Read it! Loved it! Boys aged 16+



	No empire-line dresses, no three-headed aliens, no smug vampires, no goblins, and no talking rabbits. Real characters making tough decisions about life right now.



	The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2008)

	Go ask Alice by Anonymous (1971)

	Junk by Melvin Burgess (1996)

	The fault in our stars by John Green (2012)

	A monster calls by Patrick Ness (2011)

	Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell (2012)

	The catcher in the rye by J.D. Salinger (1951)



	Simon vs the homo sapiens agenda by Becky Albertalli (2015) First book in the Simon series

	Thirteen reasons why by Jay Asher (2007)

	The perks of being a wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (1999)

	The chocolate war by Robert Cormier (1974) First book in The chocolate war series

	Moonrise by Sarah Crossan (2017)

	Deadly, unna? by Phillip Gwynne (1998) First book in the Deadly, unna? series

	Butter by Erin Lange (2012)

	One of us is lying by Karen M. McManus (2017)

	Monster by Walter Dean Myers (1999)

	Big Mouth and Ugly Girl by Joyce Carol Oates (2002)

	A child called "It" by Dave Pelzer (1995) First book in the A child called "It" series

	Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (2012)

	Lottery by Patricia Wood (2007)



	Killing God by Kevin Brooks (2009)

	Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly (2010)

	Winter town by Stephen Emond (2011)