| 1. | Harry Potter (series) by J. K. Rowling |
| 2. | Charlotte's Web by E. B. White |
| 3. | Goosebumps (series) by R. L. Stine |
| 4. | The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton |
| 5. | Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss |
| 6. | The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss |
| 7. | Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume |
| 8. | Love You Forever, Robert Munsch; illustrated by Sheila McGraw |
| 9. | Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls |
| 10. | Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell |
| 11. | Arthur (series) by Marc Brown |
| 12. | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (series), Ann Brashares |
| 13. | Shiloh (trilogy) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
| 14. | Hatchet by Gary Paulsen |
| 15. | Holes by Louis Sachar |
| 16. | The Giver by Lois Lowry |
| 17. | The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis |
| 18. | Sideways Stories from Wayside School (series) by Louis Sachar |
| 19. | The BFG by Roald Dahl |
| 20. | The Boxcar Children (series) by Gertrude Chandler Warner |
| 21. | One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss |
| 22. | Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (series) by Beverly Cleary |
| 23. | Pokemon (series) by Tracey West, Maria S. Barbo |
| 24. | The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks |
| 25. | The Babysitters Club (series) by Ann M. Martin |
| 26. | Ralph S. Mouse (series) by Beverly Cleary |
| 27. | Little House on the Prairie (series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder |
| 28. | Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein |
| 29. | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl |
| 30. | The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein |
| 31. | Clifford the Big Red Dog (series) by Norman Bridwell |
| 32. | Stuart Little by E. B. White |
| 33. | The Incredible Journey, Sheila Burnford |
| 34. | The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
| 35. | Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes |
| 36. | Just Me and My Dad, Mercer Mayer |
| 37. | Go Ask Alice, Anonymous |
| 38. | The Adventures of Captain Underpants (series) by Dav Pilkey |
| 39. | The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg |
| 40. | The Berenstain Bears (series) by Jan and Stan Berenstain |