Too much of harry potter, percy jackson, Artemis fowl making DS aggresive

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DS 10, is really crazy about above mentioned books along with other books which I aminly found it to be aggressive. I really need to try hard to make him read classicals( has read few but doesn't interest him much). He really becomes crazy till the time he finishes the books, nothing matters to him then ( exams, assessment, any other routine studies). If I say something in line that I will discontinue library membership or will not order those kind of books, he really gets so angry and starts screaming and talks badly like "lets see who will study then?". If I don't order those kind, he brings it from school library. I have read Harry potter/percy jackson little to understand what does he like there and I really feel it to be crappy/useless and feel that up to certain extent it is ok to read these to keep up with peer group but reading it again and again and ignoring other genre is not appropriate.
I feel it is general problem with boys, so would like to know how other parents have dealt with it or any suggestion ?

Thanks everybody for your suggestion, seriously I have started appreciating his reading just because of you guys. He is on first book of His Dark Material. He has read Narnia books, series of unfortunate events, warriors twice. He didn't like House on the praire, railway children a year back and left after first chapter, I will try again. Is there any book of Shakespeare, Sherlock Holmes targeted for small children ?

I get what you are saying about the obsessiveness - DS2 has always been like this (he is now 12). I never thought I would despair because my child wouldn't put a book down, but at times I have!

As I say, he is 12 now and has grown out of the Harry Potter, LOTR etc obsession. He will still re-read books that he loves (he has read Curious Incident of the dog in the Night Time at least 3 times this year) but he doesn't get quite so wound up about them. His reading tastes are also broadening. He is currently reading 12 Years a Slave, which he found in the library and I probably wouldn't have picked off the shelf for him. But he is 12 and chooses what he wants to read himself.

When I was his age I read everything from Flowers in the Attic to Wuthering Heights. It is about finding out who you are and what you enjoy.

Leon Garfield writes stories based on Shakespeare plays

Holmes is aimed at grown ups. Search young Sherlock Holmes and you'll find full stories for younger (not by Conan Doyle). Various publishers do abridged versions. Puffin might.

I was reading Sherlock Holmes (but probably the short stories) at that age, I wouldn't worry too much... He might not understand everything but he can always re-visit them later!

I have a nice illustrated compendium of short Shakespeare (written as stories rather than plays). I'll look later to see who published it.

Sorry Doctor that wasn't meant to sound like I disagreed with you - just that they're not as inappropriate as some other classics!

Are the young ones good? Is it worth me reading them (I like a good mystery), or are they definitely for children?

My son's 11+ English exam was loosely based on an opening paragraph of Swallows and Amazones which his dad read to him.
My kids read all thise books you've mentioned OP and reading never interfered with their studies. It enhanced it.
They both passed 11+ to selective Grammar schools.
I wonder how many hours of study do you expect your son to do this Summer.
I suspect he is rebelling against that and as it happens reading is his hobby. It could have been football, cricket or anything else.

Oh, and DD who is 10 mostly reads Jacqueline Wilson. She reads some classics (recently Five Children and It and What Katy Did, but only because JW wrote stories based on them). She enjoyed Black Beauty, hated Alice in Wonderland.

She doesn't get as obsessive about books as DS2 did at her age, but I am probably more chilled out about what she reads. As others have said a love of reading is more important than reading the "right" books.

Young ones definitely aimed at children.
I suggested the abridged Holmes as the OP seems concerned about violence.

Even as an adult there is nothing more tiresome than 'you really need to read X, why aren't you reading X?!'

I was a quiet bookish 10yo girl and I loved Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl. Enjoy it, treasure it, because I do not think I will ever get as enthusiastic about anything as I did when I was 10.

Those are all quite action packed (in an accessible way) too, which probably makes the classics seem harder work in comparison.

I did read a bigger mix at that age because those series were only just being written, but it's the summer holidays, leave him to it for a bit! I used to re-read things like Animal Ark a lot which are much less grown up.

I'm an English teacher... I LOVE Harry Potter.

The most important thing about reading is that he does it. He has a love of reading and you are running the risk of destroying that by pushing him to read books YOU haven't read yourself! If you want to steer his reading then you really ought to at least have an understanding of what you are steering him towards.

If my 10yo wanted to read books id be happy.

Like someone else said, you're making him aggressive. Not the books.

How the hell could Harry Potter make anyone aggressive?