Yikes. What a melding of classics and teen crap books and (the best of these genres) fantasy. I think these books go back to 1992, and I am sure I will add to this list as I remember more.
Alphabetical by author.
back to recent book journal -- all books are no longer listed on this page; books from march 2002 or later are in the recent book journal with rankings, writings, etc.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
Help me remember!?
Some book about a Canada Goose
Urban vampire thing (Read approx 1996)
Book in which new kid in evil town sees his dog burned alive by some kids. (Read approx 1996?)
Book about a female changeling creature who has a tragic love for a human man. (Read 1999)
Alexander, Lloyd
The Book of Three (Prydain Chronicles no. 1) (Read approx 1994)
The Black Cauldron (Prydain Chronicles no. 2) (Read approx 1994
The Castle of Llyr (Prydain Chronicles no. 3) (Read approx 1994)
Taran Wanderer (Prydain Chronicles no. 4) (Read approx 1994)
The High King (Prydain Chronicles no. 5) (Read approx 1994)
Andrews, V.C.
Butterfly (Read 1997)
Go Ask Alice (Read approx 1997)
Antieau, Kim
The Jigsaw Woman (Read summer 1999)
Applegate, K.A.
The Animorphs series (Read 1996 – 1999)
Babbitt, Natalie
Tuck Everlasting (read approx 1994)
Banks, Lynne Reid
The Fairy Rebel (Read approx 1994)
The Farthest-Away Mountain (Read approx 1992)
The Indian in the Cupboard (Read approx 1993)
The Return of the Indian (Read approx 1993)
The Secret of the Indian (Read approx 1993)
The Mystery of the Cupboard (Read approx 1994)
Bauer, Marion Dane, and Dolores Kolzieski
On My Honor (Read 1992)
Baum, L. Frank
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Read approx 1993)
Ozma of Oz (Read approx 1993)
The Road to Oz (Read approx 1993)
Tik-Tok of Oz (Read approx 1993)
and maybe others
Bellairs, John
The Chessmen of Doom (Read approx 1996)
The Curse of the Blue Figurine (Read approx 1993)
The Eyes of the Killer Robot (Read approx 1993)
The Face in the Frost (Read approx 1993)
The Ghost in the Mirror (Read approx 1993)
The House with a Clock in its Walls (Read approx 1993)
The Trolley to Yesterday (Read approx 1993)
and bunches more
Blume, Judy
Deenie (Read approx 1995)
Here’s to you, Rachel Robinson (Read approx 1995)
Just as Long as We’re Together (Read approx 1995)
Bradbury, Ray
Something Wicked this way Comes (Read fall 1997)
Bradley, Marion Zimmer
The Mists of Avalon (Read summer-fall 1999)
Witchlight (Read winter 1999-2000)
Brooks, Terry
The Sword of Shannara (Read winter 1996-1997)
The Elfstones of Shannara (Read winter 1998-1999)
The Wishsong of Shannara (Read spring 1999)
Burnett, Frances Hodgson
A Little Princess (Read approx 1992)
The Secret Garden (Read approx 1992)
Cassedy, Sylvia
Behind the Attic Wall (Read approx 1994)
Catling, Patrick Skene
The Chocolate Touch (Read approx 1993)
Chopin, Kate
The Awakening (Read spring 2001)
Clarke, Arthur C.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Read summer 2001)
Collier, J.C., and C. Collier
My Brother Sam is Dead (Read winter 1996-1997)
Conly, Jane Leslie, et. al.
