Books We Have Read
Our reading list
At least as many as we could remember. From picture books to Harry Potter — here's our reading journey together.
Fiction — Early Chapter
Grades 1–4Fiction — Middle Grade
Grades 4–8Anastasia Krupnik
Lois Lowry
Because of Mr. Terupt
Rob Buyea
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
Love Among the Walnuts
Jean Ferris
The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate
Out of My Mind
Sharon Draper
The Penderwicks
Jeanne Birdsall
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
Jeanne Birdsall
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette
Jeanne Birdsall
The Penderwicks in Spring
Jeanne Birdsall
The Penderwicks at Last
Jeanne Birdsall
The View from Saturday
E. L. Konigsburg
Winnie the Pooh
A. A. Milne
Wonder
R. J. Palacio
Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick
Fiction — Fantasy
Grades 4–8Alice in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Ella Enchanted
Gail Carson Levine
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J. K. Rowling
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster
Princess Academy
Shannon Hale
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
The Marvelous Land of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Ozma of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
L. Frank Baum
The Road to Oz
L. Frank Baum
The Emerald City of Oz
L. Frank Baum
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Tik-Tok of Oz
L. Frank Baum
The Scarecrow of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Rinkitink in Oz
L. Frank Baum
The Lost Princess of Oz
L. Frank Baum
The Tin Woodman of Oz
L. Frank Baum
The Magic of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Glinda of Oz
L. Frank Baum
Fiction — Mystery
Grades 4–8The Candymakers
Wendy Mass
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Chris Grabenstein
The Fantastic Family Whipple
Matthew Ward
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E. L. Konigsburg
Holes
Louis Sachar
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics
Chris Grabenstein
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Trenton Lee Stewart
The MBS and the Perilous Journey
Trenton Lee Stewart
The MBS and the Prisoner's Dilemma
Trenton Lee Stewart
Fiction — Historical
Grades 4–8Fiction — Humor
Grades 4–8Fiction
AdultAnimal Dreams
Barbara Kingsolver
The Bean Trees
Barbara Kingsolver
Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Rebecca Wells
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman
Ella Minnow Pea
Mark Dunn
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café
Fannie Flagg
Franny & Zooey
J. D. Salinger
The Housekeeper and the Professor
Yoko Ogawa
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Steven Pressfield
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
Matthew Dicks
My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult
Playing for Parma
John Grisham
The Princess Bride
William Goldman
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd
Shoeless Joe
W. P. Kinsella
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Ann Brashares
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Rachel Joyce
Fiction — Mystery
AdultFiction — Classics
Cannery Row
John Steinbeck
Charlotte's Web
E. B. White
Cricket in Times Square
George Selden
The Godfather
Mario Puzo
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
Stuart Little
E. B. White
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Fiction — Science
Short Stories
Non-Fiction — Memoir
Non-Fiction — Historical
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