For those who enjoy my stories, you will find below a list of recommended readings. These are books published in english available in the mainstream market. All books listed here feature a boy or a young teen as a main character. They tackle subjects like homosexuality, pedophilia or abuse. I've also added a list of general coming of age books. Rankings are based on relevance, availability and public ratings. So a book with lots of good reviews may be lower because it is hard to find and vice versa. An asterisk '*' indicates this title has been adapted to cinema. If other books should be included in those lists, please contact me at debonair _at_ hushmail.com Happy reading! Debonair Main boy list ------------- 001 At Swim, Two Boys / Jamie O'Neill (Ireland-2001) 002 We the Animals / Justin Torres (USA-2011) 003 The Persian Boy / Mary Renault (USA-1970) 004 Boy Toy / Barry Lyga (USA-2007) 005 The Night Listener / Armistead Maupin (USA-2000)* 006 The Kindness of Strangers / Katrina Kittle (USA-2006) 007 Mysterious Skin / Scott Heim (USA-1995)* 008 What They Always Tell Us / Martin Wilson (USA-2008) 009 Dream Boy / Jim Grimsley (USA-1995)* 010 Rough Music / Patrick Gale (UK-2000) 011 The Brothers Bishop / Bart Yates (USA-2005) 012 The World of Normal Boys / K. M. Soehnlein (USA-2000) 013 Faith / Jennifer Haigh (USA-2011) 014 Jumping the Scratch / Sarah Weeks (USA-2006) 015 The Confusions of Young Torless / Robert Musil (Austria-1906)* 016 The Liar / Stephen Fry (UK-1991) 017 The Coming Storm / Paul Russell (USA-1999) 018 The Man Without a Face / Isabelle Holland (USA-1972)* 019 Frisk / Dennis Cooper (USA-1991)* 020 Death in Venice / Thomas Mann (Germany-1912)* 021 Brothers / Ted Van Lieshout (Netherland-1996) 022 The Carnivorous Lamb / Agustin Gomez-Arcos (Spain-1975) 023 Be Near Me / Andrew O'Hagan (UK-2006) 024 Nicholas Dane / Melvin Burgess (UK-2009) 025 Edinburgh / Alexander Chee (USA-2002) 026 The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things / J.T. LeRoy (USA-2001)* 027 Avoidance / Michael Lowenthal (USA-2002) 028 Sarah / J.T. LeRoy (USA-2000) 029 The Bell / Iris Murdoch (UK-1958) 030 Finistere / Fritz Peters (USA-1951) 031 A Son Called Gabriel / Damian McNicholl (Ireland-2004) 032 Breakfast with Scot / Michael Downing (Canada-1999)* 033 Pryor Rendering / Gary Reed (USA-1996) 034 The Abomination / Paul Golding (UK-2000) 035 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous / Graeme Aitken (New Zealand-1995)* 036 All American Boy / William J. Mann (USA-2005) 037 The Hustler / John Henry Mackay (UK-1926) 038 The Asbestos Diary / Casimir Dukahz (USA-1966) 039 Bait / Alex Sanchez (Mexico-2010) 040 Middle Ground / Ursula Zilinsky (UK-2003) 041 My Brother and His Brother / Hakan Lindquist (Sweden-1993) 042 For a Lost Soldier / Rudi Van Dantzig (Netherlands-1986)* 043 Songmaster / Orson Scott Card (USA-1980) 044 The Blue Lawn / William Taylor (New Zealand-1994) 045 Terre Haute / Will Aitken (USA-1989) 046 Glove Puppet / Neal Drinnan (Australia-1998) 047 Nebraska / George Whitmore (USA-1989) 048 Allan Stein / Matthew Stadler (USA-1997) 049 Wrong: stories / Dennis Cooper (USA-1993) 050 Hey, Joe / Ben Neihart (USA-1997) 051 The Bishop's Man / Linden MacIntyre (Canada-2009) 052 The Wrong People / Robin Maugham (UK-1970) 053 In Such Dark Places / Joseph Caldwell (USA-1978) 054 Touched / Scott Campbell (USA-1997) 055 When