Need help

[noony1]

Hi I'm new here and, as the title said, i need help with something. I am a 16 year old sophomore in high school, and I have been troubled lately. Not by any one thing, but just about life and what it's been throwing at me. So what I ask of anyone who reads this is to recommend me some literature that could help me understand myself and this world. Right now i just need some guidance, and any help would be appreciated. If you can't recommend me a book or writing of any sort, feel free to ask me questions and explain what I mean more; I will try my best. Thank you all for any help.:patriot:

[AlfredtheGreat]

Into the Wild
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Fight Club
Bret Easton Ellis
The Perks of Being a Wallflower...... These all got me through high school.

[Pecksie]

What kind of literature do you like? That would help us in our recommendations.

And don't feel troubled --- enjoy being 16, soon enough you'll be several decades older --- trust me :)

[noony1]

What kind of literature do you like? That would help us in our recommendations.

And don't feel troubled --- enjoy being 16, soon enough you'll be several decades older --- trust me :)

Well the authors I read a lot are Dean Koontz, Stephen King, and James Patterson. I love those types of stories, but I just want something with deep meaning, ya know?

[Dark Passenger]

Sounds like you need to read 'Less than Zero' by Brett Easton Ellis. It's not a self help book, but the young narrator, Clay, he's a lost soul like you. Maybe a look in the mirror will show you the truth.

[Seasider]

There is an Anglo Saxon poem called Deor's Lament. The narrator who is himself suffering, recalls the troubles and grief of several others he has heard of. The closing lines of each stanza is That evil ended. So will this.

I often think that our attitude to happiness, when we find it, is unduly pessimistic. We think it won't last. But give us some grief and trouble and we think it's here to stay. It isn't... believe it.

[PSRemeshChandra]

It is time for you to turn to authors who are no more. For the time being begin to read great story tellers, for they will build for you a very strong inner self which will deflect any blows. You have two problems. You have to grow conforming to an inborn pattern and at the same time adjust with and adapt to the existences of those of your same age. It is not the first time one of your age experiences this phenomenon. It is universal. Once you get out of school, this sour sap will become the sweetness of the fruit, something to remember. Those constantly surrounding you now are the representatives of the future society and in a way, the deciders of mankind's future. So aquaint with as many of them as possible, and be positive in building relations. Outside school, it is not as easy and reliable as you might think to make friendships for your future life. Certainly time-tested writers can help you, guide you and stimulate you to fair actions. Start from Dickens, Victor Hugo, Tolstoy, go through Wells, Huxley, Rusell and land in Tennyson, Pope, Byron. Many more will come along on your way. It is not only their words, but their souls also that will be accompanying you. One day, I can see, you will be worshipped by those surrounding you now.

[Pecksie]

Maybe you'd enjoy Salinger's 'Catcher in the Rye', or other coming-of-age novels with resourceful main characters.

[Oniw17]

Have you read Crime and Punishment?