G. Neri's Reading List 

Here's my evergrowing list of favorite young adult and middle grade books for boys 
plus my list of favorite graphic novels for all ages.  If you have a favorite that you think 
belongs on this list, let me know.

• Young Adult
• Middle Grade
• Graphic Novels

Books for Young Adult Boys

• An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
  
• Bang! by Sharon G. Flake  
• Be More Chill by Ned Vizzini
  
• Black and White by Paul Volponi
  
• Blankets by Craig Thompson
  
• Boy Kills Man by Matt Whyman
• Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
  
• Catch by Will Leitch
• Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
• The Contender by Robert Lipsyte
  
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
• Doing It by Melvin Burgess
• Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going
  
• Feed by M. T. Anderon
• The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
  
• 47 by Walter Mosely
• Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
  
• Funny Little Monkey by Andrew Auseon
• Girls for Breakfast by David Yoo
• Godless by Pete Hautman
  
• Hachet by Gary Paulsen
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Inexcusable by Chris Lynch
• Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner by Alan Sillitoe
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• Lord of the Flies by  William Golding
  
• The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien
• Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
• Monster By Walter Dean Myers
• Native Son by Richard Wright
  
• New Boy by Julian Houston
  
• Night Fisher by R. Kikuo Johnson
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
• Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned by Judd Winick
• The Pigman by Paul Zindel
  
• Please Don't Come Back from the Moon by Dean Bakopoulos
• Rooftop by Paul Volponi
  
• Rumble Fish by S.E. Hinton
• Saint Iggy by K.L. Going
• Slake's Limbo by Felice Holman
  
• Smack by Melvin Burgess
• Street Love by Walter Dean Myers
  
• Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman
• Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen
• Tyrell by Coe Booth
  
• Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher
  

• Al Capone Does my Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
• Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
• Chuck Dugan is AWOL by Eric Chase Anderson
• Flush by Carl Hiassen
• Freak the Mighty  by Rodman Philbrick
• The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
• Island Boyz by Graham Salisbury
• King Matt the First by Janusz Korczak
• La Linea by Ann Jaramillo
  
• The Man in the Ceiling by Jules Feiffer
• Notes from a Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
  
• The Phantom Toll Booth by Norton Juster
• The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm
  
• Tommysaurus Rex by Doug TenNapel

• The Adventures of Polo by Regis Faller (surreal adventure) E
• The Adventures of Sparrow Boy by Brian Pinkney (adventure)  E – MG
• Alia’s Mission by Mark Alan Stamaty (Iraqi war) MG 
• American Born Chinese by Gene Yang (racism) MG-YA  
• American Spendor by Harvey Pekar (everyday life) A
  
• Berlin: City of Stone, Book one by Jason Lutes (German history, pre WW2) YA-A
• Black Hole by Charles Burns (teenage sex and disease) YA-A
• Blankets by Craig Thompson (first love) YA
• The Bear by Raymond Briggs (imagination) E
• The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard by Gregory Rogers (Shakespeare) E
• Capote in Kansas by Ande Parks (non-fiction event, writing) A
• Carnet de Voyage by Craig Thompson (European travelogue) YA
• Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi (Life in Iran) YA-A
  
• City of Glass by Paul Auster (adapted novel)  A
• Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by Stassen (mostly for production) YA-A
• Epileptic by David B. (epilepsy) YA
• Gemma Bovary by Posy Simmonds (love, suicide) A
• Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (teenage slice of life) YA–A
• Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi (Love and marriage) A
• Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs (love and marriage)
• Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (estranged father, gay issues) YA-A
• The Golem’s Mighty Swing by James Sturm (racism, baseball, period piece) YA
• Hard Boiled Defective Stories by Charles Burns (Sci-fi dark humor) A
• In the Shadow of No Towers by Art Speigelman (WTC attack) YA–A
• It’s a Good Life if you don’t Weaken by Seth (Cartooning) A
• King by Ho Che Anderson (MLK biography) A
• Kings in Disguise by James Vance/Dan Burr (hobos in Depression era) YA-A
• Knockout by MD Kenny (Boxing) A
• La Perdida by Jessica Abel (Mexico, kidnapping) A
• Latino USA: a cartoon History by Ilan Stavans (Hispanic hostory) YA
• Little Lit by Art Speigelman (fairy tales) E-MG
• Little Vampire series by Joann Sfar (lonliness, outsider) E-MG
  
• Louis Riel: a comic strip biography by Chester Brown (biography) A
• Love & Rockets: Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez (mexican Americans, bi-sexuality, punks) A
• Malcolm X by Andrew Helfer and Randy DuBurke (biography) YA-A
  
• Maus 1 and 2 by Art Speigelman (Holocaust, racism) YA–A
• Meanwhile by Jules Feiffer  (adventure) E, MG
• Night Fisher by R. Kikuo Johnson (drugs, Hawaii) YA
• The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson (terrorism) YA-A
• Our Cancer Year , The Quitter by Harvey Pekar (cancer, adult life) A
• Palestine by Joe Sacco (war journalism) YA - A
• Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned by Judd Winick (AIDS) YA
• Persepolis 1 and 2 by Marjane Satrapi (growing up in Iran) YA
• The Push Man by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (Japan’s lower class) A
• Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle YA-A
• R. Crumb Draws the Blues by R. Crumb (history, music) A
• Road to Perdition by Max Allen Collins (revenge, period piece) A
• Safe Area: Gorazde by Joe Sacco (war journalism) YA - A
• Sleepwalk, Summer Blond by Adrien Tomine (loneliness, relationships) YA-A
• Strum and Drang: Great Moments in Rock n’ Roll by Joel Orff (teenage slice of life, music) YA
• Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse (racism, segregation, homosexuality) A
• The Rabbi's Cat by Joann Sfar (Jewish issues, racism) YA-A
• The Sea View Hotel by James Stevenson (lonliness) E
  
• The Summer of Love by Debbie Drechsler (first love) YA-A
• The Tale of One Bad Rat by Bryan Talbot (incest, homelessness) YA-A
• Tommysaurus Rex by Doug TenNapel (Death, bullys) MG
• Tuesday by David Wiesner (Alternate reality) E- MG
• Unstable Molecules by James Sturm (real life bios of Fantastic 4) YA
• War’s End by Joe Sacco (War and Peace) YA-A
• When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs (nuclear holocaust) YA-A
• We Are on our Own by Miriam Katin (Hungarian girl escapes Nazis) YA-A