Jeff Comes Home / Catherine Atkins (USA-2001) 056 Kevin / Wallace Hamilton (USA-1981)* 057 In Tall Cotton / Charles Hulse (USA-2002) 058 Escal-Vigor / Georges Eekhoud (Belgium-1899) 059 Lord Dismiss us / Michael Campbell (UK-1967) 060 Hogg / Samuel R. Delany (USA-1995) 061 Sandel / Angus Stewart (UK-1968) 062 Boy Overboard / Peter Wells (New Zealand-1997) 063 Bilal's Bread / Sulayman X a.k.a. Nick Wilgus (USA-2005) 064 The Manhood Ceremony / Ross Berliner (USA-1978) 065 The Hand-Reared boy / Brian W. Aldiss (UK-1970) 066 The Life I Lead / Keith Banner (USA-1999) 067 When Jonathan Died / Tony Duvert (France-1978) 068 The Smell of Apples / Mark Behr (South Africa-1993) 069 Ernesto / Umberto Saba (Italy-1975) 070 Saul's Book / Paul T. Rogers (USA-1983) 071 Golden States / Michael Cunningham (USA-1984) 072 Special Friendships / Roger Peyrefitte (France-1944)* 073 Tampa / Alissa Nutting (USA-2013) 074 Lamb / Bernard MacLaverty (Ireland-1980)* 075 War Boy / Kief Hillsbery (USA-2000) 076 The Wedding / Yann Queffelec (France-1985)* 077 Embrace / Mark Behr (South Africa-2001) 078 Streetboy Dreams / Kevin Esser (USA-1997) 079 Puppies / John Valentine (USA-1979) 080 Julian Corkle is a Filthy Liar / D. J. Connell (UK/New Zealand-2010) 081 The Exile of Capri / Roger Peyrefitte (France-1959) 082 Boy / James Hanley (UK-1931) 083 The Boy Harlequin / Girard Kent (USA-1983) 084 The People in the Trees / Hanya Yanagihara (USA-2013) 085 The Beginning of Calamities / Tom House (USA-2003) 086 The Rain Ascends / Joy Kogawa (Canada-1995) 087 The Dissolution of Nicholas Dee / Matthew Stadler (USA-1993) 088 Apples and Pears and Other Stories / Guy Davenport (USA-1984) 089 In Youth is Pleasure / Denton Welch (UK-1945) 090 The Drummer of the Eleventh North Devonshire Fusiliers / Guy Davenport (USA-1990) 091 Bom-Crioulo / Adolfo Caminha (Brazil-1895) 092 The Boys and the Bees / Joe Babcock (USA-2005) 093 The Lantern Bearers / Ronald Frame (UK-2001) 094 The Dream Life / Bo Huston (USA-1993) 095 The Boys Across the Street / Rick Sandford (USA-2000) 096 33 Snowfish / Adam Rapp (USA-2003) 097 Never Mind / Edward St. Aubyn (UK-1992) 098 Recent History / Anthony Giardina (USA-2001) 099 Kite Music / Gary Shellhart (USA-1988) 100 The Ragazzi / Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italy-1955) 101 The Sorcerer's Apprentice / Francois Augieras (France-1976) 102 Agostino / Alberto Moravia (Italy-1944)* 103 An Honorable Profession / John L'Heureux (USA-2002) 104 Loving Sander / Joseph Geraci (Netherland-1996) 105 The Kryptonite Kid / Joseph Torchia (USA-1979) 106 Sebastien Roch / Octave Mirbeau (France-1890) 107 Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli / Ronald Firbank (UK-1926) 108 What We Do Is Secret / Kief Hillsbery (USA-2005) 109 Little Chicago / Adam Rapp (USA-1998) 110 Rolling The R's / R. Zamora Linmark (USA-1997) 111 Happy Baby / Stephen Elliott (USA-2005) 112 Parents Worry / Gerard Reve (Netherlands-1988) 113 The Pornographer's Poem / Michael Turner (Canada-1999) 114 Kicking the Sky / Anthony De Sa (Canada-2013) 115 Strange Boy / Paul Magrs (UK-2002) 116 The Sex Offender / Matthew Stadler (USA-1994) 117 The Filthy Mattress / Ben Ashland (USA-2014) 118 The Boys / Henry de Montherlant (France-1969) 119 The Prison Inside me / Gilbert C. Brown (USA-2014) 120 The Priest and the Acolyte / John Francis Bloxam (UK-1894) 121 Harold's End, short