Nymn's Best of Child Masterminds, Geniuses & Prodigies (13 books)

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1	The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 1,098,653 ratings score: 889, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl, #1) by Eoin Colfer 3.86 avg rating — 564,053 ratings score: 596, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.31 avg rating — 1,486,665 ratings score: 585, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Arctic Incident (Artemis Fowl, #2) by Eoin Colfer 3.96 avg rating — 160,890 ratings score: 393, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Eternity Code (Artemis Fowl, #3) by Eoin Colfer 4.05 avg rating — 141,557 ratings score: 389, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Opal Deception (Artemis Fowl, #4) by Eoin Colfer 4.06 avg rating — 143,600 ratings score: 385, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Lost Colony (Artemis Fowl, #5) by Eoin Colfer 4.01 avg rating — 160,625 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl, #6) by Eoin Colfer 4.08 avg rating — 95,871 ratings score: 377, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Atlantis Complex (Artemis Fowl #7) by Eoin Colfer 3.97 avg rating — 63,787 ratings score: 280, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1) by Jonathan Stroud (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 135,636 ratings score: 274, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Furies of Calderon (Codex Alera, #1) by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 114,391 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Blaze of Glory (The Laws of Magic, #1) by Michael Pryor (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 1,196 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Matilda by Roald Dahl 4.34 avg rating — 1,127,560 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

13 books · 11 voters · list created October 9th, 2011 by Nymn (votes) .

Tags: brilliant, child, children, clever, genius, intelligent, iq, mastermind, prodigies, prodigy

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message 1: by Brian (new)

Nov 17, 2011 11:18PM

I would suggest "Evil Genius" by Catherine Jinks, which fits the list well.

Personally, I thought Artemis Fowl was just so-so an only read the first one. In my opinion, Evil Genius was considerably better than Artemis Fowl, but probably I would say not as good as my top choices on your list, the Name of the Wind and Ender's Game.

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message 2: by Nymn (new)

Nov 20, 2011 08:21PM

Really? Although I personally haven't read Evil Genius, I have had a flip through it. I just find it sillier and not as realistic (as realistic in fantasy as you can get anyway) as Artemis Fowl. Well, we all have our personal preferences. :P

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message 3: by Jonathan (new)

Dec 18, 2012 08:27PM

this list is missing many great books and seems limited to very young teen books? Not that ones here are bad. Just simple. What about things by Louis McMaster Bujold?

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message 4: by Nymn (last edited Dec 19, 2012 06:23AM) (new)

Dec 19, 2012 06:20AM

Yeah, sorry, it's my personal list and everyone does have different tastes. =/ I've only read one book by him (her?) and I wasn't impressed, I've to admit. Maybe it wasn't one of his better works though. Which books are you referring to?

Also, there doesn't seem to be many fictional accounts of a child genius. You seem to know of others? If you do, please recommend it to me so I can add it to my list and read it myself. :) I only read fantasy & sci-fi at the moment however.

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