NA, Twatler (lolz) or any other YA fiction fans.

CinemaGoddess · November 2012

What would you recommend for a 17 year old boy? We got my nephew Game of Thrones last year for Christmas and he loved them. He reads a lot of Star Trek novels and Tom Clancy novels, too.

gimmietimmies · November 2012

Take a look through thinkgeek.com. There is a lot of great Star Trek gear there (I want the door chime thingy). If he likes Tom Clancy, maybe get him Steve Berry novels?

Bookelly · November 2012

Lurking librarian here... Try Jim Butcher's Dresden Files or anything Neil Gaiman. Vince Flynn is also a good choice.

scoutkate · November 2012

Bookelly:
Lurking librarian here... Try Jim Butcher's Dresden Files or anything Neil Gaiman. Vince Flynn is also a good choice.

Love Neil Gaiman. Neverwhere is my favorite of his books.

CinemaGoddess · November 2012

Tell me about Neil Gaiman. Is he appropriate for 17 year olds? Does he have any series books or are they all singles? What's a good one to start with.

NastyAnnie · November 2012

Bookwise?

Bun is a huge fan of the Dragonlance series. It starts with Dragons of Autumn Twilight. I've read them; they are good, character-driven epic fantasy.

I've also heard amazing things about the Wheel of Time series.

I can never recommend the Maze Runner series by James Dashner enough. It's seriously that good.

There are some beautiful new collector's editions of The Hobbit out.

If you're looking for a gift, PP is right when she recommends Thinkgeek. It's awesome. I get most of Bun's gifts there.

gimmietimmies · November 2012

scoutkate:

Bookelly:
Lurking librarian here... Try Jim Butcher's Dresden Files or anything Neil Gaiman. Vince Flynn is also a good choice.

Love Neil Gaiman. Neverwhere is my favorite of his books.

to Neil Gaiman.

GrayGhost13 · November 2012

If he already likes George RR Martin, Martin has an absolutely great vampire novel called Fevre Dream. It's pretty short (unlike GOT!), and it's been a while since I've read it but I liked it a lot.

As a pp mentioned, he would probably like the Dresden Files.

Wine O Mite · November 2012

If this shows up twice, I apologize.

What about some good old fashioned LoTRs?

And I read Divergent, it was good. I haven't read the second one yet though.

CinemaGoddess · November 2012

We're looking at books solely because he likes books a lot more than stuff.

I thought of the Eragon series but I read it and I don't think he'd like it much. It's kind of sappy. He's not into sappy.

Thanks for the recs, everyone!

numeria11 · November 2012

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. The ladies here just turned me on to it the other day and it was an awesome book.

ETA: The Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson is also awesome if you wanna stick with fantasy.

footnotegirl · November 2012

CinemaGoddess:
Tell me about Neil Gaiman. Is he appropriate for 17 year olds? Does he have any series books or are they all singles? What's a good one to start with.

Another lurking librarian.

Neil Gaiman is AWESOME. A lot of it depends on the 17 year old. I've been reading his work since I was 17. He does a huge spread.

In the 'sweet spot' I'd say Neverwhere, Stardust, and Good Omens (which he wrote with Terry Pratchett, another good author for the age range). Also any of his short story collections. If he likes comic books, his "1632" is a fun foray into the Marvel universe (think Daredevil, Spider Man, etc in the 1600's).

I read his comic book opus The Sandman starting when I was 17. Be aware that there is some fairly extreme violence and some nudity/sex/adult themes throughout, so a lot depends on the 17 year old and on the parents. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Multiple award winning.

Possibly too mature: American Gods and Anansi Boys. (again, depends on the kid. I would have had no problem at 17).

Possibly too young: His YA/kids fiction, notably Coraline and The Graveyard Book.

Bookelly · November 2012

footnotegirl:
CinemaGoddess:
Tell me about Neil Gaiman. Is he appropriate for 17 year olds? Does he have any series books or are they all singles? What's a good one to start with.

Another lurking librarian.
Neil Gaiman is AWESOME. A lot of it depends on the 17 year old. I've been reading his work since I was 17. He does a huge spread.
In the 'sweet spot' I'd say Neverwhere, Stardust, and Good Omens (which he wrote with Terry Pratchett, another good author for the age range). Also any of his short story collections. If he likes comic books, his "1632" is a fun foray into the Marvel universe (think Daredevil, Spider Man, etc in the 1600's).
I read his comic book opus The Sandman starting when I was 17. Be aware that there is some fairly extreme violence and some nudity/sex/adult themes throughout, so a lot depends on the 17 year old and on the parents. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Multiple award winning.
Possibly too mature: American Gods and Anansi Boys. (again, depends on the kid. I would have had no problem at 17).
Possibly too young: His YA/kids fiction, notably Coraline and The Graveyard Book.

For Neil Gaiman, I'd recommend Neverwhere and Stardust as well. Anansi Boys, Sandman and American Gods are definitely more mature, but if he could handle Game of Thrones, he should be fine...

I'll also second/third pp's recommendations of The Maze Runner series and Divergent/Insurgent. If he likes dystopian fiction, The Knife of Never Letting Go (Patrick Ness/Chaos Walking series) is also a favorite of all of my HS students.

Bookelly · November 2012

HilarityEnsued:
Bookelly:
Lurking librarian here... Try Jim Butcher's Dresden Files

Dresden files is possibly my favorite TV show ever... I'm assuming it's based on these books so that is also an awesome choice.

I still pick the Inheritance Cycle as my #1 for a 17 year old... It's 4 books and they are all out and good. Not like freaking GoT which isn't going to be concluded until I'm a senior citizen.

Yep! Dresden Files the TV show is based on the novels. Though I have never seen the show, I've heard that it's similar, but doesn't follow the books exactly.