What are some good books for a boy 14 yrs old could read to get back into the habit of reading?

Question

Any type of book

Answer 1

Have you tired the Lord of the Rings series by Tolkien?
Good for almost any age, I find them to be timeless works =]

I'd also recommend Harry Potter, the Eragon trilogy, The ody of Christopher Creed, and The Giver.

I'm a book fiend, haha, if you're looking for more suggestions feel free to contact me.

Answer 2

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, any of the Pendragon books by D.J. MacHale, The Diamond Brothers Mystery Series by Anthony Horowitz (The Falcon's Malteser, Three of Diamonds, South by Southeast, Public Enemy Number Two), those are all spoofs of crime novels, and Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz, this is the first in a series of six. I am only 13 myself, but I read quite a bit and know many of the more popular series checked out from the school library.
-Zeldafreak
Eragon/Eldest are good, but to get back to reading... I don't know. Also Garth Nix and K.A. Applegate are good authors.

Answer 3

My fourteen YO reads quite a bit. He liked the Eragon and Eldest books (but he hated the movie) and can't wait for the third one to come out. He also read and liked the Bartimeus (sp?) trilogy. He has read the Harry Potter series but I don't think he liked them that much. He also has read the Halo books (based on the Xbox game) that have been out. There is also the Pendragan series which is really good (not about King Arthur but about a modern boy)...of course you could always turn him to the classics...treasure island and any Jules verne books. Good luck...reading is a great alternative to gaming

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Reilly's Luck by Louis L'Amour.Its a western.A young boy is abandoned by his own mother(she tells her boyfriend to kill him)The boy ends up with a gambler and he brings him up.Turns out to be the best gamble he ever made.The boy grows up and later kills the people who murdered the gambler.The Daybreakers,Fair blows the wind,Galloway are also good books by the same author.

Mercedes Lackey's Take a Thief is the tale of Skif, a young orphan reminiscent of Oliver Twist, making his way in the knock-and-tumble neighborhood between two of Haven's outermost walls. Skif is intelligent, good-hearted and creative enough to forage up three meals a day in a place where food is scarce and kindness almost unheard of. After a chain of events leave him homeless, Skif lands in the lair of Bazie, an Faginish ex-mercenary who trains thieves...until he is "Chosen" by one of Valdemar's magical horses and becomes a Herald serving the Queen.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

Answer 6

Oooooh...then "Ender's Game" by Orson Scott Card would be perfect. I had to read it for school but it was far beyond my expectations!!! It's a science fiction novel with a string of popular sequels. If anyone is into space, military, history, mystery, and dry humor, or even all, "Ender's Game" certainly tops the list. It even hit a positive note with my friends who both don't like science fiction and don't like books.

"Ender's Game" follows the life of Ender Wiggin, genius protegee selected and trained for space battles at an elite academy. He has an unusual talent for commanding and battling, but moral dilemmas and curiosity plague him. Eventually he must face man's greatest foe: the "buggers," foreign planet invaders who will eventually return again (the aliens aren't as goofy as you think they are, trust me ;) ).


Good luck and happy reading!!!

Answer 7

It depends on the sort of stories he likes but i found the harry potter books fascinating. I think the fact that the characters became well known and each one is an adventure was amazing.

Answer 8

A crack in the Line by Michael Lawrence

I just finished it its REALLY Good

Or

To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The first 100 or so pages are boring but then it gets interesting

Answer 9

Totally depends on the boy's interests. Is it science fiction? mystery? non-fiction? fantasy? sports? I'd recommend going to the library and asking a librarian for help, or just cruising the appropriate aisle there and see what looks good.