The Giver (read the entire series from Lois Lowry)
Hatchet/Brian’s Winter
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
An Unquiet Mind (most recent finish)
Holes
How to eat fried worms
Lemonade Mouth
Charlotte’s Web
Maniac McGee
I’m more partial to biographies or memoirs, or nonfiction. But I do enjoy a good story or humor, or whimsical things. I tried lord of the rings and started with the hobbit but it didn’t really pique my interest though in the first few chapters. Also harry potter is very overwhelming. Didn’t really like the hunger games. An unquiet mind helped me come to terms with my bipolar and it was very good. Now that I think about it, that probably falls in self help flair but oh well.
by Latter-Mongoose5564
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I recommend nonfiction by Bill Bryson, Mary Roach, and Jon Krakauer. Their topics are always very interesting, the writing is highly accessible, and you will learn something cool.
Bill Bryson tends to focus on slice of life/travel/history from a human perspective. His book Home focuses on the history of each room in the house. A Short History of Nearly Everything is kind of a history of science, but very entertaining. A Walk In The Woods is about his attempt to hike the Appalachian Trail and had my then-16 year old son cry laughing. Bill Bryson is a fun curmudgeonly grandpa.
Mary Roach focuses specifically on humorous science writing. My favorites of hers are Stiff, Gulp, and Fuzz. She is delightful.
Jon Krakauer is a journalist and writes in depth on a wide range of subjects. Into Thin Air is my favorite and is the story of the 1996 Everest disaster. Under The Banner of Heaven focuses mostly on extremist Mormon spinoff cults.
Since you liked Hatchet, you might like Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat.
For memoirs, I recommend Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.