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REALISTIC FICTION
GENRE + FAVORITE AUTHORS
Alma Flor AdaSherman AlexieRudolfo AnayaLaurie Halse AndersonJoan BauerLibba BrayDon BrownMeg CabotAlly CarterSandra CisnerosRobert CormierSharon CreechPriscilla Cummings Sarah DessenJennifer DonnellySarah FitzgeraldGayle FormanJohn GreenCarl Hiaasen
Maya AngelouIshmael BeahCandace FlemingJack GantosLaura HillenbrandFrancisco JimenezKaren LevineFrank McCourtMilton MeltzerWes MooreSonia NazarioRichard Peck David PelzerVictor RiosLuis J. RodriguezCynthia RylantJeannette WallsLaurence Yep
Ellen HopkinsE.L. KonigsburgPatricia McCormickWalter Dean MyersKatherine PatersonPam Muñoz RyanJennifer SmithSonya SonesJordan SonnenblickGary SotoNicholas SparksJerry SpinelliVince VawterCynthia VoigtSarah WeeksRita Williams-GarciaJacqueline WoodsonPaul Zindel
Tom AnglebergerGeorgia ByngAndrew Clements Jack GantosJeff KinneyJames PattersonPhyllis Reynolds NaylorJon Scieszka
AUTOBIOGRAPHYBIOGRAPHY
HUMOR
REALISTIC FICTION / URBAN Matt de la PeñaAllison van Diepen S.E. HintonVictor Martinez Walter Dean Myers Rene Saldana, Jr.Alan SitomerJordan SonnenblickNic Stone Coert Voorhees Jacqueline Woodson
Jennifer Allison Jennifer Lynn Barnes Jennifer Bertman T. Ernesto Bethancourt Ally Carter Agatha Christie Caroline Cooney Joan Lowery Nixon Brian Selznick Alexander McCall Smith Roland Smith Trenton Lee Stewart
Avi Sheila Burnford Charles Higson Will Hobbs Anthony Horowitz Gordon Korman Walter Dean Myers Scott O’Dell Gary Paulsen James Riley Eliot Schrefer Anna Sewell Roland Smith Trenton Lee Stewart Theodore Taylor Eric Walters Rawls Wilson
MYSTERY
Noel AlysonJoan Bauer Meg CabotAlly CarterPatricia Reilly Giff
ADVENTURE
Edward Bloor Chris Crutcher Carl Deuker John Feinstein Tim Green Nick Hornby Robert Lipsyte Mike Lupica
SAVE
Marilyn HiltonJennifer SmithSonya SonesSarah Weeks
REALISTIC FICTION / GIRL INTEREST
SPORT
Lloyd AlexanderAmelia Atwater-Rhodes Victoria AveyardLeigh BardugoFrank BeddorHolly BlackHeather Brewer Marion Zimmer BradleyMichael BuckleyAnne CameronCassandra Clare Eoin Colfer Suzanne CollinsRoald DahlTerry DearyKimberly DertingT. DiTerlizziCatherine Fisher Becca Fitzpatrick John FlanaganCornelia FunkeKami Garcia
Laurie Halse AndersonAviAdam BagdasarianSusan Campbell BartolettiJohn BoyneJulie ChibbaroChristopher and James CollierChristopher Paul CurtisMelissa de la Cruz Allan Eckert Paul Fleischman Paula Fox K. M. Grant Virginia Hamilton Patricia McCormick Jennifer Nielsen Scott O’Dell Ann Rinaldi N.H. Senzai Ruta SepetysMichael Shaara Eugene Yelchin Jane Yolen
Caroline B. CooneyLois DuncanNeil GaimanMary Downing Hahn April Henry Anthony HorowitzMollie Hunter
Douglas AdamsIsaac AsimovAlexandra BrackenPierce BrownRay BradburyOrson Scott Card Ernest ClineSuzanne CollinsAlly CondieMichael Crichton Sylvia EngdahlRichard Paul EvansJames Dashner Roderick GordonFrank HerbertMargaret P. HaddixMarie LuPatrick NessJames Patterson Veronica Roth Philip ReeveAlexander G. Smith Neal ShustermanH.G. Wells Mark WaldenRick Yancey Scott Westerfeld
HISTORICAL
HORROR / Thriller
SCIENCE FICTIONFANTASY
Ernest Cline Neal StephensonJames Dashner Matt WhymanCory DoctorowWilliam GibsonJess C. Scott
CYBERPUNK
HISTORICAL FICTION / WARSusan Campbell Bartoletti
Julie Berry * Anne Blankman * John BoyneJoseph Bruchac Pat Lowery Collins * Morris Gleitzman* Alan Gratz * Sharon Hart-Green* Monica Hesse Anne Holm* Kathy Kacer Harold Keith* Thomas Keneally * Philip Kerr* Leon Leyson
* HOLOCAUST
Stephen KingJonathan MaberryRichard PeckRodman Philbrick Neal ShustermanWilliam SleatorTodd Strasser
Robin HobbBrian JacquesRobert JordanKathryn LaskyIngrid LawMadeleine L’EngleUrsula K. Le GuinMarie LuRobin McKinleyMarissa MeyerGarth NixChristopher PaoliniJames PattersonPhillip PullmanRansom RiggsRick Riordan Patrick RothfussJK RowlingAngie SageBrandon SandersonJ.R.R. TolkienLaurence Yep
Patricia McCormickSusan Meyer* Jennifer NielsenRichard PeckMal PeetRodman PhilbrickMargi PreusErich M. Remarque* Tatiana de Rosnay* Ruth Minsky Sender* Ruta Sepetys* Rob SharenowSherri L. Smith* Jerry SpinelliYoshiko Uchida* Elizabeth E. WeinDon Wulffson
STUDENT RECOMMENDED LIST………….
