Boys Recommended List
Gr. 3-4 Boys
Abbott, TonyThe Hidden Stairs and the Magic Carpet
Applegate, K.A.The Animorphs series: The Invasion, The Visitor,
The Encounter, etc.
AviThe End of the Beginning, Ereth's Birthday, The Good Dog, and the
Poppy series
Barker, CliveAbarat and Days of Magic, Nights of War
Birdsall, JeanneThe Penderwicks
Birney, BettySeven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
Blume, JudyTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Otherwise Known as Sheila
the Great, Superfudge, Fudge-a-mania, and Double Fudge
Beddor, FrankThe Looking Glass Wars trilogy
Brooks, WalterFreddy and the Bean Home News
Byars, BetsyMy Dog, My Hero
Cary, KateBloodline
Colfer, EoinHalf Moon, Wish List, and the Artemis Fowl series: Artemis Fowl,
The Arctic Incident, The Eternity Code, etc.
Collins, SuzanneThe Underland Chronicles
Coville, BruceI Left My Sneakers in Dimension X
Creech, SharonLove That Dog
Dahl, RoaldJames and the Giant Peach, The Witches, and The Twits
Daniels, LucyThe Animal Ark series: Kittens in the Kitchen, Pony
on the Porch, and Puppies in the Pantry
Delaney, JosephThe Last Apprentice series
Di Camillo, KateBecause of Winn-Dixie and The Tale of Despereaux
Donkin, AndrewSpooky Spine Chillers
Doyle, RoddyThe Giggler Treatment, The Meanwhile Adventures,
and Rover Saves Christmas
Eager, EdwardKnight's Castle
Feiffer, JuliusA Barrel of Laughs, A Veil of Tears
Flanagan, JohnThe Ranger's Apprentice series
Funke, CorneliaDragon Rider, Inkheart, Inkspell, The Thief Lord, and
When Santa Fell to Earth
Gardiner, JohnStone Fox
George, Jean CraigheadMy Side of the Mountain
and There's an Owl in the Shower
Gorey, EdwardAmphigorey, Too
Goscinny, ReneThe Nicholas series
Gutman, DanThe Get Rich Quick Clubseries
Haig, MattSamuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest
Hiaasen, CarlFlush and Hoot
Howe, JamesThe Bunnicula series
Ibbotson, EvaDial-a-Ghost, Island of the Aunts, Pleasing the Ghost,
and Which Witch?
Jacques, BrianThe Redwall series
Juster, NormanThe Phantom Tollbooth
Kinney, JeffDiary of a Wimpy Kid, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules,
andDiary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw
Kurzweil, AllenLeon and the Champion Chip and Leon and the
Spitting Image
Lasky, KathrynThe Guardians of Ga'Hoole series: The Capture, The Journey,
The Rescue, etc.
Lewis, C.S.The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,
Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, etc.
MacHale, D.J.The Pendragon series
Maguire, GregoryLeaping Beauty
Martin, AnnA Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
McCormick, MaggiSpooky Spine Chillers
McMullan, KateDragon Slayers' Academy: The New Kid at School,
Revenge of the Dragon Lady, Class Trip to the Cave of Doom, etc.
McSwigan, MarieThe Snow Treasure
Mull, BrandonThe Fablehaven series and The Candy Shop War
Nimmo, JennyMidnight for Charlie Bone and the other Charlie Bone books
Nix, GarthOne Beastly Beast
Oppel, KennethSkybreaker
Osborne, Mary PopeThe Magic Tree House books: Dinosaurs Before Dark,
The Knight Before Dawn, Mummies in the Morning, etc.
Paolini, ChristopherEragon, Eldest, and Brisingr
Paver, MichelleWolf Brother, Spirit Walker, and the rest of the Chronicles
of Ancient Darkness
Peirce, LincolnThe Big Nate series
Philbrick, RodmanRem World
Pinkwater, DanielFive Novels, Four Fantastic Novels, The Neddiad,
The Yggyssey, and Once Upon a Blue Moose
Platt, KinBig Max
Prineas, SarahThe Magic Thief
Pullman, PhillipClockwork
Riordan, RickThe Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters, and Titan's Curse
Rodda, EmilyDeltora Quest
Rowling, J.K.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter
and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, etc.