R-T Margaret, and the Rats of NIMH (Read approx 1994)
Rasco and the Rats of NIMH (Read approx 1994)
Cooney, Caroline
Both Sides of Time (no. 1 in series) (Read approx 1997)
A Prisoner of Time (no. 2 in series) (Read approx 1998)
Out of Time (no. 3 in series) (Read approx 1998)
The Face on the Milk Carton (no. 1 in series) (Read approx 1995)
Whatever Happened to Janie? (no. 2 in series) (Read approx 1995)
The Voice on the Radio (no. 3 in series) (Read approx 1997)
Flight Number 166 is Down (Read approx 1996)
Flash Fire (Read approx 1996)
Cooper, Susan
Over Sea, Under Stone (Read approx 1995)
The Dark is Rising (Read approx 1996)
Greenwitch (Read approx 1996)
The Grey King (Read approx 1996)
Silver on the Tree (Read approx 1997)
Seaward (Read approx 1998)
The Boggart (Read approx 1996)
Coville, Bruce
Aliens Ate my Homework (Read approx 1997)
My Teacher is an Alien (Read approx 1997)
My Teacher Fried my Brains (Read approx 1997)
Jennifer Murdley’s Toad (Read approx 1997)
Dahl, Roald
The BFG (Read approx 1993)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Read approx 1993)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Read approx 1994)
Esio Trot (Read approx 1994)
James and the Giant Peach (Read approx 1993)
Matilda (Read approx 1992)
The Vicar of Nibbleswicke (Read approx 1993)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More (Read approx 1994)
The Witches (Read approx 1992)
and probably more
Deloria, Ella Cara
Waterlily (Read spring 1999)
Duncan, Lois
Daughters of Eve (Read approx 1995)
Don’t Look Behind You (Read probably summer 1998)
Down a Dark Hall (Read probably summer 1998)
A Gift of Magic (Read probably summer 1998)
Killing Mr. Griffin (Read probably summer 1998)
Stranger With My Face (Read probably summer 1998)
Summer of Fear (Read probably summer 1998)
The Third Eye (Read probably summer 1998)
The Twisted Window (Read probably summer 1998)
Who Killed My Daughter? (Read probably summer 1998)
and probably more
Edwards, Julie (Andrews)
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles (Read approx 1995)
Mandy (Read approx 1995)
Gaiman, Neil
Neverwhere (Read fall 1999)
Smoke and mirrors : short fictions and illusions (Read 1999-2000?)
Garden, Nancy
Good Moon Rising (Read approx 1999)
Golding, William
Lord of the Flies (Read spring 2001)
Guest, Judith
Ordinary People (Read approx 1999)
Hassler, Jon
Four Miles to Pinecone (Read approx 1997)
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
The Scarlet Letter (Read spring 2000)
Heisel, Sharon E.
Eyes of a Stranger (Read spring 1999)
Hemingway, Ernest
The Old Man and the Sea (Read spring 2001)
Hunt, Irene
No Promises in the Wind (Read approx 1996)
Jordan, Sherryl
The Juniper Game (Read summer 1996)
A Time of Darkness (Read approx 1996)
Winter of Fire (Read summer 1996, again winter 1998-1999)
Wolf-Woman (Read summer 1996)
Juster, Norton
The Phantom Tollbooth (Read approx 1993)
Keene, Carolyn
Nancy Drew Mysteries (Read 1991 – 1995?)
Keyes, Daniel
Flowers for Algernon (Read approx 1999)
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Read approx 1993)
Lane, Dakota
Johnny Voodoo (Read approx 1997)
Lasky, Katherine
Beyond the Burning Time (Read fall 1998)
L'Engle, Madeleine
A Wrinkle in Time (Read approx 1992, again in fall 2001)
A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Read approx 1993, again in fall 2001)
Many Waters (Read approx 1994, again in fall 2001)
A Wind in the Door (Read approx 1994, again in fall 2001)
Lewis, C.S.
