The most popular middle grade books

Middle grade books are for children of about nine to twelve who read on their own. Adventure, fantasy, mysteries, school stories and real-life drama feature heroes their own age. This is where many lifelong readers are made, and adults enjoy these books too.

See also Middle grade fiction and Middle grade fantasy

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The Velveteen Rabbit
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The Velveteen Rabbit

Margery Williams Bianco, Sarah Massini

1970 · 2025 edition

34 pages

Just Mercy
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Just Mercy

Bryan Stevenson

2014 · 2020 edition

368 pages

The Good Earth
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The Good Earth

Pearl S. Buck

1970 · 2013 edition

385 pages

Chosen
Cover of Chosen

Chosen

P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast

2008 · 2026 edition

304 pages

Cold Mountain
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Cold Mountain

Charles Frazier

1994 · 2025 edition

438 pages

Left Behind
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Left Behind

Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

1995 · 2020 edition

416 pages

King Lear
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King Lear

William Shakespeare

1868 · 2023 edition

208 pages

Anne of Avonlea
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Anne of Avonlea

Lucy Maud Montgomery

1970 · 2025 edition

400 pages