Oh Boy lol, My son't reading is definately NOT as thoughtful. He loves anything to do with dragons and magic so we have lots of Dragonolgy, Wizardology, Harry Potter, D'Lacey, Rangers Apprentice and Garth Nix series. Goosebumps are favorites but 20 minute reads.

He just started some of the dragonlance series, and I plan on providing the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings to him soon.

His free reading is almost all fantasy related with a few sports books thrown in here and there.

He loves podcasts on real science but generally isn't interested in reading straight science. Much more interested in hands on experiments.