Recommended Books for Teens

The 39 Clues series - multiple authors
The Chronicles of Prydain - Lloyd Alexander 
Door Within series - Wayne Thomas Batson
Kingdom series - Chuck Black (Christian Fantasy Allegory)
Knights of Arrethtrae series - Chuck Black (Christian Fantasy Allegory)
Drums - James Boyd (Historical Fiction)
Young Samurai Series - Chris Bradford (adventure/Japanese history)
Shannara series - Terry Brooks
The 39 Steps - John Buchan
The Darkwater Saga - Patrick Carr
The Staff & the Sword series - Patrick Carr
Life With Father - Clarence Day
A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle (mystery)
The Michael Vey series - Richard Paul Evans (Christian)
The Tethered World Chronicles - Heather Fitzgerald
Ranger's Apprentice series - John Flanagan
Horatio Hornblower - C.S. Forester
The General - C.S. Forester
Inkheart Series - Cornelia Funke
The Odd Women - George Gissing
Binding of the Blade series - L.B. Graham (Christian)
The Faithful and the Fallen series - John Gwynne
The Peleg Chronicles - Matthew Christian Harding (Christian)
Books by GA Henty (historical fiction)
Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft - Thor Heyerdahl
The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch - Jean Lee Latham
Seven Wonders series - Peter Lerangis
Chronicles of Narnia – C.S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
The Gargoyle Code - Dwight Longenecker (Christian)
The Giver - Lois Lowry
The Unwanted series - Lisa McMann
The Dark Harvest Trilogy - Jeremiah W. Montgomery (Christian)
Squire's Tales - Gerald Morris
Five Kingdom series - Brandon Mull
Fablehaven series - Brandon Mull
Beyonder series - Brandon Mull
The Ascendance Trilogy - Jennifer Nielsen
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy 
Inheritance Cycle - Christopher Paolini
Dragonkeeper Chronicles - Donita K. Paul (Christian )
Wingfeather Saga - Andrew Peterson (Christian)
Percy Jackson series - Rick Riordan
Black Bottle Man - Craig Russell
The Prince Warriors - Priscilla Shirer (Christian)
Green Ember series - S.D. Smith
​The Books of Beginning series - John Stephens
Dracula - Bram Stoker 
Wings of Fire series - Tui T. Sutherland
Lord of the Rings – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Books by David Weber (sci/fi and military)
Farmer Boy - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Books by N.D. Wilson (Christian)
Beau Geste - P. C. Wren
Moth & Cobweb (5 Book Series) - John C. Wright (Christian)
The Sleeping Witness - Fiorella De Maria (Christian)
The Vanishing Woman - Fiorella De Maria (Christian)
Father Brown Series by G.K. Chesterton (Christian)
The Airman - Eoin Colfer
A School for Unusual Girls - Kathleen Baldwin


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