It’s tough to get boys to read.

I’m an exception to that rule – I’ve read incessantly since childhood. But I see that my son, now five, won’t sit still long enough to read: he’d prefer to build things or run around or bother his sisters. Which means that if you want boys to read, you have to give them material that excites them, that fascinates them, that rivets them.

With that in mind, here are 11 books all boys should read.