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The Art of Manliness' 50 Best Books for Boys and Young Men

"As a boy, one of my favorite times in school was when we’d get a new Scholastic News book “catalog.” I would pour over the pages picking out which books I wanted and filling out the order sheet. And as soon I got them, I was lying under the covers with my nose buried in a book.
Unfortunately, not all boys have that kind of enthusiasm for reading. For several decades now, boys have scored lower on reading assessment tests than girls. Boys also take longer to learn to read than girls, are less likely to actually read and to value reading, and are more likely to label themselves as “non-readers” (up to 50% of high school age boys consider themselves as such). Non-reading boys do poorer academically and end up as non-reading men (women read almost twice as many books as men)."
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Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
1
Gary Paulsen
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
2
John Knowles
The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman)
The Graveyard Book
3
Neil Gaiman
American Boy's Handy Book
American Boy's Handy Book
4
Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
Phantom Tollbooth
5
Norton Juster
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6
Mark Twain
The Last Mission
The Last Mission
7
First Edition of the The Boy (Scout Handboo)
First Edition of the The Boy
8
Scout Handboo
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
9
Stephen Crane
Watership Down (Richard Adams)
Watership Down
10
Richard Adams
The Johnny Dixon Series (John Bellairs)
The Johnny Dixon Series
11
John Bellairs
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
12
Mark Twain
The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis)
The Chronicles of Narnia
13
C.S. Lewis
Canoeing With the Cree (Arnold Sevareid)
Canoeing With the Cree
14
Arnold Sevareid
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
15
Lois Lowry
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
16
William Golding
Heat (Mike Lupica)
Heat
17
Mike Lupica
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
18
Jack London
Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Treasure Island
19
Robert Louis Stevenson
James and the Giant Peach (Roald Dahl)
James and the Giant Peach
20
Roald Dahl
Holes (Louis Sachar)
Holes
21
Louis Sachar
The Trumpet of the Swan (E.B. White)
The Trumpet of the Swan
22
E.B. White
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
23
S.E. Hinton
The Chocolate War (Robert Cormier)
The Chocolate War
24
Robert Cormier
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
25
Harper Lee
Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
Calvin and Hobbes
26
Bill Watterson
Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
Ender's Game
27
Orson Scott Card
Harris and Me
Harris and Me
28
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
29
Wilson Rawls
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
30
The Indian in the Cupboard (Lynne Reid Banks)
The Indian in the Cupboard
31
Lynne Reid Banks
The Blue Star (Tony Earley)
The Blue Star
32
Tony Earley
The Black Stallion (Walter Farley)
The Black Stallion
33
Walter Farley
The Cay
The Cay
34
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R.Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
35
J.R.R.Tolkien
The Dangerous Book for Boys
The Dangerous Book for Boys
36
Little Britches
Little Britches
37
A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'engle)
A Wrinkle in Time
38
Madeleine L'engle
My Side of the Mountain (Jean Craighead George)
My Side of the Mountain
39
Jean Craighead George
Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus
40
Art Spiegelman
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