Non-Fiction:
The Right Stuff, by Tom Wolfe
What Is the What, by Dave Eggars
Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah
Light and Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page
Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow
The Looming Tower, by Lawrence Wright

Fiction:
Maybe have him try a post-Cold War/contemporary spy novel or series?

Red Sparrow (Trilogy)
The Faithful Spy, by Alex Berenson (4+ in series)
The Tourist, by Olen Steinhauer (or any of his other books)

Thrillers:
I Am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes
The Inquisitor, by Mark Allen Smith
The Short Drop, by Matthew FitzSimmons
Any of the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child

I recently read Things Not Seen and it is funny and wonderful

It’s about an invisible teen. His internal dialogue, his relationship with his parents and how he copes is very funny and relatable.

Anonymous wrote:Murderbot

Otherwise need more info

Dh is loving murderbot and ds has the other book by the same author. Murderbot is being made into a tv series.

16 yo read the new hunger games prequel on vacation for nostalgia and finished within 48 hours. After 18 yo read it!

Murderbot

Otherwise need more info

Mystic River
Razorblade Tears
Natchez Burning
Dixon, Descending
Firekeeper's Daughter
Into Thin Air
Skippy Dies

The Boys in the Boat
Seabiscuit
The Hunt for Red October
Life of Pi
Of Mice and Men

If he's into science at all, I recommend Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman.

Maybe All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy.

1984

Money Ball
The Blind Side
All the Light We Cannot See

My Struggle
Babel
Ender’s Game & series
The Three Body Problem & series
Game of Thrones & series
In Ascension
Trust

He may also like Stephen King and Stephen Graham Jones.

Ohh - highly recommend Hail Mary Project (by the same author that wrote Martian). My DS loved it.

High Fidelity -- Nick Hornby
Boy 21 -- Matthew Quick

John Grisham books, maybe?

On a recent car trip, we listened to Starter Villain by John Scalzi and both my teens really liked it. I especially recommend if he likes cats.

The Caine Mutiny
1984
Animal Farm
Catch 22

My DS used to love reading but does less these days. He is proactively looking for a book good enough to compete with the draw of his phone and I’d love to help him find something. Any recommendations?

Books he’s liked in the past:
Bear Town
Pillars of the Earth
The Book Thief
Autobiography of Larry Bird
Kite Runner

He used to be really into dystopian young adult stuff but seems done with that. Mostly I’m just looking for a good story that will appeal to 17yo boys rather than 45yo women. He’s pretty into music (guitar), sports, and history.