the poll: Do you have any recs for a 16 year old boy who doesn't want a ton of romance and in a fantasy setting? (my brother needs books to read) YA or adult books > Likes and Comments

ya or adult?

I don't read romance or fantasy so sorry I can’t help

the cruel prince maybe it’s mainly politics very little romance

mistborn by brandon sanderson is a great high fantasy with very little romance!

harry potter
lord of the rings & the hobbit
throne of glass has romance but it’s YA so it’s not really centered around that
that’s all i got for now

✰ anna ✰ wrote: "ya or adult?" either

checked reddit. a lot of terry pratchett praise, so that’s probably worth looking into

The Eragon quartet!!

Barely any romance and has a MALE main character!! He’ll love it!!

the maze runner

Is this for you or somebody else?

Gregor the overlander by Suzanne Collins! Fire series with a male protaganist by an amazing author we already love!!

The magician apprentice is a classical fantasy coming of age story, or really most anything by Brandon Sanderson, especially Mistborn and The Storm light Archive although there's more violence in those than Magician.

Eragon is a good recommendation too

Curtis ♡ slump era wrote: "Is this for you or somebody else?"
it's for my brother

humna ౨ৎ (neil josten's version) wrote: "the maze runner"

wait that’s the perfect rec, maze runner fs

These series my brother really liked and he isn't a big reader:
• Maze Runner
• Legend
• Hunger Games
• Secondborn
• The Lightning Thief
• Divergent

I know they might lean a tad to fantasy depending on the series but for the most part it's YA.

Whoever said cruel prince is totally off the mark. For me that's 100% romantasy and in my opinion written more for young girls than young men (even though I really like the books). I wouldn't recommend for a boy not interested in romance!

Almost all the books I read are romance and especially the fantasy ones so no 😞 sorry ❤️

Jacci wrote: "Whoever said cruel prince is totally off the mark. For me that's 100% romantasy and in my opinion written more for young girls than young men (even though I really like the books). I wouldn't recom..."

that’s why i said maybe

hampton wrote: "Gregor the overlander by Suzanne Collins! Fire series with a male protaganist by an amazing author we already love!!"

That's more for younger kids, no offense.

the farseer trilogy ! (it is a sixteen book series beyond that but it’s very good adult fantasy)

- Maze Runner
- Percy Jackson
- Scythe
- Ender’s Game
- Renegades

Hope this helps :) I tried to think of books my brother and boyfriend have read and enjoyed

Gregor the Overlander and The Ash House

Hannah’s Library wrote: "- Maze Runner
- Percy Jackson
- Scythe
- Ender’s Game
- Renegades

Hope this helps :) I tried to think of books my brother and boyfriend have read and ..."
Enders Game is fantastic, and there’s a few other books in the series that he might like too (I like Ender’s Shadow best) and it was made into a movie too… he might like that

This Savage Song by Victoria Schwab

izzy wrote: "checked reddit. a lot of terry pratchett praise, so that’s probably worth looking into"

omg yeah Eragon is good too

he should really try the mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson, it's high fantasy and super interesting!! The skyward series also by Brandon Sanderson is also a super cool ya scifi!!

Percy Jackson, the rangers apprentince the ruins of gorlan, harry potter, the maze runner, the false prince, legend, (ok so legend has like two kisses idk if thats too much for ur brother but tm its alll abt the adventure, not romance.), mb holes...? I honestly cant think of any more cuz so my of the fantasy that i read is romantasy 😅

Hope that helps!!! Oh I forgot the chronicles of narnia btw

Lillian wrote: "Percy Jackson, the rangers apprentince the ruins of gorlan, harry potter, the maze runner, the false prince, legend, (ok so legend has like two kisses idk if thats too much for ur brother but tm it..."

Legend is full-blown romance though, specifically LATER on in the books.

House of hollow, although it’s more of a modern fantasy horror? So it takes place in the modern day but it’s still fantasy-esque

- The Hunger Games (some romance, but it’s not a lot at all)
- The Poppy War (idk but I don’t think there’s any romance, and if there is it’s quite low-key)
- Percy Jackson
- Six of Crows (I haven’t read it, but I think that if there’s romance it’ll be very subplot)

Hope this helps!💗💐

◡̈ bookworm ◡̈ wrote: "- The Hunger Games (some romance, but it’s not a lot at all)
- The Poppy War (idk but I don’t think there’s any romance, and if there is it’s quite low-key)
- Percy Jackson
- Six of Crows (I haven..."

I’ve read Six of Crows!! The romance IS the plot. 😭

Lillian wrote: "Hope that helps!!! Oh I forgot the chronicles of narnia btw"

ooo narnia for sureee! amazing series!

scythe

asiya | アセヤ (free palestine) wrote: "◡̈ bookworm ◡̈ wrote: "- The Hunger Games (some romance, but it’s not a lot at all)
- The Poppy War (idk but I don’t think there’s any romance, and if there is it’s quite low-key)
- Percy Jackson
..."

Oh😭 At least I know that I will like it then🥲

I think people used to obsess over Chronicles of Nick? Might be worth a shot

◡̈ bookworm ◡̈ wrote: "asiya | アセヤ (free palestine) wrote: "◡̈ bookworm ◡̈ wrote: "- The Hunger Games (some romance, but it’s not a lot at all)
- The Poppy War (idk but I don’t think there’s any romance, and if there is ..."

Aww!! I Hope you enjoy it more than I did. 😊

The Belligerent Art by Bashir Ibrahim would be enjoyable and worth your time. It is political and legal thriller blended aesthetically with the element of romance. You can explore its gripping contents here:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Good luck!

The hobbit, LOTR, harry potter, or anything Brian Sanderson they're always good as they're aimed at a younger demographic ! Hope that helps

scythe, maze runner, perks of being a wallflower

Definitely maze runner, and then lord of the rings & anything by Brandon Sanderson as well

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. Its mainly fae politics and the romance is only on the side. Not the main thing

my brother read scythe and maze runner and loved both! maybe he would like six of crows bc it has a very cool plot with very minor romance?

Rangers apprentice!

1. Of Mice and Men (I know, I know, but it's a classic for a reason!)
2. The Golden Compass trilogy by Philip Pullman (like Harry Potter, it's wasted on children!)
3. The Murder Farm (pretty short, too)
4. A Night in the Lonesome October (I re-read it every Halloween)
5. Down with Skool! (laugh-until-you-cry good)
6. The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
7. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
8. A Field of Darkness (great mystery!)
9. The Magic Thief and its sequels (great fantasy quartet)
10. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its sequels

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

The Order of Odd-Fish

The Spiderwick Chronicles, Inkheart and its sequels, the Percy Jackson series. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury. I will post more as I think of them.

The Cruel Prince perhaps? It leans heavily on the politics side of the scale.