I know an eighth grader who is really into sci-fi and fantasy and likes comedy. (eg Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams. Read The Martian by Andy Weir and loved it.) Any reccos for him? I’d be so grateful. He’s a big fan of dragon stuff, animal facts, and science.
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Andromeda Strain and others from Crieghton
and @diane.dianeduane.com 's So You Want To Be A Wizard series
Also, maybe the Witcher books, but then again, they might be just a little too young? I'm bad at gauging the correct age for things, sorry.
1. Murderbot by Martha Wells
2. Reckoners by Brandon Sanderson
3. Thrawn: Ascendancy by Timothy Zahn
4. The Expanse by James SA Corey (maybe when older?)
☆Eragon series
☆Lockwood & Co
☆Maze Runner
☆Gone series Michael Grant
☆Talon -Kagawa
☆Cinder, Cress, Winter etc
☆The Enemy Series -Higgson
☆Unearthed -Kaufman
☆The Knife of Never letting Go -Ness
They're like Pratchett, but a bit sillier and more pun-based.
Read a lot of Michael Crichton then too, Timeline being my underrated favorite.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27003.The_Eyre_Affair
A dragon learns that there are people with things called classes and levels who get rewarded for the fights they engage in. Why can’t he get in on this action?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temeraire_(series)
Napoleonic wars with an Air Force of dragons manned by aviators.
Space Opera by Catherynne M Valente really hits the funny/absurdist vein.
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers is written for a teen to enjoy it, but deep enough for adult rereads.
I’m trying to think of what else I was reading when I was into Hitchhiker’s Guide and I think it was just Ray Bradbury. What about Redwall? Or Animorphs — younger reading level but they’re fun.
On the sci-fi side, maybe The Murderbot Diaries?