Book lists

Novels

• TIME's 100 Novels, since 1923 (PDF)

Classics

Chinese

• The Analects (論語, 논어), Confucius (551-479 B.C.)
• Mozi (墨子, 묵자), Mo Tzu
• Tao-te Ching (道德經, 도덕경), Laozi
• Chuang Tzu
• Mencius, Meng Tzu (372-289 B.C.)
• The Great Learning (大學)
• The Mean
• Hsün Tzu, or Hsün Ch’ing
• Han Fei Tzu
• Records of the Historian: The Shih chi of Ssu-ma Ch’ien (ca. 145-ca. 90 B.C.)
• Texts of Chinese Buddhism
• The Lotus Sutra (Saddharma Pundarika Sutra, or Miao-fa Lien-hua ching)
• The Vimalakirtinirdesa Sutra (Wei-mo-chieh so-shuo ching)
• The Awakening of Faith in Mahayana (Ta-ch’eng ch’i-hsin lun)
• Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch (Liu-tsu t’an ching)
• The Record of Lin-chi (d. 866)
• Supplementary Readings on Chinese Buddhism
• Works of Chu Hsi (1130-1200)
• Works of Wang Yang-ming (1472-1529)
• General Readings in Chinese Fiction
• The Water Margin, or All Men Are Brothers (Shui-hu chuan)
• Journey to the West, or Monkey (Hsi-yu Chi), by Wu Ch’eng-en (ca. 1506-1581)
• The Golden Lotus (Chin P’ing Mei)
• Dream of the Red Chamber (Hung-lou meng), by Ts’ao Hsüeh-ch’in (Ts’ao Chan, d. 1763)
• Chinese Drama
• Chinese Poetry
• The Book of Songs (Shih ching)
• The Songs of the South (Ch’u Tz’u) by Ch’ü Yüan and Other Poets
• Chinese Poets and Poetry

Japanese

• Man’yôshû
• Court Poetry: The Kokinshû and other Imperial Anthologies
• The Pillow Book (Makura no sôshi) of Sei Shônagon
• The Tale of Genji (Genji monogatari) by Murasaki Shikibu
• Poetic Diaries and Poem Tales
• Texts of Japanese Buddhism
• Writings of Kûkai (Kôbô Daishi, 774-835)
• Writings of Buddhist Masters of the Kamakura Period
• Writings of the Zen Master Hakuin (1686-1769)
• Supplementary Readings in Japanese Buddhism
• An Account of My Hut (Hôjôki) by Kamo no Chômei (1153-1236)
• Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa) by Yoshida Kenkô (1283-1350)
• The Tale of the Heiki (Heiki monogatari)
• The Nô Plays
• The Fiction of Ihara Saikaku (1642-1693)
• The Poetry and Prose of Matsuo Bashô (1644-1694)
• The Plays of Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725)
• The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Chûshingura, ca. 1748), by Takeda Izumo, Miyoshi Shôraku, and Namiki Senryû
• Kokoro, by Natsume Sôseki (1867-1914)

Indian

• The Vedas
• Upanishads (ca. 900-500 B.C.)
• Mahabharata (ca. fifth century B.C.-fourth century C.E.)
• Bhagavadgita (ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 100)
• Ramayana of Valmiki (ca. 200 B.C.)
• Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (ca. A.D. 300)
• The Vedanta Sutra with the Commentary of Shankaracharya (ca. 780-820)
• Theravada Buddhism: The Tipitaka
• Theravada Buddhism: The Dhammapada (ca. 300 B.C.)
• Theravada Buddhism: The Milindapanha (ca. first century C.E.)
• Theravada Buddhism: The Mahasatipatthana Sutta
• Mahayana Buddhism: Prajnaparamita (ca. 100 B.C.-A.D. 400)
• Mahayana Buddhism: The Srimaladevisimhanada Sutra
• Mahayana Buddhism: The Lankavatara Sutra
• Mahayana Buddhism: The Sukhavativyuha Sutras
• Mahayana Buddhism: The Bodhicaryavatara of Shantideva (ca. 650)
• Supplementary Readings on Indian Buddhism
• Shakuntala (Abhijnanasakuntala) of Kalidasa (ca. 400)
• The Little Clay Cart (Mrrcchakatika) of Shudraka (ca. 400)
• Pancatantra (ca. 200 B.C.) According to Purnabhadra (ca. 1199)
• Sanskrit Lyric Poetry
• Gitagovinda of Jayadeva (ca. twelfth century)
• Indian Devotional Poetry
• Indo-Islamic Poetry
• Poems and Plays of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
• Autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)

