Hey guys, could you recommend a nice Christmas gift for my brother?

[JuniperWoolf]

Last year I got him Call of the Wild and White Fang, and he's read them at least ten times. I'm thinking maybe London's short stories, but could you recommend any others? He's a really out-doorsy boy (a hunter). He likes to read, but most books lose his interest. I don't want anything too heavy or difficult (he's an average sixteen year old) but something with a nice wild feeling would do the trick.

[Red-Headed]

I don't know about outdoor books, but how about the complete Sherlock Holmes stories? Everyone loves Sherlock Holmes & most of the adventures are only a few pages long. Holmes & Watson do seem to get out in the wild a lot as well! I think you can get paperback versions relatively well priced.

[Dark Muse]

If he liked Call of the Wild and White Fang and that sort of thing he may enjoy the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, I thought it was excellent, and it is along the same lines, also a pretty easy read.

[Pryderi Agni]

How about The Compleat Angler by Izaak Walton, or how about these three (http://stevereads.blogspot.com/2009/12/three-in-backyard.html) books?

[Pecksie]

How about Jules Verne?

[skib]

My Side of the Mountain, maybe? I don't remember who wrote it.

[The Comedian]

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey -- a great book about the outdoors and a prose style that that is hard to beat. And if he also enjoys fishing, David James Duncan's The River Why would be excellent as well.

[jocky]

Last year I got him Call of the Wild and White Fang, and he's read them at least ten times. I'm thinking maybe London's short stories, but could you recommend any others? He's a really out-doorsy boy (a hunter). He likes to read, but most books lose his interest. I don't want anything too heavy or difficult (he's an average sixteen year old) but something with a nice wild feeling would do the trick.

I recommend a copy of Playboy, it does have a nice wild feeling, failing that how about Oliver Twist.

[mona amon]

How about one of Gerald Durell's books?

[Pryderi Agni]

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey -- a great book about the outdoors and a prose style that that is hard to beat. And if he also enjoys fishing, David James Duncan's The River Why would be excellent as well.

I believe that would be the River Wye, no?

And how about more of the classics: Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer? And Allan Quatermain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Quatermain)'s pretty good, too...

[Dr Jekyll]

I heartly recommend "The Jungle Books" by Rudyard Kipling

http://www.rarebookstudio.com/images/4323.jpg

[mal4mac]

"Treasure Island" by R.L. Stevenson. Try and find a version with a well printed treasure map! I couldn't read the one in the book I got! The only difficulty might come with the nautical terms, so try and find a version with a glossary -- or get him a book on 19th century sailing ships that names and labels the parts. Or a good dictionary.

Slightly more challenging:

"The Cossacks" by Tolstoy (Maude translation)

This is a really exciting adventure & love story on the Russian/Caucasian border (near Afghanistan...) There's a nice "Everyman hardback" edition, which should make a good present.

[The Comedian]

I believe that would be the River Wye, no?

No, I mean this book:

http://mihaib.com/images/books/TheRiverWhy.jpg

[Il Penseroso]

There's also the brotherly themed, and outdoorsy, A River Runs Through It by Norman McLean. It was made into a movie by Robert Redford starring Brad Pitt in the 90s.

[Jazz_]

If he liked Call of the Wild and White Fang and that sort of thing he may enjoy the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, I thought it was excellent, and it is along the same lines, also a pretty easy read.

I enjoyed this too - (read it years ago, I think in Yr7). Set entirely outdoors, about a young boy trying to survive in the wild - he'd probably like it...

[*Classic*Charm*]

Into the Wild- John Krakauer

I have a friend who's outdoorsy and this is his bible. A really great movie was made of it as well. It's also modern fiction, if it's older language styles that put him off other books.

[Pryderi Agni]

No, I mean this book:

http://mihaib.com/images/books/TheRiverWhy.jpg

Ohhhh...*facepalms*

Say, about boys surviving in the wild...how about Lord of the Flies?

[JuniperWoolf]

I recommend a copy of Playboy, it does have a nice wild feeling.

:lol: Wicked idea, perfect for a sixteen year old boy. Why not get him literature that he'll really love?

[NotWoodhouse]

Huck Finn by Mark Twain

[Mariamosis]

I second 'Treasure Island' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn', which is full of adventure! Regarding Twain, I would also add 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' to that list.

Jules Verne is also a great recommendation. My favorite was 'Mysterious Island', however, 'Journey to the Center of the Earth' and 'Around the World in Eighty Days' were also quite entertaining.

I would also recommend H. Rider Haggard's 'King Solomon's Mines' which inspired the character Indiana Jones. Haggard's 'She' is also a possiblity although I prefer the former book mentioned.

I am not sure whether the book must be a classic, however, Michael Crichton's 'Congo', 'Timeline' and 'Eaters of the Dead' are pretty venturous as well.

James Brian Jacques 'Redwall' would be another suggestion.

Lastly I would recommend 'The Iron Heel' by Jack London since he seemed to like other books by this author.

[Buh4Bee]

I second Classic Charm: Into the Wild by Krakauer

[Dinkleberry2010]

I recommend Stevenson's Treasure Island and Kidnapped, Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Tom Sawyer, Detective, Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea and The Mysterious Island, and Wells' The War Of The Worlds.