This is a consolidation of two previous lists: “The Top 50 Children’s Novels” and “The Top 50 Young Adult Books.” It aggregates a dozen lists specific to young adult books, more than 25 general children’s book lists, and another 50+ general book lists.
- J.K. Rowling Harry Potter (series, 1997-2007)
- E.B. White Charlotte’s Web (1952)
- C.S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia (series: 1950-1956)
- J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit (1937)
- Madeleine L’Engle A Wrinkle in Time (1962)
- Roald Dahl Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964)
- Lois Lowry The Giver (1994)
- Katherine Paterson The Bridge to Terabithia (1977)
- A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) / The House at Pooh Corner (1928)
- Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games (trilogy: 2008-10)
- Louis Sachar Holes (2000)
- Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) (1943)
- S.E. Hinton The Outsiders (1968)
- Philip Pullman His Dark Materials (trilogy: 1995-2000)
- Frances Hodgson Burnett The Secret Garden (1987)
- L.M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables (1908)
- Norton Juster The Phantom Tollbooth (1961)
- E.L. Konigsburg From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1967)
- Lois Lowry Number the Stars (1990)
- Elizabeth George Speare The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959)
- Gary Paulsen Hatchet (1987)
- Astrid Lingren Pippi Longstocking (1945)
- Shel Silverstein Where the Sidewalk Ends (1974)
- Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)
- Daniel Handler as Lemony Snicket A Series of Unforunate Events (series: 1999-2006)
- Louisa May Alcott Little Women (1869)
- Roald Dahl Matilda (1988)
- Mildred D. Taylor Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1977)
- Louise Fitzhugh Harriet the Spy (1964)
- Judy Blume Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret (1972)
- Natalie Babbit Tuck Everlasting (1975)
- Markus Zusak The Book Thief (2005)
- Scott O’Dell Island of the Blue Dolphins (1961)
- John Green Looking for Alaska (2005)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House (series: 1932-1971)
- Frank L. Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
- Kate DiCamillo Because of Winn-Dixie (2000)
- Mark Haddon The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2003)
- Robert C. O’Brien Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1970)
- William Grahame The Wind in the Willows (1908)
- J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings (trilogy: 1954-55)
- William Golding Lord of the Flies (1954)
- J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
- E.B. White Stuart Little (1945)
- Wilson Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows (1974)
- Sharon Creech Walk Two Moons (1994)
- Ursula K. Le Guin The Earthsea Cycle (series: 1968-2001)
- Sherman Alexie The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007)
- Roald Dahl James and the Giant Peach (1988)
- Rick Riordan Percy Jackson & the Olympians (series: 2005-2009)
- Ellen Raskin The Westing Game (1978)
- Esther Forbes Johnny Tremain (1943)
- Beverly Cleary Ramona (series: 1955-1999)
- Neil Gaiman The Graveyard Book (2010)
- Jack London The Call of the Wild (1903)
- Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885)
- Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999)
- John Green The Fault in Our Stars (2012)
- Kate DiCamillo The Tale of Despereaux (2003)
- Orscon Scott Card Ender’s Game (1968)
- Anne Frank The Diary of a Young Girl (aka The Diary of Anne Frank) (1947)
- Patricia MacLachlan Sarah, Plain and Tall (1985)
- Richard Adams Watership Down (1972)
- Jerry Spinelli Maniac Magee (1990)
- Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island (1883)
- Michael Bond A Bear Called Paddington (1960)
- Anna Sewell Black Beauty (1877)
- Mary Norton The Borrowers (1953)
- William H. Armstrong Sounder (1970)
- Pam Munoz Ryan Esperanza Rising (2000)
- J.M. Barrie Peter Pan (aka Peter and Wendy) (1911)
- Roald Dahl The BFG (1982)
- Meg Rosoff How I Live Now (2004)
- Judy Blume Forever… (1975)
- R.J. Palacio Wonder (2012)
- Judy Blume Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (1972)
- Diane Wynne Jones Howl’s Moving Castle (1986)
- Laurie Anderson Speak (2011)
- Lynne Reid Banks The Indian in the Cupboard (series: 1980-1998)
- Christopher Paolini Inheritance (series: 2003-2011)
- Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book (1894)
- Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
- William Goldman The Princess Bride (1973)
- Richard Atwater Mr. Popper’s Penguins (1938)
- Jean Craighead George Julie of the Wolves (1972)
- Gene Luen Yang American Born Chinese (2006)
- Brian Selznick The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007)
- Johanna Spyri Heidi (aka Heidi’s Years of Wandering and Learning) (Heidis Lehr - und Wnaderjahre) (1880)
- T.H. White The Sword in the Stone (1938)
- P.L. Travers Mary Poppins (1934)
- Jeff Kinney Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series: 2007-)
- Sheila Burnford The Incredible Journey (1984)
- Shaun Tan The Arrival (2006)
- Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813)
- Parick Ness A Monster Calls (2011)
- Veronica Roth Divergent (series: 2011-2013)
- Janette Sebring Lowrey The Poky Little Puppy (1942)
- Christopher Paul Curtis Bud Not Buddy (2000)
- anonymous Go Ask Alice (1976)
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