100 Books for Elementary School Boys
by Michael Sullivan ([email protected])
For a list of over 500 guy titles, visit Mike on the web at:
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15 Picture Books for Guys:
Carolyn Buehner. Superdog: the Heart of a Hero.
Susan E. Goodman. The Truth About Poop.
Marty Kelley. The Rules.
Marty Kelley. Twelve Terrible Things.
Kathleen Kudlinski. Boy Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs.
Kate McMullan. I Stink!
Mary Elise Monsell. Underwear!
Dav Pilkey. Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis.
Dav Pilkey. Kat Kong.
Dav Pilkey. Dogzilla.
Jon Scieszka. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.
Jon Scieszka. True Story of the Three Little Pigs.
David Shannon. No, David!
Judy Sierra, Stephen Gammell. The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School.
Erik John Slangerup. Dirt Boy.
20 Nonfiction Titles for Guys:
Sylvia Branzei. Animal Grossology.
Sylvia Branzei. Grossology.
Sylvia Branzei. Grossology and You.
Sylvia Branzei. Hands-On Grossology.
Karen Chin & Thom Holmes. Dino Dung: The Scoop on Fossil Feces.
Paul Fleisher. Parasites: Latching On to a Free Lunch.
Thomas Holtz & Luis Rey. Dinosaurs: The Most Complete, Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages.
Kathleen Kudlinski. Boy Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs.
Sandra Markle. Outside and Inside Mummies.
Joy Masoff. Oh Yuck!: the Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty.
Jennifer Morse. Guiness Book of World Records 2009.
Kadir Nelson. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball.
Joshua Piven, and David Borgenicht. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook.
Joshua Piven, and David Borgenicht. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Extreme Edition.
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Special Edition 2009.
Marilyn Singer. What Stinks?
James Solheim. It's Disgusting and We Ate It!
Andrew Solway. What's Living in Your Bedroom?
Chris Woodford & Jon Woodcock. Cool Stuff and How it Works.
Chris Woodford & Jon Woodcock. Cool Stuff 2.0 and How it Works.
10 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Titles for Guys:
Bruce Coville. "Bruce Coville's Alien Adventures" (Series)
Kathleen Duey. "Time Soldiers" (Series)
David Elliott. The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle.
John Flanagan. "Rangers Apprentice." (Series)
Julie Hahnke. The Grey Ghost.
Lawrence David. “Horace Splattly” (Series)
Rick Riordan. "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" (Series)
Jon Scieszka. “The Time Warp Trio” (Series)
Jeff Stone. "The Five Ancestors" (Series)
Michael Sullivan. The Sapphire Knight.
10 Action/Adventure Titles for Guys:
Andrew Clements. A Week in the Woods.
Bruce Hale. “From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye” (Series)
Gordon Korman. “Everest" (Series)
Gordon Korman. "Island" (Series)
Gordon Korman. “Dive” (Series)
Harry Mazer. A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor.
Harry Mazer. A Boy No More.
Ben Mikaelsen. Countdown.
Ben Mikaelsen. Rescue Josh Maguire.
Rodman Philbrick. The Young Man and the Sea.
15 Funny Titles for Guys
Kevin Bolger. Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger.
Eoin Colfer. “Legend Of…” (Series)
Jack Gantos. "Joey Pigza" (Series)
D.L. Garfinkle. "Supernatural Rubber Chicken" (Series)
Morris Gleitzman. Toad Rage.
Morris Gleitzman. Toad Heaven.
Erik P. Kraft. “Lenny and Mel” (Series)
Laurie Myers. Surviving Brick Johnson.
Blake Nelson. Gender Blender.
Gary Paulsen. Harris and Me.
Louis Sachar. "Wayside School" (Series)
Pam Smallcomb. The Last Burp of Mac McGerp.
Jerry Spinelli. Loser.
Todd Strasser. Is That a Dead Dog in Your Locker?.
Michael Sullivan. “Escapade Johnson” (Series)
10 Sports Titles for Guys:
Tim Green. Football Champ.
Tim Green. Football Genius.
Tim Green. Football Hero.
Dan Gutman. "Baseball Card Mysteries" (Series)
Dan Gutman. The Secret Life of Doctor Demented.
Gordon Korman. The Chicken Doesn't Skate.
Mike Lupica. Heat.
Mike Lupica. The Big Field.
Mike Lupica. “Mike Lupica’s Comeback Kids” (Series)
Mike Lupica. Travel Team.
5 Gothic/Horror Titles for Guys:
Dan Greenburg. “Secrets of Dripping Fang” (Series)
Anthony Horowitz. “Horowitz Horror” (Series)
Darren Shan. “Cirque Du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan” (Series)
Stephen Spignesi. The Weird 100: A Collection of the Strange and the Unexplained.
Michael Teitelbaum. The Scary States of America.
15 Visual Storytelling Titles for Guys:
Frank Cammuso. The Dodgeball Chronicles. [Knights of the Lunch Table]
Erik Craddock. “Stone Rabbit” (Series)
Jeff Kinney. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” (Series)
Jarrett J. Krosoczka. "Lunch Lady" (Series)
Walter Dean Myers. Patrol: an American Soldier in Vietnam.
Dav Pilkey. “Captain Underpants” (Series)
Dav Pilkey. “Ricky Ricotta” (Series)
Jeff Smith. “Bone” (Series)
Bram Stoker, Michael Mucci. Dracula. [All-Action Classics]
Hudson Talbott. Safari Journal: The Adventures in Africa of Carey Monroe.