Ada, Alma-Flor and Isabel Campoy Yes! We are Latinos
Alender, Katie Bad Girls Don’t Die
Allison, Jennifer Gilda Joyce (mystery series)
Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Anonymous Go Ask Alice
Anderson, Laurie Halse Fever 1793, Speak
Angleberger, Tom Fake Mustache, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
Asimov, Isaac I Robot
Avi Wolf Rider, Nothing But the Truth, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Crispin
Bardugo, Leigh Shadow and Bone (series)
Bartell, Susan Campbell The Boy Who Dared
Bauer, Joan Hope Was Here, Rules of the Road, Close to Famous
Beddor, Frank Looking Glass Wars (series)
Benioff, David City of Thieves
Bertman, Jennifer Book Scavenger (series)
Black, Holly White Cat
Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket
Bracken, Alexandra The Darkest Minds (series)
Brooks, Terry The Sword of Shannara
Brooks, Max World War Z
Bruchac, Joseph Code Talker
Buckley, Michael The Sisters Grimm series: The Fairy Tale Detectives (series)
Burnford, Sheila The Incredible Journey
Cabot, Meg Haunted, The Princess Diaries (Princess series), Shadowland (Mediator series)
Cameron, Anne The Lightning Catcher (series)
Card, Orson Scott Ender’s Game
Carter, Ally Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy
Carman, Patrick The Dark Hills Divide, Skeleton Creek The Crossbones
Cashore, Kristin Graceling (series)
Christie, Agatha Murder on the Orient Express …. Check https://bookriot.com/2018/01/09/best-agatha-christie-books/ for best reading order of Christie’s mystery/detective series centering around Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, or Tommy and Tuppence
Clare, Cassandra Clockwork Angel (Internal Devices series), City of Bones (Mortal Instrument series)
Cline, Ernest Ready Player One
Colfer, Eoin The Wish List, Artemis Fowl (series), Airman
Collins, Pat Lowery Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games…Catching Fire….Mockingjay, Gregor the Overlander
Cooney, Caroline B. The Face on the Milk Carton (Trilogy), Both Sides of Time, Code Orange
Conde, Ally Matched, Crossed, Reached
Cormier, Robert I am the Cheese, The Chocolate War
Cornish, D.M. Monster Blood Tatoo (series)
Creech, Sharon Chasing Redbird, Walk Two Moons
Crichton, Michael The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Prey, Timeline
Cruz, de la Melissa Alex and Eliza (series about the Hamiltons)
Cummings, Priscilla The Red Kayak
Dahl, Roald Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches,
Dashner, John The Maze Runner (series), The Eye of Minds (series)
Davidson, Craig The Fighter
Deary, Terry Fire Thief (series)
Delaney, Joseph The Last Apprentice (series)
Dessen, Sarah Keeping the Moon, The Truth About Forever, Just Listen
Doctorow, Cory Little Brother
Draper, Sharon Copper Sun, Tears of a Tiger (Hazelwood High series), Out of My Mind
Duncan, Lois Ransom, Who Killed My Daughter
DuPrau, Jeanne City of Ember (series)
Eckert, Allan Incident at Hawk’s Hill
Ellis, Deborah Breadwinner, Parvana's Journey, Mud City (series)
Engdahl, Sylvia Enchantress from the Stars
Erskine, Kathryn Mockingbird
Evans, Douglas MVP
Evans, Richard Paul Michael Vey (series)
Fisher, Catherine Incarceron (series)
Flake, Sharon Begging for Change
Flanagan, John Ranger's Apprentice (series), The Royal Ranger (series), Brotherband (series)
Funke, Cornelia Inkheart, Inkspell, and The Thief Lord
Gaiman, Neil The Graveyard Book, Norse Mythology, Coraline
Garcia, Kami Beautiful Creatures (series)
Gardener, Sally I, Coriander, The Silver Blade
George, Jean Craighead My Side of the Mountain
Grant, K.M. Blood Red Horse
Green, John Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Double Identity, Among the Hidden (series), The House on the Gulf
Hahn, Mary Downing The Old Willis Place, All the Lovely Bad Ones, Look for Me by Moonlight…
Hautzig, Esther The Endless Steppe
Herbert, Frank Dune Chronicles (series)
Hiassen, Carl Flush, Hoot, Chomp, Scat
Higson, Charlie Silverfin, Double or Die (Young James Bond series)
Hinton, S.E. The Outsiders
Henry, April Girl Stolen
Hesse, Herman Out of the Dust
Hobbs, Will Jackie's Wild Seattle, Crossing the Wire
Hoffman, Alice Aquamarine
