Book List for Elementary Gifted Students
Genre
Book Title
Adventure
My Side of the Mountain
Adventure
Pippi Longstocking
Adventure/Fantasy
Rowan of Rin Series
Adventure/Historical Fiction
Hatchet/Mr. Tucket Series
Fantasy
Ella Enchanted
Fantasy
Catherine, Called Birdy
Fantasy
The Dark is Rising
Fantasy
Book of Three
Fantasy
Dragon Rider
Fantasy
The Littles*
Fantasy
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle*
Fantasy
The Phantom Tollbooth
Fantasy
The Lightning Thief
Fantasy
The Time Warp Trio Series*
Fantasy
The Borrowers*
Fantasy
Babe and others
Fantasy
Matilda and others*
Fantasy/Mystery
Hank the Cowdog
Historical Fiction
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Mystery
A-Z Mystery Series*
Mystery
Chasing Vermeer
Mystery
Nate the Great*
Mystery
Cam Jansen*
Mystery
Westing Game
Mystery
Encyclopedia Brown Series*
Realistic Fiction
Ramona Series*
Realistic Fiction
The Secret Garden
Realistic Fiction
Frindle*/Things Not Seen
Realistic Fiction
Twinkie Squad/Schooled
Realistic Fiction
Henry Reed series
Realistic Fiction
View from Saturday
Realistic Fiction
The Moffats Series
Realistic Fiction
The Great Brain
Science Fiction
A Wrinkle in Time and others
*indicates appropriate for lower elementary age gifted students
Author
J. C. George
Astrin Lundgren
Emily Rodda
Gary Paulsen
Gail Carson Levine
Karen Cushman
Susan Cooper
Lloyd Alexander
Cornelia Funke
John Peterson
Betty MacDonald
Norton Juster
Rick Riordan
John Scieszka
Mary Morton
Dick King-Smith
Roald Dahl
John Erickson
M. Taylor
Ron Roy
Blue Balliett
Marjorie Sharmat
David Adler
E. Raskin
Donald Sobol
Beverly Cleary
F.H. Burnett
Andrew Clements
Gordon Korman
Keith Robertson
E.L. Konigsburg
Eleanor Estes
JD Fitzgerald
M. L’Engle
Websites with book lists:
American Library Association – Best Books for Young Adults http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/bbya
Children’s Literature Classics - http://childliterature.net/childlit/index.html
Hoagies’ Gifted: Reading List
http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/reading_lists.htm
Newbery Medal Winners, 1922 – Present
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm
University of Connecticut suggested Booklists on the Web
http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/SEMR/booklist%20index2.html
www.goodreads.com
www.shelfari.com
**We do not promote, endorse, or preview books on these sites. We are providing these only as a starting point for
helping select fiction for your gifted reader
Allyn, Pam. What to Read When
Silvey, Anita. 100 Best Books for Children
Codell, Esme’ How to Get Your Child to Love Reading
Oppenheim, Joanne, Choosing Books for Kids
Baskin, Barbara, Books for the Gifted Child
Dreyer, Sharon, The Best of Bookfinder
Halsted, Judith Wynn. Some of my Best Friends are Books: Guiding Gifted Readers. Gifted Potential Press
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Book List for Upper Elementary/Middle School Gifted Students
Genre
Adventure
Adventure
Adventure
Classics
Classics
Classics
Classics
Classics
Classics
Classics
Classics
Classics
Title
Alex Rider series
The Mysterious Benedict Society series
Moby Dick
Jane Eyre
Huck Finn*
Count of Monte Cristo
Good Earth*
Tom Sawyer
A Tale of Two Cities
The Scarlet Letter
The Vicar of Wakefield
Animal Farm/1984*
Author
Anthony Horowitz
Trenton Lee Stewart
Herman Melville
Emily Bronte
Mark Twain
Alexander Dumas
Pearl S. Buck
Mark Twain
Charles Dickens
Nathanial Hawthorne
Oliver Goldsmith
George Orwell
Classics
Classics
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction/Autobiography
Historical Fiction/Autobiography
Historical
Fiction/Autobiography/Dairy
Great Expectations
Shakespeare’s plays
Artemis Fowl (series)
Eragon series
Charlie Bone series
Inkheart series
His Dark Materials series
The Keys to the Kingdom series
Gone series
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Lord of the Rings series
Little Women series
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Book Thief
The Coffin Quilt and other books
Cry, The Beloved Country*
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn*
Wait Till Next Year
Night*
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings*
The Diary of Anne Frank*
Charles Dickens
Shakespeare
Eoin Colfer
Christopher Paolini
Jenny Nimmo
Cornelia Funke
Philip Pullman
Garth Nix
Michael Grant
Ray Bradbury
J.R.R. Tolkien
Louisa May Alcott
Harper Lee
Marcus Zusak
Ann Rinaldi
Alan Paton
Betty Smith
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Eli Weisel
Maya Angelou
Anne Frank
Mystery
Mystery
Murder on the Orient Express and others
Sherlock Holmes series
Hound of the Baskervilles
Agatha Christie
Arthur Conan Doyle
Realistic Fiction
Holes
Small Steps
Louis Sacher
RealisticFiction/Autobiography
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
The Color of Water*
The Hunger Games series
Fahrenheit 541
Ender’s Game and series*
I, Robot
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series
James McBride
Suzanne Collins
Ray Bradbury
Orson Scott Card
Isaac Asimov
Douglas Adams