WMS Great Reading Recommendations by Genre
Great Reads
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Graphic Novels
- Historical Fiction
- Horror
- Humor
- Mystery
- Non Fiction
- Poetry / Novels in Verse
- Realistic Fiction
- Romance
- Science Fiction
- Short Stories
- Sports
- War
- Perrot Library Young Critics Club Favorites
- Mrs. Chew's Favorites
Adventure
Alabama Moon by Watt Key
Alfred Kropp: The Thirteenth Skull (Alfred Kropp series, Book 3) by Rick Yancey
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl series, Book 7) by Eoin Colfer
Ash Princess (Ash Princess series, Book 1) by Laura Sebastian
The Battle for Skandia (Ranger's Apprentice series, Book 4) by John Flanagan
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Book 4) by Rick Riordan
Crocodile Tears (Alex Rider series, Book 8) by Anthony Horowitz
A Crack in the Sea by H. M. Bouwman
The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson
Divine Madness (Cherub series, Book 5) by Robert Muchamore
The Emperor of Nihon-Ja (Ranger's Apprentice series, Book 10) by John Flanagan
Erak's Ransom (Ranger's Apprentice series, Book 7) by John Flanagan
Halt's Peril (Ranger's Apprentice series, Book 9) by John Flanagan
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Hero by Mike Lupica
The Icebound Land (Ranger's Apprentice series, Book 3) by John Flanagan
I'd Tell You That I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter
Impostors by Scott Westerfeld
The Iron Trial (Magisterium series, Book 1) by Holly Black
The Kings of Clonmel (Ranger's Apprentice Series, Book 8) by John Flanagan
Masterminds (Masterminds, Book 1) by Gordon Korman
My Friend the Enemy by Dan Smith
Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Scorpia Rising by Anthony Horowitz (Book 9 in the Alex Rider series)
The Siege of Macindaw (Ranger's Apprentice series, Book 6) by John Flanagan
Snakehead (Alex Rider series, Book 7) by Anthony Horowitz
The Sorcerer of the North (Ranger's Apprentice series, Book 5) by John Flanagan
Storm Runners by Roland Smith
The Sword by Da Chen
The Testing (Testing series, Book 1) by Joelle Charbonneau
Trapped by Michael Northrop
Trash by Andy Mulligan
True Talents (sequel to Hidden Talents) by David Lubar
Uncommon Criminals (sequel to Heist Society) by Ally Carter
The Way of the Warrior by Chris Bradford
Fantasy
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox (Artemis Fowl series, Book 7) by Eoin Colfer
Backtracked by Pedro de Alcantara
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Book 4) by Rick Riordan
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
The Book of Dreams by O. R. Melling
The Burning Bridge (Ranger's Apprentice series, Book 2) by John Flanagan
Cloaked by Alex Flinn
Dormia by Jake Halpern
The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Fairest by Gail Carson Levine
The False Princess by Eilis O'Neal
Fire (prequel to Graceling) by Kristin Cashore
The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
Gods of Manhattan by Scott Mebus
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials series, Book 1) by Philip Pullman
Graceling by Kristin Cashore
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Icefall by Matthew J. Kirby
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher
Inheritance (Eragon series, Book 4) by Christopher Paolini
Into the Wild by Sara Beth Durst
The Islands of the Blessed (third in the Sea of Trolls trilogy) by Nancy Farmer
Kingdom Keepers III: Disney in Shadow by Ridley Pearson
A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn
Lady Friday (Keys to the Kingdom series, Book 5) by Garth Nix
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, Book 2) by C.S. Lewis
Matched by Ally Condie
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, inspired by Siobhan Dowd, illustrated by Jim Kay
Nightbooks by J,A. White
No Passengers Beyond This Point by Gennifer Choldenko
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Brett Helquist
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier
Princess of the Midnight Ball by Jessica Day George
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale
Reckless by Cornelia Funke
The Red Pyramid (Kane Chronicles, Book 1) by Rick Riordan
The Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
Sapphique (sequel to Incarceron) by Catherine Fisher
Starclimber (Airborn series, Book 3) by Kenneth Oppel
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Book 3) by Rick Riordan
The Traitor’s Game (Traitor’s Game series, Book 1) by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Unwanteds by Lisa McMann
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin
The Wind Singer by William Nicholson
Wish by Alexandra Bullen
Graphic Novels
Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol
Awkward by Svetlana Chmakova
Cardboard by Doug TenNapel
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
Illegal by Eoin Colfer
Laika by Nick Abadzis
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale
Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson
Will & Whit by Laura Lee Gulledge
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Historical Fiction
90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
A Faraway Island by Annika Thor
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Annexed by Sharon Dogar
Auslander by Paul Dowswell
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins
The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow
The Bitter Side of Sweet by Tara Sullivan
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
Blood on the River: James Town 1607 by Elisa Carbone
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Darby by Jonathon Scott Fuqua
Day of the Pelican by Katherine Paterson
The Desperado Who Stole Baseball by John H. Ritter
The Extra by Kathryn Lasky
The Falconer's Knot by Mary Hoffman
Fire From the Rock by Sharon Draper
Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Great Trouble by Deborah Hopkinson
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus
Leaving Gee’s Bend by Irene Latham
