I started to think about books that I read when I was little. I am 37 years old. I was raised in the 80s and 90s. I read so many books back then. Young adult books were not what they are today. In my world, you read, got points for Book It, and got Pizza Hut pizza! My principal would have us all meet a certain goal then we could dunk him in a dunk tank! These a lot of the books that I read back then! I miss those days of me on my bunk bed reading one of these books! I would share the book with my twin sister. Life was sure easier back then! My love of reading started then, and I hold these books responsible for my reading habit today!
Judy Bloom- Just As Long as We’re Together and Tiger Eyes and Superfudge
The Babysitter’s Club books by Ann M. Martin (I actually was part of the club. I always got 3 books in the mail along with pins, stickers, etc.)
Sweet Valley High books by Francine Pascal
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Goosebump books by R.L. Stine
His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Wayside School books by Louis Sachar
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caoline B. Cooney
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Saddle Club books by Bonnie Bryant
Thoroughbred books by Joanna Campbell
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Holes by Louis Sachar
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Sarah, Plain, and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
A wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
My Side of the Mountain by Jean George
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorenson
Smokey the Cow Horse by Will James
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Diary of Anne Frank
Harry Potter books (I did not read until I was in my 30s but they came out around this time!)
Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic
The Witches by Roald Dahl
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
War horse by Michael Morpurgo
Are You There God? It’s Me, Maragaret by Judy Bloom
American Girl Books by Valerie Tripp
The Boxcar Children books by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Stuart Little by E.B. White
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Animorphs by K.A. Applegate
Fear Street Books by R.L. Stein (OMG I loved these books)
Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Nancy Drew books by Caroline B. Cooney
Girl Talk books by L.E. Blair
They always had books with movie or TV tie ins too. I had a lot of “Hey Dude,” “Home Alone,” and other movie tie in books.
Drop a comment below if you had any books growing up that you loved!
Happy reading, book nerds!