story / J.T. LeRoy (USA-2003) 122 A Table of Green Fields / Guy Davenport (USA-1993) 123 Thirteen Cents / K. Sello Duiker (South Africa-2000) 124 Diary of an Innocent / Tony Duvert (France-1976) 125 Vice Versa / Casimir Dukahz (USA-1976) 126 Tell England / Ernest Raymond (UK-1922) 127 The Cardiff Team / Guy Davenport (USA-1996) 128 A Good Start, Considering / Peter Ryde (UK-1999) 129 Never the same again / Gerald Tesch (USA-1956) 130 Assisted Living / Nikanor Teratologen (Sweden-1992) 131 The Children's Day / Michiel Heyns (South Africa-2002) 132 The Fourth of June / David Benedictus (UK-1962) 133 Ekaterina / Donald Harington (USA-1993) 134 Inside a Hollow Tree / Kevin P. White (USA-2012) 135 Children of the Sun / Max Schaefer (UK-2010) 136 The Moralist / Rod Downey (Australia-2004) 137 The Fields / Kevin Maher (Ireland-2013) 138 A Natural Lizard Activity / B. J. Freedman (USA-1999) 139 Alexander's Choice / Edmund Marlowe (UK-2012) 140 Reasons of the Heart / Bron Nicholls (Australia-1993) 141 Boy O'Boy / Brian Doyle (Canada-2003) 142 Childhood of the Dead / Jose Louzeiro (Brazil-1977)* 143 What Happened to Mr. Forster? / Gary W. Bargar (USA-1981) 144 Animal Rights and Pornography / J. Eric Miller (USA-2004) 145 The Juniper Tree, short story / Peter Straub (USA-1990) 146 A Kind of Hush / Richard A. Johnson (USA-1999)* 147 The Young Desire It / Kenneth MacKenzie (Australia-1937) 148 Beautiful Dreamers / Chris Kent (UK-2006) 149 Peg Boy / R.G. Berube (Germany-2013) 150 Morning Star / Simon Raven (UK-1984) 151 The Man they Called A Monster / Paul Wilson (New Zealand-1981) 152 The Tom Barber Trilogy / Forrest Reid (UK-1931) 153 Return to Innocence / G. M. Frazier (USA-1999)* 154 The Boy with the Yellow Socks / J. Carter Swift (USA-2014) 155 Dirty One / Michael Graves (USA-2011) 156 The Dog In The Chapel / Anthony McDonald (UK-2014) 157 Roy / Roger Peyrefitte (France-2005) 158 How to Cope With Suburban Stress / David Galef (USA-2006) 159 In God's House / Ray Mouton (USA-2012) 160 Boarding School / Clint Adams (USA-2008) 161 Allemann / Alfred Kolleritsch (Austria-1989) 162 Sins of the Fathers / Chris Lynch (USA-2006) 163 Lovesong / Elizabeth Jolley (Australia-1997) 164 Kim, My Beloved / Jens Eisenhardt (Germany-1981) 165 Capri File / Amanda Prantera (UK-2001) 166 Braden's Story / Mason Dodd (USA-2014) 167 The Death of Narcissus / Morris Fraser (UK-1977) 168 Persecuted Minority / Frits Bernard (Netherland-1989) 169 Crowstone / Hakim Bey a.k.a. Peter Lamborn Wilson (USA-1984) 170 Sex Crimes of the Futcher / Billy Childish (UK-2005) 171 Josey Rose / Jane Wood (USA-1999) 172 The Deaf-Mute Boy / Joseph Geraci (Netherland-2006) 173 Mr Coles / Simon Astaire (UK-2011) 174 Playing Soldiers in the Dark / Stephen Dueweke (USA-1992) 175 St Matthews Passion / Jared Bunda (USA-1988) 176 Time of Our Darkness / Stephen Gray (South Africa-1988) 177 Bellecour / John Calabro (Canada-2005) 178 The Paper Knife / Marc Talbert (USA-2001) 179 A Visit Home / Will Aitken (USA-1993) 180 A Room in the Woods / Patrick Drevet (France-1989) 181 Nobody Knows What My Dreams Are / Patrick Clerkin (Ireland-2008) 182 Snow in harvest / Angus Stewart (UK-1969) Memoirs and Non Fiction ----------------------- 001 A Long Way Gone / Ishmael Beah (Sierra Leone-2007) 002 Boy: Tales of Childhood / Roald Dahl (UK-1984) 003 Running With Scissors / Augusten Burroughs (USA-2002)* 