Holm, Anne I Am David
Holm, Jennifer Penny From Heaven, The Fourteenth Goldfish
Hopkins, Ellen Crank (series)
Horowitz, Anthony Stormbreaker (Alex Rider series), Raven’s Gate (The Gatekeepers series), The Falcon’s Malteser (Diamond Brothers series)
Hunter, Erin Seekers (series), Warrior Cats (series)
Hunter, Mollie A Stranger Came Ashore
Jacques, Brian Redwall (series)
Jimenez, Francisco The Circuit, Breaking Through
Keith, Harold Rifles from Watie
Kinney, Jeff The Wimpy Kid (series)
Korman, Gordon Son of the Mob
Kuhlman, Evan The Last Invisible Boy
Lasky, Kathryn The Capture (series), Beyond the Divide
Law, Ingrid Savvy, Scumble
Le Guin, Ursula A Wizard of Earthsea (series)
London, C. Alexander Tides of War (series)
Lowry, Lois The Giver, Gathering Blue
Lu, Marie Legend, Prodigy, Champion, Young Elites
Martinez, Victor Parrot in the Oven: Mi vida
McCormick, Patricia Never Fall Down, Sold, Cut
McKinley, Robin The Hero and the Crown
Meyer, L.A. Bloody Jack, Curse of the Blue Tattoo, Under the Jolly Roger
Meyer, Susan Lynn Black Radishes
Meyers, Walter Dean Fallen Angels, Hoops, Monster, Shooter
Moore, Wes The Other Wes Moore
Naylor, Phyllis Shiloh
Nix, Garth The Keys to the Kingdom series
Nuzum, K.A. A Small White Scar
O'Dell, Scott Island of the Blue Dolphins
Paolini, Christopher Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance
Paterson, Katherine Jacob Have I Loved
Patterson, James Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (series)
Paulson, Gary Hatchet, The Rifle, Tiltawhirl John
Peck, Richard The Ghost Belonged to Me
Pelzer,David A Child Called It, The Lost Boy
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
Preus, Margi Shadow on the Mountain
Reeve, Philip Fever Crumb, Mortal Engines
Remarque, Erich All Quiet on the Western Front
Riggs, Ransom Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Hollow City, Library of Souls
Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief (series) Magnus Chase (series)
Rios, Victor Street Life
Rodriguez, Luis J Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A., It Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love, Addiction, Revolutions and Healing
Roth, Veronica Divergent (series), Carve the Mark (series)
Rowell, Rainbow Eleanor & Park
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter series
Ryan, Pam Munoz Becoming Naomi León, Esperanza Rising
Rylant, Cynthia The Islander, Missing May
Sage, Angie Magyk, Flyte, Physik, Queste, Syren, Darke, Fyre
Sanderson, Brandon Mistborn (series)
Scott, Michael The Alchemyst
Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wonderstruck
Sepetys, Ruta Between Shades of Gray, Salt to the Sea
Shusterman, Neal Everlost (Skinjacker Trilogy series)
Sleator, William The Boy Who Couldn't Die
Smith, Jennifer This is What Happy Looks Like
Smith, Roland I, Q (series), The Captain’s Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe
Snicket, Lemony A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)
Sones, Sonya What My Mother Doesn’t Know
Sonnenblick, Jordan Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie
Spinelli, Jerry Crash, Loser, Stargirl, Milkweed
Steer, Dugald Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (ology series)
Stewart, Trenton Lee The Mysterious Benedict Society (series)
Stroud, Jonathan The Amulet of Samarkand (series)
Taylor Reynolds, Phyllis Blizzard’s Wake, Shiloh
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King
Trueman, Terry Stuck in Neutral, Cruise Control
Uchida, Yoshiko Journey to Topaz
Voorhees, Coert Brothers Torres
Walden, Mark H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education (series)
Watts, Jeri Kizzy Ann Stamps
Weeks, Sarah So B It
Wilhelm, Doug A Wicked History (series)
Wilson, Rawls Where the Red Fern Grows
Wulffson, Don Soldier X
Yancey, Rick The Fifth Wave (series), The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp
Yolen, Jane The Devil's Arithmetic, Girl in a Cage
MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Agatha Christie* Detective Hercule Poirot* murder victim found aboard luxurious Orient Express (train)* thirteen likely suspects
