cave canem Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I have already picked up some leads from the matchmaker thread, but I am still looking for books for my 15 yo son who won't be mobile for weeks to come. He is not interested in romance in literature; sci fi is OK; classics are OK. No graphic sex or high profanity density. Thank you for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 My son liked the Asimov books and the Larry Niven Ringworld stories. Sci-Fi Not my thing, but that's what he liked. And Bill Bryson and Patrick McManus for sheer laughter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. Magic of Recluse series by L.E. Modesitt anything by Brandon Sanderson 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 The Ascendance Trilogy (The False Prince etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Terry pratchett's Discworld- funny, easy reading, no profanity unless you are offended by talk of potatos. Ursula le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea series Maximum Ride series by James Patterson Wrinkle in Time, Enders Game, The Graveyard Book , Pendragon series by DJ Machale, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne in ABQ Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 The Inheritance Series: 1: Eragon, 2: Eldest, 3: Brisingr, 4: Inheritance There are dragons, but the story is so much more than dragons. Both my college kids read them in high school, and loved them. When ds went away to college, those are the only books he took with him (I had to buy more because his sisters were sad that he took them!) The audiobooks read by Gerard Doyle are fabulous. We listened to all four on various road trips, and hung on every word. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Sci-fi is okay? Try the Imperial Radch trilogy. Could not put it down. Other ideas: Stranger, by Rachel Manija The Left Hand of Darkness (or anything else by LeGuin, really) Everything Discworld (naturally!) A Confusion of Princes Steelheart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 The name of the wind by Patrick rothfuss. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Door into Summer (all Heinlein) If he wants to try Asimov, read I Robot first, then maybe Nightfall. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart (first in her Merlin series). Silo series by Hugh Howey Has he read Ray Bradbury? Patrick O'Brian? Let him watch Master and Commander first..that should spark an interest! Over 20 books in the Aubrey/Maturin series!!!!!!! O'Brian is Jane Austen for men (and women of course). I can see a teen boy reading Post Captain over Emma, though :-) Edited April 9, 2017 by JFSinIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 terri pratchet's discworld. my skeptical son really enjoyed the "wheels of time" series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I was also thinking Ray Bradbury. Something Wicked This Way Comes and Fahrenheit 451 are the two I've read, and I'd recommend both. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express ;And Then There Were None John Bellairs The Mummy, The Will and The Crypt The Hunger Games Across Five Aprils Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series Eric Severeid Canoeing with the Cree Ben Carson Gifted Hand The Chosen War of the Worlds Jack London To Build A Fire The New Way Things Work Calvin And Hobbes October Sky Heinlein: Have Space Suit, Will Travel; Farmer in the Sky; The Rolling Stones; Citizen of the Galaxy Anthony Horowitz Alex Rider series The Ox-Bow Incident Amos Fortune,Free Man Robert Peck Joseph Bruchac Jules Verne Edited April 9, 2017 by Heigh Ho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 How old is the teen? There is a huge difference between a 13 and 19 year old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) Has he read these classics? The Count of Monte Cristo (very long - does have some romance, but it's not the main focus) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn This one is short and funny: The Mouse that Roared (although it seems there may be some mild romance) What about non-fiction? Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing Bruchko by Bruce Olson (Christian missionary) Edited April 9, 2017 by klmama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 The name of the wind by Patrick rothfuss. I agree, but it's so good that he will want to continue the series! The second book contains graphic sexual content. Brandon Sanderson is excellent (according to my husband) and very clean. He is a Mormon writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man Watership Down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Terry Pratchett's Discworld (I know it's already been mentioned numerous times) The Martian (though there is a lot of profanity) The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown The Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared; The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden, both by Jonas Jonasson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverland Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 And, again. Terry Pratchett. My teenage son loved, loved, loved his books. He also liked some other series/authors mentioned here, but Pratchett stands above all others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Brandon Sanderson is excellent (according to my husband) and very clean. He is a Mormon writer. A lot of speculative fiction authors are Mormons right now. I'm not sure why, actually, but it's a large enough percentage that I've taken note of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I agree, but it's so good that he will want to continue the series! The second book contains graphic sexual content. Brandon Sanderson is excellent (according to my husband) and very clean. He is a Mormon writer. Oh? Sorry, I forgot! I still don't even remember with the reminder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Oh? Sorry, I forgot! I still don't even remember with the reminder. Does the name Felurian ring a bell? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 My daughter suggests ~ The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison The Thief (The Queen's Thief Book 1) by Megan Whalen Turner plus sequels She seconds the Terry Pratchett recommendations. Abhorsen trilogy by Garth Nix The Martian has a new version with expletives deleted Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Epic by Conor Kostick Regards, Kareni 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Does the name Felurian ring a bell? :) Ohhhhh... 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 The Thief is great. Two things, though. First, it's better to start with the second book in the series, then loop around to the first. The first is a little lackluster. Second, if you read it, you might as well give up on the False Prince series. They've got the same twist, and you'll see it coming from page two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Mistborn series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cave canem Posted April 11, 2017 Author Share Posted April 11, 2017 Thank you, everyone! I didn't know The Martian had been bowdlerized for schools. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalsummer Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 I didn't know that either - The Martian is really a marvellous book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostSurprise Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 14 year old says: Salt to the Sea Wolf by Wolf 16 year old says: Lord of the Rings trilogy Dune I say: The Chosen or My Name is Asher Lev The Count of Monte Cristo The Once and Future King Ender's Game For straight brain candy World War Z and Robopocalypse were fun too (although it's been a few years so I have no memory of curse words). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 (edited) I have already picked up some leads from the matchmaker thread, but I am still looking for books for my 15 yo son who won't be mobile for weeks to come. He is not interested in romance in literature; sci fi is OK; classics are OK. No graphic sex or high profanity density. Thank you for sharing. You might start him with Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber -- if he likes it, there is a long series to look forward to (that both my husband and I really enjoy). Here is the summary on David Weber's own site: http://www.davidweber.net/books/43-off-armageddon-reef.html If he can handle a little bit of profanity, -The Martian- by Andy Weir (The book) is really good. And I've heard if you love the Martian, you should read _Ready Player One_ In a more fantastical theme, John C Wright has a good new "Moth & Cobweb" series (4 books out so far. I think it is intended to be 4 triologies, in the end. The first "Swan Knight" triology is finished.) https://www.amazon.com/Swan-Knights-Son-Squire-Cobweb-ebook/dp/B01L43JG88/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 Swan Knight's Son is the first book My husband really loves Nethereal by Brian Niemeier -- though it is too close to horror for my taste. https://www.amazon.com/Nethereal-Soul-Cycle-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00ZBDOHKU/ref=pd_sim_351_20?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=PQS6B6AZ52EJTF5AN0A3 The Queen's Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner https://www.amazon.com/Thief-Queens-Book-ebook/dp/B002OMZTY4/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1491920984&sr=1-3&keywords=Megan+Turner Tamora Pierce has some excellent series as well. Alanna: The First Adventure starts the Song of the Lioness series. I really prefer Trickster's Choice and Trickster's Queen -- about Alanna's daughter. But it may be because I've already read the books about Alanna one. A standalone series that is also really good are the Legend of Beka Cooper books, starting with _Terrier_ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000W917PQ/ref=series_rw_dp_sw Edited April 11, 2017 by vonfirmath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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