Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes follows Charlie on his journey to becoming a genius. When we first meet Charlie we learn that he was born with a well-below average IQ, and he has the opportunity to become a genius. He is only slightly aware of what will happen to him, but he does understand that knowledge, reading, and writing are important. Charlie's journey parallels that of Algernon, the mouse who was part of a similar experiment.
Daniel Keyes' novel was turned into the movie Charly in 1968 which won an Oscar for Best Actor (Cliff Robertson).
If you enjoyed Flowers for Algernon, you may like some of these as well:
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Awakenings by Robert Sacks
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safron Foer
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