SPORTSTHE BIG FIELD (970 L)by Mike Lupica* Hutch…..shortstop on baseball team until better player, Darryl, arrives* plays second base and struggles playing his best before championship* father-son relationship problems
FANTASY/ADVENTURE
THE LIGHTNING CATCHER (1070 L)by Anne Cameron * Angus McFangus….11 years old….mysteriously whisked to island….apprentice to study weather* parents, famous lightning catchers, kidnapped by villain, Scabious Dankhart* need to find parents before villain takes over the world
RANGER’S APPRENTICE (series) (800s, 900s L)by John Flanagan* Will….15 years old….training to be a Ranger…. dark cloaks and shadowy ways…. * protect kingdom… highly trained* large battle brewing…. the exiled Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (890 L)by Ransom Riggs* Jacob…..sixteen years old….grandfather with bizarre stories and photos* journeys to island off coast of Wales where grandfather grew up….realizes the truth* spine-tingling, haunting vintage photography
THE HOBBIT (1000 L)by J.R.R. Tolkien* Bilbo Baggins, hobbit…..Gandalf, wizard…Thorin and dwarves….Smaug, dragon* great adventure to Lonely Mountain….goblins….black forest…..giant spiders….elves* Gollum and one powerful ring
THE BAD BEGINNING (A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS) (1000 L)by Lemony Snicket* Violet, 14, loves inventions…..Klaus, 12, likes to read….Sunny, baby, only understood by siblings* orphans who have to live with Count Olaf…..schemes to steal the children’s fortune* living in evil environment….forced to do chores
SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURELOCKDOWN (series) (1010 L)by Alexander Gordon Smith* Alex….fourteen-years-old … put in prison for murder did not commit* Furnace – a prison buried a mile beneath the earth’s surface* pure evil… inhuman creatures in gas masks… giants in black suits dragging screaming inmates away
H.I.V.E.: HIGHER INSTITUTE OF VILLAINOUS EDUCATION (series) (900-1000 L)
by Mark Walden* Otto, 13 years old…..kidnapped with other students to secluded island* students - most athletic, smartest, technically advanced….training to be supervillains* cannot leave for six years ….. or will they?
EARTHFALL (series) (990 L)by Mark Walden* Sam, teenager…..whole world changes when alien vessels fill up sky in London* surviving on own since everyone is brainwashed……hiding from Walkers and drones* drone injury should have killed him……adventure with others who also survived invasion
steampunkFEVER CRUMB (1000 L)by Philip Reeve* Fever Crumb …..girl, adopted by Dr. Crumb….a member of the order of Engineers…memories not her own* assisting archeologist Kit Solent … top-secret project…. particular interest in finding out memories * singled out by city dwellers… say she is part Scriven (not human)
ADVENTURE
ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS (1000 L)by Scott O’Dell* Karana, Indian girl…..deserted on island in Pacific…blue dolphins…sea elephants….otters* waiting for ship to rescue her* learning to survive…making shelter and food…..fighting wild dogs
HATCHET (1020 L)by Gary Paulsen* Brian….13 years old…..parents divorcing…on plane to visit father….crash in wilderness of Canada* learns survival skills with nothing but a hatchet* action-packed….animals….insects and storms ….oh my
BLIZZARD’S WAKE (910 L)by Phyllis Reynolds Taylor* Kate….fifteen years old …. Sad and angry about her mom’s death * Zeke Dexter…in jail four years for accident that killed Kate's mother* March 1941 North Dakota blizzard….danger… facing emotions
REALISTIC FICTION
SO B. IT (860 L)by Sarah Weeks * Heidi….mom is mentally disabled…. Bernadette, caring neighbor, * mysterious word….find out truth….cross-country journey in search of secrets of past
PRINCESS IN PINK (series) (1010 L)by Meg Cabot * Mia Thermopolis….high school sophomore … 15th birthday* boyfriend Michael…. Prom or no prom? * Grandma... poodle to party…. complete chaos….national strike of food and hotel industry… funny
DRUMS, GIRLS, AND DANGEROUS PIE (940 L)by Jordan Sonnenblick
* Steven….thirteen-years-old …. drums in the All-Star Jazz band…. crush on the hottest girl in school* annoyed by his five-year-old brother, Jeffrey….. leukemia….. world turned upside down* deal with his brother's illness … parents' attempts to keep family in one piece
