Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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1. alabhyajindalAug 2026
   and the seven books I keep close: diary of a wimpy kid 1-7
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2. tsoukaseDec 2025
   Two book series that hit the nail for us are the series of Enid Blyton, like Famous Five, (we read to them at age 8-9) and Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid (they read by themselves). Especially the later is a masterpiece for (pre)puberty age. Days upon days of intellectual and emotional satisfaction.
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3. bkandelSep 2025
   I think it's just always hard to find stuff you like, and time is a great filter. There are tons of new series that my sons like: the whole Percy Jackson world, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Dog Man, Lemony Snicket, Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales, etc. Lots of books out there!
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4. ordord00Sep 2025
   I have a 12 year old daughter and 10 year old son. My daughter has been reading voraciously since about 9 years old. This past summer she plowed through several 800-1000 page books.

   My son is not nearly as voracious as she is, but has, in the past 6 months started to really value his reading time, enough that he gets upset when things interfere with it. Also, he now goes out and researches books to read (often via YouTube during his Youtube time). I think what got him here was consistency.

   We've read to them every night until they were in second grade and then required them to read overnight. It took a while to take hold with both, but once it did they dove in and now really value it.

   As for what he is reading - Diary of a wimpy kid series, Percy Jackson, Mysterious Benedict Society are the current favorites.

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5. ifoundthetaoDec 2015
   The Hobbit - Liked, classic.

   How Ideas Spread - It was decent, I feel like it could be condensed into an infographic after the fact, and hold great value.

   The Lean Startup - Excellent. Changed the way I do business.

   A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1 - Great book, wonderful universe. Apparently Martin loves himself a good descriptions of clothes.

   A Clash of Kings: A song of Ice and Fire, Book 2 - Great book.

   Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Good book for a kid, pretty irritating kid though (the kid in the book, not mine).

   The Andromeda Strain - Excellent!

   Christ the Sum of All Spiritual Things - Great book! Very healthy view of a Christocentric theology.

   Dracula - Sleeper hit of the year. This book was awesome.

   Pippi Longstocking - Read this to my son, and we really enjoyed it.

   The Secrets of Power Negotiating - Helped me out during the process of buying a house by understanding various negotiation gambits. Would recommend.

   Scrum - Another book that changed the way I work. Would absolutely recommend it.

   The Wizard of Oz - Much better than the movie.

   The 4-Hour Workweek - .... It was "okay". I don't know. I'm still torn.

   The Swiss Family Robinson - Awesome book, full of fun things to talk about with your kids.

   The BFG - This was the start of the Roald Dahl stage for bedtime reading.. It's a great book, one of my favorite Dahl books.

   Matilda - Reading this as an adult, it was not nearly as fun as when I was a kid, however my son loved it.

   The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Fun and easy read for the kids.

   Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Pretty decent book.

   Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Terrible. Absolutely terrible.

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6. thorinOct 2026
   What I remember reading to my kids aged 5-10

   The Hobbit

   The Fellowship of the Ring (more for me but they liked to snuggle up and fall asleep to it)

   Harry Potter 1-5 (the hardback versions with lots of pictures)

   Eric the Viking - Terry Jones - a personal fav of mine

   Various compendiums of Greek and Norse Myths

   Dr Seuss books

   What do people do all day - Richard Scarry

   My son started reading the Beastquest books very early by himself and was happy to read independently from there. After that at around 8 he started reading diary of a wimpy kid and the 13 storey treehouse type books.

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