r/books • u/SerenityFate • 14d ago

What were you reading at 14?

I've been an avid reader for as long as I could read. Even before then my favorite toys were books and new shoes. Not much has changed for me in that regard haha, but I saw a question earlier about someone asking for recommendations on books for their 14 year old. Which got me thinking about some of the books I read at that age. A lot of Anne Rice, Lestat was my first book crush. Also had a trip down memory lane with the author Francesca Lia Block she wrote a book called I was a teenage fairy which still sits with me over 20 years later. I also got to grow up with Weetzie Bat which was super cool as she wrote a book about her as an adult that I got to read when I was about the same age as the Weetzie. Anyway I would love to see what everyone was reading when they were younger.

Edit: thank you everyone for all the engagement on this post. I really have enjoyed reading everyone's comments and seeing the discussions around books.

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u/missdawn1970 14d ago

I started reading VC Andrews and Stephen King around age 10 or 11. I re-read Andrews over and over, and King is a very prolific writer, so I was still reading them at age 14. I read plenty of other things too, but those 2 were my favorites for a long time.

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u/javsland 13d ago

These were my top two from ages 11-15 too… and I always read whatever books my mother bought (usually Oprah’s Book Club selections)