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#1 2012-03-19 18:35:53

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Epic Booklist :O

I only list Grades 2 through 7, though I personally believe most of these could be enjoyed by all ages.  smile  You can browse your grade level, ctrl+f to find something else by a good author, et cetera. The books are in alphabetical order; grade-level wise I sorted them by difficulty (as well as content, if any, so be warned if you read something I categorized higher than your grade level). Some of them aren't in the chosen grade level for difficulty or content, but because the reader would probably better appreciate a certain book at a later age.
I've read them all myself, so that I know which grade level is good for whatever book.
I did this extended version of my old Epic Booklist because I have a hard time finding books and hate that. Cheers. If there are any books you think are good that I haven't listed, tell me!  yikes  If I have read it I'll put it up; if I haven't read it, I won't put it up because I like to judge for myself what grade it's good for, but I will probably find and read it if it sounds good, and thank you for the recommendation  tongue
Yes, the 7th grade list is very short... I find it easier to sort books I've already read into lower grade levels.
So without further ado:

Kindergarten—Grade 1+
Milk and Cookies by Frank Asch
Mr. Willowby’s Christmas Tree by Robert Barry
Emily & The Golden Acorn by Ian Beck
Madeline’s Rescue by Ludwig Bemelmans
The Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Mouse & Mole by Doug Cushman
Box Turtle at Long Pond by William T. George
The Christmas Robin by David Hately
Peach and Blue by Sarah S. Kilborne
Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
Froggy’s Baby Sister by Jonathan London
The Wump World by Bill Peet
One Hundred Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes
Harry and Larry the Fisherman by Richard Scarry
Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
The Amazing Bone by William Steig
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

Grades 2+
Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows
Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
The BFG by Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Puppy Sister by S.E. Hinton
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Gooney Bird Green by Lois Lowry
Clementine by Sarah Pennypacker
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sachar
Wayside School trilogy by Louis Sachar
George Speaks by Dick-King Smith
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg

Grades 3+
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
The Good Dog by Avi
Runt by Marion Dane Bauer
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi
Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume
Superfudge by Judy Blume
Fudge-a-mania by Judy Blume
Double Fudge by Judy Blume
Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls by Meg Cabot
Mitch and Amy by Beverly Cleary
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Frindle by Andrew Clements
No Talking by Andrew Clements
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
The Twits by Roald Dahl
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo
The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Warriors: Into the Wild by Erin Hunter
The Doll People series by Ann M. Martin
The Doll Shop Downstairs by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Starting with Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Don’t Make Me Smile by Barbara Park
Almost Starring Skinnybones by Barbara Park
Only You Can Save Mankind by Terry Pratchett
Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmell Smith
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Dragon’s Eye by Dugald A. Steer
The Friskative Dog by Susan Straight
The Trouble with Tuck by Theodore Taylor
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Grades 4+
Mandy by Julie Andrews
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt
Something Upstairs by Avi
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Magic Half by Annie Barrows
The Penderwicks trilogy by Jeanne Birdsall
Blubber by Judy Blume
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce
Masterpiece by Elise Broach
Molly Moon’s Incredible Book of Hypnotism by Georgia Byng
The Janitor’s Boy by Andrew Clements
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
The Report Card by Andrew Clements
The School Story by Andrew Clements
The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements
A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements
Lost and Found by Andrew Clements
Lunch Money by Andrew Clements
Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
Signal by Cynthia DeFelice
The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Miraculous Adventures of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
The Fire Within by Chris d’Lacey
Half Magic by Edward Eager
Knight’s Castle by Edward Eager
Magic by the Lake by Edward Eager
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Return to Gone-Away by Elizabeth Enright
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff
Among the Hidden series by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibottson
The Book of Story Beginnings by Kirsten Kladstrup
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
Rules by Cynthia Lord
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
Fablehaven by Brandon Mull
Alice in Blunderland by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Borrowers series by Mary Norton
The Dollhouse Caper by Jean S. O’Connell
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
The Magic Thief by Sarah Prineas
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Holes by Louis Sachar
A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Lauren Amy Schlitz
The Book of One Hundred Truths by Julie Schumacher
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speares
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Fairies of Nutfolk Wood by Barb Bentler Ullman
Space Race by Sylvia Waugh
Earthborn by Sylvia Waugh
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Grades 5+
Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator by Jennifer Allison
Fever 1973 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Celandine by Steve Augarde
The Various by Steve Augarde
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Nothing But The Truth by Avi
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Chasing Vermeer trilogy by Blue Balliett
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell
Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy Blume
The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Brink
Molly Moon, Micky Minus and the Mind Machine by Georgia Byng
The Mirror’s Tale by P.W. Catanese
The Books of Umber trilogy by P.W. Catanese
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Gennifer Choldenko
Notes From a Liar and Her Dog by Gennifer Choldenko
The ROAR by Emma Clayton
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
What Child is This? A Christmas Story by Caroline B. Cooney
Getting Near to Baby by Audrey Coloumbis
The Last Dragon by Silvana De Mari
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
So You Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane
The City of Ember by Jean Duprau
The Melendys treasury by Elizabeth Enright
Eager by Helen Fox
The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke
Inkheart trilogy by Cornelia Funke
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Imaginary Enemy by Julie Gonzalez
Double Identity by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Escape from Memory by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The House on the Gulf by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Shadows on the Sea by Joan Hiatt Harlow
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
The House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones
Small Steps by Peg Kehret
The Wish by Gail Carson Levine
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle
Meet the Austins by Madeline L’Engle
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
The Narnia books by C.S. Lewis
The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Baby by Patricia MacLachlan
Edward’s Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
A Dog’s Life by Ann M. Martin
Indigo’s Star by Hilary McKay
Permanent Rose by Hilary McKay
Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay
Un Lun Dun by China Mieville
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Heavenly Village by Cynthia Rylant
Small Steps by Louis Sachar
The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt
A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Gypsy Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Countdown by Deborah Wiles
Tunnels by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams

Grades 6+
Down the Rabbit Hole: An Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams
Gilda Joyce: The Ladies of the Lake by Jennifer Allison
Gilda Joyce: The Ghost Sonata by Jennifer Allison
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Chris Van Allsburg
Squashed by Joan Bauer
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Story Time by Edward Bloor
Steinbeck’s Ghost by Lewis Buzbee
The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer
Airman by Eoin Colfer
Code Orange by Caroline B. Cooney
The Terrorist by Caroline B. Cooney
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
Just For You to Know by Cheryl Harness
The Misfits by James Howe
Addie on the Inside by James Howe
Totally Joe by James Howe
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Gossamer by Lois Lowry
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass
A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
The Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien
Five Children and It trilogy by E. Nesbit
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Hurt Go Happy by Ginny Rorby
Among the Dolls by William Sleator
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen
Unwind by Neal Schusterman
The Tillerman Cycle by Cynthia Voigt
So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins

Grades 7 and 8+
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Anne Frank’s diary by Anne Frank
Inventing Elliot by Graham Gardner
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Evil Genius by Catherine Jinks
Genius Squad by Catherine Jinks
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
White Fang by Jack London
Anthem by Ayn Rand
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

High School Books
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

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#2 2012-03-19 18:38:39

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

yikes  I was thinking of making something like this, except everyone reviewed books.  Is that different enough to make a new topic about?
Anyway, good list!


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#3 2012-03-19 18:40:51

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Thanks  smile
Yeah I don't really know whether it is
I wouldn't mind though, sounds like a good thread  tongue


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#4 2012-03-19 18:58:58

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

It's updated
So hard to think of books all the sudden


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#5 2012-03-19 19:02:23

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Nice work!

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#6 2012-03-19 19:05:02

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Thank you  smile


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#7 2012-03-19 19:15:45

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

You should add Invisible Man to 7+

(Even though I read my brothers copy and he's a junior in high school)


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#8 2012-03-19 19:16:44

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Need Animal Farm


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#9 2012-03-19 19:19:45

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Most of them are very good or I have heard are good.


