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Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales

I have it, it's great, get it. Read by the fire for hours.

Hyperspace by Michio Kaku.

Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy by Kip Thorne.

A Sound Of Thunder by Ray Bradbury.

The Green Futures of Tycho by William Sleator.

Young and new to reading, you probably want something more exciting, not too slow or drawn out. Maybe Sci-Fi? Maybe Adventure?

Ray Bradbury was an excellent Science Fiction and short story writer. He wrote tons of stuff other than Fahrenheit 451.

http://www.amazon.com/Bradbury-Stories-Most-Celebrated-Tales/dp/0060544880/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416108681&sr=1-10

Robert Louis Stevenson wrote lots of action packed adventure novels, if that is more your thing. Two of my favorites are The Black Arrow and Treasure Island.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Louis_Stevenson#Bibliography

Feeling the urge for a bit of mystery? Try Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his Sherlock Holmes stories.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle_bibliography

Want a bit of horror instead? You could always give Edgar Allen Poe a try. Amazon is selling his complete works for like $10

http://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Allan-Poe-Complete-Tales/dp/0785814531/ref=la_B000APVRP2_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416109099&sr=1-1

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I really like the short story suggestion, and wanted to add Ray Bradbury to the list! He has a compilation of all of his short stories (except for the stories in The Martian Chronicles, which I also recommend!) and it's MARVELOUS. Some stories are sci-fi, some are spooky, some are sweet and thoughtful. He's a very talented author.

I would try his short stories.

The Illustrated Man would be a good place to start, but he has many collections. Another choice might be to try a career overview collection, like Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales.

Bradbury was one of the absolute masters of the short story form. I would HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone looking for more of his work: http://www.amazon.com/Bradbury-Stories-Most-Celebrated-Tales/dp/0060544880

While "All Summer in a Day" is a great one from Bradbury, it's also overplayed. Check out the recent (2003) publication Bradbury Stories. Loads of good stuff in there.

In general, Bradbury is a master at creepy young adult topics. Off the top of my head:
"The Veldt" (downright spooky)
"The Small Assassin" (a baby plots to kill his parents)
"Summer in the Air" (not creepy, but a great story highlighting persuasive rhetoric)