Books for 12 year old boys?

[Wokenbybirds]

My son seems to be at an in between stage - he’s read all the Harry Potter, Alex Ryder type novels, not quite ready for adult books.

I really don’t want to let his willingness to read wane, but we are struggling to find books that hold his interest (the bloody phone isn’t helping 🙄)

any recommendations very welcome!

Has he read Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan?

My DS loved everything by him. Other series he has enjoyed are:

Wings of Fire - Tui Sutherland
Warrior Cats - Erin Hunter
Pegasus - Kate O'Hearn
Hunger Games- Suzanne Collins
Maze Runner - James Dashner

Following as I also need suggestions!

Has he read the Hunger Games? Mine loved that. And the Skandar books too.

Also I've been reading the original Jurassic Park & Lost World books by Michael Crichton with my younger DS (10yrs) as he's a huge fan of the films & the books are great.

Could he try the Discworld books?

Phillip Pullman, Patrick Ness

My 12yo loves skullduggery pleasant

Currently sitting on a train with two sons that age, one is reading the Magnus Chase books, one has both the dark is rising by susan cooper and some of the Gerald Durrell books about animals.

Other books they have enjoyed:
White fang
The storekeepers island & sequels
The Gone series

Oh and Wee Free Men!!

Phillip Pullman

Hunger games

Robin Hobbs Farseers trilogy is AMAZING

I just bought my 12 year old nephew Power of Five set of books by Anthony Horowitz and he has given them 10 out of 10.

My 12yr old loved the Young James Bond series.

The Eragon series

Terry Pratchett beloved by most 12 year old boys. Too many titles for me to recommend. TP, when asked who his fans were, replied "teenage boys and their mums"

The Frostheart series is excellent
Princess Bride
Nevermoor (female protagonist but hopefully that won't put him off as the story telling is excellent)
Greenwild (world behind the door)
Ocean at the end of the Lane
Graveyard Book
Any of the Terry Pratchett books, my ds loves them

Robert Muchamore Cherub series

Yes to Terry Pratchett and lots of others already mentioned but also

The Theodore Boone series by John Grisham
Douglas Adams Hitchhikers series
Scholomance series by Naomi Novik
Last Dragonslayer series by Jasper Fforde

Skullduggery Pleasant
Any of the Darren Shan books
Sherlock Holmes

And, for Sir TP fans on here, Good Omens 2 will be on Prime from 21 July. Fingers crossed it holds up.

survival books, Mine used to love the SAS survival guide, and a book called "how to survive in any emergency" and that sort of thing

Thank you so much for all the excellent suggestions!

13yo DS has enjoyed the following in the last couple of years:
Terry Pratchett
The Dark is Rising series
The Lord of the Rings
Jules Verne
Treacle Walker
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Swallows and Amazons
Abi Elphinstone
Gerald Durrell