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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dune.
The Martian
Jurassic Park
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy 
A Walk in the Woods (if he’s outdoorsy)
Steve sheinkin’s history books for middle grades (like the one about the atom bomb)
March (graphic novel set)
Ready player one
Arc of the scythe series (my son likes these but I don’t know about whether they are too disturbing — they are dystopian, I know)

I’ll check my sons shelves and report back with more.[/quote]

This is a great list and I’m a junior high school librarian. Throw in Project Hail Mary. [/quote]

No snark intended here but as a Librarian in this age group you don’t recommend a wider diversity of authors?[/quote]

I’d like to. 14 year old boys have  typically very narrow interests in reading. Maybe some sports books but they are often poorly written for that age group. [/quote]

Authors of fantasy and sci fi that have appealed to boys in that age range in my circles:

Becky Chambers
Katherine Addison (Referenced above)
Ursula K Le Guin 
Martha Wells (also referenced above)
Nghi Vo (Singing Hills books)
Seanan McGuire

I think it’s important that young men don’t form the habit of only reading male authors especially in this genre. They’ll read plenty of them in school.

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Earthsea was mentioned above, which means LeGuin was. To your last paragraph, she mentioned much later in life she wished she had female characters at the school for wizards. It's definitely not a book that reads "female audience." Neither is much of LeGuin's adult fiction.[/quote]

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