004 Angela's Ashes / Frank McCourt (Ireland-1996)* 005 A Boy's Own Story / Edmund White (USA-1982) 006 This Boy's Life / Tobias Wolff (USA-1989)* 007 Empire of the Sun / J.G. Ballard (UK-1984)* 008 Breaking the Surface / Greg Louganis (USA-1985) 009 Moab Is My Washpot / Stephen Fry (UK-1997) 010 Ambidextrous / Felice Picano (USA-1985) 011 The Tricky Part / Martin Moran (USA-2005) 012 How I learned to snap / Kirk Read (USA- 2001) 013 Night / Elie Wiesel (USA/Romania-1955) 014 Gypsy Boy / Mikey Walsh (UK-2009) 015 Boyhood / J.M. Coetzee (South Africa-1997) 016 Some Boys / Michael Davidson (UK-1969) 017 Enchanted Boy / Richie McMullen (UK-1995) 018 The World, the Flesh and Myself / Michael Davidson (UK-1962) 019 Teardrops on My Drum / Jack Robinson (UK-1998) 020 Out of Bounds / Roy Simmons (USA-2006) 021 Escape from the Shadows / Robin Maugham (UK-1973) 022 Kaffir Boy / Mark Mathabane (South Africa-1986) 023 My Childhood / Maxim Gorky (Russia-1913) 024 35 Cents / Matty Lee (USA-2006) 025 Billy / Pamela Stephenson (UK-2002) 026 A Rock and a Hard Place / Anthony Godby Johnson (USA-1994) 027 My Father's Glory / Marcel Pagnol (France-1957)* 028 Finding Fish / Antwone Fisher (USA-2001)* 029 My Mother's Castle / Marcel Pagnol (France-1957)* 030 A Day of Pleasure / Isaac Bashevis Singer (Poland-1969) 031 The Speckled People / Hugo Hamilton (Ireland-2003) 032 Why I Didn't Say Anything / Sheldon Kennedy (Canada-2006) 033 For Bread Alone / Mohamed Choukri (Morocco-1973) 034 Half the House / Richard Hoffman (USA-1995) 035 Please, Daddy, No / Stuart Howarth (UK-2006) 036 Coreyography / Corey Feldman (USA-2013) 037 Shantytown Kid / Azouz Begag (Algeria-1986)* 038 Secret Life / Michael Ryan (USA-1996) 039 Beware of the Dog / Brian Moore (UK-2011) 040 Flannelled Fool / T.C. Worsley (UK-1967) 041 The Boy and the Dog Are Sleeping / Nasdijj (USA-2003) 042 Tanguy / Michel del Castillo (Spain/France-1957) 043 My Parents / Herve Guibert (France-1986) 044 Transparent / Don Lemon (USA-2011) 045 The Real Tadzio / Gilbert Adair (UK-2003) 046 Britten's Children / John Bridcut (UK-2006) 047 The Autobiography of an Englishman / Y (UK-1975) 048 Outsider / Brian Sewell (UK-2013) 049 On a Wave / Thad Ziolkowski (USA-2002) 050 My Fault / Billy Childish (UK-2002) 051 Padre padrone / Gavino Ledda (Italy-1975)* 052 Good sex illustrated / Tony Duvert (France-1973) 053 Black masses : Lord Lyllian / Jacques d'Adelswärd Fersen (France-1905) 054 In My Father's Arms / Walter De Milly (USA-1999) 055 Diary of a Dirty Boy / Luis Miguel Fuentes (USA-1998) 056 Killing Willis / Todd Bridges (USA-2010) 057 Beyond Belief / Colm O'Gorman (Ireland-2009) 058 The Raggy Boy Trilogy / Patrick Galvin (Ireland-2002)* 059 Pee-shy / Frank Spinelli (USA-2013) 060 What They Did To The Kid / Jack Fritscher (USA-2000) 061 Little Tim, Big Tim / Tim Roy (Australia-2007) 062 Altar Boy / Andrew Madden (Ireland-2004) 063 The Endless Search / David Ray (USA-2003) 064 Father's Touch / Donald D'Haene (Canada-2002) Crime Novels, Thrillers or Horror --------------------------------- 001 Room / Emma Donoghue (Canada-2010)* 002 Something Wicked This Way Comes / Ray Bradbury (USA-1962)* 003 The Last Child / John Hart (USA-2009) 004 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time / Mark Haddon (UK-2003) 005 Boy's Life / Robert McCammon (USA-1991) 006 I'm Not Scared / Niccolo Ammaniti (Italy-2001)* 007 