Sachar, LouisHoles
Sage, AngieFlyte, Magyk, and Physik
Scott, MichaelThe Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
Seidler, TorThe Wainscot Weasel
Selden, GeorgeA Cricket in Times Square and Harry Cat's Pet Puppy
Selznick, BrianThe Invention of Hugh Cabret
Shannon, DavidDavid Goes to School and No, David!
Snicket, LemonyThe Series of Unfortunate Events books
Soup, Dr. CuthbertA Whole Nother Story
Sperry, ArmstrongCall It Courage
Spinelli, JerryCrash
Stewart, Trenton LeeThe Mysterious Benedict Society and the
Perilous Journey
Stone, JeffThe Five Ancestors series
Swope, SamJack and the Seven Deadly Giants
Teitelbaum, Michael, et al.The Lost Scrolls Collection
Trivizas, EugeneThe Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Tolkien, J.R.R.The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers,
The Return of the King, and The Silmarillion
Gr. 5-6 Boys
Almond, DavidSkelling, Raven Summer, Kit's Wilderness, Clay, and
Heaven's Eyes
Alphin, ElaineThe Perfect Shot(review)
Anderson, M.T.The Game of Sunken Places and Octavian Nothing
AviWolf Rider and Murder at Midnight
Barry, Dave and Ridley PearsonThe Peter and the Starcatchers series
Barker, CliveThe Abarat series
Baskin, Nora RaleighAnything But Typical
Bowler, TimStorm Catchers(review)
Bradbury, JenniferShift
Brennan, HerbieThe Faerie Wars series
Buckley, MichaelNERDS
Burg, Ann E.All the Broken Pieces
Beddor, FrankThe Looking Glass Wars series
Card, Orson ScottEnder's Game
Carman, PatrickThirteen Days to Midnight and the Atherton series
Cary, KateBloodline
Chabon, MichaelSummerland
Chima, Cinda WilliamsThe Warrior Heir trilogy
Colfer, EoinThe Artemis Fowl series and The Wish List
Collins, SuzanneThe Hunger Games series (review) and The Underland Chronicles
Cooney, Caroline B.The Face on the Milk Carton trilogy
Corder, ZizouLionboy, Lionboy: The Chase, and Lionboy: The Truth
Cormier, RobertAfter the First Death and We All Fall Down
Croggon, AlisonThe Naming and the rest of the Pellinor trilogy
Cummings, PriscillaThe Red Kayak
D'Lacey, ChrisThe Fire Within
Dekker, TedThe Lost Books series: Chosen(review), Infidel, etc.
Delaney, JosephThe Last Apprentice series
Doctorow, CoryLittle Brother
Draper, SharonCopper Sun and Out of my Mind
Duprau, JeanneThe City of Ember series
Enthoven, SamThe Black Tatoo
Farmer, NancyHouse of the Scorpion(review)
Felin, M. SindyTouching Snow
Fisher, CatherineIncarceron
Flanagan, JohnThe Ranger's Apprentice series
Flynn, GillianDark Places(review)
Fukui, IsamuTruancy
Gaiman, NeilThe Graveyard Book, Coraline, Good Omens, and
Odd and the Frost Giants
Gardner, SallyThe Red Necklace
Golden, ChristopherLast Breath
Graff, LisaThe Thing About Georgie
Grant, MichaelGone
Gratz, AlanThe Brooklyn Nine
Haddix, Magaret PetersonFound and Double Identity
Haig, MattSamuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest and the rest of the Samuel
Blink series
Harris, JoanneRunemarks
Hautman, PeteRash, Invisible, Godless,
Hiassen, CarlFlush and Hoot
Higgins, F.E.The Black Book of Secrets and The Bone Magician
Higson, CharlieSilverfin
Holmes, Sarah LewisOperation, Yes
Hoffman, AliceThe Foretelling
Horowitz, AnthonyThe Alex Rider series: Stormbreaker, Point Blank,
Skeleton Key, etc.
Howe, JamesThe Misfits and Totally Joe
Jaramillo, AnnLa Linea
Jinks, CatherineEvil Genius
Kerr, P.B.Children of the Lamp
Klages, EllenThe Green Glass Sea
Kluger, SteveMy Most Excellent Year
Koertge, RonShakespeare Bats Cleanup
Korman, GordonBorn to Rock, Schooled, Pop, Swindle,
The Juvie Three(review) and the On the Run series
Kostick, ConorEpic
Krakauer, JonInto Thin Air
Landy, DerekSkulduggery Pleasant
Law, IngridSaavy
Leavitt, MartinneKeturah and Lord Death
Lieb, JoshI am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil . . .
Lockhart, E.The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks
Lowry, LoisThe Giver, Gathering Blue, and The Silent Boy
MacHale, D.J.The Pendragon series: The Merchant of Death,
The Lost City of Faar, The Never War, and The Quillan Games
Meyer, L.A.Bloody Jack, Curse of the Blue Tattoo, and Under the Jolly Roger
Mourlevat, Jean-ClaudeThe Pull of the Ocean and Winter's End
Mowll, JoshuaOperation Red Jericho
Myers, Walter DeanAutobiography of My Dead Brother, Fallen Angels,
Hoops, Monster, Sunrise Over Falluja, and Shooter
Mull, BrandonThe Fablehaven series
Ness, PatrickThe Knife of Never Letting Go(review) and The Ask and the Answer
Nix, GarthThe Keys to the Kingdomseries and One Beastly Beast
Oppel, KennethAirborn, Skybreaker, and the Silverwing series
Paolini, ChristopherEragon, Eldest, and Brisingr
Patterson, JamesMaximum Ride: The Angel Experiment, Maximum Ride:
School's Out Forever, and Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other
Extreme Sports
Patterson, KatherineBread and Roses Too
Pattou, EdithEast, Fire Arrow and Hero's Song
Paulson, GaryThe Secret Life of Birds, Hatchet, and Wood's Runner
Paver, MichelleWolf Brother, Spirit Walker, and the rest of the Chronicles of
Ancient Darkness series
Pearson, Ridley and Dave BarryPeter and the Shadow Thieves
Peet, MalKeeper and Tamar
Pfeffer, SusanLife as We Knew It
Pierce, TamoraWild Magic series
Pinkwater, DanielThe Neddiad, The Iggysey
Pratchett, TerryNation
Prose, Francine After
Pullman, PhillipThe Dark Materials trilogy
Ralston, AronBetween a Rock and a Hard Place
Rex, AdamThe True Meaning of Smekday(review)
Riordan, RickThe Lightning Thief, Sea of Monsters and Titan's Curse
Rutkoski, MarieCabinet of Wonders
Sachar, LouisHoles and Small Steps
Sage, AngieMagyk, Flyte and Physik
Selznick, BrianThe Invention of Hugo Cabret
Shusterman, NealThe Schwaa was Here, Antsy Does Time, Unwind, Full Tilt,
Downsiders, and Everlost
Sniegoski, TomSleeper Code
Sonnenblick, JordanDrums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, Notes from
the Midnight Driver, Zen and the Art of Faking It, After Ever After
Spinelli, JerryCrash,Milkweed, Stargirl, Smiles to Go, Wringer, Maniac Magee,
and Eggs
Stone, JeffMonkey, Snake, Tiger, and the rest of the Five Ancestors series
Stork, FrancsicoMarcelo in the Real World
Stroud, JonathanThe Bartimaeus trilogy: The Amulet of Samarkand,
The Golem's Eye, and Ptolemy's Gate
Tezuka, UsamuThe Buddha graphic novel series
Tolkien, J.R.R.The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers,
and The Return of the King
Trueman, TerryStuck in Neutral and Cruise Control
Van Draanen, WendelinSwear to Howdy
Vonnegut, KurtCat's Cradle and Welcome to the Monkey House
Westerfeld, ScottLeviathan(review)
Winerip, MichaelAdam Canfield of the Slash
Yancey, RickThe Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp and
The Monstrumologist
Yang, GeneAmerican-Born Chinese
Zevin, GabrielleMemoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Gr. 7-8 Boys
Adams, DouglasThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series
Adiga, AravindThe White Tiger(review)
Alexie, ShermanFlight and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Allende, IsabelCity of the Beasts
Anderson, LaurieSpeak and Twisted
Anderson, M.T.Feed, Thirsty, The Game of Sunken Places,
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Pox Party and The
Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: The Kingdom on the Waves
Asher, JayThirteen Reasons Why
Bacigalupi, PaoloShip Breaker
Banks, RussellRule of the Bone
Bauby, Jean DominiqueThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Beah, IshmaelA Long Way Gone
Becker, TomDarkside
Bell, TedNick of Time
Benioff, DavidCity of Thieves
