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