Top 10 Books To Read On A Flight

Long travels on a flight can get really tiresome as well as boring. To do away with the boredom all aircraft operators provides us the magazines and newspapers. But how interesting can it make our journey? Does is really help to do away with the boredom? I think “no”. How can a boring magazine eliminate the boredom in a long and tiresome journey? We need something interesting something which keeps us so much within them that we forget practically that we are on a flight. The books and novels can serve us well but most of the flight operators won’t provide us the books or the novels we like and are interested in. Therefore, it is we who have to carry one during our travel. Which book to carry? Well, here is a list of top ten books to read on a flight. Hope you find it conclusive and helpful.

 

1. Goosebumps – by R.L Stine:

Goosebumps is a series of children’s horror fiction novels written by American author R. L. Stine and first published by Scholastic Publishing. It is a collection of stories that feature semi-homogenous plot structures, with fictional kids being involved in scary situations. Themes in the series include horror, humour and the supernatural. This book can be a good read for people who are interested in some supernatural and light horror stories.

 

2. Twilight series – by Stephenie Meyer:

Twilight is a young-adult vampire-romance novel by author Stephenie Meyer. Twilight till date, has sold 17 million copies worldwide. It spent over 91 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list and has been translated into 37 different languages. Twilight is definitely a good choice as it includes romance, power, supernatural and almost all aspects to make it a successful and worthy read.

 

3. Harry Potter Series – by J.K Rowling

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books narrate the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Wesley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story revolves around Harry’s dilemma involving the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry’s parents in his quest to conquer the magic world and rule the non-magical people. This novel is also a super successful movie and generates lots of interest among the young people.

 

4. The Gossip Girl series – by Cecily von Ziegesar:

Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. “Gossip Girl” is a series that revolves around the lives and romances amongst the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite private school in New York City’s Upper East Side. The series primarily focuses on Blair Waldorf and her best friend, and follows the characters through their high school lives up through their graduation and moving on to college.

 

5. Relationships for Dummies by Dr. Kate M. Wachs:

This book is filled with snippets of advice for those of us who need help or know someone else who needs a bit of help in the relationship department. The book is filled with insight, true stories and lots of humour. It explores the myths and realities of love and lust and lays it all out in common sense terms that anyone can understand. This book can generate lots of interest as its all about relationships and the ways to keep relationships strong and sound.

 

6. 13 Little Blue Envelopes – by Maureen Johnson:

13 Little Blue Envelopes is a 2006 novel by Maureen Johnson. The novel is about a 17 years old girl “Ginny”, who embarks on a journey throughout Europe by following instructions left to her in letters by her deceased aunt. Ginny is told that she is about to leave for several weeks and will travel to foreign lands. Her aunt leaves her the four rules to follow. She is only allowed to open the next envelope once she has reached the destination or, in some cases, achieved the task set in the previous letter. It is certainly an interesting book to read on a flight.

 

7. The Secret Under My Skin – by Janet McNaughton:

This is a story of a girl named “Blay Raytee”, who has no family, no birthday, no proper name, and almost no memories. Her home is in a “model social welfare project” in the island prefecture of Terra Nova where she mines an old landfill for reusable material. But Blay’s world changes forever when she is chosen to help a powerful young bio-indicator. This new life sets Blay on a path of discovery that reveals the secrets of her past, giving her a future and a sense of her own worth. This is another very interesting story to read on a journey.

 

8. The Chronicles of Narnia Series – by C.S Lewis:

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children’s literature and is the author’s best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages. The Chronicles of Narnia presents the adventures of children who play central roles in the unfolding history of the fictional realm of Narnia, a place where animals talk, magic is common, and good battles evil. This is a very popular novel and generates a lot of interest among children.

 

9. A Northern Light – by Jennifer Donnelly

A Northern Light is an American historical novel by Jennifer Donnelly. In the United Kingdom it was published under the alternative title A Gathering Light. It is based on the Big Moose Lake murder case of 1906, a real event. This book is concerned more with the life of a young girl who gets caught up in it. It is an interesting real life story book which will keep you tied to your seat.

 

10.Blood and Chocolate – by Annette Curtis Klause:

Blood and Chocolate is a romantic supernatural werewolf novel for young adult readers by Annette Curtis Klause. It is set in the contemporary United States. This book is a very interesting book and will generate lots of interest within the teenagers. A good read.

 

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2 Responses

  1. Oh

    It is horrifying that somebody with such awful taste apparently feels confident enough to post a list about books.

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  2. Chelsea

    Awful. All this so called literature (besides Harry Potter and Narnia) would make the complimentary barf bag on the plane a necessity. And calling Twilight a “worthy read” made the list creator lose all credibility to me.

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