Kids’ Lit Quiz Recommended Book List (2025)
This list is by no means a prescriptive list of what or what not to read. The Kids’ Lit Quiz
encourages reading a wide variety of books and literature, and books not in this list can
definitely be asked in the Quiz. Likewise, the books written here are not guaranteed to
appear in the Quiz. So read what you enjoy most!
By Author
Dr. Seuss books
Roald Dahl books
Enid Bylton books
E.B. White books
Kate DiCamillo books
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson and The Brothers Grimm
By Genre
Children’s Classics
● Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
● Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
● A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
● The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
● The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
● Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers
● The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
● The Secret Garden by Martha Hailer DuBose
● The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
● Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery
● Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
● Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
● The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
● Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
● The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
● The Adventure of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
● Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
● Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Picture Books
● A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
● The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
● The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
● The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
● Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
● Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
● The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
● The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat
● Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault
Comics / Graphic Novel
● Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
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● Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson
● The Smurfs by Peyo
● The Adventures of Tintin by Hergé
● Garfield by Jim Davis
● El Deafo by Cece Bell
● Asterix
● Sonic the Hedgehog
● Marvel comics and superheroes
● DC comics and superheroes
● Geronimo Stilton series
Humor
● Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
● The Last Kids on Earth by Max Brallier
● Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life by James Patterson
● The 13-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths
Fantasy
● The Lord of the Rings series by J. R. R. Tolkien
● The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
● The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis
● The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
● The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
● Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein
● The Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
● The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
● A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket
● His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
● The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
● The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
● The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black
● Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
● A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
● Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend
● Watership Down by Richard Adams
● Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson
● Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by Ian Fleming
● Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
● Keeper of Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger
● Wings of Fire by Tui T. Sutherland
General Fiction
● Malory Tower by Enid Blyton
● The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
● The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
● The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz
● Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan
● The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
● Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
● Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
● Pony by R. J. Palacio
● Call of The Wild by Jack London
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Realistic Fiction
● Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada
● Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
● Holes by Louis Sachar
● Wonder by R. J. Palacio
● Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
● The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
● Front Desk by Kelly Yang
Historical fiction
● The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
● War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
● Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
● Paperboy by Vince Vawter
● The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
● The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
● Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Science Fiction
● A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
● The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
● Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
● The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
● Dune by Frank Herbert
● The Maze Runner by James Dashner
● The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
● The Giver by Lois Lowry
● The Chaos Walking series by Patrick Ness
● 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
● Journey to the Center of Earth by Jules Verne
Non-fiction
● The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Mystery
● Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
● Nancy Drew Series by Carolyn Keene
● Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz
● Lockwood & Co. Series by Jonathan Stroud
● The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
Greek Mythology
● The Story of Prometheus
● The Adventures of Perseus
● The Adventures of Heracles (Hercules)
● The Adventures of Theseus
● The Story of Daedalus and Icarus
● The Quest of the Golden Fleece
● The Trojan Horse
● Pandora’s Box
Indonesian Title
● The Rainbow Troops (Laskar Pelangi) by Andrea Hirata
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Miscellaneous
Knowledge about authors:
● Dr. Seuss
● Roald Dahl
● Enid Blyton
● J. K. Rowling
● Rick Riordan
● A. A. Milne
● Kate DiCamilio
● C. S. Lewis
● Philip Pullman
● J. R. R. Tolkien
● Shakespeare
● Neil Gaiman
● Patrick Ness
● R. J. Palacio
● Suzanne Collins
● Kelly Yang
● Anh Do
● James Patterson
● Jeff Kinney
● David Williams
You might also want to research some details about your favorite authors while reading their books!
Book and Literary Knowledge
● Type of books: book of Guinness World Records, biography, graphic novel/comic,
diary/journal, atlas, phonebook, scrapbook, exercise book/workbook/scribbler, cookbook,
logbook, Dictionary, encyclopedia
● Type of poems: haiku, limerick, sonnet
● Type of writers: novelist, playwright, screenwriter, poet
● Parts of a book: dust jacket/dust cover, cover page, title, subtitle, table of contents, appendix,
bibliography
● Figures of speech: metaphor, simile, personification, hyperbole, alliteration,
anthropomorphism, irony
● Set of works: duology, trilogy, quintet, omnibus, syllabus
If you’re looking for book recommendations, you might want to check out some books that have won
these awards:
● Newbery Medal
● Carnegie Medal
● Caldecott Medal
● Greenaway Medal
Good luck for Kids’ Lit Quiz 2025!
