The Greatest Books of All Time on Juvenile

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
7216 The Little Engine that Could Platt & Munk 1930 American English
7653 Wave Suzy Lee 2008 Unknown English
7670 Julián Is A Mermaid Jessica Love 2018 American English
7818 Ties That Bind, Ties That Break Lensey Namioka 1999 American English
7945 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
8162 Born Confused Tanuja Desai Hidier 2002 American English
8243 Bronze And Sunflower Cao Wenxuan 2005 Chinese English
8357 Chanda's Secrets Allan Stratton 2004 Canadian English
8402 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
8566 Sosu's Call Meshack Asare 1997 Ghanaian English
9033 Citizen Of The Galaxy Robert A. Heinlein 1957 American English
9052 How I Live Now Meg Rosoff 2004 British English
9070 Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz 2000 British English
10132 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
10264 Forever Pete Hamill 2002 American English
10297 The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste 2015 Trinidadian English
10362 The Borrowers Mary Norton 1952 British English
10577 Ghost Jason Reynolds 2016 American English
10604 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare 1590 British English
11113 Powers Ursula K. Le Guin 2007 American English
11523 Argonautika Apollonius of Rhodes -250 Ancient greek
11663 A World On Fire Amanda Foreman 2011 British English
12024 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12514 Every Monday Mabel Jashar Awan Unknown English
12547 Pilgrim Codex Vivian Mansour, Emmanuel Valtierra, Carlos Rodríguez Cortez Unknown English
12554 Histoire de Babar Jean de Brunhoff 1931 French French
12613 Whale Eyes James Robinson, Brian Rea 2025 Unknown English
12619 The History Of We Nikkolas Smith American English
12628 Don't Trust Fish Dan Santat, Neil Sharpson 2025 American English
12646 J Vs. K Kwame Alexander, Jerry Craft American English
12689 A Book Of Maps For You Lourdes Heuer, Maxwell Eaton III Unknown English
12717 Oasis Guojing 2025 Chinese English
12731 Island Storm Brian Floca, Sydney Smith American English
12757 On Guard! Cassidy Wasserman 2025 Unknown English
13067 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 1977 American English
13359 Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein 1974 American English
13560 I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai 2013 Pakistani English
14232 One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia 2010 American English
14348 Lord of Misrule Rachel Caine 2008 American English
14458 Nog Rudy Wurlitzer 1969 American English
14764 Curious George H. A. Rey 1941 American English
14788 Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish 1963 American English
14832 The Complete Adventures Of Curious George H. A. Rey 1969 American English
14986 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne 2006 Irish English
14986 The Thief Megan Whalen Turner 1996 American English
14986 The Freedom Maze Delia Sherman 2011 American English
14986 Frogkisser Garth Nix 2017 Australian English
14986 George Alex Gino 2015 American English
14986 The Songs Of Distant Earth Arthur C. Clarke 1986 British English
14986 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 1990 American English
14986 Olivia Ian Falconer 2000 American English
14986 Press Here Herve Tullet 2010 French French
14986 The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore William Joyce 2011 American English
15918 A Sense of Where You Are John McPhee 1965 American English
15918 The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 1876 British English
15918 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce 1890 American English
15918 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
15918 Pat The Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt 1940 American English
15918 Pierre Maurice Sendak 1962 American English
15918 Swimmy Leo Lionni 1963 American English
16548 The Black Stallion Walter Farley 1941 American English
16791 Mutiny on the Bounty William Bligh 1932 British English
17169 Wolf Brother Michelle Paver 2004 British English
17169 In Trouble Again Redmond O'Hanlon 1988 British English
17169 Outside Over There Maurice Sendak 1981 American English
17169 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English
17169 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
17169 Knight's Wyrd Debra Doyle 1992 American English
17169 Owl in Love Patrice Kindl 1993 American English
17169 Passager Jane Yolen 1996 American English
17169 Hobby Jane Yolen 1996 American Unknown
17169 Merlin Jane Yolen 2004 American English
17169 Dark Lord of Derkholm Diana Wynne Jones, Magali Mangin 1998 British English
17169 The Folk Keeper Franny Billingsley 1999 American English
17169 The Ropemaker Peter Dickinson 2001 British English
17169 The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud 2004 British English
17169 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
17169 Doll Bones Holly Black 2013 American English
17169 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17169 Bob Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 2018 American English
17169 Journey Aaron Becker 2013 American English
17169 The Book With No Pictures B. J. Novak 2014 American English
17169 Maybe Something Beautiful F. Isabel Campoy 2016 American English
17169 When Aidan Became A Brother Kyle Lukoff 2019 American English
17169 Drum Dream Girl Margarita Engle 2015 Cuban English
16958 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
17169 The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall 2005 American English
17169 The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich 1999 American English
17169 Wildful Kengo Kurimoto 2024 Unknown English
17169 Brave Baby Hummingbird Sy Montgomery 2024 Unknown English
17169 No Cats In The Library Lauren Emmons 2024 Unknown English
17169 The Penultimate Peril Lemony Snicket 2005 American English
17169 Light Comes To Shadow Mountain Toni Buzzeo 2023 Unknown English
17169 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17169 Honus & Me Dan Gutman 1997 American English
17169 Judy Moody Megan McDonald 2000 American English
17169 Sammy Keyes And The Hotel Thief Wendelin Van Draanen 1998 American English
17169 Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining Anne Mazer 2000 American English
17169 Graven Images Paul Fleischman 1982 American English
17169 Bark, George Jules Feiffer 1999 American English
17169 Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson 2003 American English
17169 The Skull Jon Klassen 2023 Canadian English
17169 The Many Assassinations Of Samir, The Seller Of Dreams Daniel Nayeri 2023 Unknown English
17169 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Sebastian Lloyd Alexander 1970 American English
17169 The Court Of The Stone Children Eleanor Cameron 1973 American English
17169 The Night Swimmers Betsy Cromer Byars 1980 American English
17169 Ramona And Her Mother Beverly Cleary 1979 American English
17169 Words By Heart Ouida Sebestyen 1979 American English
17169 When Zachary Beaver Came To Town Kimberly Willis Holt 1999 American English
17169 1919 Martin W. Sandler 2019 American English
17169 The Ogress And The Orphans Kelly Barnhill 2022 American English
17169 The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg 1985 American English