said i thought he used me when he was down he could not handle it and would always tell me he didnt care and to go away. I would get so upset i would try texting him to work it out he would barelt respond and if he did he would not be nice about it. we did hang out a couple times after that, he would ignore me after. One day i was like hey i think you are seeing someone else, and i was like well ixam seeing someone so no problem if you are he said " buy bye good luck with your new guy stop contacting me" i was devastated and tried to get into contact with him for weeks then i just gave up and accepted it was over. He ended up contacting me a month later acting like everything was fine. He wanted to go out and have drinks i told him i would. He and i both seemed to have a great time. He ends up ignoring me again. I kept texting him trying to figure out what was wrong. He kept saying everything was fine and i said ok can we hang out again? He said maybe i was like why? He just kept saying maybe … our last conversation we had… i said what is wrong ? He said nothing is wrong everything is fine. I asked him why he keeps saying maybe. He said " maybe but i dont want to see you right now" i said why? He saix " im just not feeling it, if i wanted to date i would" i said why did you contact me less then a week ago wanting to go out? He said i didnt.. even though he did. So i said should i just move on or what? He said whatever you want to do. So i said that he was really confusing me and asked him if he had anything more to say before i move on? My messages were turning green so i panicked he blocked me and reacted irrationally. I said " omg did you block me? My messages are not going through. Even texted him on my work phone asking what was up. And called him twice ( please dont judge me i know it is pathetic i never was this type of girl before him) so he replied and said " Ok I'll block you now" then immedietly blocked me. He has never blocked me before since I have met him he will just ghost. Is this ths final discard aka " grand finale? Did i just push him too far? this has upset me so much its hard to even function.

The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper—This is a five book series and one of the absolute BEST series dealing with the Arthurian legends. You get to traipse from Cornwall to Wales and everywhere in between. Just writing about it makes me want to go re-read it!

The Time Quartet by Madeleine L’Engle. Should need no explantion. This series begins with A Wrinkle in Time and goes on from there.

My recommendations focus more on the “classic” end of the spectrum. Most of these are books I ready when I was a “young adult.”

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Horatio Hornblower Series by C. S. Forester. This is a classic adventure series by one of the 20th century’s most popular adventure writers. It’s based during the Napoleonic Wars, which makes it a precurser to Bernerd Cornwell’s Sharpe series. Did I mention there’s a Gregory Peck movie with Captain Hornblower? Forester also wrote the original book African Queen (with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn) was based on. This was, in turn, based on a real-life event and it draws your attention to a little-talked about part of WWI—the war in Africa.

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald. George MacDonald was the first true fantasy writer. You get a glimpse of Tolkien’s goblins in The Hobbit in this particular book. There’s a sequal called The Princess and Curdie which has a little more romance, but still isn’t a romantasy. George MacDonald isn’t well-known these days except outside very small, usually ultra religious circles. It’s a pity becuase like Tolkien, he doesn’t actually read like he’s religious at all. It’s not some grand allegory either. Just imagination.

Hope this gives you some ideas!

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland—Need I say more?

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. “Usher II” is my personal favorite, which means you will need, as a prerequisite, to read Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories. Speaking of….

I would wager it was hard to find a non-romantic books for teens since the beginning of the novel itself. Samuel Richardson, Fanny Burney, Ann Radcliffee and Jane Austen all wrote books with a decidedly romantic bent to them. It’s a holdover from a time when women (and often men) married in their teens.

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Foundation and I Robot Isaac Asimov. Note: These are both the the first books in two different series. Asimov eventually combined the two series. It’s genius!

Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories. I read this as a young adult/teen but it wasn’t until I was an adult when I discovered the Roger Corman series of movies with Vincent Price! These introduce horror, science fiction, and detective fiction all at one. They’re very approachable, and, in some cases, hilarious! I am fortunate enough to have my grandfather’s copy of Poe’s complete tales and it’s an absolute treasure!

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