Boys’ Life has provided 100 years of great reading. Here are 100 other titles that every guy should read. Some suggestions will require parental guidance.
The 39 Clues (series)
Across Five Aprils
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Tintin (series)
Aesop’s Fables
Artemis Fowl (series)
Babe the Gallant Pig
Billy Bud
Black Like Me
The Book Thief
Brian’s Winter
Bridge to Terabithia
Bud, Not Buddy
The Butter Battle Book
The Call of the Wild
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlotte’s Web
The Chosen
A Christmas Carol
The Chronicles of Narnia (series)
Crossing the Wire
David Copperfield
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series)
Defeat of the Ghost Riders
Diskworld (series)
Doctor Dolittle (series)
Dune
Encyclopedia Brown (series)
Everybody’s Revolution
Falling Up
Far North
Football Genius
The Friendship
The Giving Tree
The Graveyard Book
Great Expectations
The Great Quarterback Switch
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
The Hardy Boys (series)
Harry Potter (series)
Hatchet
The Hobbit
Holes
Honus & Me
Horton Hears a Who!
The Hunger Games
James and the Giant Peach
Joey Pigza (series)
Johnny Tremain
A Light in the Attic
Lord of the Flies
The Lord of the Rings (series)
Magic Treehouse (series)
Maniac Magee
Maximum Ride (series)
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM
My Father’s Dragon (series)
My Side of the Mountain
Of Mice and Men
The Old Man and the Sea
Old Yeller
On My Honor
The Outsiders
Percy Jackson & the Olympians (series)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Red Badge of Courage
The River
Robinson Crusoe
The Sea Wolf
A Separate Peace
A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)
The Shadow Children (series)
Shane
Shiloh
Siddhartha
Sounder
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairy Stupid Tales
Anyway, I think the “Space Odyssey” series should be on here. I just finished the first book, 2001, and just got out 2010 from my library. The series should be on the “100 Movies” list as well.
Harry Potter is fine too. I understand your thoughts, myself having a Christian background. Have you read them? Very fun fantasy. Classics are wonderful. Parents need to read or re-read too. I am.
The later diskworld series have gotten darker and less fun to read. Also my favorites missing from the list were Tripods, Day of the triffids, and Harlon Ellison’s Memos from Pergatory. Overall, a good list.
In response to “The Indian”, I think Harry Potter should be on there. I know a lot of people object to books that contain references to magic, but I don’t really think that you should worry about that with Harry Potter. It is rather dark though.
I think that Inheritance series-Eragon,Eldest,Brisingr should be on there as well. Speaking of which, I wonder when Christopher will finish the series.
35 so far, I’m in the middle of Great Expectations and Of Mice and Men at the moment.
Every 22 Redwall books should be on here because each are as awesome as anyone of these books.
i got sick at the 18 one
wheres the kingdom series its like the best series ever!
r u talking about the christen 1s? if so i agree
I’v read Where the Red Fern Grows 15 times and I still cry at the end and I’m not afraid to admit it.
Best. Book. Ever!
i mean 46
ive read40
I’ve read 45!
ok, WHERE is the mysterious benedict society?
Where is Redwall, Fablehaven, Eragon, and the new Beyonders
Redwall is a good series.
you have great taste in books
There can only be 1 best.
Diskworld is the BEST and so are all of Tolkiens books. but there are definately a few more I would add
I’ve read only 3% of them, but like I said in “100 Movies” I’ve heard about a couple of them.
I’ve read 13. Would be 14 but I can never finish Bridge to Terabithia after seeing the movie. Sad, I know.
I have seen 36 of them. I just recently finished Tuck Everlasting and I am reading the Phantom Tollbooth.
P.S. Hi, Jonbuddy!
Hi, wertys!
Anyway, I think the “Space Odyssey” series should be on here. I just finished the first book, 2001, and just got out 2010 from my library. The series should be on the “100 Movies” list as well.
YOU WATCHED THE MOVIE WHILE READING THE BOOK?!
No, I saw the movie and then read the book.
where’s the Fablehaven series?
They’re missing The Adventures of TinTin
Missing Eragon and Redwall
TRUE?
the book is okay but DO NOT watch the movie of where the wild things are! It’s incredibly gloomy.
I LOVE redwall!
No PENDRAGON??? That really surprises me!
Yeah, wheres Pendragon? Some more good books:
Hoot
Flipped
Hooray for all these… It’s awesome… I used one of these for my school assignments.
Good list, read about a quarter of them. Just one thing……
WHERE IS REDWALL????
read 36
Wish there were Eragon(series) Books:Eragon,Eldest,Brisingr,Coming in 2011 (It has a green cover) Author:Christopher Paolini
My Mom gave me most of these books to read before this list ever came out
. Great reference. Buut, they should put what ages probably would like them.
yeah.
I have allready read most of these
Ive read most of these already…
Harry Potter is fine too. I understand your thoughts, myself having a Christian background. Have you read them? Very fun fantasy. Classics are wonderful. Parents need to read or re-read too. I am.
Harry Potter is good and probably will become a classic eventually but right now it’s not old enough.
The later diskworld series have gotten darker and less fun to read. Also my favorites missing from the list were Tripods, Day of the triffids, and Harlon Ellison’s Memos from Pergatory. Overall, a good list.
Great reference list. My oldest has read at least 25 of these, including lots of the series.
Not too bad of a list with a few exceptions (Harry Potter). I would like to see more Christian authors.
Harry Potter rules and just because it’s about wizards doesn’t mean it teaches witchcraft!
In response to “The Indian”, I think Harry Potter should be on there. I know a lot of people object to books that contain references to magic, but I don’t really think that you should worry about that with Harry Potter. It is rather dark though.
I think that Inheritance series-Eragon,Eldest,Brisingr should be on there as well. Speaking of which, I wonder when Christopher will finish the series.
harry potter rules!
Cool! Add 1 next year!
The reason they made 1 this year is only because it’s the 100 year anniversary of BL