Nonfiction Books for Teens

Most teenagers read more blogs than books. They spend long hours in the Internet updating their myspace accounts, read gossip blogs longer than they should and watch youtube until the wee hours of the morning. It is funny to note that not-so-long-ago, books are the norm. People, young adults and adults alike, spend their leisure hours reading books and enriching their lives about different cultures which they can reach only through the comforts of the bound pages.

Young adults, nowadays, must be coaxed to read books, if not for school papers, teens wouldn't be reading any books at all. While nothing is wrong with spending a few short minutes on the Internet, it is better to develop intellectual bonds between a good book and the reader. In fact, there are many good books out there in the market. Diverse topics which might be of interest to the young adult.

Here are a few books to get your teen reading:

• Biographies
  • The Greatest: Muhammad Ali, Walter Dean Myers
  • Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self, Lori Gottlieb
• Non-fiction books about Adventure and Travel
  • Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer
  • Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, Piers Paul Read
• Non-fiction books about History
  • Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience during and after the World War II Internment, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
  • Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War, Mark Bowden
• Non-fiction books about Music
  • Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain, Charles R. Cross
  • No One Here Gets Out Alive, Jerry Hopkins
• Non-fiction books about Sports
  • Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn, Larry Colton
  • It’s Not about the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, Lance Armstrong
• Non-fiction books, other interests
  • Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Jean P. Sasson
  • Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution, Ji-li Jiang