Perfect Match / Jodi Picoult (USA-2002) 008 Sleepers / Lorenzo Carcaterra (USA-1995)* 009 It / Stephen King (USA-1986)* 010 Trash / Andy Mulligan (USA-2010)* 011 Voices / Arnaldur Indridason (Iceland-2002) 012 Blacklands / Belinda Bauer (UK-2009) 013 Counterfeit Son / Elaine Marie Alphin (USA-2000) 014 The Water's Edge / Karin Fossum (Norway-2007) 015 Cry to Heaven / Anne Rice (USA-1982) 016 Mystic River / Dennis Lehane (USA-2001)* 017 The Client / John Grisham (USA-1993)* 018 The Ninth Life of Louis Drax / Liz Jensen (UK-2004)* 019 Strega / Andrew Vachss (USA-1987) 020 The Road / Cormac McCarthy (USA-2006)* 021 Let the Right One In / John Ajvide Lindqvist (Sweden-2004)* 022 Summer of Night / Dan Simmons (USA-1991) 023 The Other / Thomas Tryon (USA-1971)* 024 Defending Jacob / William Landay (USA-2012) 025 The Fifth Child / Doris Lessing (UK-1988) 026 Well-Schooled in Murder / Elizabeth George (USA-1990) 027 The Alienist / Caleb Carr (USA-1993) 028 City of Bones / Michael Connelly (USA-2002)* 029 The Treatment / Mo Hayder (UK-2001)* 030 The Poet / Michael Connelly (USA-1996) 031 Hearts in Atlantis / Stephen King (USA-1999)* 032 Mucho Mojo / Joe R. Lansdale (USA-1994) 033 Billy Straight / Jonathan Kellerman (USA-1998) 034 Dead souls / Ian Rankin (UK-1999) 035 The Shining / Stephen King (USA-1977)* 036 The End Of Alice / A.M. Homes (USA-1996) 037 I Know My First Name Is Steven / Mike Echols (USA-1991)* 038 The Bottoms / Joe R. Lansdale (USA-2000) 039 Say Goodbye / Lisa Gardner (USA-2008) 040 Lost Boys / Orson Scott Card (USA-1989) 041 The Summer That Never Was a.k.a. Close to Home / Peter Robinson (Canada-2003) 042 Cold Granite / Stuart MacBride (UK-2005) 043 The Pure in Heart / Susan Hill (UK-2005) 044 Execution Dock / Anne Perry (UK-2009) 045 Still Missing / Beth Gutcheon (USA-1981)* 046 A Fine Dark Line / Joe R. Lansdale (USA-2002) 047 A Painted House / John Grisham (USA-2001)* 048 The Woodcutter / Reginald Hill (UK-2010) 049 City of the Sun / David Levien (USA-2008) 050 The Girl Next Door / Jack Ketchum (USA-1989)* 051 The Tooth Fairy / Graham Joyce (UK-1996) 052 The Face / Dean Koontz (USA-2003) 053 Desperation / Stephen King (USA-1996)* 054 Cujo / Stephen King (USA-1981)* 055 The Body, short story / Stephen King (USA-1996)* 056 Vathek / William Beckford (UK-1786) 057 The Death of Sweet Mister / Daniel Woodrell (USA-2001)* 058 The Murder Artist / John Case (USA-2004) 059 The Wanderers / Richard Price (USA-1974)* 060 The Omen / David Seltzer (USA-1976)* 061 Priest / Ken Bruen (Ireland-2006) 062 Frozen Tracks / Ake Edwardson (Sweden-2001) 063 The Guilty One / Lisa Ballantyne (UK-2012) 064 Billy / Whitley Strieber (USA-1990) 065 Talking to Strange Men / Ruth Rendell (UK-1987) 066 God's Spy / Juan Gomez-Jurado (Spain-1999) 067 Starvation Lake / Bryan Gruley (USA-2009) 068 The Beast / Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström (Sweden-2004) 069 The Night of the Moonbow / Thomas Tryon (USA-1989) 070 Blueeyedboy / Joanne Harris (UK-2010) 071 Forgotten / Mariah Stewart (USA-2008) 072 Winterwood / Patrick McCabe (Ireland-2006) 073 The Hanging / Lotte Hammer and Soren Hammer (Denmark-2010) 074 Vodka Doesn't Freeze / Leah Giarratano (Australia-2007) 075 Children Who Kill / Carol Anne Davis (UK-2003) 076 The Shoemaker / Flora Rheta Schreiber (USA-1983) 077 The Man with the Candy / Jack Olsen (USA-1974) 078 Thief of Souls / Ann Benson (USA-2002) 079 The Priestly Sins / Andrew M. Greeley (USA-2004) 080 Fall from Grace / Andrew M. Greeley (USA-1994) 081 Whipping Boy / Gabrielle Lord (Australia-1993) 082 The Priest / Thomas M. Disch (USA-1994) 083 Angel Rock / Darren Williams (Australia-2002) 084 The Bird Yard / Julia Wallis Martin (UK-1999) 085 Driftnet / Lin Anderson (UK-2003) 086 Prodigal Blues / Gary A. Braunbeck (USA-2006) 087 Bad Signs / R.J. Ellory (USA-2011) 088 Little Boy Blue / Edward Bunker (USA-1981) 089 Stranglehold a.k.a. Only Child / Jack Ketchum (USA-1995) 090 A Perversion of Justice / Kathryn Medico (USA-2004) 091 Savage Justice / Ron Handberg (USA-1993) 092 Truth / Emile Zola (France-1903) 093 Damien: Omen II / Joseph Howard (USA-1976) 094 Unspeakable Acts / Jan Hollingsworth (USA-1988) 095 Bump In the Night / Isabelle Holland (USA-1988) 096 The Piano Factory / Jonathan Davies (UK-2004) 097 The Last Undercover / Bob Hamer (USA-2008) 098 Father of Lies / Brian Evenson (USA-1998) 099 Brother Tony's Boys / Mike Echols (USA-1996) 100 Time's Long Ruin / Stephen Orr (Australia-2009) 101 The Guilty Heart / Julie Parsons (Ireland-2003) 102 The Religion / Nicholas Conde a.k.a. Robert S. Nathan (USA-1982)* 103 Youthful Prey / Carol Anne Davis (UK-2008) 104 In and Down / Brett Alexander Savory (Canada-2007) 105 Shadow Man / Dennis Etchison (USA-1993) 106 Predators & Prayers / Philip Carlo (USA-2005) 107 Slayer of Innocence / Jim Conover (USA-2003) 108 Bad Blood / Debra Fowler (USA-1993) 109 The Taking of Trevor Ward / G.M. Frazier (USA-2013) 110 The Fallen Boys / Aaron Dries (Australia-2012) 111 One boy missing / Stephen Orr (Australia-2014) 112 Sweetie / Jenny Tomlin (UK-2008) 113 The Concierge / Herbert Lieberman (USA-1998) 114 Kinderkill / Richard Harper (USA-1989) Coming of Age and General Fiction --------------------------------- 001 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas / John Boyne (Ireland-2006)* 002 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain (USA-1876)* 003 The Kite Runner / Khaled Hosseini (Afghanistan-2003)* 004 Oliver Twist / Charles Dickens (UK-1837)* 005 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain (USA-1884)* 006 Lord of the Flies / William Golding (UK-1954)* 007 Ender's Game / Orson Scott Card (USA-1985)* 008 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close / Jonathan Safran Foer (USA-2005)* 009 Alabama Moon / Watt Key (USA-2004)* 010 Spud / John van de Ruit (South Africa-2005)* 011 Good Night, Mr. Tom / Michelle Magorian (UK-1981)* 012 Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha / Roddy Doyle (Ireland-1993) 013 The Cat's Table / Michael Ondaatje (Canada/Sri Lanka-2011) 014 Penrod / Booth Tarkington (USA-1914)* 015 The Good Thief / Hannah Tinti (USA-2008) 016 A Prayer for Owen Meany / John Irving (USA-1989)* 017 David Copperfield / Charles Dickens (UK-1850)* 018 I Am David / Anne Holm (Denmark-1963)* 019 Montana 1948 / Larry Watson (USA-1993) 020 The Highest Tide / Jim Lynch (USA-2005) 021 Wonder / R. J. Palacio (USA-2012) 022 Bamboo People / Mitali Perkins (USA/India-2010) 023 Penrod And Sam / Booth Tarkington (USA-1916)* 024 Spies / Michael Frayn (UK-2002) 025 The Go-Between / L. P. Hartley (UK-1953)* 026 Labor Day / Joyce Maynard (USA-2009)* 027 Of a Boy a.k.a. What the Birds See / Sonya Hartnett (Australia-2002)* 028 The Butcher Boy / Patrick McCabe (Ireland-1992)* 