Islamic

• The Seven Odes (Al-Mu’allaqat)
• The Qur’an (Al-Qur’an)
• The Ring of the Dove (Tawq al-Hamama), by Ibn Hazm (994-1064)
• The Maqamat of al-Hamadhani (Maqamat al-Hamadhani) (968-1008)
• The Assemblies of al-Hariri (Maqamat al-Hariri) (1054-1122)
• The Thousand and One Nights (Alf Layla wa-Layla)
• Deliverance from Error (Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal), by al-Ghazali (1058-1111)
• On the Harmony of Religion and Philosophy (Kitab fasl al-maqal), by Averroes (Ibn Rushd) (1126-1198)
• The Conference of Birds, by Farid al-Din ’Attar (ca. 1142-ca. 1220)
• The Mystical Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273)
• The Prolegomena (Al-Muqaddima) of Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406)
• The Shahnama
• The Ruba’iyyat of ’Umar Khayyam (eleventh century)
• The Book of Dede Korkut (Kitab-i Dede Korkut)
• The Mystical Poetry of Yunus Emre (d. ca. 1320)
• Leyla and Mejnun, by Fuzuli (ca. 1495-1556)

Miscellaneous

by grade

3rd grade

• Nonfiction,Biography,Amelia to Zora: Twenty-six Women Who Changed the World,Cynthia Chin-Lee,
• Nonfiction,Biography,Author: A True Story,Helen Lester,
• Nonfiction,Biography,Bill Peet: An Autobiography,Bill Peet,
• Nonfiction,Biography,Clean Sea: Story of Rachel Carson,"Carol Hilgartner Schlank, et al.",
• Nonfiction,Biography,Houdini: World's Greatest Mystery Man and Escape King,Kathleen Krull,
• Nonfiction,Biography,Leonardo da Vinci,Diane Stanley,
• Nonfiction,Biography,Reaching for the Moon,Buzz Aldrin,
• Nonfiction,Biography,So You Want to be An Explorer?,Judith St. George,
• Nonfiction,Biography,The Tree of Life: A Book Depicting the Life of Charles Darwin,Peter Sis,
• Nonfiction,Biography,Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?,Jean Fritz,
• Nonfiction,Biography,Who Was Harry Houdini?,Tui Sutherland,
• Nonfiction,History,The American History: 100 True Tales from American History,Jennifer Armstrong,
• Nonfiction,History,Animals in the House: A History of Pets and People,Sheila Keenan,
• Nonfiction,History,So You Want to be President?,Judith St. George,
• Nonfiction,History,What if You Met a Pirate?,Jan Adkins,
• Nonfiction,Science/Nature,Easy to be Green: Simple Activities You Can Do to Save the Earth,Ellie O'Ryan,
• Nonfiction,Science/Nature,Great White Sharks,Sandra Markle,
• Nonfiction,Science/Nature,Living Color,Steve Jenkins,
• Nonfiction,Science/Nature,Garbage and Recycling (Young Discoverers),Rosie Harlow and Sally Morgan,
• Nonfiction,Science/Nature,Storms,Seymour Simon,
• Fiction,Reading,Frindle,Andrew Clements,
• Fiction,Reading,I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What is a Pronoun?,Brian P. Cleary,
• Fiction,Reading,Summer Reading is Killing Me,Jon Scieszka,
• Fiction,School,Dexter the Tough,Margaret Pterson Haddix,
• Fiction,School,Mapping Penny's World,Loreen Leedy,
• Fiction,School,La Mariposa,Francisco Jimenez,
• Fiction,School,"Thank You, Mr. Falker",Patricia Polacco,
