Tween/Young Adult Books I've Read

Students often ask how many books I've read and which are my favorites.  A common question is, "Have you read all the books in our library?"  I sometimes answer dishonestly, with a smirk..."Why yes I have, so don't ever try to fake reading a book!  I'll catch ya!"   And then I have to smile and they know I'm joking.  But seriously, I have read a lot of books.  So, I sat down last year and made a list of all the books I could remember reading and many of the books I've read in my 5 years of working as LMS.  I've taken the time and space to record them here to satisfy my students' curiosity and to get them recorded for posterity.  I've marked my absolute favorites in red.  Enjoy!  Remember, these are tween or ya fiction.  I haven't included all the children's picture books, adult fiction, nonfiction or tween nonfiction I've read.  Whew!  No wonder I wear glasses!  These titles are in no particular order.  And let's just pretend I underlined the book titles, shall we?  Plus, I haven't included any books I've read this school year that have appeared on my blog.

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Red Kayak by Priscilla Cummings
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Levitt
Holes by Louis Sachar
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Patterson
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Elenor Coerr
Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen
The Voyage of the Arctic Tern by Hugh Montgomery

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Maximum Ride Books 1-5 by James Patterson
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Bucking the Sarge by Christopher Paul Curtis
Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
Peak by Roland Smith
Diamonds in the Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney
Cracker by Cynthia Kadohata
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
The Chicken Dance by Jacques Couvillon
Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury
Hiroshima Dreams by Kelly Easton
Frannie in Pieces by Delia Ephron
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Beauty Shop for Rent by Laura Bowers
A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
The City of Ember by Jean DuPrau
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

Maze of Bones 39 Clues book 1 by Rick Riordan
One False Note 39 Clues book 2 by Gordan Korman
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Look for Me by Moonlight by Mary Downing Hahn
Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson
The People of Sparks by Jeanne du Prau
Trials of Kate Hope by Wick Downing
The Diamon of Darkhold by Jeanne du Prau
The Prophet of Yonwood by Jeanne du Prau
Gone by Michael Grant
Cricket Man by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
The Sword Thief 39 Clues book 3 by Peter Lerangis
The Great Wide Sea by M.H. Herlong
A Horse of Her Own by Anne Wedekind

Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
Trouble by Gary D. Schmidt
Game by Walter Dean Myers
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Daniel X #1 by James Patterson
The Alchemyst by Michael Scott
The Magician by Michael Scott
The Sorceress by Michael Scott
Beyond the Grave 39 Clues book 4 by Jude Watson
The Black Circle 39 Clues book 5 by Patrick Carman
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Seer of Shadows by Avi
Hunger by Michael Grant
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
The Wish List by Eoin Colfer
Eli the Good by Silas House
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Faith, Hope and Ivy June by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Blood Lust by Hannah Wilson (student author)
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
Harry Potter #1-7 by J.K. Rowling
The Series of Unfortunate Events books 1-5 by Lemony Snicket
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Crispin by Avi
Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume
A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Rebel Angels by Libba Bray
Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Silver Cup by Constance Leeds
The Chronicles of Narnia books 1-7 by C.S. Lewis
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
39 Clues books 6-7
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
Little House in the Big Woods (books 1-9) by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Knucklehead by Jon Sciezka
Call Me Hope by Gretchen Olson
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Trouble by Betsy Byars
Keeper of the Doves by Betsy Byars
Beastly by Alex Finn
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
All Rivers Flow to the Sea by Alison McGhee
Defiance by Jennifer Holm
Leepike Ridge  by N.D. Wilson
Lush by Natasha Friend
Bounce by Natasha Friend
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Magpie Gabbard by Sally Keehn
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Emma by Jane Austen
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Spidewick Chronicles books 1-5 by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickins
Black Stallion by Walter Farley
Penny From Heaven by Jennifer Holm

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Treasure Island by Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Heidi by Johanna Spyri
The Pearl by John Steinbeck


So far, 172 titles!


And, I know I've forgotten some.
Maybe you should take some time to write down everything you can remember reading...you'd be surprised!

Happy Reading!
RC