Recent reading is nonfiction / academic. (Edited to add: and poetry. He loves poetry and has been reading haiku anthologies lately.) We have not approached literature in the past. He has read most fo the children's classics, Harry Potter series, Series of Unfortunate Events,etc, but that was several years ago. His reading level is college level, his ability to extract from texts is college level (he took college placement test already). His ability to find and discuss themes is nonexistent because we haven't done it.
I looked at the links Indigo and RoyalBlue posted (THANK YOU!) and WOW, not sure I want him reading that stuff. Jane Eyre, The Bear, and The Waves seem less objectionable than the others.
He got the idea to read these books from watching Great Courses "The Art of Reading", part 1. I have the AP Lit & Comp reading list, I'll start screening those books for him too.
