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Iron Gold
Pierce Brown

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Island of the Blue Dolphins
Scott O'Dell

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1960

I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005
Lauren Tarshis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

I Survived the American Revolution, 1776
Lauren Tarshis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980
Lauren Tarshis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964
Lauren Tarshis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2023

I Survived the Joplin Tornado, 2011
Lauren Tarshis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2015

I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944
Lauren Tarshis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906
Lauren Tarshis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

I Survived The Shark Attacks Of 1916
Lauren Tarshis

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2010

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel
Firoozeh Dumas

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2016

It's Kind of a Funny Story
Ned Vizzini

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

It's Not Summer Without You
Jenny Han

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

It's Not the End of the World
Judy Blume

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Iveliz Explains It All
Andrea Beatriz Arango

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Ivy and Bean
Annie Barrows

Fiction | Novel | Early Reader Picture Book | Published in 2010

I Was a Teenage Slasher
Stephen Graham Jones

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2024

I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
Malaka Gharib

Nonfiction | Graphic Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

I Will Always Write Back
Martin Ganda, Liz Welch, Caitlin Alifirenka

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2015

I Will Save You
Matt de la Peña

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2010

Jabberwocky
Lewis Carroll

Fiction | Poem | Middle Grade | Published in 1871

Jackaby
William Ritter

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Jacob Have I Loved
Katherine Paterson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1980

Jake Drake, Bully Buster
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Jake Drake, Know-It-All
Andrew Clements

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Jake, Reinvented
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

James And The Giant Peach
Roald Dahl

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1961

Jason's Gold
Will Hobbs

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Jasper Jones
Craig Silvey

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

J.D. and the Great Barber Battle
J. Dillard

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone
Tae Keller

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Wendy Mass

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2006

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Bruce Coville

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Jesse
Gary Soto

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1994

Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Jack Gantos

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Johnny Tremain
Esther Forbes

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1943

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1970

Journey to the River Sea
Eva Ibbotson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Journey to Topaz: A Story of the Japanese-American Evacuation
Yoshiko Uchida

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1971

Judy Moody Gets Famous!
Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2001

Judy Moody Was in a Mood. Not a Good Mood. A Bad Mood.
Megan McDonald

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2000

Julie Of The Wolves
Jean Craighead George

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1972

Juliet Takes a Breath
Gabby Rivera

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2016

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus
Barbara Park

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1992

Just Listen
Sarah Dessen

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling

Fiction | Short Story Collection | Middle Grade | Published in 1902

Katie the Catsitter
Illustr. Stephanie Yue, Colleen AF Venable

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2021

Keeper
Mal Peet

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Keeping 13
Chloe Walsh

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Keesha's House
Helen Frost

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | YA | Published in 2003

Kensuke's Kingdom
Michael Morpurgo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1999

Key Player
Kelly Yang

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2022

Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1886

Killer Instinct
Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2014

Killing Mr. Griffin
Lois Duncan

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 1978

Kill Joy
Holly Jackson

Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 2021

King and the Dragonflies
Kacen Callender

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Roger Lancelyn Green

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1953

Kingdom of Ash
Sarah J. Maas

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Kingdom of the Wicked
Kerri Maniscalco

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

King George: What Was His Problem?
Steve Sheinkin

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Kira-Kira
Cynthia Kadohata

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2004

Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat
Johnny Marciano

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

Knights of the Kitchen Table
Jon Scieszka

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1991

Kristy's Great Idea
Ann M. Martin

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1986

Lalani of the Distant Sea
Erin Entrada Kelly

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2019

La Linea
Ann Jaramillo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Landscape with Invisible Hand
M. T. Anderson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2017

Last Days of Summer
Steve Kluger

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1998

Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2021

Last Shot
John Feinstein

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2005

Lather and Nothing Else
Hernando Téllez

Fiction | Short Story | YA | Published in 1950

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
Mariko Tamaki

Fiction | Graphic Novel/Book | YA | Published in 2019

Lawn Boy
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novella | Middle Grade | Published in 2007

Learning to Read
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Fiction | Poem | YA | Published in 1872

Left for Dead
Pete Nelson

Nonfiction | Book | YA | Published in 2002

Legend
Marie Lu

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2011

Legendary
Stephanie Garber

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2018

Legendborn
Tracy Deonn

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2020

Lemons
Melissa Savage

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2017

Leonard (My Life as a Cat)
Carlie Sorosiak

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Leroy Ninker Saddles Up
Kate DiCamillo

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2014

Let Me Hear a Rhyme
Tiffany D. Jackson

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2019

Letters from Cuba
Ruth Behar

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

Letters from Rifka
Karen Hesse

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2009

Let The Circle Be Unbroken
Mildred D. Taylor

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1981

Level 13
Gordon Korman

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Leviathan
Scott Westerfeld

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009

Liar, Liar
Gary Paulsen

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2011

Liar & Spy
Rebecca Stead

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 2012

Life As We Knew It
Susan Beth Pfeffer

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2006

Lifeboat 12
Susan Hood

Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Middle Grade | Published in 2018

Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project
Jack Mayer

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2005

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina
Misty Copeland

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | YA | Published in 2014