All Time Favorite Fiction

Note: All titles are in the fiction section (XF) unless otherwise noted.  * Indicates first title in a series.

Adventure & Mystery

Check Box Avi. THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF CHARLOTTE DOYLE (1990)

Aiken, Joan. THE WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE * (1962)

Bellairs, John. THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS * (XMF) (1973)

Fleischman, Sid. THE WHIPPING BOY (1986)

Funke, Cornelia. INKHEART (2003)

Gardiner, John Reynolds. STONE FOX (1980)

George, Jean Craighead. MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN *(1959)

Paulsen, Gary. HATCHET* (1987)

Pearce, Phillipa. THE WAY TO SATTIN SHORE (XMF)  (1983)

Ransome, Arthur. SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS * (1930)

Raskin, Ellen. THE WESTING GAME  (XMF) (1978)

Snyder,  Zilpha Keatley. THE EGYPT GAME (1967)

Warner, Gertrude. THE BOXCAR CHILDREN * (1942)

Wright, Betty Ren. THE DOLLHOUSE MURDERS  (XMF)  (1983)

 

Animals

Armstrong, William. SOUNDER (1969)

Avi. POPPY * (1995)

Bond, Michael. A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON * (1960)

Burnford, Sheila. THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY (1961)

Grahame, Kenneth. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (1908)

Hoban, Russell. THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD (1967)

Howe, Deborah. BUNNICULA:  A RABBIT TALE OF MYSTERY * (1979)

King-Smith, Dick. BABE, THE GALLANT PIG (1983)

Milne, A.A. WINNIE-THE-POOH (1926)

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. SHILOH * (1991)

O’Brien, Robert. MRS. FRISBY AND THE RATS OF NIMH (1971)

Selden, George. CRICKET IN TIMES SQUARE * (1960)

Steig, William. ABEL’S ISLAND (1976)

Taylor, Theodore. THE TROUBLE WITH TUCK (1981)

White, E.B. CHARLOTTE’S WEB (1952)

White, E.B. STUART LITTLE (1945)

White, E.B. THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN  (1970)

 

Fantasy

Alexander, Lloyd. THE BOOK OF THREE * (1964)

Babbitt, Natalie. TUCK EVERLASTING (1975)

Banks, Lynne Reid. THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD * (1980)

Cassedy, Sylvia. BEHIND THE ATTIC WALL (1983)

Cooper, Susan. THE BOGGART (1983)

Cooper, Susan. THE DARK IS RISING * (1973)

Dahl, Roald. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY * (1973)

Dahl, Roald. JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (1961)

Eager, Edward. HALF MAGIC * (1954)

Gormley, Beatrice. MAIL ORDER WINGS (1981)

Gray, Luli. FALCON’S EGG  * (1995)

Griffin, Peni. SWITCHING WELL (1993)

Jaques, Brian. REDWALL * (1986)

Jones, Diana Wynne. HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE (1986)

Langton, Jane. THE DIAMOND IN THE WINDOW * (1962)

LeGuin, Ursula. CATWINGS * (1988)

LeGuin, Ursula. A WIZARD OF EARTHSEA * (1968)

Lewis, C.S. THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE * (1950)

Lisle, Janet Taylor. THE LOST FLOWER CHILDREN (1999)

Macdonald, George. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND (1924)

McGraw, Eloise. THE MOORCHILD (1996)

Norton, Mary. THE BORROWERS * (1953)

Pearce, Phillipa. TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN (1958)

Pierce, Tamora. ALANNA: THE FIRST ADVENTURE * (1983)

Rowling, J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE * (1997)

Selden, George. THE GENIE OF SUTTON PLACE (1973)

Wrede, Patricia. DEALING WITH DRAGONS * (1990)

 

Historical

Brink, Carol Ryrie. CADDIE WOODLAWN * (1973)

Conrad, Pam. PRAIRIE SONGS (1985)

Curtis, Christopher Paul. BUD NOT BUDDY (1999)

Curtis, Christopher Paul. THE WATSONS GO TO BIRMINGHAM (1995)

