MOOKs book series

[oregonpachey]

I may have posted this question before but am looking for book recommendations for my older DS (almost 11).  He loves sci-fi/fanstasy type books.  He has already read all the Harry Potter books at least once, all the Percy Jackson and Rick Riordan books that have been published and is now working on Jim Butcher's Codex Alexa. 

In addition, he has read everything on this list:

www.buzzfeed.com/ariellecalderon/books-to-read-if-you-loved-harry-potter

Help!  He goes through books like water.  I am constantly picking up from the library.  He is an advanced reader so needs something that will hold his interest.

[erbear]

My 11 year old really enjoyed the Apothecary series (there are 3 books). She's also super into Wings of Fire right now.

[aspentosh]

Well bummer. I was going to suggest The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel Collection. Hmmm. I'll keep thinking.

[pumpkincat]

My 12 year old is obsessed with the Keepers of the Lost Cities series. Obsessed.

[nellgirl]

Kenneth Oppel’s books are fantastic.

[schrodinger]

I usually recommend Over Sea, Under Stone for kids that enjoyed Harry Potter. It's a fun fantasy that's a more challenging read than HP.

If he's reading at a really advanced level, you could offer the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. It's a very similar plot set up as HP (immortal leader, surprising hero, slavery of non-magical people, etc.). I recently reread book 1 and don't recall anything I wouldn't suggest for a mature kid reader. If it's too much now, it might be something he's interested in tackling in a few years.

[waverly]

These are Junior Fiction rather than YA, but a series to keep him busy.

Artemis Fowl Series then watch the movie
City of Ember series then watch the movie
Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix

For adult how about the Tolkien series?

Did he read the Narnia series?

Dragon rider of Perth Series. Adult, some sex but not super descriptive sex scenes. Review first to see if it OK with you. I read them as a teenager maybe slightly older than 11, maybe 13. Anne Mccaffrey also has a good telepath series.

[waverly]

Oct 26, 2020 18:13:43 GMT -5 schrodinger said:

I usually recommend Over Sea, Under Stone for kids that enjoyed Harry Potter. It's a fun fantasy that's a more challenging read than HP.

If he's reading at a really advanced level, you could offer the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson. It's a very similar plot set up as HP (immortal leader, surprising hero, slavery of non-magical people, etc.). I recently reread book 1 and don't recall anything I wouldn't suggest for a mature kid reader. If it's too much now, it might be something he's interested in tackling in a few years.

Over Sea Under Stone is part of the Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper. Also a good one. Her other non series book that is good is called Seaward.

[1yeartogo]

Rangers Apprentice Series. Also there are several series by Brandon Mull which might be good.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Has he read the Wings of Fire series? My ds is 11, and many of the kids in his grade have mentioned loving this. I've read a few pages of the 1st one here and there with my ds, and it's not his jam (he likes realistic fiction, and this series is about dragons), but it seemed decently well-written. They are a decent length and there are 14 of them so far I think?

[mrsGreeko]

Fablehaven series

Maybe the Red Queen series or the Waterfire saga series if they aren’t too “girly”. My older 2 read them, but they are girls. I’ve read them too, the Red Queen series is about a war between People with red blood and people with silver and special abilities, the other is about merpeople and also features a war.

[mainelyfoolish]

Ditto the recommendation for Keeper of the Lost Cities series. My DD is counting the days until the next book release.

Two other series she liked that I didn’t see mentioned yet are The Story Thieves and The Land of Stories.

[Dznyprnces]

What about the Wrinkle in Time series. There are 5 books.

[sahara78]

The Septimus Heap series is the right genre, and there are a number of them.

[chedifuen]

My kid was fully obsessed with Hunger Games at that age.

[jinkies]

My son loved the City of Ember series. There are 3 books I think.

He also really liked the book The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel. It's not a series, but the same author has other books with a similar feel if he likes that one.

[wesleycrusher]

I loved Tamora Pierce when I was younger. Ender's Game series seems like it would fit. Kingdom Keepers (Disney After Dark) especially if he's been to Disney.

[niq]

V has started reading the Spirit Animal series kids.scholastic.com/kids/books/spirit-animals/

[oswin]

Oct 26, 2020 18:17:26 GMT -5 waverly said:

These are Junior Fiction rather than YA, but a series to keep him busy.

Artemis Fowl Series then watch the movie
City of Ember series then watch the movie
Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix

For adult how about the Tolkien series?

Did he read the Narnia series?

Dragon rider of Perth Series. Adult, some sex but not super descriptive sex scenes. Review first to see if it OK with you. I read them as a teenager maybe slightly older than 11, maybe 13. Anne Mccaffrey also has a good telepath series.

It's Pern, not Perth. And I wouldn't recommend unless you're ready to read them yourself and talk about all of the problems with consent in the series, the dragon mating rituals are pretty messed up. I mean, I read them around that age, but didn't really get how weird/bad some of it was.

Instead, maybe Mercedes Lackey's Heralds of Valdemar (many trilogies, can start anywhere). Also some sex in some of the books, but not descriptive either. Avoid Vanyel's trilogy (starts with Magic's Pawn) until your kid is ready to read a depiction of rape (again not super descriptive but brutal nonetheless). Can't remember what age I read it, probably not much older, but very kid-dependent.

[oregonpachey]

You guys are awesome! Thank you so much!

[oswin]

Oh, everything by Dianna Wynne Jones. Very age appropriate, very fun.