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The Wolves: A Play
Sarah DeLappe

Fiction | Play | YA | Published in 2018

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Joan Aiken

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1962

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1977

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1900

The World According to Humphrey
Betty G. Birney

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

The World on Turtle's Back
Iroquois Creation Myth

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1816

The Worst Class Trip Ever
Dave Barry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

The Yearling
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1938

The Year of Miss Agnes
Kirkpatrick Hill

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

The Year of the Dog
Grace Lin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

The Young Elites
Marie Lu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

The Young Landlords
Walter Dean Myers

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1979

The Young Man and the Sea
Rodman Philbrick

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

They Went Left
Monica Hesse

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Things Not Seen
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2002

Thin Wood Walls
David Patneaude

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Third Grade Angels
Jerry Spinelli

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Thirst
Varsha Bajaj

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Thirteen Reasons Why
Jay Asher

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

This Book is Gay
Juno Dawson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2014

This Is My America
Kim Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

This Is Our Story
Ashley Elston

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

This Is Where It Ends
Marieke Nijkamp

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II
Andrew Fukuda

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2014

This Poison Heart
Kalynn Bayron

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

This Side of Home
Renée Watson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

This Was Our Pact
Ryan Andrews

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

This World We Live In
Susan Beth Pfeffer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

This Woven Kingdom
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2022

Thousand Pieces of Gold
Ruthanne Lum McCunn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1981

Three Dark Crowns
Kendare Blake

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Three Keys
Kelly Yang, Illustr. Maike Plenzke

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Three Little Words
Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2008

Three Times Lucky
Sheila Turnage

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

Through My Eyes
Ruby Bridges

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

Through The Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1871

Thunderhead
Neal Shusterman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break
Lensey Namioka

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Tight
Torrey Maldonado

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1994

Tituba of Salem Village
Ann Petry

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1964

To Be a Slave
Julius Lester

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 1968

Today Tonight Tomorrow
Rachel Lynn Solomon

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

To Kill a Kingdom
Alexandra Christo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1960

Toliver's Secret
Esther Wood Brady

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1976

Tom's Midnight Garden
Philippa Pearce

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1958

To Night Owl From Dogfish
Meg Wolitzer, Holly Goldberg Sloan

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Too Bright to See
Kyle Lukoff

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Took: A Ghost Story
Mary Downing Hahn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Tornado
Betsy Byars

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1996

Touching Spirit Bear
Ben Mikaelsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Tower of Dawn (Throne of Glass, #6)
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Towers Falling
Jewell Parker Rhodes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

Tracker
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1978

Trail of Lightning
Rebecca Roanhorse

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Trampoline
Robert Gipe

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Trapped
Michael Northrop

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Trash
Andy Mulligan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Travel Team
Mike Lupica

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2004

Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1883

Tricks
Ellen Hopkins

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Kwame Mbalia

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Trouble Don't Last
Shelley Pearsall

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Truly Devious
Maureen Johnson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Tuck Everlasting
Natalie Babbitt

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1975

Tuesdays at the Castle
Jessica Day George

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Tumble
Celia C. Perez

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Tunes for Bears to Dance To
Robert Cormier

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1992

Tunnel of Bones
V. E. Schwab

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Turtle in Paradise
Jennifer L. Holm

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

Turtles All the Way Down
John Green

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Twilight
Stephenie Meyer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Twins
Varian Johnson, Illustr. Shannon Wright

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Twisted
Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2007

Two Boys Kissing
David Levithan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013

Two Can Keep a Secret
Karen M. McManus

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Two Degrees
Alan Gratz

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Two Roads
Joseph Bruchac

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Two Twisted Crowns
Rachel Gillig

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2023

Two Wolves
Tristan Bancks

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Uglies
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Biography | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Under a Painted Sky
Stacey Lee

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2015

Underground To Canada
Barbara Smucker

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1978

Under the Blood Red Sun
Graham Salisbury

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Under The Mesquite
Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Under the Never Sky
Veronica Rossi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Unfriended
Rachel Vail

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Ungifted
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Unplugged
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Unravel Me
Tahereh Mafi

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013