Books/authors for teen boys with lots of speech/dialogue and not lots of description

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Ds has said he gets annoyed with books that go on an on describing the scene and prefers books with lots of dialogue where the story moves a bit quicker. He likes Harry Potter (when younger), hunger games and Jurassic park.

does anyone know authors of a similar writing style?

The Enemy series by Charlie Higson. My DD read 3 times. I read a bit. It's an all action zombie type series

Try all Robert Muchamore's books - the Cherub and Robin Hood series. That's exactly what they're like - and for that reason!

I just battled through a Hemingway novel which was so much dialogue and so little description it practically felt like a play, so on that basis I'd say anything by Hemingway!!

Old Man & the Sea, for whom the bell tolls and the Sun also rises are probably good places to start but his short stories are also good.

like a James Bond in book form!

James Bond started in book form - never actually read them myself, though, so don't know what they're like to read. Dated, I would assume.

@EBearhug after being obsessed with Alex Rider, Cherub and the Young Bond books I attempted an actual Bond book......god it was dull 😂
I attempted a couple of the official Bond books by other authors - even the Anthony Horowitz one was dull !!

Dh bought the original Casino Royale book, and it read like what it is - a snobbish fantasy by a chainsmoking alcoholic who's mainly interested in his next drink and not at all in people.

Pat barker’s regeneration also looks fab .

He could try graphic novels?

V for Vendetta is fantastic, as is Watchmen.

Maybe obvious, but if he liked Jurassic Park has he tried anything else by Michael Crichton?

Andy weirs books might be good. Especially project hail mary

i had looked at other Michael Crichton books, but wasn’t sure which would be good to try. Maybe he could just look himself there.

Ds13 is a ww2 nut, bookworm and recently All Quiet on the Western Front, he also hates heavy description, these are some of his favourite books he recommends:
A Murder Most Unladylike and the others in the series by Robin Stevens
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adam’s
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Schaffer
A Curious Incident of A Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, ds says it’s very factual and moving as the character is autistic
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

Ds loves Neil Gaiman but you have to check the book first as some aren’t appropriate, the ones mentioned are!

If he’s read Jurassic Park has he read the Lost World it’s sequel?

Out of all the Michael Crichton books my favourite is Eaters of the Dead. It’s quite fun and has parallels to Norse legend and Beowulf.

Thanks whatsthepoint1234 that should be a good starting point for us. They sound very similar

yes read the jurassic park sequel

DS liked the Divergent series, and Sherlock Holmes.

I’m aware that they started as novels 😂 but they are really nothing like the films so not useful for the purposes of the comparison I was trying to make.

Karen David’s trilogy starting with My Name Is Joe.