I Need Book Recs

[strina]

For my thirteen-ish cousin Michael, specifically. He actually likes fantasy (his favorite author is Rick Riordan)! I am so excited, y'all, the rest of the family is all Dean Koontz and Stephen King. I very much wish to encourage this, so I want to give him ebooks for Christmas, but I am kind of having trouble thinking of good YA with male protagonists. Like, I've got Only You Can Save Mankind and The Demon's Lexicon and the Owlknight trilogy, but I am blanking. That branch of the family is also more religious/conservative, so I hestitate to rec things like Good Omens.

HELP, PLEASE?

Comments

[nicki]

If he's a good reader, you might try the DragonLance Chronicles. It's technically an adult series, but it doesn't contain anything that marks it as "adult". They held my attention when I was 12 (though I am a girl) and the attention of two of my male cousins when they were 13 and I read the first book aloud to my brother when he was 8 (it was a very very long car trip vacation) and he enjoyed it and my dad read and enjoyed the series (after he heard most of the first book being read aloud on said car trip). It looks like there are kindle editions available, so other e-versions may be around as well.

[strina]

Duly recommended; I think my brother read them when we were teenagers? Thank you!

[amalthia]

Has he read Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy? if not I highly recommend it. It's one of the best fantasy series I've ever read. I also recommend Tad William's Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy. (though depending on his age and reading skills that may be too complex for him)

[strina]

His interests outstrip his reading level a bit, so I belayed the Williams rec, but passed along the Hobb series. Thanks!

[amalthia]

At least with the first book in the Farseer trilogy by Hobb the main character is a teenager. This truly is a coming of age series. I hope he enjoys the story. :)

[esmenet]

The Chrestomanci books? I admired Cat and Christopher kind of a lot as a kid, and I still rather do. And there are some other DWJ books with awesome dude protagonists, I think, though I always paid more attention to the girls.

[strina]

I love DWJ soo much, but somehow she totally slipped my mind! Thank you.

[dorkpie]

The Sangreal Trilogy for sure. (:

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[strina]

I'm pretty sure I'll have to check that out now, too, so thank you twice!

[boundbooks]

Here via my DW network!

Hmmm...for good YA fantasy with male protagonists, I'd suggest:

Mossflower by Brian Jacques
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Harry Potter books
Pawn of Prophecy (Book One of The Belgariad) by David Eddings - not technically YA, but there's nothing objectionable in them, they skew young/all-ages, and the protagonist is a young boy.
Full Metal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

[strina]

Thank you!

[kirakuni]

The Mortal Instrument Series by Cassandra Claire isnt bad. I cant think of anything else at the moment.

[strina]

Thanks!