The Giver by Lois LowryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettHoles by Louis SacharThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumKira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
6th-8th Grade Must Reads!
245 books — 54 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickHoles by Louis SacharTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
SSIS 8th Grade Recommends...
144 books — 48 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineStargirl by Jerry SpinelliEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Middle School Book List
1,079 books — 663 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteMatilda by Roald DahlThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,178 books — 1,480 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisDinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope OsborneBaby-Sitters Little Sister Boxed Set #1 by Ann M. MartinJunie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! by Barbara ParkRodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney
Best loved Series for K-3rd grade
112 books — 60 voters
Educating Esmé by Esmé Raji CodellThe First Days of School by Harry K. WongSavage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol
Books every teacher should read
257 books — 256 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Caldecott Medal Winners
89 books — 456 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsShiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Books to Read as Children
7 books — 1 voter

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMatilda by Roald DahlThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankStargirl by Jerry SpinelliThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Teen/Children must reads
422 books — 315 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittSuperFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolNurtureShock by Po BronsonFast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Sociology Books
557 books — 416 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Young Adult Books
13,135 books — 80,210 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,774 books — 26,032 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.East of Eden by John SteinbeckA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,091 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Hot Zone by Richard   PrestonLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenSuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,071 books — 2,067 voters

Savage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolEducating Esmé by Esmé Raji CodellLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenOther People's Children by Lisa D. DelpitWhy Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Books for Teachers/Educators
784 books — 640 voters
NurtureShock by Po BronsonDoing School by Denise Clark PopeBattle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy  ChuaSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolEducating Esmé by Esmé Raji Codell
Books on Education
89 books — 55 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Books Ever
76,742 books — 285,489 voters