Assumptions: He’s already read Harry Potter and EVERY Brandon Sanderson book. If he hasn’t, then start there.

• 10 and up
• Chronicles of Prydain series by Lloyd Alexander*#
• Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer*#
• Wizard for Hire series by Obert Skye*
• Faster Than Falling by Nathan Van Coops*
• Jack Blank Adventure series by Matt Myklusch*
• Nevermoor series by Jessica Townsend*
• 12 and up
• Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini*#
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman*
• Lockwood & Co series by Jonathan Stroud*
• Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld*
• The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott*#
• The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner*#
• The Riyria Revelations series by Michael J. Sullivan*#
• The Legend of Eli Monpress series by Rachel Aaron*#
• The Hobbit by Tolkien*#
• 14 and up
• The Immortal Descendants series by April White*
• The Great Library series by Rachel Cain*
• Insignia series by S.J. Kincaid*
• Scythe series by Neal Schusterman*
• The Bern Saga series by Hugh Howey*
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams
• The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
• Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card*
• Ender’s Shadow series by Orson Scott Card
• Wool series by Hugh Howey
• LOTR by Tolkien*#
• 16 and up
• The Licanius Trilogy series by James Islington*#
• Powder Mage series by Brian McClellan#
• The Kingkiller Chronicles series by Patrick Rothfuss*#
• Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
• Six of Crows series by Leigh Bardugo#
• Rogues of the Republic series by Patrick Weekes#
• Farseer Trilogy series by Robin Hobb*#
• Liveship Traders series by Robin Hobb*#
• 18 and up
• Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks#
• The Checquy Files series by Daniel O’Malley
• The Iron Druid Chronicles series by Kevin Hearne#
• Red Rising series by Pierce Brown#

* The books are content appropriate for advanced younger readers
# These books are high fantasy, similar to Brandon Sanderson