I need ideas to tempt a 14 yr old boy back into reading. He has no difficulty reading, but has just lost interest. Up until a year or two ago he was reading a lot - Harry Potter, Alex Rider, Lemony Snicket, the Simon Mayo Itch books, Artemis Fowl, the Charlie Higson Bond books, and lots of others, mostly spy/mystery/action type books.
I've tried encouraging him to read different genres as I thought maybe he'd grown up a bit and didn't know what books to move on to. I've had recommendations from the library, gone through school booklists and have also tried non fiction and easier adult novels (most recently Treasure Island, which was 'boring and stupid'). I think he's just absorbed the idea that reading is too much effort and so barely looks at the books I suggest. I wonder if endless computer gaming makes children expect all leisure activities to involve constant high drama and entertainment with little mental effort?
Has anyone come across any books that have really appealed to boys of this age group? And has anyone been successful at getting a teenager back in the habit of reading?