Recommend books for pre-teen

[Anonymous No.17952225]

My little cousin keeps trying to get book recommendations from me. I gave him a list of books I think are good and appropriate, but I’m pretty sure he would find them all kinda boring. The main thing is that his mom won’t allow him to read anything with a lot of sexual content so keep that in mind. The biggest lead I have is that he loved The Great Gatsby. I’m pretty sure he would like some fantasy or science fiction, but I don’t know anything about genre fiction. I just don’t want him to get stuck reading trash YA books for ever, and I think he also wants to grow past them. What do you think?

[Anonymous No.17952235]

>>17952225
Book of the New Sun

[Anonymous No.17952252]

>>17952225
What age is he? I'm assuming later pre-teen as in 11-12?

[Anonymous No.17952277]

>>17952252
he is 12

[Anonymous No.17952309]

>>17952225
Get him Arsène Lupin by Leblanc. It's roughly the same time period as Gatsby, the main character has a lot of stuff about him that boys love, and while he is a great seducer, there is no sexual content, just some kissing.

[Anonymous No.17952317]

>>17952225
Here are a few sci-fi / fantasy recs:
>A Wizard of Earthsea
>The Tapestry
>Ender's Game
>Sabriel
>The House of the Scorpion
>The Chronicles of Prydain
>The Dark is Rising

[Anonymous No.17952323]

>>17952225
Jules Verne. JULES VERNE! Goddamnit Jules Verne. Also perhaps some arthur conan o doyle and tolkein

[Anonymous No.17952327]

Euthyphro

[Anonymous No.17952331]

>>17952317
he said no YA. The only scifi you need is Jules Verne

[Anonymous No.17952412]

>>17952225
Tell him to stop being a faggot and sneak him some Vonnegut. Start with Slaughterhouse 5

[Anonymous No.17952455]

>>17952225
protector of the small series by tamora pierce
harperhall of pern
animorphs
goosebumps
the once and future king

[Anonymous No.17952471]

>>17952225
xanth series
jurassic park

[Anonymous No.17952582]

>>17952225
Dragon Rider's of Pern is what i read when i was a kid

[Anonymous No.17952600]

Kafka's short stories

[Anonymous No.17952626]

>>17952225

[Anonymous No.17952653]

>>17952225
RLS
Jack London
Dune
The Hobbit and then LOTR
Jules Verne

I was reading shit like King and Dale Carnegie at his age, keep those away from him.

[Anonymous No.17952659]

>>17952331
Not him but Le Guin isnt YA.

Try Call of the Wild. I loved it in elementary school.

[Anonymous No.17952663]

>>17952471
Didn't the first Xanth book have MC's love interest get constantly raped because one of her split personalities was a hot retard?

[Anonymous No.17952673]

The Once and Future King
Gormenghast
Terry Pratchett

[Anonymous No.17952675]

>>17952663
yeah, but it's only very heavily implied. The book's like 90% puns and adventure.

[Anonymous No.17952695]

I enjoyed hitchhiker’s guide when I read it around that age

[Anonymous No.17953765]

>>17952225
Mainlander. Get him realistic from the get go.

[Anonymous No.17953978]

Industrial Society and It's Future

[Anonymous No.17955150]

>>17952225
Tolkien
Verne
Treasure Island
Tell him at that age it is perfectly fine to read YA but you have to balance it out with real literature

[Anonymous No.17955166]

My Side of the Mountain
Lord of the Flies
The Hobbit
Watership Down
Treasure Island
Just So Stories
The Martian Chronicles
1984
The Catcher in the Rye
Nine Stories

[Anonymous No.17955175]

>>17952225
If he loved the Great Gatsby he can read damn near anything. Most people no matter what age get mad at the language Fitzgerald uses, its sad. My favorite work by him is The Beautiful and Damned which I read a couple weeks after finishing the Great Gatsby for the first time in sophomore year of High School.

[Anonymous No.17955203]

>>17952225
Whatever you do, don't recommend any of Storm Constantine's books to him. It's filled with incest so descriptive he won't be able to stop his pre-teen self from fapping.

[Anonymous No.17955205]

>>17952225
Lolita

[Anonymous No.17955207]

>>17955150
>perfectly fine to read YA
No anon just no.

[Anonymous No.17955586]

>>17952225
Harry Potter 1 and Harry Potter 2 and Harry Potter 3 and Harry Potter 4 and Harry Potter 5 and Harry Potter 6 and Harry Potter 7 Harry Potter 8

[Anonymous No.17955908]

>>17952317
The Earthsea and Sabriel books are great. LoTR and Dune are essentials at that age, along with Sherlock Holmes, Verne, Wells, all the starter/kids classics, which then transition easily into the Homer and the Greeks, and New Wave SF, which will let him discover actual lit for himself.

[Anonymous No.17955921]

>>17952225
Tell that little faggot to start with the Greeks and then take him under your wing. Grease him up and show him the Greek way.

[Anonymous No.17955926]

>>17955586
I'm sad because this was pretty much the extent of my reading at that age. Wish I had a big daddy like OP to show me some real shit.

[Anonymous No.17955974]

>>17952663
Haha. I forgot Piers Anthony existed, fuck I’m getting old. I liked the battle circle when I was young though, it’s most likely shit now.

[Anonymous No.17956339]

both of these were meant for younger audiences, so they're pretty light on sexual content and gore. theyre great though and I would recommend them for people of any age.

[Anonymous No.17956973]

>>17952471
No. Piers Anthony is a racist troll who encourages scat eating and jungle fever.

Ayn Rand's novels are a scifi spiritual successor to The Great Gatsby. Maybe Robert Heinlein when xhe is a bit older if Rand/Verne go over well.

[Anonymous No.17957259]

>>17952225
dune. if he like it get the next three. i really loved michel chriton at that age, start him on sphere and prey, both good.

[Anonymous No.17957303]

At his age I really liked Chuck Palahniuk

[Anonymous No.17957322]

>>17952225
The Tragedy of Man is a perfect book for pre-teens.

[Anonymous No.17957631]

>>17952225
Tell him to read a encyclopedia Britannica.

[Anonymous No.17957767]

>>17952225
Mein Kampf

[Anonymous No.17957780]

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