First real "adult " book that you read after your childhood?

[marla+duke]

I remember being somewhere around the age of 11 or so and coming across a copy of Steven King's book Salem's Lot. That was probably what I'd consider an adult book. I was vacationing in the summertime and remember how dark it got a night time with no street lights of any kind. I was pretty scared out of my wits as I lay in bed waiting to see a vampire child come tapping at my bedroom window asking me to invite it in. Quite creepy but I loved the book.

Another first adult book may have been Jayne Eyre which remains my top three favorite books of all time. I can just picture myself out on the moors not seeing more than 20 feet ahead of me for all the fog.

[Avid_reader]

Do you mean "adult" or "ADULT"? The first literary book I read was Journey To The End Of The Night. The first naughty book was Rice's Sleeping Beauty trilogy.

[TrishaAnn92]

I'd have to say the first adult book I read was Pride and Prejudice. I was in 9th grade when I read it.

[lyla_ibrahim]

Can You Keep A Secret by Sophie Kinsella. My friend introduced the book to me and I got hooked with Sophie Kinsella ever since.

[newlndnfire]

Honestly, I can't even remember. I've been reading adult books since at least 13/14. I'm not much older but I've devoured so many books that I honestly just can't remember. Although, I do remember Stephen King's "It" scaring me so much that I had to put it down.

[Linkhorn]

Agatha Christie, Neville Shute and Georgette Heyer. They were the colorful paperbacks on my parents on my parents bookshelves that I would read when I didn't have anything of my own to read.

[shortyblue]

"Pet Sematary" by Steven King. I was in 6th grade at the time and my older sister was reading it. I wanted to read it so bad, but my mother said I was too young. That just peaked my interest even more, so when I stayed home from school for a week with strep throat, I took the opportunity to read it. That book scared the heck out of me, so I guess mom was right!

[lyla_ibrahim]

Agatha Christie, Neville Shute and Georgette Heyer. They were the colorful paperbacks on my parents on my parents bookshelves that I would read when I didn't have anything of my own to read.

I read the Malay translation of Agatha Christie books when I was 10. Guess that also counts as adult books..haha.

[gali]

I think mine was "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott.

[K08nr01]

Stephen King's The Stand. I actually saw the tv series before sitting down and reading it.

[prisailurophile]

A novel by Sandra Brown. The intimate scenes shocked me.

[Bighuey]

Thats a long time ago for me. The only one I can remember is one called Bend of the Snake by Bill Gulick. I read it when I was around 12 or 13.

[Mom2Grey]

I was reading adult books in the fourth grade. The first one was a library copy of "Born Free" by Joy Adamson.
My parents were to cheap to buy me toys (or books), so the library was pretty much all I had.

[Ashah Taylor]

I read 'The Da Vinci Code' when I was ten if that counts. Otherwise, I first read the first 'The Lord of the Rings' book when I was about twelve

[sonorajlm79]

My love of horror fiction began with Stephen King's "It". I love a good scary book that is creative, not just blood and guts like so many of today's horror stories, especially movies.

It is the first adult book I ever read, believe it or not, and I read it when I was 10. So scary, but I loved it! I followed it up with Les Miserables, which to this day is still one of the longest books I have ever read!