Leonardo's Shadow by Christopher Grey
Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Skrypuch
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller by Sarah Elizabeth Miller
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg by Rodman Philbrick
My Mother the Cheerleader by Robert Sharenow
A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Odette’s Secret by Maryann MacDonald
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garciaå
The Other Half of Life by Kim Ablon Whitney
Paperboy by Vince Vawter
The Queen of Water by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango
Red Moon at Sharpsburg by Rosemary Wells
Refugees by Alan Gratz
Riot by Walter Dean Myers
The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
Saving Zasha by Randi G. Barrow
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Smile by Donna Jo Napolia
A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
The War Outside by Monica Hesse
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Horror
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman
Doll Bones by Holly Black
The Enemy by Charlie Higson
Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Half-Minute Horrors edited by Susan Rich
Midnighters: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, inspired by Siobhan Dowd, illustrated by Jim Kay
Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
Rot & Ruin series by Jonathan Maberry
Thriller edited by Jon Scieszka
Humor
A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban
Darth Paper Strikes Back by Tom Angleberger (sequel to The Strange Case of Origami Yoda)
The Desperado Who Stole Baseball by John H. Ritter
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander
Ghostgirl by Tonya Hurley
Goblins! An UnderEarth Adventure by Royce Buckingham
Heck: Where The Bad Kids Go by Dale E. Basye
How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart
I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
I Totally Funniest by James Patterson
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
The Million Dollar Putt by Dan Gutman
Mudshark by Gary Paulsen
Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
School of Fear by Gitty Daneshvari
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Mystery
All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook by Leslie Connor
The Calder Game by Blue Balliett
The Case of the Left-Handed Lady by Nancy Springer
Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl by John Feinstein
Diamonds in the Shadows by Caroline B. Cooney
The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 3) by Derek Landy
The Falcon’s Malteser by Anthony Horowitz
Framed (Framed novel, Book 1) by James Ponti
Heist Society by Ally Carter
Into the Dark: an Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams
The Man With the Red Bag by Eve Bunting
Masterpiece by Elise Broach, illustrated by Kelly Murphy
My Father's Son by Terri Fields
Rush for the Gold by John Feinstein
They Never Came Back by Caroline B. Cooney
Three Black Swans by Caroline B. Cooney
Traitor's Gate by Avi
Trash by Andy Mulligan
Uncommon Criminals (sequel to Heist Society) by Ally Carter
Walls Within Walls by Maureen Sherry
Non Fiction
Birmingham Sunday by Larry Dane Brimner
The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin and Rosana Faria
Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's "Chocolate Pilot" by Michael O. Tunnell
Cleopatra Rules! The Amazing Life of the Original Teen Queen by Vicky Alvear Shecter
Colo's Story: The Life of One Grand Gorilla by Nancy Roe Pimm
The Dark Game: True Spy Stories by Paul Janeczko
Driven: A Photobiography of Henry Ford by Don Mitchell
Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed by Sally M. Walker
Ghosts in the Fog: The Untold Story of Alaska's WWII Invasion by Samantha Seiple
Iceberg, Right Ahead! The Tragedy of the Titanic by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge by Marc Aronson
I'll Pass For Your Comrade: Women Soldiers in the Civil War by Anita Silvey
It’s Trevor Noah by Trevor Noah
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot by Sy Montgomery, photos by Nic Bishop
Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman
Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves Who Sided With the British During the American Revolution by Margaret Whitman Blair
Marching to the Mountaintop by Ann Bausam
The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin
Oil Spill! Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico by Elaine Landau
The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story by Peter Lane Taylor with Christos Nichola
Secret Subway: The Fascinating Tale of an Amazing Feat of Engineering by Martin W. Sandler
Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network That Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights Movement by Rick Bowers
Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom and Science by Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
Superman Vs. The Ku Klux Klan by Rick Bowers
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 On the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World by Sy Montgomery
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners From 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West by Sid Fleischman
Truce by Jim Murphy
Unlikely Friendships: 47 Remarkable Stories from the Animal Kingdom by Jennifer S. Holland
Washington at Valley Forge by Russell Freedman
Poetry / Novels in Verse
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Caminar by Skila Brown
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Jump Ball: A Basketball Season in Poems by Mel Glenn
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words by Margarita Engle
Odette’s Secret by Maryann MacDonald
Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott
Pieces of Georgia by Jennifer Bryant
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Serendipity & Me by Judith L. Roth
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman
Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy
