Great books by genre       

Realistic Fiction:                Historical Fiction: 

Speculative Fiction (Sci Fi/Fantasy)

Adventure

Sharon Creech – The Wanderer

Karen Cushman – Ballad of Lucy Whipple

Will Hobbs - Wild Man Island 

Jack London – Call of the Wild, biography

Robert Ludlum – Borne Identity

Ben Mikaelsen  - Touching Spirit Bear

Scott O’Dell – Island of the Blue Dolphins

Gary Paulsen – Hatchet, Soldier’s Heart

Classics

Jane Austen - Emma, Pride and Prejudice etc. 

Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre

Pearl S. Buck - The Good Earth

Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe

Charles Dickens - Great Expectations

Alexander Dumas - The Three Musketeers

Henry James -Turn of the Screw

Rudyard Kiplind - The Jungle Book 

Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird

Jack London – Call of the Wild, biography

Sir Walter Scott - Ivanhoe

Mystery/Suspense

Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express, etc. 

Lois Duncan - I Know What You Did Last Summer

Richard Peck - Are You in the House Alone? 

Philip Pullman - Ruby in the Smoke series

Louis Sachar - Holes

Wendelin Van Draanen – Sammy Keyes mysteries

Cynthia Voigt – The Calendar Papers

Nonfiction

Jean Fritz – Homecoming (autobiography)

Walter Dean Myers – Monster, Bad Boy (autobiography)

 

Realistic/Historical Fiction	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Adventure	Classics	Mystery/Suspense
Joan Bauer - Hope Was Here Betsy Byars – The Pinballs Robert Cormier - Heroes Paula Danzinger – P.S. Longer Letter Later Kate DiCamillo – Because of Winn Dixie Paula Fox – One-Eyed Cat Jean Fritz – Homecoming (autobiography) Jack Gantos – Joey Pigza series Patricia Riley Giff – Nory Ryan’s Song Bette Greene – Summer of My German Soldier Karen Hesse – Out of the Dust, Witness Irene Hunt – Across Five Aprils, Up a Road Slowly Madeline L'Engle- House Like a Lotus Walter Dean Myers – Monster, Bad Boy (autobiography) Katherine Patterson – Bridge to Terabitha Richard Peck – Remembering the Good Times, Long Way from Chicago Wilson Rawls – Where the Red Fern Grows Ann Rinaldi – Amelia’s War Margeret Rostkowski – After the Dancing Days Nevile Schute - A Town Like Alice Elizabeth George Speare – Witch of Blackbird Pond Jerry Spinelli – Crash, Maniac Magee	Douglas Adams - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Collins, Suzanne  - The Hunger Games, Gregor the Overlander series Natalie Babbitt – Tuck Everlasting Susan Cooper – Grey King Nancy Farmer - The Ear, the Eye and the Arm William Goldman – Princess Bride only Margaret Haddix – Among the Hidden Margaret Haddix - Running Out of Time Frank Herbert - Dune Madeline L’Engle – A Wrinkle in Time Gail Carson Levine – Ella Enchanted Lois Lowry – The Giver Philip Pullman – Golden Compass series, I Was a Rat J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter series Nevile Schute – On the Beach William Sleator - Into the Dream J.R.R. Tolkien – The Hobitt Jane Yolen – Merlin series, etc.	Laurie Halse Anderson  - Fever 1793  Avi – True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle Avi - Crispin and the Cross of Lead Sharon Creech – The Wanderer Karen Cushman – Ballad of Lucy Whipple Will Hobbs - Wild Man Island  Jack London – Call of the Wild, biography Robert Ludlum – Borne Identity Ben Mikaelsen  - Touching Spirit Bear Scott O’Dell – Island of the Blue Dolphins Gary Paulsen – Hatchet, Soldier’s Heart	Jane Austen - Emma, Pride and Prejudice etc.  Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre Pearl S. Buck - The Good Earth Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe Charles Dickens - Great Expectations Alexander Dumas - The Three Musketeers Henry James -Turn of the Screw Rudyard Kiplind - The Jungle Book  Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird Jack London – Call of the Wild, biography Sir Walter Scott - Ivanhoe John Steinbeck - Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men	Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express, etc.  Lois Duncan - I Know What You Did Last Summer Richard Peck - Are You in the House Alone?  Philip Pullman - Ruby in the Smoke series Louis Sachar - Holes Wendelin Van Draanen – Sammy Keyes mysteries Cynthia Voigt – The Calendar Papers