• Fiction,Positive,Are We There Yet?,Alison Lester,
• Fiction,Positive,Babe the Gallant Pig,Dick King-Smith,
• Fiction,Positive,The Conquerors,David McKee,
• Fiction,Positive,Dare to Dream!,Carl Sommer,
• Fiction,Positive,"Dream: A Tale of Wonder, Wisdom, & Wishes",Susan V. Bosak,
• Fiction,Positive,The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio,Lloyd Alexander,
• Fiction,Positive,Hachiko Waits,Leslea Newman,
• Fiction,Positive,Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story,Wendy Tokuda & Richard Hall,
• Fiction,Positive,Judy Moody,Megan McDonald,
• Fiction,Positive,Letters from Rapunzel,Sara Lewis Holmes,
• Fiction,Positive,Loser,Jerry Spinelli,
• Fiction,Positive,Paint the Wind,Pam Munoz Ryan,
• Fiction,Positive,The Penguin's Peril: Taylor-Made Tales #4,Ellen Miles,
• Fiction,Positive,The Quiltmaker's Gift,Jeff Brumbeau,
• Fiction,Positive,The Quiltmaker's Journey,Jeff Brumbeau,
• Fiction,Positive,The Rag Coat,Lauren Mills,
• Fiction,Positive,Thunder Rose,Jerdine Nolen,
• Fiction,Classic,Half Magic,Edward Eager,
• Fiction,Classic,Homer Price,Robert McCloskey,
• Fiction,Classic,Peter Pan,J. M. Barrie,
• Fiction,Classic,Rabbit Hill,Robert Lawson,
• Fiction,Classic,The Wheel on the School,Meindert Dejong,
• Fiction,Classic,The Wolves of Willoughby Chase,Joan Aiken,
• Fiction,Historical,Great White Sharks,Sandra Markle,
• Fiction,Historical,Molly's Pilgrim,Barbara Cohen,
• Fiction,Historical,Morning Girl,Michael Dorris,
• Fiction,Historical,Samuel Eaton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy,Kate Waters,
• Fiction,Historical,Sarah Morton's Day: A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl,Kate Waters,
• Fiction,Historical,Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Batutta 1325-1354,James Rutherford,
• Fiction,Mystery,Freddy the Detective,Walter Brooks,
• Fiction,Mystery,Lizard Music,Daniel Manus Pinkwater,
• Fiction,Mystery,Shredderman: Secret Identity,Wendelin Van Draanen,
• Fiction,Mystery,Boy of a Thousand Faces,Brian Selznick,
• Fiction,Mystery,Edgar & Ellen Under Town,Charles Ogden,
• Fiction,Mystery,Framed,Frank Boyce,
• Fiction,Mystery,Jim Ugly,Sid Fleischman,
• Fiction,Mystery,The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo: An Eco Mystery,Jean Craighead George,
• Fiction,Mystery,"Murder, My Tweet: A Chet Gecko Mystery",Bruce Hale,
• Fiction,Mystery,Atherton Book 1: The House of Power,Patrick Carman,
• Fiction,Mystery,Do the Funky Pickle,Jerry Spinelli,
• Fiction,Mystery,Love That Dog,Sharon Creech,
• Fiction,Mystery,Lunch Money,Andrew Clements,
• Fiction,Mystery,No Talking,Andrew Clements,
• Fiction,Mystery,Picklemania,Jerry Spinelli,
• Fiction,Mystery,Prizefighter en mi Casa,E. E. Charlton-Trujillo,
• Fiction,Mystery,Sahara Special,Esme Codell,
• Fiction,Mystery,The School Story,Andrew Clements,
• Fiction,Mystery,There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom,Louis Sachar,
• Fiction,Mystery,Waiting for Normal,Leslie Connor,