recommended series

Updated Frequently

Young Adult

Suzanne Collins:

1. The Hungar Games
2. Catching Fire
3. (book 3) due August 24, 2010
   

Kristin Cashore

1. Graceling
   
2. Fire

Patrick Ness

1. The Knife of Never Letting Go
2. The Ask and the Answer
3. Monsters of Men
   

Garth Nix:

1. Mister Monday
2. Grim Tuesday
   
3. Drowned Wednesday
4. Sir Thursday
5. Lady Friday

Tamora Pierce:

1. Song of the Lioness Quartet
2. The Immortals Quartet
   

• Wild Magic
• Wolf-speaker
• Emperor Mage
• The Realms of the Gods
  

3. The Protector of the Small Quartet

• First Test (book 1)

4. The Trickster Duet

• Trickster's Choice
• Trickster's Queen
  

Philip Reeve:

• The Hungry City Chronicles
• Larklight Adventures

Scott Westerfeld:

• The Midnighters

Middle Grade

Annie Bryant:

• Beacon Street Girls

Various Authors:

• 39 Clues

Jeff Kinney:

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Michael Buckley:

• Sisters Grimm

Rick Riordan:

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Suzanne Collins:

• Gregor the Overlander

C. S. Lewis:

• Chronicles of Narnia

Joni Sensel:

• Farwalker's Quest

Tamora Pierce:

• Circle of Magic Quartet

Patricia Wrede:

• Enchanted Forest Chronicles

Intermediary

Mary Pope Osborne:

• Magic Tree House

Nancy Krulik:

• Katie Kazoo

Dan Gutman:

• My Weird School

Geronimo Stilton:

• Geronimo Stilton series

Mary Martin:

• Babysitter’s Club series

Gertrude Chandler Warner:

• Boxcar Children Mysteries

Easy Readers

Tedd Arnold:

• Fly Guy

Arnold Lobel:

• Frog and Toad books

Cynthia Rylant:

• Poppleton books
• Henry and Mudge

Erica Silverman:

• Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa

Dr. Suess:

• See our list of Seuss books for Beginners (AR levels 1 and under)
• See our list of Seuss books for Newer Readers (AR levels 1 thru 2)

These selections are either personal favorites, or one's that our libraries cannot keep on the shelves.