Realistic Fiction
The Absolute Value of Mike by Kathryn Erskine
After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Amal Unbound by Aisha Saeed
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Carlos is Gonna Get It by Kevin Emerson
Chicks With Sticks (It's a Purl Thing) by Elizabeth Lenhard
Close to Famous by Joan Bauer
Compound by S.A. Bodeen
The Cruisers by Walter Dean Myers
Crunch (ebook) by Leslie Connor
Deadline (ebook) by Chris Crutcher
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
Eggs by Jerry Spinelli
Emma Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis
Escape Under the Forever Sky by Eve Yohalem
Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
Fallout by Todd Strasser
Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott
Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
Life, After by Sarah Littman
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
The Melting of Maggie Bean by Tricia Rayburn
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf by Jennifer Holm
Nature Girl by Jane Kelley
Notes From the Dog by Gary Paulsen
Notes From the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
Now Is the Time for Running by Michael Williams
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
One-Handed Catch by MJ Auch
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
The Raft by S.A. Bodeen
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Schooled by Gordon Korman
The Schwa Was Here by Neal Shusterman
See You at Harry’s by Jo Knowles
Slob by Ellen Potter
Smiles to Go by Jerry Spinelli
Sticks and Stones by Abby Cooper
Tall Story by Candy Gourlay
The Thing About Georgie by Lisa Graff
Twisted (ebook & book) by Laurie Halse Anderson
Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiana
What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen
What I Believe by Norma Fox Mazer
Where the Streets Had a Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
Romance
Accidental Love by Gary Soto
Crush by Gary Paulsen
The Daughters by Joanna Philbin
Eclipse (Twilight series, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater
Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Selection by Kiera Cass
Shiver (Wolves of Mercy Falls series, Book 1) by Maggie Stiefvater
Throne of Glass by Sara J. Maas
Science Fiction
The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary Pearson
Behemoth (Sequel to Leviathan) by Scott Westerfeld
Bunker 10 by J.A. Henderson
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games series, Book 2) by Suzanne Collins
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles, Book 1) by Marissa Meyer
The Dark Planet (Atherton series, Book 3) by Patrick Carman
The Dead and the Gone (companion book to Life As We Knew It) by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Enclave by Ann Aguirre
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Epic by Conor Kostick
The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron
Go Big or Go Home by Will Hobbs
House of Power (Atherton series, Book 1) by Patrick Carman
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Insignia by S.J. Kincaid
Legend by Marie Lu
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Lockdown (Escape From Furnace series, Book 1) by Alexander Gordon Smith
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Max (Maximum Ride series, Book 5) by James Patterson
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games series, Book 3) by Suzanne Collins
Rivers of Fire (Atherton series, Book 2) by Patrick Carman
The Scorch Trials (sequel to The Maze Runner) by James Dashner
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
Six by Mark Alpert
Starters by Lissa Price
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
This World We Live In by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Zenith by Julie Bertagna
Short Stories
Baseball Crazy: Ten Short Stories That Cover All the Bases by Nancy E. Mercado
Cloaked in Red by Vivian Vande Velde
Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival by Marcel Prins
Lay-ups and Long Shots an Anthology of Short Stories (ebook) by Joseph Bruchac
Paintings From the Cave by Gary Paulsen
Sports Shorts: An Anthology of Short Stories by Joseph Bruchac
Tales From Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
True Stories Introduction by Jon Scieszka
Sports
The Blind Side by Michael Lewis
Boost by Kathy Mackel
The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings by Alan Gratz
Crackback by John Coy
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
The Girl Who Threw Butterflies by Mick Cochrane
Home Run by Tim Green
Knights of the Hill Country by Tim Tharp
Lost Boy (eBook) by Tim Green
The Last Man Out by Mike Lupica
New Kid by Tim Green
Nikki on the Line by Barbara Carroll Roberts
One-Handed Catch by MJ Auch
Perfect Season by Tim Green
Pop by Gordon Korman
The Prodigy by John Feinstein
Rivals by Tim Green
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Rush For the Gold by John Feinstein
Soar by Joan Bauer
The Sports Pages edited by Jon Scieszka
The Underdogs by Mike Lupica
War
Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick
Search and Destroy by Dean Hughes
Shadow by Michael Morpurgo
Soldier Dog by Sam Angus
A Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulsen
Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Dean Myers
Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt
The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The White Rose by Kip Wilson
Perrot Library Young Critics Club Favorites
Mrs. Chew's Favorites
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis
Refugees by Alan Gratz
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Legend (series) by Marie Lu
Eragon (series) by Christopher Paolini
Words in the Dust by Trent Reedy
Divergent (series) by Veronica Roth
The Berlin Boxing Club by Rob Sharenow
Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Impostors by Scott Westerfeld
Now is the Time for Running by Michael Williams
Paper Hearts by Meg Wiviott