"This is a list of books suggested by boys who don't like books. I often hear teenage lads say: 'I don't like books, but this was really good.' So I bought the best of them as a set. No one is going to like them all. But you could give them a try and see what you think and you can't say fairer than that." Printhead, 2012
The books below have a star coding to help you chose the reading level right for you.
* Confident reader, longer book, top of the age range
** Younger taste
*** Less confident reader, shorter book
1. An Act of Love by Alan Gibbons *
2. Ask Me Anything **
3. Bad Day by Graham Marks ***
4. Birth of a Killer (The Saga of Larten Crepsley: Book One) by Darren Shan **
5. Blade (Playing Dead) by Tim Bowler ***
6. Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl **
7. Death in the Air (Boy Sherlock Holmes 2nd Case) by Shane Peacock **
8. Freerunner by James Lovegrove ***
9. Holes by Louis Sachar **
10. My Name is O by Sam Enthoven ***
11. People's Republic by Robert Muchamore *
12. Scrum! by Tom Palmer ***
13. Spookiest Stories by Paul Jennings **
14. The Adventures of Tintin by Alex Irvine **
15. The Gun by Bali Rai ***
16. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan **
17. The Unsinkable Walker Bean by Aaron Renier **
18. Top Gear: The Official Annual 2012 **
19. Trash by Andy Mulligan *
20. Trust Me, I'm a Troublemaker by Pete Johnson ***