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (No. 1 in the Chronicles of Narnia)(Read too many times to count)
Prince Caspian (No. 2 in the Chronicles of Narnia) (Read too many times to count)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (No. 3 in the Chronicles of Narnia) (Read too many times to count)
The Silver Chair (No. 4 in the Chronicles of Narnia) (Read too many times to count)
The Horse and his Boy (No. 5 in the Chronicles of Narnia) (Read too many times to count)
The Magician’s Nephew (No. 6 in the Chronicles of Narnia) (Read too many times to count)
The Last Battle (No. 7 in the Chronicles of Narnia) (Read too many times to count)
Till We Have Faces (Read approx 1998)
Out of the Silent Planet (Read approx 1999)
Perelandra (Read approx 1999)
That Hideous Strength (Read spring 2000)
The Great Divorce (Read approx 1999)
Lowry, Lois
The Giver (Read approx 1996, again in 1997-1998)
Number the Stars (Read approx 1993)
MacDonald, George
The Princess and the Goblin (Read approx 1996)
Marlowe, Christopher
Doctor Faustus (Read spring 2002)
Marsden, John
Letters from the Inside (Read approx 1999)
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Read approx 1998)
Martin, Ann M.
The Babysitters’ Club series (Read 1992 – 1996)
Moody, Anne
Coming of Age in Mississippi (Read summer 2000)
Nix, Garth
Sabriel (Read 1998-1999)
Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr (Read winter 2000-2001)
Shade’s Children (Read summer 1999)
O'Brien, Robert C.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Read approx 1993)
Z for Zachariah (Read winter 1996-1997)
O’Dell, Scott
Island of the Blue Dolphins (Read approx 1992)
Orwell, George
Animal Farm (Read 1996-1997, again spring 2001)
1984 (Read fall 1997)
Peck, Richard
The Last Safe Place on Earth (Read approx 1996)
Pierce, Meredith Ann
The Darkangel (Read spring 2000)
Pierce, Tamora
Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic) (Read fall 1998)
Prather, Hugh
I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me (Read summer 2000)
Preuss, Paul
Secret Passages (Read summer 2000)
Preston, Richard
The Hot Zone (Read spring 1999)
Pullman, Philip
The Golden Compass (Read spring 1999)
The Subtle Knife (Read spring 1999)
The Amber Spyglass (Read summer 2002)
Quinn, Daniel
Ishmael (Read approx 2000)
Reiss, Kathryn
Time Windows (Read approx 1994)
Pale Phoenix (Read approx 1996)
Remarque, E.M.
All Quiet on the Western Front (Read summer 2000)
Rice, Anne
Interview with the Vampire (Read spring 2002)
Roberson, Jennifer
Lady of the Forest (Read spring 1999)
Lady of the Glen (Read summer 1999)
Swordborn (Read 1999)
Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Read winter 1999-2000)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Read winter 1999-2000)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Read winter 1999-2000)
Sachar, Louis
Sideways Stories from Wayside School (Read approx 1993)
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom (Read approx 1994)
Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School (Read approx 1994)
Shakespeare, William
Romeo and Juliet (Read spring 2000)
Sleator, William
Into the Dream (Read approx 1993, again 2003)
Slote, Alfred
My Trip to Alpha 1 (Read approx 1992)
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley
The Egypt Game (Read approx 1993)
The Headless Cupid (Read approx 1994)
Steinbeck, John
Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (Read winter 1997-1998)
The Grapes of Wrath (Read summer 2000)
Of Mice and Men (Read spring 2001)
Stine, R.L.
Goosebumps (Read approx 1992 – 1994)
Stoker, Bram
Dracula (Read approx 2000-2001)
Tan, Amy
The Joy Luck Club (Read spring 1999)
Tolkien, J.R.R.
The Fellowship of the Ring (Read approx 1997)
The Two Towers (Read approx 1998)
The Return of the King (Read approx 1998)
Twain, Mark
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Read spring 2001)
White, E.B.
Charlotte’s Web (Read approx 1992)
White, T.H.
The Once and Future King (Read winter 1999-2000)
Wilde, Oscar
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Read summer-fall 2001)
Winthrop, Elizabeth
The Castle in the Attic (Read approx 1995)
Zindel, Paul
The Doom Stone (Read approx. 1996)