Book Recommendations for Middle School Students

As an English teacher, parents often ask me for suggestions about books for their children to read, so I've created this list, which I'll continue to add to, with recommendations of titles appropriate for Middle students of roughly Years 6-10. If you haven't already, make sure you read my blog about building a reading culture at home.

Popular Book Series

Percy Jackson Series - Rick Riordan

Skullduggery Pleasant - Derek Landy

Harry Potter Series - J.K Rowling

The Hunger Games Series - Suzanne Collins

Maze Runner Series - James Dashner

Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe - C.S Lewis

Divergent Series - Veronica Roth

One of Us Is Lying Series - Karen M. McManus

Series of Unfortunate Events - Lemony Snickett

Alex Rider Series - Anthony Horowitz

Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini

The Infernal Devices Series - Cassandra Clare

Disney Twisted Tales Series - Liz Braswell

Ready Player One Series - Earnest Cline

Fantasy

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien

Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien

Mistborn Series - Brandon Sanderson

The Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson

Redwall Series - Brian Jacques

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs

The Lunar Chronicles - Cinder - Marissa Meyer

Skellig - David Almond

Historical

Markus Zusak - The Book Thief

The Downstairs Girl - Stacey Lee

Salt to the Sea - Ruta Sepetys

1917 Series - Kelly Gardiner

The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank

Once - Morris Gleitzman

Number of the Stars - Lois Lowry

Drama

Wonder - A.J Palacio

Fault in our Stars - John Green

The Outsiders - S.E. Hinton

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Series - Ann Brashares

Paper Towns - John Green

Lion - Saroo Brierely

Adventure

Holes - Louis Sachar

Cairo Jim - Geoffrey McSkimming

Hatchet - Gary Paulsen

Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials series) - Phillip Pulman

Legend - Marie Lu

Mystery

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon

As Good as Dead - Holly Jackson

One of us is Lying - Karen M. McManus

Sci - Fi

Scythe Series - Neal Schusterman

Westall '66 : The Final Truth - Erik Rinkel

Bloom - Kenneth Oppel

Dragon Pearl - Yoon Ha Lee

Space Case - Stuart Gibbs