This table is organized in the exact same order as the books appear under the tabs; first by genre, then by the suggested minimum age requirements (the suggestions are usually pretty loose; it really depends on the individual), starting with the easiest books to read to the harder ones. Remember, these are minimum age suggestions! Most of these books are good up to high school and beyond. I certainly never stopped reading them :). If you see a title that you like, go ahead and go for it! Although all the books listed are really good, some books will be marked with "RA." This stands for "Read Aloud" and will mark a book that I read aloud to my whole family. These books tend tend to be some of our family favorites. The BEST books will be clearly marked with !'s (the more, the better) and are personal favorites, although some are not necessarily as family friendly as the ones marked "RA." For more site info, visit Site Navigation.
Action: -Airman--Eoin Colfer RA ! -Quantum Prophecy--Michael Carrol ! -Code Orange--Caroline B. Cooney -The Homelanders (Series)--Andrew Klavan !! -Heist Society--Ally Carter RA !! -The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins !! Action/Adventure: -On the Run--Gordon Korman RA ! -Kidnapped--Gordon Korman RA ! -The Ascendance Trilogy--Jennifer A. Nielsen RA !! -The Ranger's Apprentice--John Flanagan RA !!! -The Brotherband Chronicles--John Flanagan RA !!! -Pirate Adventures: Isle of Swords/Isle of Fire--Wayne Batson !!! Spy: -Spy Force--Deborah Abela -Spy School-- Stuart Gibbs RA !! -The Chance Twins--Jack Higgins !! -Gallagher Girls--Ally Carter Adventure: -Magic Tree House--Mary Pope Osborn ! -Dinotopia--Various authors RA ! -From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler--E. L. Konisburg RA !! -The Invention of Hugo Cabret--Brian Selznick RA ! -The Whipping Boy--Sid Fleischman -39 Clues--Various authors RA -Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat--Lynne Jonell RA ! -The Mysterious Benedict Society--Trenton Lee Stewart RA !!! -Swindle--Gordon Korman RA ! -Cooper Kids Adventure Series--Frank Peretti ! -Island--Gordon Korman ! -The Swiss Family Robinson--Johann Whyss RA !! -The Youngest Templar--Michael P. Spradlin RA ! -Banner in the Sky--James Ramsey Ullman -Dreamhouse Kings--Robert Liparulo ! -The Book Thief--Markus Zusak ! Adventure/Fantasy: -The Chronicles of Narnia--C. S. Lewis RA !!!+ -The Dragonkeeper Chronicles--Donita K. Paul RA !!! -The Hobbit--J. R. R. Tolkien RA !!! -How To Train Your Dragon--Cressida Cowell RA ! -Straw into Gold--Gary D. Schmidt RA !!! -The Tale of Desperaux--Kate DiCamillo RA !! -The Wormling--Jerry B. Jenkins & Chris Fabry RA !! -Dragons of Chiril--Donita K. Paul RA !! -The Everafters--Shelby Bach ! -Artemis Fowl--Eoin Colfer RA !!! -The Lord of the Rings--J. R. R. Tolkien RA !!!