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
7215 The Little Engine that Could Platt & Munk 1930 American English
7652 Wave Suzy Lee 2008 Unknown English
7669 Julián Is A Mermaid Jessica Love 2018 American English
7817 Ties That Bind, Ties That Break Lensey Namioka 1999 American English
7944 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
8160 Born Confused Tanuja Desai Hidier 2002 American English
8240 Bronze And Sunflower Cao Wenxuan 2005 Chinese English
8354 Chanda's Secrets Allan Stratton 2004 Canadian English
8399 Graceling Kristin Cashore 2008 American English
8562 Sosu's Call Meshack Asare 1997 Ghanaian English
9029 Citizen Of The Galaxy Robert A. Heinlein 1957 American English
9048 How I Live Now Meg Rosoff 2004 British English
9066 Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz 2000 British English
10128 Dealing With Dragons Patricia C. Wrede 1990 American English
10260 Forever Pete Hamill 2002 American English
10293 The Jumbies Tracey Baptiste 2015 Trinidadian English
10358 The Borrowers Mary Norton 1952 British English
10573 Ghost Jason Reynolds 2016 American English
10600 The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare 1590 British English
11108 Powers Ursula K. Le Guin 2007 American English
11520 Argonautika Apollonius of Rhodes -250 Ancient greek
11660 A World On Fire Amanda Foreman 2011 British English
12022 The Amulet of Samarkand Jonathan Stroud 2003 British English
12512 Every Monday Mabel Jashar Awan Unknown English
12545 Pilgrim Codex Vivian Mansour, Emmanuel Valtierra, Carlos Rodríguez Cortez Unknown English
12552 Histoire de Babar Jean de Brunhoff 1931 French French
12611 Whale Eyes James Robinson, Brian Rea 2025 Unknown English
12617 The History Of We Nikkolas Smith American English
12626 Don't Trust Fish Dan Santat, Neil Sharpson 2025 American English
12644 J Vs. K Kwame Alexander, Jerry Craft American English
12687 A Book Of Maps For You Lourdes Heuer, Maxwell Eaton III Unknown English
12715 Oasis Guojing 2025 Chinese English
12729 Island Storm Brian Floca, Sydney Smith American English
12755 On Guard! Cassidy Wasserman 2025 Unknown English
13064 Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Paterson 1977 American English
13356 Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein 1974 American English
13559 I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai 2013 Pakistani English
14232 One Crazy Summer Rita Williams-Garcia 2010 American English
14347 Lord of Misrule Rachel Caine 2008 American English
14457 Nog Rudy Wurlitzer 1969 American English
14765 Curious George H. A. Rey 1941 American English
14788 Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish 1963 American English
14849 The Complete Adventures Of Curious George H. A. Rey 1969 American English
14984 The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne 2006 Irish English
14984 The Thief Megan Whalen Turner 1996 American English
14984 The Freedom Maze Delia Sherman 2011 American English
14984 Frogkisser Garth Nix 2017 Australian English
14984 George Alex Gino 2015 American English
14984 Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli 1990 American English
14984 Olivia Ian Falconer 2000 American English
14984 Press Here Herve Tullet 2010 French French
14984 The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr. Morris Lessmore William Joyce 2011 American English
15898 A Sense of Where You Are John McPhee 1965 American English
15898 The Hunting of the Snark Lewis Carroll 1876 British English
15898 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce 1890 American English
15898 The Enchanted Wood Enid Blyton 1939 British English
15898 Pat The Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt 1940 American English
15898 Pierre Maurice Sendak 1962 American English
15898 Swimmy Leo Lionni 1963 American English
16525 The Black Stallion Walter Farley 1941 American English
16747 Mutiny on the Bounty William Bligh 1932 British English
17120 Wolf Brother Michelle Paver 2004 British English
17120 In Trouble Again Redmond O'Hanlon 1988 British English
17120 Outside Over There Maurice Sendak 1981 American English
17120 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar Roald Dahl 1977 British English
17120 The Worst Witch Jill Murphy 1974 British English
17120 Knight's Wyrd Debra Doyle 1992 American English
17120 Owl in Love Patrice Kindl 1993 American English
17120 Passager Jane Yolen 1996 American English
17120 Hobby Jane Yolen 1996 American Unknown
17120 Merlin Jane Yolen 2004 American English
17120 Dark Lord of Derkholm Diana Wynne Jones, Magali Mangin 1998 British English
17120 The Folk Keeper Franny Billingsley 1999 American English
17120 The Ropemaker Peter Dickinson 2001 British English
17120 The Golem's Eye Jonathan Stroud 2004 British English
17120 A Conspiracy of Kings Megan Whalen Turner 2010 American English
17120 Doll Bones Holly Black 2013 American English
17120 A Snicker of Magic Natalie Lloyd 2014 American English
17120 Bob Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass 2018 American English
17120 Journey Aaron Becker 2013 American English
17120 The Book With No Pictures B. J. Novak 2014 American English
17120 Maybe Something Beautiful F. Isabel Campoy 2016 American English
17120 When Aidan Became A Brother Kyle Lukoff 2019 American English
17120 Drum Dream Girl Margarita Engle 2015 Cuban English
17120 The Songs Of Distant Earth Arthur C. Clarke 1986 British English
16913 The White Mountains John Christopher 1967 British English
17120 The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall 2005 American English
17120 The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich 1999 American English
17120 Wildful Kengo Kurimoto 2024 Unknown English
17120 Brave Baby Hummingbird Sy Montgomery 2024 Unknown English
17120 No Cats In The Library Lauren Emmons 2024 Unknown English
17120 The Penultimate Peril Lemony Snicket 2005 American English
17120 Light Comes To Shadow Mountain Toni Buzzeo 2023 Unknown English
17120 Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney 2005 American English
17120 Honus & Me Dan Gutman 1997 American English
17120 Judy Moody Megan McDonald 2000 American English
17120 Sammy Keyes And The Hotel Thief Wendelin Van Draanen 1998 American English
17120 Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining Anne Mazer 2000 American English
17120 Graven Images Paul Fleischman 1982 American English
17120 Bark, George Jules Feiffer 1999 American English
17120 Locomotion Jacqueline Woodson 2003 American English
17120 The Skull Jon Klassen 2023 Canadian English
17120 The Many Assassinations Of Samir, The Seller Of Dreams Daniel Nayeri 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Marvelous Misadventures Of Sebastian Lloyd Alexander 1970 American English
17120 The Court Of The Stone Children Eleanor Cameron 1973 American English
17120 The Night Swimmers Betsy Cromer Byars 1980 American English
17120 Ramona And Her Mother Beverly Cleary 1979 American English
17120 Words By Heart Ouida Sebestyen 1979 American English
17120 When Zachary Beaver Came To Town Kimberly Willis Holt 1999 American English
17120 1919 Martin W. Sandler 2019 American English
17120 The Ogress And The Orphans Kelly Barnhill 2022 American English
17120 The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg 1985 American English