Unlike girls, boys don’t typically read for the fun of it – not when they could watch a movie instead. Boys are visually stimulated and that means that if it isn’t a picture book, they need the words to paint the picture for them! So, make reading fun and purchase or borrow my top books for boys! These books are tried and true, boy-tested books to keep your guy entertained and increase his reading!
Books for Boys ages 6-8:
Obviously, you know boys of this age like monsters, space, and vehicles. These books are right up their alley with easy to read words for our newer readers!
Books for Boys ages 9-12
At this age our boys would rather be playing the gaming systems or playing outside, but we need them to read. Turn off the XBox on rainy days and hand them a book – a book that they will really love!
Books for Boys ages 13-15
By now, they are seriously into texting and zombie things – stimulate their interest with some sci-fi in book form!
More Resources for Boys:
LEGO Play: Learning Fun for Boys
Meredith says
Fellow boy mom here (though mine are still just toddlers)! I love book recommendations for boys! I enjoy reading and want them to fall in love with it, too. If that means reading about bugs and cars for the next few…so be it 🙂 Though my oldest is fond of stories and will let me read most anything to him, as long as it has pictures!
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Mother of 3 says
Just ordered a few of these for my boys from our library. My middle son LOVES to read but my other two are very reluctant readers… maybe these books will motivate them.
Charlie says
Thank you for this list. I’m always looking for good book suggestions!
Laura says
Interesting list, but your initial comment threw me off a bit. I am a mother to a boy that loves to read, married to a grown up boy that loves to read, and teach a class full of little boys who love to read….just for the fun of it! None of them require more than a great storyline to find a book they love! In fact, in my house it is my daughter that I have to force to read. Boys and girls will decide their passion for books determined on the books they are exposed to, not their gender.
Kelli Miller says
Looks like I lost my train of thought and didn’t go back and read 🙂 With 3 active boys and a chatty husband, I tend to just put periods even when my whole thought isn’t written. 😉 I have edited the post. 🙂
Rebekkah Smith says
I just finished reading Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax, and he says that statistically, boys are reading more now than ever before, but teenagers are reading way less, choosing video games over reading. Interesting fact.
Keitha says
Thanks for this list. You are soooo right, my son is definitely visually stimulated. He is enjoying reading a ton of Calvin and Hobbes and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books because of the cartoons. I am happy to encourage his love of reading any way I can.
Sara says
Great list of books for the little guys. I saw you added a few that I’d personally read as a kid and know my nephews would enjoy them. Thanks for sharing and thanks for linking up with us at Tell Me About It Tuesday! I hope you hop over again next week.