| My son loves reading but has been reading dog man, captain underpants, and diary of a wimpy kid almost exclusively for years now. What else is good for boys his age? I feel like my daughter has a huge selection of books I have bought her over the years and her brother is does not. |
| My son loved the Captain Awesome series at that age. Also Calvin and Hobbes. |
| Is he ready to make the jump to books that are more words and fewer pictures? Around 10-11 my son moved from the books you describe to Percy Jackson books. There are a million of those. He also loves Keeper of the Lost Cities series. |
| Wings of fire |
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Hatchet
James Patterson kids books Percy Jackson Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales |
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Percy Jackson
The Who HQ series Catstrnauts |
Catstronauts. sorry, cant' type this morning |
I think he is. He is academically pretty advanced but those ridiculous books seem to be comfort food for him, he has read every one we have multiple times. Will look at all the posted suggestions! |
| The Warrior books might be a good option. They are about a world of cats, basically, but clans of often fierce cats who fight over territories. I gave one to my son at that age and he stayed up all night reading it. I then had to get copies of every single one in every single series (they kept him busy). |
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Wayside School series by Louis Sachar
Choose Your Own Adventure books Kate Klise Encyclopedia Brown Einstein Anderson McBroom series by Sid Fleischman Flat Stanley series Frindle Secrets of Droon Time Warp Trio The Phantom Toolbrooth Cam Jansen Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Beverly Cleary Where the Sidewalk Ends (quirky poetry) |
Yes...3 boys in my immediate family loved these. Took about 30 books for them to get sick of the repetitive plots. It's funny to hear them discussing what is basically a giant soap opera with cats. There's a dragon series called "Wings of Fire" by one of the Warrior Cats team of authors that my kids also liked. |
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Warriors
Wings of Fire Percy Jackson And adding a new one: Keeper of the Lost Coties if he won’t be intimidated that that the books are huge/long |
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Stuart Gibbs - multiple series, my DS loves these books and are what sparked interest in longer books. The main characters are all middle school age boys, they're mystery/adventure stories, and he writes with humor. They seem to be book crack for tween boys.
James Ponti - multiple series Carl Hiaassen - no series but a bunch of books (he also writes for adults so be aware when looking) James Patterson - Treasure Hunters Kid has not yet read Gordon Korman books but they've been recommended. |
| Brandon Sanderson's The Reckoner's series. |
| Check out spy school or the Virginia mysteries series |