Book recommendations please......

*Redhead*

I'd second the Phillip Pullman Dark Materials series.
I loved those.

And the Artemis Fowl books too.

kafkathecat

Another vote for the Knife of Never Letting Go. Also the Gone series. Sci fi - Farenheit 451, Blade Runner (do androids dream of electric sheep), the Lathe of Heaven.
Stephen King? ds has read Cell and the Shining.
Catcher in the Rye, if he hasn't read it already.
and David Almond is good too.

neverdespairgirl

Kim or Stalkey & Co by Kipling?

Savvy_Sue

adea wrote: »

Also Terry Brooks is good, there are a lot of books in the Shannara series and some more light hearted ones in the Landover series.

And there's another series, about The Void, which personally I think can't be bettered.

However, Stephen Donaldson: there's the Thomas Covenant series, but also several other shorter books / series.

But they are fairly chunky books - if he prefers shorter, what about the Narnia books by CS Lewis?

Ames

How grown up is he? When I was 16 I was reading adult books. I took great satisfaction in going out and buying Trainspotting when my parents refused to let me see the film.

I love fantasy, but if he's only just past Harry Potter then I think some of the suggestions will be a bit gory - Game of Thrones is really gruesome in parts.

I second the Jasper Fforde suggestion, but make sure it's the Thursday Next series not the nursery rhyme ones - IMO they're much better.

I also loved The Passage but be warned, I got really excited when I saw there was going to be a sequel, and then upset when it's not out till next year.

I love The Dragonbone Chair series by Tad Williams, but a lot of people have struggled with them saying they're boring.

Ursula Le Guin is fantastic too.

I'm currently reading one called Grunts, which should appeal to a teenage boy. It's about a group of Orcs (misunderstood creatures) who come across a US Marines stash and start training with AK47s. Meanwhile you have cutthroat hobbit thieves running around with crabs. I'm not really selling it but it's hilarious.

This might be an odd suggestion, but if he liked Percy Jackson (I admit I've only seen the film, I've got the books waiting on my eReader) would he be interested in The Iliad or the Odyssey? They're actually really good exciting reads!

gratefulforhelp_2

Ames wrote: »

I second the Jasper Fforde suggestion, but make sure it's the Thursday Next series not the nursery rhyme ones - IMO they're much better.

Definitely.

I loved "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" by Robert Tressell at this age.

Lirin

Point horror- I'd forgotton about them. Christopher Pike books are good for that age as well. Is he into sci-fi/ fantasy? Horror- Stephen King, Dean Koontz.....

Terry Pratchett, Eddings would be easier than Raymond E Feist, but more action in Feist! The Star Wars collection isn't bad as well. Terry Goodkind, Robert Jordan (pity he died before the end of series), Neil Gaiman would be particularly good. The Sword Of Shannara series by Terry Brooks is worth a read. Philip Pullman series isn't bad.
Tolkien as well- the Lord of the Rings series is brilliant!
Janny Wurts is a brilliant female author, and Mercedes Lackey, who both are very strong in fantasy. David Gemmell, who'd specialise in more sci-fi areas.

I could name you every author on my bookcases (would take a while, think I have over 3000 different series) and any one of them would be suitable for him, depending on his tastes. My 11 yr old DSD is currently working through the Belgaraid series by Eddings.

If he is into sci-fi/ fantasy, a really good website to check out is http://www.baen.com/library/, which is a colloborative effort by several authors and has a great selection of books available free to read online. David Weber, Catherine Asaro, Eric Flint, John Ringo and David Drake would be recommended!

Gillyx

Another vote for the Millenium Trilogy, although some of the themes, dialogue are very adult.

Olokia

Game of Thrones if you don't mind him reading sex and violence.

Robin Hobb is really good. Start with Assassin's Apprentice.

Christopher Paolini is also very good.

umdelicious

My sister sent me two lovely books for my birthday, along with a CD.

Two by Rosamund Lupton

Sister, and Afterwards






It mean't a lot to me, as hard to explain, but is perfect for me at the moment. My beautiful sister, some books are very special to me.