Young Adult Bibliography
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror
ED 5502 Reading and Literature, Grades 5-12
Updated July 2014
prepared by Jane M. Gangi, PhD
See Lee & Low’s Tu Book for Multicultural Fantasy and Science Fiction:
http://www.leeandlow.com/p/tu.mhtml
Fantasy and Fantasy Writers
Adams, Richard, Watership Down
Alexander, Lloyd, The Chronicles of Prydain series (The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Llyr, The High
King, Taran Wanderer), The Iron Ring, The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian.
Almond, David, Skellig
Billingsley, Franny, The Folk Keeper
Bond, Nancy, A String in the Harp
Carroll, Lewis, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Chambers, Aidan, A Haunt of Ghosts
Cooper, Susan, The Dark Is Rising series (Silver on the Tree, The Grey King, Greenwitch), Dark Is Rising,
Over Sea, under Stone; King of Shadows
Dickinson, Peter, The Ropemaker
Enzensberger, Hans Magnus, The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
Funke, Cornelia, Inkheart
García, Laura Gallego, The Legend of the Wandering King
Hautman, Pete, Mr. Was
Hesse, Karen, The Music of Dolphins
Hunter, Mollie, A Stranger Came Ashore
Jacques, Brian, The Redwall series: (Marlfox, The Long Patrol, The Outcasts of Redwall, The Pearls of Lutra,
and others)
Jones, Diana Wynne, I Capture the Castle, Castle in the Air
Klause, Annette, Blood and Chocolate
Langton, Jane, The Fledgling
Le Guin, Ursula, The “Earthsea” series: (Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea, The Farthest Shore, The
Tombs of Atuan, A Wizard of Earthsea)
Levine, Gail Carson, Ella Enchanted
Lewis, C. S., The “Chronicles of Narnia” series: (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; The Horse and
His Boy, The Last Battle, The Silver Chair, and others)
MacDonald, George
Mayne, William, Hob and the Goblins
McKinley, Robin, The Hero and the Crown, The Blue Sword, Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and
the Beast
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Nix, Garth, Lirael: Daughter of the Clayr, Sabriel
Pierce, Tamora, “Song of the Lioness” quartet: (In the Hand of the Goddess, Alanna: The First Adventure,
Lioness Rampant, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man), “Protector of the Small” quartet: (Lady Knight,
Squire, Page, First Test)
Pullman, Philip. “His Dark Materials” trilogy: (The Amber Spyglass, The Subtle Knife, The Golden
Compass)
Riordan, Rick, The Lightning Thief
Rowling, J. K. The “Harry Potter” series: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Prisoner
of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de, The Little Prince
Swift, Jonathan, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World or Gulliver’s Travels
Tolkien, J. R. R., The Hobbit. “Lord of the Rings” trilogy: (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers,
The Return of the King),The Silmarillion
Turner, Megan Whalen, The Thief
Wrede, Patricia C., The “Enchanted Forest Chronicles”: Talking to Dragons; Calling on Dragons;
Searching for Dragons, Dealing with Dragons
Yep, Laurence, “Dragon of the Lost Sea” series: (Dragon War, Dragon Cauldron, Dragon Steel, Dragon of
the Lost Sea)
Horror
Bruchac, Joseph, Skeleton Man
Klause, Annette, The Silver Kiss
Poe, Edgar Allen, The Complete Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Stevenson, Robert Louis,The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Science Fiction
Adams, Douglas, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Anderson, M.T., Feed
Asimov, Isaac, Fantastic Voyage; I, Robot
Atwood, Margaret, Oryx and Crake
Bradbury, Ray. The Martian Chronicles; Farenheit 451.
Brooks, Bruce, No Kidding
Butler, Octavia, Kindred, Mind of My Mind, Pattern Master
Card, Orson Scott, Ender’s Game
Chrichton, Michael, Jurassic Park; The Lost World
Christopher, John, “The Tripods” series: (When the Tripods Came, The Pool of Fire, The City of Gold and
Lead, The White Mountain)
Dickinson, Peter, Eva, “The Changes Trilogy”: (The Devil’s Children, Heartsease, The Weathermonger
DuPrau, Jeanne, The City of Ember
Farmer, Nancy.The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm, The House of the Scorpion, A Girl Called Disaster
Heinlein, Robert, Red Planet, Tunnel in the Sky
Herbert, Frank, Dune
Hoover, H. M.,The Delikon
Hughes, Monica, Invitation to the Game
Jones, Diana Wynne, Dogsbody, A Tale of Time City
Lewis, C. S., That Hideous Strength, Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra
Lowry, Lois, The Giver
McCaffrey, Anne,The “Dragonsong” trilogy:(Dragondrums, Dragonsong, Dragonsinger)
Miller, Walter, A Canticle for Leibowitz
Norton, Andre, Time Traders, Time Traders II
Rubinstein, Gillian, Galax-Arena
Skurzynski, Gloria, Virtual War
Sleator, William, Boltzmon! , The Boy Who Reversed Himself, Interstellar Pig, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Wells, H.G., War of the Worlds