Great Books for Boys

Books for Boys Grades 3-5
The House with a Clock in its Walls Lewis and his magician uncle solve the mystery of the hidden clock.	John Bellairs
Aunt Morbelia and the Screaming Skulls Aunt Morbelia moves in, tells scary stories, and predicts omens.	Joan Davenport Carris
Frindle Nick Allen invents a new word for "pen" making both him and his school noteworthy.	Andrew Clements
The Mouse and the Motorcycle Ralph and his motorcycle disrupt Keith's visit to the Inn.  Sequels: Ralph S. Mouse & Runaway Ralph.	Beverly Cleary
Love that Dog Jack doesn't like poetry, but somehow he writes this story in short verse.	Sharon Creech
The Three Lives of Harris Harper Harris baby-sits for the perfect family and wonders about his.	Lynn Cullen
Harvey, the Beer Can King Harvey believes that his collection will lead to 6th grade fame.	Jamie Gilson
Bunnicula Harold, the family dog, tells the story of Chester's fears about the newest member of the family, a vampire rabbit.	Deborah & James Howe
The Chicken Doesn't Skate Milo's science project, Henrietta the chicken, becomes the hockey team's mascot, leading to a winning season.	Gordon Korman
Homer Price Six episodes in Homer's life, including the heroism of a pet skunk and the dilemma of the donut machine.	Robert McCloskey
The Graduation of Jake Moon When Jake's grandfather disappears, the whole family discovers a very important secret.	Barbara Park
Fat Men from Space William discovers that spacemen are responsible for the disappearance of the world's supply of junk food.	Daniel Pinkwater
I Was a Rat Only the princess knew about the night that Roger became a boy and the pumpkin became a coach.	Philip Pullman
Henry Reed, Inc. While living with his aunt and uncle in America, Henry keeps a journal of all his adventures.	Keith Robertson
The Cay Phillip survives a torpedo attack, only to be cast away on a Caribbean island.  He owes his survival to Timothy, a native.	Theodore Taylor
Castle in the Attic A toy castle, a silver knight and an ancient spell lead to adventures for William.	Elizabeth Winthrop
Books for Boys Grades 6 & up
Kits Wilderness Kit moves to Stoneygate, England where he takes part in the game of "Death" and learns his family's secrets.	David Almond
Pankration Surviving the plague of 430 B.C., Nic is kidnapped, sold as a slave, and escapes to find his friend Gellius at the Olympics.	Dyan Blacklock
Artemis Fowl A 13-year-old villain finds and translates the BOOK, beginning a battle against the fairy world.	Eoin Colfer
The Chocolate War Jerry Renault challenges the high school bullies by refusing to join in the annual school fund-raising chocolate sale.	Robert Cormier
The Slave Dancer In 1840, Jessie Bollier is shanghaied and carried across the ocean to play his five aboard a slave ship.	Paula Fox
Jason's Gold Jason journeys to the Canadian Yukon Territory in search of gold and his brothers. Sequel: Down the Yukon	Will Hobbs
Countdown Elliot, the first teen in space shares his dreams and ideas with a young Maasai herder.	Ben Mikaelsen
Under the Blood-Red Sun After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tomi begins to understand what it means to be Japanese in Hawaii.	Graham Salisbury
Boys' Series Fiction
A to Z Mysteries	Arthur Chapter Books
Black Stallion	The Boxcar Children
Captain Underpants	Chip Hilton Sports Series
Encyclopedia Brown	The Great Brain
Hank the Cowdog	Hardy Boys Mysteries
Horrible Harry	Indian in the Cupboard
Matt Christopher Sports Books	P.C. Hawke Mystery
The Plant that Ate Dirty Socks	Redwall
Scooby-Doo Mysteries	The Secrets of Droon
Series of Unfortunate Events	Shiloh
Soup	Space Brats
Star Trek	Star Wars: Jedi Apprentice
Time Warp Trio	Zack Files
More Authors, too good to miss
Avi	Jay Bennet
Bruce Brooks	James Lincoln Collier
John Christopher	Chris Crutcher
Christopher Paul Curtis	Roald Dahl
Sid Fleischman	Jack Gantos
Dan Gutman	S.E. Hinton
Jack London	Chris Lynch
Gary Paulsen	Louis Sachar
Roland Smith	Gary Soto
Jerry Spinelli	Todd Strasser
Laurence Yep	Paul Zindel