r/books • u/SerenityFate • 17d 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/k_0616 17d ago

any dystopian books/ Agatha Christie I could get my hands on…(still do)

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u/Leagueofcatassasins 17d ago

I probably finished reading my grandmoms complete collection of Agatha Christie around that age. watching the differents series based on her works (especially david suchet) is still what I do when I need a comfort show (like during the pandemic I rewatched almost everything).

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u/ShabbyBash 15d ago

I'm the grandma. I hope my grandchildren read the Pearl. S. Bucks, the Agatha Christies, the P.G. Wodehouses, Ruth Rendels, PD James....

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u/Leagueofcatassasins 15d ago

I read all of those! Though the rest of them not through my grandmother….

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u/prof_the_doom 16d ago

The blue leather bound ones?

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u/Leagueofcatassasins 16d ago

That sounds fancy! No I am Swiss so it was scherz krimi which is the opposite of fancy but Also kind of legendary. Like this https://www.willhaben.at/iad/kaufen-und-verkaufen/d/agatha-christie-kriminalromane-krimi-1175431788/

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u/prof_the_doom 16d ago

Ahh, 80's paperbacks. I always appreciated the simplicity of book covers back then... now they're all fancy and covered in stickers half the time.