Bissinger, H.G.Friday Night Lights
Bloor, EdwardTangerine and Taken
Bowen, MarkBlack Hawk Down
Boyce, Frank CottrellMillions
Bradbury, JenniferShift
Brewer, HeatherThe Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series
Brooks, KevinCandy
Brown, DanThe Da Vinci Code
Bryson, BillA Walk in the Woods
Calame, DonSwim the Fly
Card, Orson ScottThe Ender series and Pathfinder
Cary, KateThe Bloodline Trilogy
Chabon, MichaelThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Summerland,
andThe Yiddish Policeman's Union
Clarke, Arthur C.2001: A Space Odyssey
Coburn, JakePrep
Colfer, EoinSupernaturalist and the Artemis Fowl series
Collins, SuzanneThe Hunger Games(review) and Catching Fire
Cooney, CarolineCode Orange
Cormier, RobertI Am the Cheese, The Chocolate War, The Rag and Bone Shop,
We All Fall Down, and other titles
Coy, JohnCrackback(review)
Crichton, MichaelSphere, Congo, Next, Jurassic Park, Airframe, and
The Andromeda Strain
Crist-Evans, CraigAmaryllis
Crutcher, ChrisRunning Loose, The Crazy Horse Electric Game, and Deadline
Dashner, JamesThe Maze Runner
Dawidoff, NicholasThe Crowd Sounds Happy
Deuker, CarlHeart of a Champion, Night Hoops, Painting the Black,
and High Heat
Diaz, JunotThe Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
D'Lacey, ChrisThe Fire Within
Doctorow, CoryLittle Brother
Dowd, SiobhanBog Child
Draper, SharonFire from the Rock
Dye, Dan and Beckloff, MarkAmazing Gracie
Eggers, DaveA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Farmer, NancyThe House of the Scorpion (review) and The Sea of Trolls
Fforde, JasperThe Fourth Bear
Fisher, CatherineIncarceron
Flinn, AlexBreaking Point and Breathing Underwater
Foer, Jonathan SafranExtremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Funke, CorneliaInkheart
Gaiman, NeilInterworld, Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods,
and Anansi Boys
Galloway, GregoryAs Simple as Snow
Gantos, JackA Hole in My Life
Garland, AlexThe Beach
Giles, GailPlaying in Traffic, Right Behind You, and Shattering Glass
Golding, WilliamLord of the Flies(review)
Goldman, WilliamThe Princess Bride
Grant, MichaelGone and Hunger
Green, JohnAn Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska and Paper Towns
Greenburg, JoanneI Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Grogan, J.Marley and Me
Haddon, MarkThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Hartnett, SonyaSurrender
Hautman, PeteAll In, Godless, Hole in the Sky, Invisible, No Limit, and Rash
Heller, JosephCatch-22
Hiaasen, CarlHoot
Hickham, Jr., HomerOctober Sky
Hijuelos, OscarDark Dude
Hinton, S.E.The Outsiders
Hobbs, WillLeaving Protection
Hornby, NickHigh Fidelity, About a Boy, and Slam
Horowitz, AnthonyRaven's Gate
Hosseini, KhaledThe Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns
Howe, JamesThe Watcher
Jenkins, A.M.Out of Order
Jinks, CatherineGenius Squad
King, StephenThe Shining
Klass, DavidDanger Zone, Dark Angel, Home of the Braves, and
Stuck on Earth
Kneale, MatthewWhen We Were Romans
Koertge, RonShakespeare Bats Cleanup
Korman, GordonBorn to Rock, No More Dead Dogs, Schooled,
Son of the Mob, Son of the Mob: Hollywood Hustle, and Jake, Reinvented
Kretch, BobRebound(review)
Krakauer, JonInto Thin Air and Into the Wild
Lander, ChristianWhiter Shade of Pale
Landy, DerekSkullduggery Pleasant
Lee, HarperTo Kill a Mockingbird
Lehane, DennisMystic River
Lieb, JoshI Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want To Be Your
Class President(review)
Lipsyte, RobertCenter Field and Raiders' Night(review)
Logsted, GregAlibi Junior High
Lore, PittacusI Am Number Four
Lubar, DavidDunk, Hidden Talents(review), True Talents, and
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie
Ludlum, RobertThe Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy
Lynch, JimThe Highest Tide
Marsden, JohnThe Tomorrow series
Martel, YannLife of Pi
Martinez, A. LeeGil's All-Fright Diner
Mass, WendyJeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Matheson, RichardI Am Legend
McCammon, RobertBoy's Life
McCarthy, CormacBlood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, and The Road
McCormick, PatriciaPurple Heart
McNab, AndyTraitor(review) and Payback
McNamee, GrahamBone Chiller
Meyer, StephanieThe Twilight series
Mezrich, BenBringing Down the House
Moehringer, J.R.The Tender Bar
Moore, Alan and Dave GibbonsWatchmen
Morpurgo, MichaelPrivate Peaceful, War Horse, and Beowulf
Mosley, Walter47
Myers, Walter DeanAutobiography of My Dead Brother, Bad Boy,
Fallen Angels, Hoops, Monster, The Outside Shot, Sunrise over Fallujah,
Shooter, Slam, and Game
Nakazawa, KajiBarefoot Gen, The Day After, and Life After the Bomb
Nancy, Ted L.The Letters from a Nut series
Ness, PatrickThe Chaos Walking trilogy
Nicholls, StanOrcs(review)
Nix, GarthShade's Children
Nolan, HanIf I Should Die Before I Wake
O'Brien, RobertZ for Zachariah
O'Brien, TimIf I Die in a Combat Zone, Going After Cacciato, and The Things
They Carried
Opel, KennethAirborn, Skybreaker, and Starclimber
Paolini, ChristopherEragon, Eldest, and Brisingr
Pfeffer, Susan BethLife as We Knew It and The Dead and Gone
Picoult, JodiNineteen Minutes
Plum-Ucci, CarolThe Night My Sister Went Missing
Pratchett, TerryNation
Preller, JamesBystander
Preston, DouglasBlasphemy and The Codex
Preston, Douglas and Child, LincolnRelic(review), The Book of the Dead,
Brimstone, and Dance of Death
Preston, RichardThe Hot Zone
Prose, FrancineAfter
Pullman, PhillipThe Dark Materials trilogy
Rawls, WilsonWhere the Red Fern Grows
Remarque, ErichAll Quiet on the Western Front
Rhodes-Courter, AshleyThree Little Words
Rich, SimonAnt Farm, Eliot Allagash, and Free-Range Chickens
Riordan, RickThe Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
Runyon, BrentThe Burn Journals
Sacco, JoeSafe Area Gorazde
Salinger, J.D.The Catcher in the Rye
Salisbury, GrahamNight of the Howling Dogs
Satrapi, MarjanePersepolis
Sedaris, DavidMe Talk Pretty One Day and Naked
Sheff, DavidBeautiful Boy
Shusterman, NealEverlost, Everwild, The Shadow Club, and Unwind
Silverstein, KenThe Radioactive Boy Scout
Simmons, MichaelPool Boy
Smith, RolandPeak
Sonneblick, JordanNotes from the Midnight Driver, Zen and the Art of
Faking It, After Ever After, and Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Spiegelman, ArtMaus I and Maus II
Strasser, ToddBootcamp, Can't Get There from Here, Give a Boy a Gun, and
The Wave
Stroud, JonathanBuried Fire and the Bartimaeus Trilogy:
The Amulet of Samarkand, The Golem's Eye, and Ptolemy's Gate
Swofford, AnthonyJarhead
Tinti, HannahThe Good Thief
Tolkien, J.R.R.The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Truman, TerryCruise Control and Stuck in Neutral
Vizzini, NedBe More Chill, It's Kind of a Funny Story, and Teen Angst? Naah
Vonnegut, Jr., KurtA Man Without a Country, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater,
Welcome to the Monkey House, Armageddon in Retrospect, Timequake,
Jailbird, Cat's Cradle, Deadeye Dick, Breakfast of Champions,
The Sirens of Titan, and Slaughterhouse-Five
Vrettos, Adrienne MariaSkin
Wahl, MattThe Invisible
Walls, JeanetteThe Glass Castle(review)
Weaver, WillMemory Boy
Weisel, ElieNight
White, T.H.The Once and Future King
Woolf, TobiasThis Boy's Life
Wooding, ChrisThe Haunting of Alaizabel Cray and Poison
Wroblewski, DavidThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Yolen, JaneArmageddon Summer
Zusak, MarkusThe Book Thief, Getting the Girl, and
I Am the Messenger(review)