weird books for weird boys
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Weird Books for Weird Boys
Weird Books for Weird BoysJackson HydeWeird LibrarianLowville AcademyWhat works at my library:Rating system (separates books by intended audience)Red - R : 6th grade and upYellow - Y : YA, 8th/9th grade and upGreen - G : Upper high schoolComplementary English department (specifically requests adult titles)High readership (If You Build It, They Will Come)
What kinds of books am I talking about?ZombiesHorrorBooks not in the mainstreamA few forgotten favoritesBooks for senior boys who hate readingBooks a 31-year-old male librarian would likeZombiesThe Reapers Are the Angels by Alden Bell
G
Zone One by Colson Whitehead
G
World War Z by Max Brooks
Y/G
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Y
Cell by Stephen King
G
This Dark Earth by John Hornor Jacobs
Y/G
Feed by Mira Grant (Newsflesh Trilogy)
Y/G
Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines(also Ex-Patriots, Ex-Communication)
G
The Return Man by V.M. Zito
G
Fantasy/Sci-FiReady Player One by Ernest Cline
Y
You by Austin Grossman
?
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss (also The Wise Mans Fear)Y/G
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Y/G
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Y
The Black Company by Glen Cook
Y/G
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (A Song of Fire and Ice series)
G
Epic by Conor Kostick(also Saga and Edda)
R/Y
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Y/G
Titus Groan and Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake
Y/G
The City and the City by China Mieville
G
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
G
Advent by James Treadwell
Y
The Office of Mercy by Ariel Djanikan
G
Hero by Perry Moore
Y
Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan (Riyria Revelations, Book 1)
Y
Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Y/G
Dune by Frank Herbert
G
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
Y/G
G
HorrorThe Six Gun Tarot by R. S. Belcher
Y/G
The Devil You Know by Mike Carey
G
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
G
Johannes Cabal: The Necromancer by Jonathan Howard
G
The Dante Club by Matthew Pearl
G
H.P. Lovecraft
Y/G
Last Days by Adam Nevill
G
The Ritual by Adam Nevill
G
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
G
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
G
Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman
G
13 Bullets by David Wellington
Y/G
Your House is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye
G
The Vanishing of Katharina Linden by Helen Grant
Y/G
Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Y/G
Still Life with Crows by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Y/G
Something Red by Douglas Nicholas
Y/G
Blockade Billy by Stephen King
G
Post-ApocalypticAfter London by Richard Jeffries
Y
Alas,Babylon by Pat Frank
Y/G
The Children of Men by PD James
G
The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
G
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
G
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Y/G
Wool by Hugh Howey
G
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
G
The Passage by Justin Cronin
G
On the Beach by Nevil Shute
G
I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
G
Far North by Marcel Theroux
Y/G
Realistic FictionMr. Penumbras 24-Hour Booksore by Robin Sloan
Y/G
The Boy Who Couldnt Sleep and Never Had To by DC PiersonY/G
City of Thieves by David Benioff
G
Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford
Y
I Love You, Beth Cooper by Larry Doyle
G
True Grit by Charles Portis
Y/G
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick Dewitt
G
Deadwood by Pete Dexter
G
Night Soldiers by Alan Furst
G
The Starboard Sea by Amber Dermont
Y/G
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
G
Blind Sight by Meg Howrey
Y/G
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
Y
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
G
The Rook by Daniel OMalley
G
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
Y/G
The Brief Wondrous LIfe of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
G
Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
G
The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
G
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
G
Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain
G
Sons of the 613 by Mike Rubens
Y
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
G
Nickel Plated by Aric Davis
Y
Elliot Allagash by Simon Rich
Y
The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant
G
The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin
G
Winters Bone by Daniel Woodrell
Y
G
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