What are some good books for a male teen to read over the summer?

Question

What are some good books for a male teen to read over the summer?

Answer 1

Harry Potter.

Answer 2

His Majesty's Dragon, THe Dragon Riders of Pern Series, The Last Vampire series, The Red Planet, A Wrinkle in TIme, The Dark is Rising sequence, The Count of Monte Cristo, Guardians of Time, Lord of the Rings, The Forgotten Realms, The Solstice, The Doom Stone, Young Mutants, The Scorpion Shards, Fear Street, The Door in the Dragon's Throat, Frankenstein, Dracula, Warlords of Nin, something by R.A. Salvatore, Mercedes Lackey, John Carpenter, Micheal Crichton, H.P. Lovecraft, SIr Arthur Conan Doyle,

Answer 3

Read the classics, some of them are better than you might think even if they seem hard and you will probably have to read them in High School and or College as a requirement anyway, so better to get a heads up!

Catcher in the Rye
Beowulf
anything by James Joyce will blow your mind!
I prefer portrait of an artist.
Sir Gwayne and the green knight
King Arthur
anything by Kafka
Old Alan Quartermain books
Oscar Wilde
The portrait of Dorian Gray
Anything by Hemingway The one about the soldier is appropriate for the times

Or even read the book version of your favorite movie. Most movies were books first.

Or philosophy...

Descartes, Nietzsche, Plato, Aristotle
if you find them to be too difficult, just pop into your local book store and buy an accompanying crib note or cheat code book.

Mythology is also excellent and interesting.

Answer 4

Looking For Alaska is a coming of age story about a young boy--teen--who decides to go to a private boarding school in Alabama. He's a little on the studious side not known for his social skills, but at his new school he finds a different way to live...he makes friends, he makes enemies, he plays practical jokes and pranks, he falls in love with the one girl who he can't have, and he learns how to live life in the moments taking the good with the bad...he just learns to be who he is. Anyway, it's a good novel...by John Green. Has plenty of humor & some heartache along the way.

If you want to read adult books, try reading some books by Orson Scott Card such as Ender's Game.

Answer 5

yea the heart is deceitful above all things is an awesome book. be prepared for a truly graphic story though. Young jeremiah is taken from his foster parents by his birth mother and is taken on the road, a road filled with many truck stops,abusive boyfriends,and ultra-religious grandparents, and ultimately much child abuse as his "mother" takes him from his happy life into her crazy life as a "addicted" and poor mother, trying to make a living any way possible. jeremiah soon realizes that his mother is causing his life to become a spiral of despair that he has become so engrossed in that he will never escape. the only thing he has left to hold onto is the bond between a mother and son. Wackjob mom or not, there is always a special connection between family. AM I A GREAT WRITER OR WAT!!! i just made up that whole summary, and a pretty good summary if i do say so myself. yall should be practically payin me for this summary.

Answer 6

First check your school's summer reading list to make sure you you have met you requirements. Since I don't know what you like I'll give a variety of recommendations (skipping over those books that seem to please most women only.) In no particular order they are:

Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Bel Canto by Anne Patchett
Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin (and the others)
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton (much better than the movie)
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein (and The Lord of th Rings trilogy)

Answer 7

Try King Fortis the Brave by Michael R. LaMontagne and Ronald E. Snyder. It's about a pair of twelve-year-old twins that are pulled into a magical land where they find themselves caught in a battle against an evil sorceress that has taken over the land. It's got a lot of adventure and a lot of humor in it and is one of the best books I've ever read. You'll love it!

Answer 8

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Good luck, whatever you decide to read!

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THE SCYTHIAN STONE (eBook only)
THE BLACKGLOOM BOUNTY (eBook and hard cover)
THE REGENTS OF RHUM (coming fall '07)

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Answer 9

a few clues about your personal interests might have been helpful. fiction or non, mystery or science fiction or historical or political. the old Dune books are fun (by Frank Herbert), the first one (DUNE) ans the fifth one (HERETICS) are best, and the sixth one (CHAPTERHOUSE) is excellent if you've read the all of the preceders (especially CHILDREN, #3). 'American Gods', by neil Gaiman, can be a little xrated at times but the story and characters is a study in the worlds mythologies that is totally entertainig. 'Mountains beyond mountains' is a well written essay on the relationship between global health and business concerns. it is required reading for all med students at the university of washington medical school program. if you like laugh out loud (embarassing so) literature, you should check out ' me talk pretty one day' by david sedaris.

Answer 10

I'm not real sure about what the YA likes, so here is a link which contains enjoyable reads for the YA age group, who their written by, and a brief summary of the book. All different kinds of books are listed on here.