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Finding the right books for teenage boys can be a challenge. In an age of constant digital distraction, helping boys discover books that resonate with their interests is more important than ever. This list brings together engaging, thought-provoking and accessible titles designed to spark back that love for reading. 

Finding the right books for teenage boys can be a challenge. In an age of constant digital distraction, helping boys discover books that resonate with their interests is more important than ever. This list brings together engaging, thought-provoking and accessible titles designed to spark back that love for reading. 

It can sometimes feel like there isn't a whole lot out there for your teenaged boy especially if he's not too fussed about reading in the first place. So we've put together a list to get him back into the habit and once again hooked on books...     Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk  First rule of Fight Club? You gotta read the book if you liked the movie. In a world of white-collar jobs and catalog-bought apartments, a group of men gather in abandoned basements across the country to fight barehanded. They fight for as long as they need to - until the numbing...

There is a particular kind of precision required to write good short stories, sometimes less really is more. Here are some of the best examples I've come across. Twenty One Stories by Graham Greene Graham Greene's novels are revered globally and rightly so, his short stories are not as well known although they are excellent. This collection is variously comedic, violent, thought provoking, and dark. I think of Greene as a natural storyteller and short stories gave him room to flex his literary muscles. Written between 1929 - 1954, these stories are always unmistakably Greene. Includes The Destructors, set in the 50s, a gang...