The gift of reading and being well-read is the single most important way to broaden young minds and prepare them for the world. First, you teach them to read, and then you foster their love of reading and learning. As parents, it is often hard to find appropriate books for your child's age and reading level. Many books for younger children will be better read aloud together. As the child grows into the middle grades, he or she will prefer reading on their own. To encourage your child to choose books that will truly enlighten their minds, here are some of the most comprehensive lists you will find anywhere which include classic literary works as well as some newer works that will become classics in the years ahead. I have provided the Amazon links for you to make your search for great books even easier. Many of these books are even free for your kindle reading devices!
53 Best Books for Teens and Young Adults
1 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- 3 A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- 4 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
- 5 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
- 6 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
- 7 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
- 8 All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- 9 Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
- 10 Call of the Wild by Jack London
- 11 Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
- 12 Dracula by Bram Stoker
- 13 Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
- 14 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- 15 Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- 16 Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- 17 Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
- 18 Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- 19 Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
- 20 Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
- 21 King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle
- 22 King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard
- 23 Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
- 24 Moby Dick by Herman Melville
- 25 Night by Elie Wiesel
- 26 Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith (My Favorite!)
- 27 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
- 28 Shakespeare's Entire Collection
- 29 Story of My Life by Helen Keller
- 30 The Bible
- 31 The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- 32 The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
- 33 The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
- 34 The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- 35 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 36 The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- 37 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
- 38 The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
- 39 The Iliad by Homer
- 40 The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- 41 The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
- 42 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
- 43 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- 44 The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- 45 The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- 46 The Odyssey by Homer
- 47 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
- 48 The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- 49 The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
- 50 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 51 The Three Musketeers by Alexander Dumas
- 52 To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- 53 Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- 54 White Fang by Jack London
- 20 Best Books for Preteen and Teen Girls
- 1 Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
- 2 Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
- 3 Are you there, God? It's me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
- 4 Emma by Jane Austen
- 5 Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- 6 Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- 7 Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- 8 Little Men by Louisa May Alcott
- 9 Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- 10 Listen for Rachel by Lou Kassem
- 11 Mandie Series by Lois Gladys Leppard
- 12 Persuasion by Jane Austen
- 13 Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
- 14 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- 15 Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- 16 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
- 17 Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
- 18 Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
- 19 The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
- 20 Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
48 Best Books for Elementary School Readers
1 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
2 A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
- 3 A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- 4 Aesop's Fables
- 5 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- 6 Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne
- 7 Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- 8 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
- 9 Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
- 10 Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
- 11 From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
- 12 Holes by Louis Sachar
- 13 How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
- 14 Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
- 15 Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
- 16 James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
- 17 Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
- 18 Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
- 19 Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
- 20 Matilda by Roald Dahl
- 21 My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
- 22 My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
- 23 Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- 24 Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
- 25 Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
- 26 Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
- 27 Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
- 28 Ramona Quimby collection by Beverly Cleary
- 29 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
- 30 Stuart Little by E.B. White
- 31 Superfudge by Judy Blume
- 32 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
- 33 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- 34 The Adventures of Tintin by Alexander Irvine
- 35 The Chronicles of Narnia Series by C.S. Lewis
- 36 The Giver by Lois Lowry
- 37 The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- 38 The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
- 39 The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
- 40 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
- 41 The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Rudolf Wyss
- 42 The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
- 43 The Journey Back by Johanna Reiss
- 44 The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
- 45 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
- 46 Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
- 47 Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- 48 Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
- 49 Wonder by R.J. Palacio
43 Best Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers
- 1 A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
- 2 Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
- 3 Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you see? by Eric Carle
- 4 Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
5 Corduroy by Don Freeman
6 Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
7 Dinosaurs Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort
8 Does A Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? by Eric Carle
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