+ -The Door Within--Wayne Thomas Batson !! -Dragons in Our Midst/Oracles of Fire/Children of the Bard--Bryan Davis !!! -Dragons of Starlight--Bryan Davis !!! -The Lost Books--Ted Dekker ! -Tales of Starlight--Bryan Davis !! Animal: -Barkley's School for Dogs--Debbie Dadey -Animal Ark Pets--Ben M. Baglio -Jack Russel Dog Detective--Darrel and Sally Odgers ! -Animal Ark--Ben M. Baglio ! -The Backward Bird Dog--Bill Wallace -Bub Moose/Bub, Snow,/--Bill Wallace ! -That Doggone Calf--Bill Wallace -A Dog on His Own--Mary Jane Auch -The Dog who Thought He was Santa--Bill Wallace ! -Ereth's Birthday--Avi !! -The Flying Flea Callie and Me--Carol and Bill Wallace !! -Goosed--Bill Wallace RA ! -Hank the Cowdog--John R. Erickson -The Meanest Hound Around--Carol and Bill Wallace -Ralph--Beverly Cleary !! -Socks--Beverly Cleary ! -Stubby and the Puppypack--Nikki Wallace ! -Totally Disgusting--Bill Wallace -Upchuck and Rotten Willy--Bill Wallace ! -Watchdog and the Coyotes--Bill Wallace ! -The Rats of NIMH--Robert C. O'Brien -Bunnicula--James Howe RA ! -Waggit's Tale--Peter Howe Horse: -The Pony Crazed Princess--Diana Kimpton ! -Pony Pals--Jeanne Betancourt ! -Hoofbeats--Kathleen Duey RA !! -Moon Shadow--Chris Platt -Storm Chaser--Chris Platt -Star Gazer--Chris Platt -Black Beauty--Anna Sewell RA !!! -Horseshoe Trilogies--Lucy Daniels ! -Phantom Stallion--Terri Farley RA !! -Thoroughbred--Joanna Campbell RA ! -Willow King--Chris Platt - Heartland--Lauren Brooke -My Friend Flicka--Mary O'Hara RA !!! -Firehorse--Diane Lee Wilson -Sundancer--Shelley Pearson RA !! Drama/Romance: -Ella Enchanted--Gail Carson Levine RA !! -Once Upon a Marigold/Twice Upon a Marigold--Jean Ferris -Dragon Slippers--Jessica Day George -A Friend at Midnight--Caroline B. Cooney-The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Trilogy)--Jessica Day George ! -Two Tickets to the Christmas Ball--Donita K. Paul RA ! -Heist Soceity--Ally Carter RA !! -Gallagher Girls--Ally Carter -Jane Eyre--Charlotte Bronte ! -Pride and Prejudice--Jane Austen ! -Mark of the Lion--Francine Rivers !!! -Redeeming Love--Francine Rivers !!! Fantasy: -Rainbow Magic--Daisy Meadows -Tales of Pixie Hollows--Various Authors -Charlie and the Chocolate Factory--Roald Dahl RA !! -Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg--Gail Carson Levine ! -Fairy Realm--Emily Rodda RA !!! -Ella Enchanted--Gail Carson Levine RA !! -Dragon Slippers--Jessica Day George -Once Upon a Marigold/Twice Upon a Marigold--Jean Ferris -The Thief Lord--Cornelia Funke -Princess Academy--Shannon Hale !!! -The Twelve Dancing Princesses (Trilogy)--Jessica Day George ! -The Wizard of Oz--L. Frank Baum !! Inspirational: -Divine Romance--Gene Edwards !!! -The Shack--William P. Young ! Mystery: -The Cupcake Thief--Ellen Jackson ! -Jigsaw Jones--James Preller -A to Z Mysteries--Ron Roy RA !! -Cam Janson--David Adler !! -Jack Russel Dog Detective--Darrel and Sally Odgers ! -Masterpiece (Series)--Elise Broach -Accidental Detectives--Sigmund Brouwer RA !!! -Bloodhounds Inc.--Bill Myers -Boxcar Children--Gertrude Chandler Warner -Encyclopedia Brown--Donald J. Sobol ! -Hardy Boys--Franklin W. Dixon ! -The Mysterious Case of the Albright Academy--Diane Stanley -Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mysteries--Carolyn Keene & Franklin W. Dixon ! -Nancy Drew--Carolyn Keene ! -Red Rock Mysteries--Jerry B. Jenkins & Chris Fabry -Room One--Andrew Clements ! -Belly Up--Stuart Gibbs !!