THE CROSSING (1150 L)by Gary Paulsen* Manny, 14 year old, living in Juarez, Mexico….bullied….. begs on streets* wants to cross Rio Grande for new life* Robert Locke, US army sergeant, goes to Juarez to forget
DEAD END IN NORVELT (920 L)by Jack Gantos* Jack….11 years old…..grounded for life* told to help old neighbor….types obituaries of people from his town* Eleanor Roosevelt, Girl Scout cookies, homemade airplanes….surprising and funny
HISTORICAL FICTIONSOLDIER X (740 L)by Don L. Wulffson* Erik…. sixteen-years-old…. ½ Russian ½ German… drafted … Hitler’s army… 1944… * unimaginable sights… huge battle… seriously injured… * hospital… new identity… meets nurse Tamara
BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY by Ruta Sepetys * Lina…. fifteen-years-old…… Lithuania…1941….World War II….. paints… draws * Soviet Union officers force family into train …separated from father… work camp Siberia, cruel conditions* Stalin’s orders… fight for lives… takes risks … draws the events
FORGOTTEN FIRE (1050 L)by Adam Bagdasarian* Vahan Kenderian… wealthy Armenian family in Turkey… 1915… * Family taken …. Killed in front of him … ¾ of Armenians in Turkey killed… a lost nation* on the run… begging… hiding…basements and outhouses…unspeakable horrors… based on true events
BOY IN THE STIPED PAJAMAS (1080 L)by John Boyne* Bruno… nine years old… father is SS Commandant for Auschwitz Concentration Camp* explores new home… finds the fence…talks to Shmuel…Jewish boy inside camp * best friends…. wants to help Shmuel… gray-striped pajamas
ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY (series) (920 L)by Mildred D. Taylor* Cassie, 9 years old….Stacey, 12…..Christopher-John, 7…..Little Man, 6* southern rural Mississippi…..racism during Great Depression* standing up for what is right…….true friendship
THE MARK OF THE THIEF (series) (740 L; Roman Empire setting)by Jennifer Nielsen
* Nic, slave in the mines…..Rome…..discovers lost treasure of Julius Caesar* ancient bulla, an amulet that belonged to Caesar…. filled with magic* center of conspiracy to overthrow the emperor and start Praetor War
NONFICTION…… TOPICS
BLACK POTATOES: THE STORY OF THE GREAT IRISH FAMINE by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
KIDS AT WORK: LEWIS HINE AND THE CRUSADE AGAINST CHILD LABOR by Russell Freedman, photos by Lewis Hine
CHILDREN OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION by Russell Freedman
SHIPWRECK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD: THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF SHACKLETON AND THE ENDURANCE by Jennifer Armstrong, illustrated by Frank Hurley
THE OMNIVORE’S DILEMMA FOR KIDS: THE SECRETS BEHIND WHAT YOU EAT by Michael Pollan
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL/MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY
STREET LIFEBy Victor Rios* Victor Rios … Oakland, California… poor… in gang at 13… dropped out of school at 16* witnessed murder of best friend…. changed his attitude…* returned to school… success…
ENRIQUE’S JOURNEY (830 L)By Sonia Nazario* Enrique…. boy from Honduras….family has no food… mother leaves to work in the U.S. * tired of waiting… trip alone… only his mother’s North Carolina telephone number* hunted like animal… gangsters control tops of the trains… robbery…. death…
A CHILD CALLED IT (850 L)by Dave Pelzer* Dave…..one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history* brutally beaten …. starved …. emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother* learns to play mother’s games in order to survive … not a person…. an IT
THE CIRCUIT: STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF A MIGRANT CHILD (880 L)by Francisco Jiménez* independent, intertwined stories….migrant family…. picking cotton …strawberries …topping carrots… and back again - over a number of years* family of four grows into ten….. poverty …. faith… hope…
ALWAYS RUNNING and sequel IT CALLS YOU BACK (830 L)By Luis J. Rodriguez
* Chicano gang member surviving streets of East Los Angeles* acts of violence….. imprisonment* drug addiction…. writer
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