What books will my son enjoy reading?
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Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
81%
Holes by Louis Sachar
80%
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
74%
Sabriel by Garth Nix
70%
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
66%
Harry Potter and the methods of rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
63%
Watership Down by Richard Adams
55%
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
55%
The Dark Lord of Derkholm by Diana Wynn Jones
54%
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
50%
Airborne by Kenneth Oppel
50%
Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliffe
50%
Mr Midshipman Hornblower by C S Forester
50%
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
50%
Have Spacesuit Will Travel by Robert Heinlein
50%
A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon
50%
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu
50%
Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl
50%
Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist
49%
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones

My son is 10 but reading (constantly) at a much higher level. He has basically torn through the library’s juvenile section and is now ending up with a lot of slop.

I think he’s ready for more complex books on a technical level, but he’s still 10. So in addition to juvenile/middle-grade fiction, I am looking for YA or adult fiction that’s (mostly) content-appropriate.

New answers welcome. I can’t technically give bonus points to great submissions, but if I could I’d give bonus points to things that expand him beyond his current comfort zone of fantasy. (But good fantasy is welcome, as just keeping him in books is a challenge.) If he’s already read them, I will resolve quickly by his opinion. If I think I have to veto for content, I’ll NA. (And come back to it in a couple years.)

Since I am the judge and have inside information, I won’t bet

I have the current batch on hold at the library so we’ll have results in few weeks.

Some favorites so far:

Percy Jackson and every possible related thing.

Wings of Fire

Ranger’s Apprentice

Harry Potter

Redwall

Hatchet

Series of Unfortunate Events

We’ve read together:

Hobbit/LotR

Wrinkle in Time and sequels

Prydain Chronicles

Dark is Rising

Chronicles of Narina

His Dark Materials

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Wizard of Earthsea started strong with the map and the first few chapters but he got thrown by the pacing and didn’t finish it.

Benedict Society was his favorite from this round along with Alcatraz, and was also the market leader, so good job there.

He has broken out a notebook to make his own Rithmatist inscriptions.

Some resolutions coming in from the first batch.

He’d already read Phantom Tollbooth but it’s a good call.

Alcatraz was picked up first out of a pile of 15 books on the way home from the library and finished the next day with audible giggling the whole time.

Last Unicorn was the second pick, also rave reviews.

@Apophatic YES! YES! YES! Alcatraz is an incredible series that lays the foundation of so many important philosophical concepts in a perfectly comedic way. It was so formative for me.

At a similar age, I remember liking:

  • The Artemis Fowl series

  • The Mysterious Benedict Society

Some German classics that would fit:

  • Momo

  • The neverending story

bought Ṁ600 Answer #9g5z4rhjwz YES

I cannot recommend Alcatraz enough

the earthsea series by Ursula k leguin, the Tiffany aching series by terry pratchett!

Earthsea is on the list at ~25%, there’s mana on the table!

I’ll add the Tiffany books.

bought Ṁ50 Answer #1xq7sl8bvw YES

@Apophatic Ah thank you! Should’ve fully expanded the list!

bought Ṁ10 Answer #f6egk0ep4c NO

If he liked Harry Potter and Percy Jackson then I’d highly recommend Fablehaven. I loved it at that age in addition to HP and PJ. Also maybe Eragon/The Inheritance Cycle? Although I never finished it myself

@PaperBoy Yeah I remember think Eragon was a pretty remarkable book for a fifteen year old to have written, and a pretty unremarkable book in every other respect.

I think the His Dark Materials trilogy might be right up his alley! The first book should be a fun read for him, and the second and third book get a bit darker and pick up a bit in terms of thematic depth. The books are usually marketed 10+, but I really enjoyed reading them when I was about 15.

Sorry, I'm trying to preserve mana, or I would add it myself.

@yetforever Thanks, and good call. I’d have resolved it positively but he’s already read them. I’ll edit that into the lists.

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