[Pan_Yans Wife]

The Magic Tree House series is good, for early readers.

[martin_fierro]

A Classic!

[pgyanke]

The Chronicles of Narnia
Lord of the Rings Trilogy
The Black Stallion series

[ArrogantBustard]

What age are you talking about?

[holymoly]

Anyone have any suggestions for good books?

The Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading.

But you'll probably have to go to a gunstore to find it.

;)

[BenLurkin]

[conservatrice]

What age range are you talking about? If I had a son, I'd feed him a steady diet of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, certain Heinlein books, etc. Yeah, I guess these are all old books, but most new books are pretty much soulless anyway. I hated Sweet Valley High when I was a teen. I wish someone had pointed me to Tolkein, etc.

[Lucretia Borgia]

I would like to recommend My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George. My ten year old son read this when he was 8 and keeps a copy in his desk at school and at home. Also very
enjoyable to read together.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Matt Christopher has a series of sports oriented books. Captain Underpants is a funny series (playing to boys' natural fondness of potty humor); The Black Lagoon series (Gym Teacher, Cafeteria Lady, Principal...from the...) are pretty easy reads (lower elementary). And of course there is Harry Potter. But you are right...much of the early elementary publications are more girl oriented.

[Lizavetta]

Lord of the Rings
G.A. Henty historical fiction
Lloyd Alexander
Harry Potter books
Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Howard Pyle books

[Obadiah]

The book of Proverbs. It's in the Bible.

[billorites]

Probably not what you had in mind...

[Liberfighter]

The Old Man and the Boy by Robert Ruark and Where the Red Fern Grows.

Classics that go back to the good old days. When it was okay to run in the woods and be a boy.

[HHKrepublican_2]

You could consider me "New Generation" Ive seen reading fall by the wayside.

I read...

Narnia (all 7)
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
"Inkheart" by Funke (Interesting)

These are very masculine survival books...

"The Hatchet"
and "My Side of the Mountain"

[HHKrepublican_2]

The Redwall Series by Brian Jaques.

[SoftballMominVA]

www.guysread.com Great sight for guys and big guys

[Lucretia Borgia]

My ten year ols son is currently devouring the Edge Chronicles
by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. He will be receiving book 6 in the series for Christmans.

We also read together the Dragon Academy series when he was 8.

[Kidan]

It depends on what age you're discussing.

I'm assuming it's Early teens (middle school) as, books for beginners (elem. school) tend to be gender nuetral for the most part. Likewise, High Schoolers should feel comfortable reading 'adult' books.

Anyways, try Harry Potter, Liminy Snicket or the Eragon/Eldest duology (there may be more of this series coming out)

If you want something that's not quite so new, try A Wrinkle in Time (and its related books), EarthSea and you can never go wrong with the Chronicles of Narnia.

Likewise, there are a number of Star Wars series for the younger readers, these are Young Jedi Knights, Junior Jedi Knights, Jedi Apprentic, one about a young Boba Fett, and Jedi Quest.

[HHKrepublican_2]

I was a Camp Counselor this summer for pre-teen boys...the popular books were Harry Potter and The "PenDragon" Series.

Also look at...

Redwall-Brian Jaques
Lord of the Rings
The Narnia Series--read it before the movie kills it!
(Narnia has a strong Christian message)

[martin gibson]

Don't forget the classics -Treasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, any of the Tarzan novels, any of the Fighting Men of Mars books, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, any of the Doc Savage books, Kidnapped...