- -The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict--Trenton Lee Stewart RA !! -Half-Moon Investigations--Eoin Colfer RA !!! -Shakespear's Secret--Elise Broach RA ! -Holes--Louis Sachar RA !! -Sherlock Holmes--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -The Moonstone--Wilkie Collins ! Realistic Fiction: -Clementine--Sarah Pennypacker RA -Henry Huggins--Beverly Cleary RA !! -Dixie Morris Animal Adventures--Gilbert Morris !! -Frindle--Andrew Clements -Ginger Pye--Eleanor Estes -Granny Torelli Makes Soup--Sharon Creech RA -Just Plain Cat--Nancy K. Robinson -The Last Holiday Concert--Andrew Clements ! -The Lemonade War--Jacqueline Davies RA -Lunch Money--Andrew Clements !! -Mitch and Amy--Beverly Cleary ! -My Life As... (The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle)--Bill Myers !! -No Talking--Andrew Clements !! -Ramona--Beverly Cleary RA ! -Room One--Andrew Clements ! -The School Story--Andrew Clements ! -A Week in the Woods--Andrew Clements !! -Wonder--R. J. Palacio RA !!! -Anne of Green Gables--Lucy Maud Montgomery RA !! -Because of Mr. Terupt-- Rob Buyea RA !!! -Belly Up--Stuart Gibbs !! -Diary of a Wimpy Kid--Jeff Kinney ! -Heartbeat--Sharon Creech RA !! -The Higher Power of Lucky--Susan Patron RA ! -Hoot/Flush/Scat--Carl Hiaason RA !! -A Little Princess--Frances Hodgeson Burnett ! -Maniac Magee--Jerry Spinelli RA !!! -Millicent Min-Girl Genius/Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time/So Totally Emily Ebers--Lisa Yee RA ! -No More Dead Dogs--Gordon Korman RA !!! -The Penderwicks--Jeanne Birdsall RA !! -Project Mullberry--Linda Sue Park -The Secret Garden--Frances Hodgeson Burnett ! -Summer of the Swans--Betsy Byars RA !! -Surviving the Applewhites--Stephanie S. Tolan RA !! -The View From Saturday--E. L. Konisburg RA !!! -Crash--Jerry Spinelli !! -A Long Way From Chicago/A Year Down Yonder--Richard Peck RA !! -One for the Murphys--Lynda Mullaley Hunt -The Outsiders--S. E. Hinton RA !!! -Peak--Roland Smith Historical Fiction: -The Courage of Sarah Noble--Alice Dalgliesh ! -Hoofbeats--Kathleen Duey RA !! -Little House--Laura Ingalls Wilder RA !!! -The Matchlock Gun--Walter D. Edmunds ! -Sarah, Plain and Tall--Patricia MacLachlan -Caddie Woodlawn--Carol Ryrie Brink RA !!! -The Door in the Wall--Marguerite De Angeli RA !! -Guardian Angel--Sigmund Brouwer RA !! -Number the Stars--Lois Lowry -A Single Shard--Linda Sue Park RA !!! -Smokey the Cowhorse--Will James -Trailblazer books--Dave and Neta Jackson -Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!--Laura Amy Schiltz !! -Hattie Big Sky--Kirby Larson !! -The Witch of Blackbird Pond--Elizabeth George Speare RA !! -The Captain's Dog--Roland Smith -Fever 1793--Laurie Halse Anderson -Firehorse--Diane Lee Wilson -To Kill a Mockingbird--Harper Lee !!! Sci-fi: -The Seven Professors of the Far North/The Flight of the Silver Turtle--John Fardell RA !! -A Wrinkle in Time--Madeleine L'Engle !! -Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper--Michael Reisman -Double Identity--Margaret Peterson Haddix ! -The Missing--Margaret Peterson Haddix !! -Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25--Richard Paul Evans -The Giver--Lois Lowry !!! -The Jason Experiment: Replication--Jill Williamson !! -The Hunger Games--Suzanne Collins !! -Animal Farm--George Orwell !!! -Echoes From the Edge--Bryan Davis !!!