RIYL Guys Read

•12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn by James Proimos

•The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

•An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

•Alabama Moon & Dirt Road Home by Watt Key

•Astonishing Adventures of FanBoy and Goth Girl by Barry Lyga

•The Big Crunch by Pete Hautman

•Blank Confession by Pete Hautman

•Brain Jack by Brian Falkner (a bit sci-fi, but in the same mode as Little Brother, which I'd also rec)

•Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn

•Burger Wuss by M.T. Anderson

•Cardturner by Louis Sachar

•Carter Finally Gets It by Brent Crawford

•The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

•Deadline by Chris Crutcher

•The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour (too bad about the girly cover)

•Don't Call Me Ishmael by Michael Gerard Bauer

•The downside of being Charlie by Jenny Torres Sanchez

•Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King

•The Fault in our Stars by John Green

•Fighting Ruben Wolf by Markus Zusak

•Food, Girls, & Other Things I Can't Have (as well as other books) by Allen Zadoff

•Funny How Things Change by Melissa Wyatt

•Gentelmen by Michael Northrop (guys also seem to like Trapped, which I found disappointing)

•Happyface & Winter Town by Stephen Emond

•Head Case by Sarah Aronson

•Heavy Metal and You by Christopher Krovatin

•How to Get Suspended and Influence People by Adam Selzer

•I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

•I'll Be There by Holly Goldberg Sloan

•JASPER JONES by craig silvey

•King Dork by Frank Portman

•Looking for Alaska by John Green

•Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork

•Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews

•Monster by Walter Dean Myers

•Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

•Peak by Roland Smith

•The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta

•Recovery Road by Blake Nelson

•Right Behind You by Gail Giles

•Rotters by Daniel Kraus (it seems like a zombie book, but it's not)

•Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto by Eric Luper

•Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar

•Something Like Normal by Trish Doller

•Son of the Mob by Gordon Korman

•Split by Swati Avasthi

•Sprout by Dale Peck

•Stick by Andrew Smith

•Stupid Fast and Nothing Special (a duology) by Geoff Herbach

•Swim the Fly and Beat the Band by Don Calame

•Two Parties, One Tux and a Very Short Film About the Grapes of Wrath by Steven Goldman

•Tyrell and others by Coe Booth

•WAITING TO FORGET by Sheila Kelly Welch

•Where She Went (guy's take on a devastating breakup) by Gayle Forman

•Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley (is mostly realistic)

•Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green

•With or Without You by Brian Farrey

•Yummy: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty (graphic novel) by G. Neri

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Authors

•Barry Lyga

•Chris Crutcher (pretty much everything he writes)

•Gary Soto

•Gordon Korman

•John Green

•Jordan Sonnenblick

•Matt de la Pena

•Terry Trueman

• David Lubar's books:

SLEEPING FRESHMEN NEVER LIE

HIDDEN TALENTS

TRUE TALENTS

Accidental Zombie