What are some Good Books To Read I for 14 year old boy?

Question

I like Harry Potter
Alex Rider
Steven Gould
any suggestions?
thanks

Answer 1

Since you obviously like fantasy you'll like Mercedes Lackey's dragonjouster books.(joust,alta,sanctuary)The setting is ancient Egypt.Hunger, anger, and hatred are constants for young Vetch, rendered a brutally mistreated and overworked serf by the Tian conquest of his homeland. But everything improves when a Tian jouster requisitions Vetch to become the first serf ever to be a dragon boy. His training is intense, and his duty clear-cut: to tend his jouster, Ari, and his dragon, Kashet. That is only the beginning.The rest of the books are about how he gets a dragon of his own,his escape to Alta,how the war between the two kingdoms is stopped etc.

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.


Reilly's Luck by Louis L'Amour.This story starts off with a young boy, Val Darrant, being abandoned by his mother.(she tells her boyfriend to kill him).Val ends up being cared for by Will Reilly who is a gambler.Turns out to be the best gamble Reilly ever made.The first quarter of the book is about adventures that Will and Val have. They have to deal with outlaws, they fight off Indians, and they travel to Europe.Unfortunately Will is ambushed by three men and killed while Val is still a teenager. But Val has learned many important lessons from Will. The next part of the book is about Val growing up. He has some money and is able to invest the money in a couple ventures.

The story then jumps forward a couple years, and the last part of the book pulls together many of the threads. Val finally meets his mother, who is again trying to have him killed. Val kills the last two of Will's murderers. And Val financially destroys the man who hired the murderers.

The Daybreakers,Fair blows the wind,Galloway,Flint are also good books by the same author.

Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini.The setting is the late 17th century, with Monmouth rising up against King James II. Peter Blood,a doctor is not actively involved, but he is called to tend to one of the wounded -- and promptly arrested for his trouble. Injustice reigns in these times, and Blood suffers greatly for doing his duty. Eventually he is shipped off to the Caribbean and, as a rebel-convict, sold off as a slave.
Colonel Bishop, of the Barbados Militia, buys Blood. His medical training serves Blood well, as he becomes valued for his talents (especially considering the incompetence of the other two doctors on the island), but he is still a slave. Colonel Bishop remains an enemy until the end, but to complicate matters Bishop has a niece, Arabella. There is some obvious attraction between Blood and Arabella, but the situation almost never allow them to be quite on the same page.
Blood finds freedom -- showing his noble nature even in escape -- and has no alternative but to take up the pirating life.

Artemis Fowl book series by Eoin Colfer is about teen age criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl who even plots to steal the gold from the fairies.


Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote the Mars novels and the Tarzan novels.There are 11 novels in the Mars series beginning with 'A princess of mars'.Captain John Carter of the Confederate Army is whisked to Mars and discovers a dying world of dry ocean beds where giant four-armed barbarians rule, of crumbling cities home to an advanced but decaying civilization, a world of strange beasts and savage combat, a world where love, honor and loyalty become the stuff of adventure. The later books are about his son Carthoris,daughter Tara etc.John carter is a recurring character in all these books as martians live for 1000 years.

The best among the Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs is 'Son of Tarzen.' Jack,the son of Tarzan shared his father's love for apes.He was only trying to help an ape escape to Africa from his cruel trainer.However he got involved in a murder and couldn't return home.He chose to live in the jungle with the apes.Its a fascinating book.The social system among the intelligent giant apes,Korak's relationship with Miriam are all interesting stuff.Its a great coming of age book.

Pirates of Venus introduces Carson Napier (a somewhat more cautious hero than John Carter), who builds himself a rocketship and blasts off for Mars. (How did he get to Venus? You'll just have to read the book.) Beneath the cloud cover of Venus Carson discovers a world of sky-high trees, warring kingdoms and princesses in need of rescue.

Answer 2

If you like Steven Gould you should be able to read anything. I suggest Dennis McKiernan, Trudi Canavan, Jim Butcher(the Dresden Files), Raymond Feist, David Weber, John Ringo, Eric Flint, Robert Heinlein, Andre Norton, Jane Lindskold and so on. If you can understand what you read with a minimum time spent in a dictionary, you can read anything I can and I am 59 years old as of last week. Have fun, happy reading.

Answer 3

At the risk of being old fashion, I'd go with Zane Grey, Loius
Lamore (sp) westerns, or some of the Tom Sawyer and
Huck Finn stuff -- my 15 yr grandson is into the Harry potter
series and stories about magic.

Answer 4

At 14, you're old enough to read adult fiction (fiction for adults, not erotica). Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck are all good authors with very straightforward language. London wrote short stories, some of them online, if you want to test out his fiction. Hemingway wrote novels with socio-political commentary but the plots were action-themed (war, fishing, etc).
Note, I didn't care for these authors when I was assigned their readings. I think you should read this type of fiction for pleasure and on your own schedule. I enjoyed them when I didn't have an English teacher telling me what they meant.
Neil Gaiman writes surreal fiction. American Gods has a lot of mythology and historical fantasy in it.
I really liked Glen David Gold's, Carter Beats the Devil, another Historical fantasy. (magic, 20's era, California history and mythology)
Jack London-"Batard" (online),
Ernest Hemingway-For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises, To Have and To Have Not
John Steinbeck-The Grapes of Wrath

Answer 5

Animorphs, Artemis Fowl, His Dark Materials(a trilogy by Philip Pullman), A Series of Unfortunate Events, Remnants, Everworld....just go to a bookstore.

Answer 6

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card and its companion Ender's Shadow (also by Card).
Bartimaeus trilogy by Jonathan Stroud (Amulet of Samarkand, Golem's Eye, Ptolemy's Gate).
Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and its sequels Sea of Monsters and Titan's Curse. (Titan's Curse is coming out this spring).
Endymion Spring by Matthew Skelton
Here There Be Dragons by James A. Owen

Answer 7

If you like sci-fi at all and find the words "cyber punk" interesting or thought provoking in the slightest bit I would try anything by William Gibson.

He is considered the father of cyber punk and actually is the source of the phrase "cyberspace".

My favorite by him is Mona Lisa Overdrive.

Answer 8

Go with Ally's suggestions and not any of the rest of that supermarket fiction.

The obvious choice, besides what Ally suggested, is Catcher in the Rye.

Answer 9

Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

Amulet of Samarkand, The Golems Eye, Polomys Gate by Johnathan ....................... (I'm sorry but i forgot his name)

Answer 10

Try 'All Quiet on the Western Front', 'The Lord of the Flies', or for something deeper, try 'Catch 22'.

Answer 11

some good books are tomorrow when the war begain, drums girls and dangrous pie, overboard and silverfin those are great books 2 read. :-)