Best Books To Start With

Ever picked up a book, found it too boring, and decided you don't like reading? Take a look at this list of some of my personal favourite books from different genres, and get lost in the magic of reading.

Welcome to the wonderous world of reading, where you can escape ordinary life to mythical places and travel the world from your own bedroom.

“Life without books is just reality.”

Here is a list of my top book recommendations to get started with reading!

1. Percy Jackson

Rick Riordan creates the perfect blend of humour, mystery, and greek mythology.

A great book to start with, its almost impossible to put down, filled with Gods, demigods and mythical monsters, quests, adventures and friendships (and a lot of deaths that will make you cry over the book, but add to the story.)

Percy Jackson is truly a great place to start your journey of reading, and I have seen real life examples of people who don't readily pick up books, being genuinely interested in this one. It follows the adventures of 12 year old Percy who believes himself to be an ordinary middle schooler, but instead discovers that he's part of a world filled with so much more...

A great read for children and adults alike, one that'll make you snort out in laughter, and sob your heart out.

2. The Mortal Instruments

I remember borrowing this book from a friend and just getting lost in it. This series contains 6 books, and I read them all in a week, just sitting next to a window, staring out into the rain with my cup of coffee and getting lost in the pages. Time passed too fast, and before I knew it, I was done. It was wild ride filled with thrilling stories, characters, plot twist on every corner, and the writing added a sprinkle of magic into my world. Falling into the same genre of books as Percy Jackson, and the famous Harry Potter, where Clary finds out that she's a shadow hunter. The series follows her adventures, filled with trials and tribulations, blood and betrayal. A must read.

3. The Girl Who Drank The Moon

One of my all time favourites, The Girl Who Drank The Moon never gets old. A timeless classic, the book follows Luna, an enmagiked girl who finds her place in the world as she learns the truth about herself. This is an extremely sweet, wondrous book, filled with tiny details that help you see everything in your head, and that paint a picture both beautiful and heartbreaking. A book for all ages, childeren will enjoy the enthralling plot, while adults will fall in love with Kelly Barnhill's writing style that simply transports you to the story. This book really is uniquely portable magic.

4. Wonder

"My name is August.

I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse."

Thats what the book description says on the back cover, and I was hooked. Of course, I had heard so much about the incredible book Wonder, but it really surpassed my expectations. Wonder is about a boy August, just starting school with a abnormal facial deformity. The book is filled with the struggles he had to face, but also the moments of rare happiness and true friendships, depicting both the good and the bad of middle school.

Be warned: This book will make you cry like anything, but it's honestly worth it. I've always believed that perspective is one of the most important things in life, and this book covers just, being separated into different sections showing the same story with different points of views, showing multiple sides to the same story. As the Guardian put it, I quote, "Has the power to move hearts and change minds."

5. And Then There Were None

A classic detective story by Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None is one of her most famous works, and quite frankly, one of my favourite books of all time. The suspense is real, as 10 guests invited mysteriously to an island are killed off one by one according to an old nursery rhyme, until, you guessed it, there were none left. This book has an almost haunting quality to it, filled with vivid writing.

You'll be on your toes as you desperately try to figure out who the murderer is, or if it is paranormal activity, and how the whole thing is orchestrated. Reading And Then There Were None is like watching a thrilling pantomime or listening to an orchestra reaching crescendo, and realising just after the grand finale that the answer to the mystery had been right in front of you the whole time. Simply put, it's brilliant.