I'm glad to think that the community will always be kind and helpful, the language will always be a fun and easy way to be introduced into programming, the motto will always be: Imagine, Program, Share - Nomolos

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#10 2012-03-19 19:23:29

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

@Luke121: Ohyus, love that book!  big_smile  I had that, as well as War of the Worlds, on my older booklist--I wonder how I missed it when transferring. Thanks  smile
@veggieman: How did I forget  yikes  Thanks for reminding me  big_smile
@soup: I'm very picky about the books I read, haha  tongue


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#11 2012-03-19 19:46:19

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

I feel like you overestimated the grades for Harry Potter.

And I read House of the Scorpion a while back.
It was pretty confusing to me at the time but I still enjoyed it.
And I haven't read any of the other seventh grade books.

But for some reason I was reminded to read "The Princess Bride" sometime.


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#12 2012-03-19 19:49:04

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Overestimated like, they should be for higher grades? I dunno, I put them at higher grade levels than I thought they should be already XD
Where did you think they should be?


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#13 2012-03-19 19:50:40

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Wickimen wrote:

Overestimated like, they should be for higher grades? I dunno, I put them at higher grade levels than I thought they should be already XD
Where did you think they should be?

Overestimated as in their grades are too high.
I based on grade number.

Like, this obviously isn't the average grade people read them at, but I finished 5-7 in 3rd grade.

I would say 4-7 could be in 3rd or 4th, with the first 3 in 2nd or 3rd.


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#14 2012-03-19 19:52:46

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

I finished the series in third grade as well, but most people I knew finished it in like fifth or sixth grade, so I put the end of the series in 5th


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#15 2012-03-19 19:57:37

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

I WROTE LIKE 5 HUMOROUS STORIES OF PEOPLE FINISHING HARRY POTTER ONLY TO REALIZE THEY WERE WILDLY OFF TOPIC.

I should read Fahrenheit 451 sometime.


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#16 2012-03-19 20:04:39

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Aren't Fahrenheit 451, Anne Frank’s diary, Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, War of the Worlds, and The Invisible Man highschool curriculum books?
Most of those books are what we research in my Advanced Placement English program I am in in highschool.

If you want to add a 'Highschool' section, I have a list of books  smile

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#17 2012-03-19 20:09:01

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

I suppose they're technically high school books but I think they're okay for seventh grade plus
I wouldn't put like, 1984 for instance, for seventh grade, but those are all right for seventh grade IMO
The more books the merrier though  smile


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#18 2012-03-19 20:35:30

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Wickimen wrote:

I suppose they're technically high school books but I think they're okay for seventh grade plus
I wouldn't put like, 1984 for instance, for seventh grade, but those are all right for seventh grade IMO
The more books the merrier though  smile

Highschool Booklist (in case you want it):
Animal Farm by George Orwell
1984 by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Anne Frank’s diary by Anne Frank
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Animal Farm by George Orwell
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Seperate Peace by John Knowles
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Series) by Doughlas Adams
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (Series) by Sue Townsend
Twilight (Series) by Stephenie Meyer
Maus (Series) by Art Spiegelman

Alos add the Hunger Games to 7+


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#19 2012-03-19 20:37:40

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Thanks  big_smile
I haven't read Hunger Games (all of it) so I'll wait to put it up
As for those, the ones I haven't listed I'm not allowed to read and ew Twilight is on a reading least ew, anyways, I forgot Hitchhiker's Guide  yikes


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#20 2012-03-20 02:08:23

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

6+

Top Secret series ( CHERUB )


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#21 2012-03-20 09:26:10

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

I think you just made a book yourself  yikes

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#22 2012-03-21 03:12:17

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Hey, cool idea ^^


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#23 2012-03-21 11:02:58

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

You're missing the Discworld series.


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#24 2012-03-21 12:06:48

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Add the Beyonders, Eragon, Fablehaven, and The Maze Runner series, and your good  wink


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#25 2012-03-21 13:40:26

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Re: Epic Booklist :O

Warriors could probably be in fourth or fifth.  smile


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