Fitzgerald, John. THE GREAT BRAIN * (1967)

Fleischman, Sid. BANDIT’S MOON (1998)

Fritz, Jean. HOMESICK: MY OWN STORY (1982)

Hesse, Karen. LETTERS FROM RIFKA (1982)

Holm, Anne. NORTH TO FREEDOM (1965)

Kerr, Judith. WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT (1971)

Lord, Bette Bao. IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON (1984)

Lowry, Lois. NUMBER THE STARS (1989)

Machlachlan, Patricia. SARAH PLAIN AND TALL (1985)

Magorian, Michelle. GOOD NIGHT, MR. TOM (1981)

Montgomery, L.M. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES * (1908)

Naidoo, Beverly. JOURNEY TO JO’BURG: A SOUTH AFRICAN STORY (1990)

Orlev, Uri. ISLAND ON BIRD STREET (1983)

Taylor, Mildred. ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY (1976)

Taylor, Sydney. ALL OF A KIND FAMILY * (1951)

Uchida, Yoshiko. JOURNEY TO TOPAZ (1971)

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS * (1932)

Yep, Laurence. DRAGONWINGS (1975)

 

Humor

Atwater, Richard & Florence. MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS (1938)

Byars, Betsy. THE NOT- JUST- ANYBODY FAMILY (1986)

Clements, Andrew. FRINDLE (1996)

Dahl, Roald. MATILDA (1988)

Fleischman, Sid. MR.  MYSTERIOUS AND COMPANY (1962)

Horvath, Polly. THE TROLLS (1999)

Juster, Norton. PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH (1961)

Lindgren, Astrid. PIPPI LONGSTOCKING * (1950)

MacDonald, Betty. MRS. PIGGLE WIGGLE * (1975)

McCloskey, Robert. HOMER PRICE (1943)

McDonald, Megan. JUDY MOODY  * (1999)

Rodgers, Mary. FREAKY FRIDAY (1972)

 

Realistic

Blume, Judy. TALES OF A FOURTH GRADE NOTHING * (1972)

Cleary, Beverly. DEAR MR. HENSHAW (1983)

Cleary, Beverly. HENRY HUGGINS  * (1950)

Cleary, Beverly. RAMONA THE PEST * (1968)

Creech, Sharon. WALK TWO MOONS (1994)

Creech, Sharon. THE WANDERER (2000)

Danziger, Paula. AMBER BROWN IS NOT A CRAYON * (1994)

DiCamillo, Kate. BECAUSE OF WINN DIXIE (2000)

Estes, Eleanor. THE HUNDRED DRESSES (1994)

Fitzhugh, Louise. HARRIET THE SPY (1964)

Henkes, Kevin. WORDS OF STONE (1992)

Konigsburg, E.L. FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER (1967)

Konigsburg, E.L. THE VIEW FROM SATURDAY (1996)

Lowry, Lois. ANASTASIA KRUPNIK * (1979)

Maclachlan, Patricia. ARTHUR FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME (1980)

Nordstrom, Ursula. THE SECRET LANGUAGE (1960)

Paterson, Katherine. BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA (1977)

Rylant, Cynthia. MISSING MAY (1992)

Skolsky, Mindy. THE WHISTLING TEAKETTLE, AND OTHER STORIES ABOUT HANNAH * (1977)

Spinelli, Jerry. MANIAC MAGEE (1990)

Voigt, Cynthia. HOMECOMING * (1981)

Williams, Vera. SCOOTER (1993)

Yep, Laurence. CHILD OF THE OWL (1977)

 

Science Fiction

Cameron, Eleanor.THE WONDERFUL FLIGHT TO THE MUSHROOM PLANET * (XSF)  (1954)

Christopher, John. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS * (XSF)  (1967)

L’Engle, Madelline. A WRINKLE IN TIME * (1962)

Pinkwater, Daniel. LIZARD MUSIC  (XSF) (1976)

Service, Pamela. STINKER FROM SPACE (XSF) (1988)

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