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Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls WilderDune by Frank HerbertRilla of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery
Books about 15 year-olds
151 books — 17 voters
Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor HugoA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithLondon by Edward RutherfurdParis by Edward RutherfurdShanghai Girls by Lisa See
Cities
1,589 books — 137 voters

Over Sea, Under Stone by Susan CooperThe Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperGreenwitch by Susan CooperSilver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
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405 books — 29 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Books Involving Lower Class Families
298 books — 25 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Books Involving Blended Families
264 books — 63 voters
The Giver by Lois LowrySadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor CoerrWhat Katy Did by Susan CoolidgeFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
Books with Twelve-Year-Old Protagonists
278 books — 26 voters

Hatchet by Gary PaulsenHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingCatherine, Called Birdy by Karen CushmanThen Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy BlumeThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Books with Thirteen-Year-Old Protagonists
272 books — 26 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMatilda by Roald DahlThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Passing the Bechdel Test
668 books — 85 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneRoom by Emma Donoghue
Illegitimate Child
276 books — 25 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlPollyanna by Eleanor H. PorterAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
Books with Eleven-Year-Old Protagonists
224 books — 29 voters

Beezus and Ramona by Beverly ClearyFarmer Boy by Laura Ingalls WilderTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy BlumeThe Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid BanksThe Fourth Grade Wizards by Barthe DeClements
Books with Nine-Year-Old Protagonists
142 books — 21 voters
Ramona the Brave by Beverly ClearyIncident at Hawk's Hill by Allan W. EckertTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books with Six-Year-Old Protagonists
72 books — 10 voters

Ramona and Her Father by Beverly ClearyRamona and Her Mother by Beverly ClearyOn the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls WilderA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Books with Seven-Year-Old Protagonists
121 books — 16 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe World Without Us by Alan Weisman
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,062 voters

Wild Swans by Jung ChangLife and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengMao by Jung ChangRed Azalea by Anchee Min
Banned CHINA Books
29 books — 54 voters
Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle
Noah's Ark
254 books — 29 voters

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstNo Name by Wilkie CollinsNo Place Like Home by Mary Higgins ClarkFull Dark, No Stars by Stephen KingI Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
Just Say No!
580 books — 80 voters
The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
74 books — 183 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnnie by Thomas MeehanOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Kids in Foster Care
391 books — 175 voters
Stone Soup by Marcia BrownToad Food and Measle Soup by Christine McDonnell
Soup-er Titles
273 books — 25 voters

Molly Saves the Day by Valerie Tripp
4th of July Books for Kids
174 books — 31 voters
The Purity Myth by Jessica ValentiThe Caged Virgin by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Virgo or Virgin in the Title
363 books — 35 voters

Good Omens by Terry PratchettAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstThe Ugly Duckling by Jerry PinkneyGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
913 books — 54 voters
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss
Hats off to Hats! Children's Books about Hats
144 books — 21 voters

The Fisherman & His Wife by Rachel IsadoraThe Dark Wife by Sarah DiemerThe Kitchen God's Wife by Amy TanAngry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
Wives
683 books — 139 voters
Wild Swans by Jung ChangThe Daughters of Zeus by Kaitlin BevisThe Complete Princess Trilogy by Jean SassonThe Mother-Daughter Switch by Francine PascalMufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Daughters
927 books — 93 voters

My Father's Paradise by Ariel SabarSons by Pearl S. BuckThe Miller, His Son and Their Donkey by AesopThe Farmer and His Sons by AesopThe Old Man and His Grandson by Jacob Grimm
Sons
349 books — 47 voters
The House of Mirth by Edith WhartonRose Madder by Stephen KingPeony in Love by Lisa SeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellEight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott
Characters with Flower Names
350 books — 35 voters

Before and After by Judy ChristieMy Afghanistan by Jean Boyce-SmithI Heard That Song Before by Mary Higgins ClarkStrangers in Paradise, Volume 19 by Terry MooreFables, Vol. 21 by Bill Willingham
Before and After in the Title
834 books — 53 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsRunning Out of Time by Margaret Peterson HaddixTime Enough for Love by Robert A. HeinleinTime Travellers Strictly Cash by Spider RobinsonDeath by Neil Gaiman
Do you have the...Time?
1,579 books — 140 voters