029 Ragged Dick / Horatio Alger (USA-1867) 030 The Power of One / Bryce Courtenay (South Africa-1989)* 031 Beasts of No Nation / Uzodinma Iweala (Nigeria/USA-2005)* 032 The Painted Bird / Jerzy Kosinski (Poland-1965) 033 The Cement Garden / Ian McEwan (UK-1978)* 034 About a Boy / Nick Hornby (UK-1998)* 035 One Mississippi / Mark Childress (USA-2006) 036 Coin Locker Babies / Ryu Murakami (Japan-1980) 037 Crazy In Alabama / Mark Childress (USA-1993)* 038 Rule of the Bone / Russell Banks (USA-1995) 039 Borderliners / Peter Hoeg (Denmark-1993) 040 Carry Me Down / M. J. Hyland (UK-2006) 041 Until I Find You / John Irving (USA-2005) 042 His Illegal Self / Peter Carey (Australia-2007) 043 Darkness Visible / William Golding (UK-1979) 044 The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie / Agota Kristof (Hungary-1986)* 045 The Turtle Warrior / Mary Relindes Ellis (USA-2004) 046 Oscar and the Lady in pink / Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (France-2002)* 047 The Prince of Tides / Pat Conroy (USA-1986)* 048 The Life Before Us / Romain Gary (France-1975)* 049 Popular Music from Vittula / Mikael Niemi (Sweden-2000)* 050 The Tin Drum / Günter Grass (Germany-1959)* 051 Edwin Mullhouse / Steven Millhauser (USA-1972) 052 A Kestrel for a Knave / Barry Hines (UK-1968)* 053 The Ogre / Michel Tournier (France-1970)* 054 Allah is Not Obliged / Ahmadou Kourouma (Ivory Coast-2000) 055 World of Wonders / Robertson Davies (Canada-1975) 056 Pay it Forward / Catherine Ryan Hyde (USA-2000)* 057 Chronicler of the Winds / Henning Mankell (Sweden-1995)* 058 When I Was Five I Killed Myself / Howard Buten (USA-1981)* 059 The Other Side of the Bridge / Mary Lawson (Canada-2006) 060 I'm the King of the Castle / Susan Hill (UK-1970)* 061 Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids / Kenzaburo Oe (Japan-1958) 062 I'll Steal You Away / Niccolo Ammaniti (Italy-1999) 063 Friedrich / Hans Peter Richter (Germany-1961) 064 When We Were Romans / Matthew Kneale (UK-2007) 065 The Path to the Spiders' Nests / Italo Calvino (Italy-1947) 066 Doghead / Morten Ramsland (Denmark-2005) 067 Mr. Ibrahim and the Flowers of the Koran / Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (France-2001)* 068 The Dark / John McGahern (Ireland-1965) 069 The Last Brother / Nathacha Appanah (Mauritius-2007) 070 The Neon Bible / John Kennedy Toole (USA-1989)* 071 Wicked! / Jilly Cooper (UK-2006) 072 The Tale of Genji / Murasaki Shikibu (Japan-1008) 073 Abyssinian Chronicles / Moses Isegawa (Uganda-1998) 074 My Sweet-Orange Tree / Jose Mauro De Vasconcelos (Brazil-1968)* 075 Street Boys / Lorenzo Carcaterra (USA-2002) 076 The Lizard Cage / Karen Connelly (Canada-2005) 077 Captains of the Sands / Jorge Amado (Brazil-1937)* 078 The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman / Bruce Robinson (UK-1998) 079 The Island on Bird Street / Uri Orlev (Poland-1981)* 080 Eddie's Bastard / William Kowalski (USA-1999) 081 Noah's Child / Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (France-2004) 082 Joshua Then and Now / Mordecai Richler (Canada-1980)* 083 City of God / Paulo Lins (Brazil-1997)* 084 Edisto / Padgett Powell (USA-1984) 085 Fortunate Son / Walter Mosley (USA-2006) 086 God's Mountain / Erri De Luca (Italy-2001) 087 The White Earth / Andrew McGahan (Australia-2004) 088 Class Trip / Emmanuel Carrere (France-1995)* 089 The Misfortunates / Dimitri Verhulst (Belgium-2007)* 090 Rocks in the Belly / Jon Bauer (Australia-2011) 091 Memory / Philippe Grimbert (France-2004)* 092 Carrot Top / Jules Renard (France-1894)* 093 Citrus County / John Brandon (USA-2008) 094 The Suicide Shop / Jean Teule (France-2007)* 095 The Child / Jules Valles (France-1878) 096 Me and You / Niccolo Ammaniti (Italy-2010)* 097 Marcel / Erwin Mortier (Belgium-1999) 098 Born Under a Million Shadows / Andrea Busfield (UK/Afghanistan-2009) 099 Run, Boy, Run / Uri Orlev (Poland-2001)* 100 My Life as a Dog / Reidar Jonsson (Sweden-1983)* 101 The Song of Kahunsha / Anosh Irani (India/Canada-2006) 102 Song for Night / Chris Abani (Nigeria-2007) 103 Johnny Mad Dog / Emmanuel Dongala (Congo-2002)* 104 Pelle the Conqueror / Martin Andersen Nexo (Denmark-1906)* 105 The White King / Gyorgy Dragoman (Hungary/Romania-2005) 106 In the Castle of the Flynns / Michael Raleigh (USA-2002) 107 Slow Way Home / Michael Morris (USA-2003) 108 The Spanish Gardener / A. J. Cronin (UK-1950)* 109 Over and Under / Todd Tucker (USA-2008) 110 Billy Elliot / Melvin Burgess (UK-2001)* 111 The Alley Cat / Yves Beauchemin (Canada-1982)* 112 Prince / Ib Michael (Denmark-1997) 113 Children of My Heart / Gabrielle Roy (Canada-1977)* 114 Nothing But Fear / Knud Romer (Denmark-2006) 115 By George / Wesley Stace (UK-2007) 116 Kieron Smith, boy / James Kelman (UK-2008) 117 Herman / Lars Saabye Christensen (Norway-1988)* 118 The Cubs, short story / Mario Vargas Llosa (Peru-1959)* 119 Whitey / Ernest Claes (Belgium-1920)* 120 American Youth / Phil Lamarche (USA-2007) 121 Children's Island / P.C. Jersild (Sweden-1976)* 122 River Season / Jim Black (USA-2003) 123 Second Best / David Cook (UK-1991)* 124 Who Was David Weiser? / Pawel Huelle (Poland-1987)* 125 Bruiser / Ian Chorao (Canada-2003) 126 The Tuner of Silences / Mia Couto (Mozambique-2002) 127 Little Boys Come from the Stars / Emmanuel Dongala (Congo-1998) 128 The Color Midnight Made / Andrew Winer (USA-2002) 129 Life! Death! Prizes! / Stephen May (UK-2012) 130 The Amnesia Clinic / James Scudamore (UK-2006) 131 The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole / Stephanie Doyon (USA-2005) 132 Loukoum / Calixthe Beyala (Cameroon-1992) 133 The Pupil, short story / Henry James (UK/USA-1891)* 134 In the Cherry Tree / Dan Pope (USA-2003) 135 The God Boy / Ian Cross (New Zealand-1957) 136 Boy / Takeshi Kitano (Japan-2007) 137 Karoo Boy / Troy Blacklaws (South Africa-2005) 138 When the Finch Rises / Jack Riggs (USA-2003) 139 What We Don't Know about Children / Simona Vinci (Italy-1997) 140 The Son of a Certain Woman / Wayne Johnston (Canada-2013) 141 Charles the Bold: The dog years/ Yves Beauchemin (Canada-2005) 142 Bury Me Behind the Baseboard / Pavel Sanaev (Russia-1996)* 143 The Truth About These Strange Times / Adam Foulds (UK-2007) 144 Dirt Road Home / Watt Key (USA-2010) 145 Wild Boy of Aveyron / Jean Marc Itard (France-1802)* 146 The Dandelion Clock a.k.a. A Clock Without Hands / Guy Burt (UK-2011) 147 Misunderstood / Florence Montgomery (UK-1862)* 148 Lost Memory of Skin / Russell Banks (USA-2011) 149 The Big Water / Zhivko Chingo (Macedonia-1971)* 150 Ivan, short story / Vladimir Bogomolov (Russia-1957)* 151 Blood Orange / Troy Blacklaws (South Africa-2009) 152 Enemy of the Ants / Stephan Valentin (Germany-2001) 153 Sad Stories of the Death of Kings / Barry Gifford (USA-2010)