Not sure what to read? Start with this teacher/librarian-tested list of titles for boys of all ages.
BIZARRE / GROSS
- Ripley’s Special Edition 2010
by Scholastic Inc.
- Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist
by Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young
- Oh, Yuck! The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty
by Joy Masoff and Terry Sirrell
- Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying TRUTH! About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More
by Joshua Gee
- Grossology by Sylvia Branzei and Jack Keely
- Totally Gross (Ripley’s Believe It or Not!)
(series)
COMIC BOOKS
- The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
by Bill Watterson
- The Simpsons by Matt Groening
- Star Trek
by J. J. Abrams, Robert Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Tim Jones
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- The Far Side Gallery
by Gary Larson
NONFICTION (MISC)
- Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2010
by BradyGames
- Star Wars: The Complete Visual Dictionary
- Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
by Ernest Drake and Dugald Steer
- The Dangerous Book for Boys
by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
- MythBusters: Don’t Try This at Home
by Discovery Channel and Mary Packard
- The New Way Things Work
by David Macaulay and Neil Ardley
- Extreme Dinosaurs
by Robert Mash
- Pirate (DK Eyewitness Books)
(Series) by Richard Platt
HUMOR
- The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
by Jon Scieszka
- Immature Pranks
by editors of Klutz
- Jokelopedia: The Biggest, Best, Silliest, Dumbest Joke Book Ever
- Giant Children
by Brod Bagert
- Encyclopedia of Immaturity
by editors of Klutz
GRAPHIC NOVELS
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid
(series) by Jeff Kinney
- Star Wars: Vector Volume 1
by John Jackson Miller
- Naruto
by Masashi Kishimoto
- Shonen Jump
(magazine)
- The Battle Brawlers (Bakugan, Book 1)
by Tracey West
- Rave Master, Book 1
by Hiro Mashima and MashimaHiro
- Bone Volume
(series) by Jeff Smith
- Alchemist
(series) by Hiromu Arakawa
- Dragon Ball Z
by Akira Toriyama
SPORTS – NONFICTION
- On the Court with…LeBron James
by Matt Christopher and Stephanie Peters
- Extreme Sports Stars
(High Interest Books) by Philip Abraham
- A Little Giant Book: Football Facts
(series) by Michael J. Pellowski
- Street Skateboarding: Endless Grinds and Slides
by Evan Goodfellow and Doug Werner
- BMX (Extreme Sports)
by Chris Job
MILITARY / WARS / WEAPONS
- World War II
by Simon Adams
- B-2 Stealth Bombers
by Jack David
- Frontline Marines: Fighting in the Marine Combat Arms Units
by Simone Payment
- Weapons of World War II (Blazers)
by Doeden and Matt
- Main Battle Tanks: The M1A1 Abrams (War Machines)
by Michael Green and Gladys Green
VEHICLES
- Wild About Lowriders
by J. Poolos
- Custom Cars
by Matt Doeden and Chuck Vranas
- Choppers
by Marx and Mandy R.
- Sport Bikes
(Motorcycles) by Jack David
- Hot Rods (Motor Mania)
by Eric Braun
SURVIVAL
- Man vs. Wild: Survival Techniques from the Most Dangerous Places on Earth
by Bear Grylls
- Survive!: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere – Alive
by Les Stroud
- Amazing Stories of Survival
by editors of People Magazine
OUTDOORS
- The Scout’s Outdoor Cookbook
by Christine Conners, Tim Conners
- Camping Made Easy
by Michael Rutter
- The American Boy’s Handy Book
by Daniel Carter Beard
SCARY
- The Demonata
(series) by Darren Shan
- The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
- Stormbreaker (Alex Rider Series #1)
by Anthony Horowitz
- Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare
by Darren Shan
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
(series) by Alvin Schwartz
SPORTS FICTION
- Travel Team
(series) by Mike Lupica
- The Great Quarterback Switch
by Matt Christopher
- Football Genius
by Tim Green
MISC. FICTION
- 39 Clues
(Series)
- The Lightning Thief
(series) by Rick Riordan
- Spider Boy
by Ralph Fletcher
- Hatchet
(series) by Gary Paulsen
- Crossing the Wire
by Will Hobbs
- Joey Pigza
(Series) by Jack Gantos
BIOGRAPHIES / AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
- Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka
by Jon Scieszka
- Marshfield Dreams: When I Was a Kid
by Ralph Fletcher
- Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
by Sid Fleischman
- Boy: Tales of Childhood
by Roald Dahl
PICTURE BOOKS
- No, David!
(series) by David Shannon
- Amazing Sharks!
(I Can Read series) by Sarah L. Thomson
- Hi! Fly Guy
by Tedd Arnold
- Parts
(series) by Tedd Arnold
- Giant Children
by Brod Bagert
- When I Was a Boy . . . I Dreamed
by Justin Matott and Mark Ludy
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