Dana Jean: I have Cheaper by the Dozen and have read it, as have both my girls (but, interestingly, none of the boys - sort of like Little Women). We've also watched the movie referenced by SharonC. We dvr'd it some time back and everyone watched it. I also had to read it when I was a sophomore in high school.
Skimom, my 14 year old is very much her own personality (they all are but she has extremely distinct likes and dislikes). She loves old fairy tales and any book with dragons in it. I'll run those you mentioned by her and see if she bites. But I do assign books to read periodically. I've chosen many, though not all, of their school reading books. And I also sometimes just get a book I think they should read, hand it to them, and tell them to read it. I usually do that when the Sox are on so I'm controlling the tv (my wife, bless her, bought me MLB season ticket several years ago for my birthday so I get to watch the NESN broadcasts of the Sox all the way out here in Idaho), and I've banned them from their various electronic gizmos for a while. They whine about nothing to do so I get them a book. It's disappointing, but like reading, I can't get them into watching baseball.
Kelly