Fantasy with Male Main Characters

Try these books if you're looking for:

• Fantasy
• Male Characters
• No romance
• Suspense
• Fast-paced

Amulet of Samarkand
By Jonathan Stroud
YA F STROUD
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.

Mister Monday
By Garth Nix
YA F NIX
Although Arthur Penhaligon is supposed to die, he is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock, and now some bizarre creatures--including Mister Monday, his avenging messengers, and an army of dog-faced Fetchers--will stop at nothing to get the key.

Ruins of Gorlan
By John Flanagan
YA F FLANAGAN
When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.

Dragon and Thief
By Timothy Zahn
YA F ZAHN
Fourteen-year-old Jack Morgan pilots his uncle's spaceship to a distant planet to escape being framed, and tries to ally himself with the alien K'da warrior, Draycos, who crashes there after a space battle.

The Lightning Thief
By Rick Riordan
YA F RIORDAN
After learning that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea, Percy Jackson is transferred from boarding school to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for demigods, and becomes involved in a quest to prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.