Top 100 school books
The assigned books most clicked by readers. The first 56 are ranked by how many readers clicked through to Amazon for them; the rest by how many US states put them on a reading list. How we count is at the bottom of the page.
- 1Amazon — buy The Giver
- 2Amazon — buy Wonder
- 3Amazon — buy Because of Winn-Dixie
- 4Amazon — buy New Kid
- 5Amazon — buy Out of My Mind
- 6Amazon — buy Holes
- 7Amazon — buy Maniac Magee
- 8The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)Amazon — buy The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1)Rick RiordanGrades 4–7 · 4 reader clicks
- 9Amazon — buy The Crossover
- 10Amazon — buy Dogtown
- 11Amazon — buy The Odyssey
- 12Amazon — buy The One and Only Ivan
- 13Amazon — buy Number the Stars
- 14Amazon — buy Charlotte's Web
- 15Amazon — buy The House on Mango Street
- 16Amazon — buy To Kill a Mockingbird
- 17Amazon — buy Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)
- 18Amazon — buy Shiloh
- 19Amazon — buy Superfudge
- 20Amazon — buy The Hunger Games
- 21Amazon — buy There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
- 22Amazon — buy Refugee
- 23Amazon — buy The Tale of Despereaux
- 24Amazon — buy Frindle
- 25Amazon — buy 11 Birthdays
- 26Amazon — buy Hatchet
- 27Amazon — buy Ghost
- 28Amazon — buy Smile
- 29Amazon — buy The Indian in the Cupboard
- 30Amazon — buy How to Eat Fried Worms
- 31Amazon — buy Matilda
- 32Amazon — buy The Hate U Give
- 33Amazon — buy The Wild Robot
- 34Amazon — buy The Million Dollar Shot
- 35Amazon — buy Speak
- 36Amazon — buy The Adventures of Captain Underpants
- 37Amazon — buy Curveball
- 38Amazon — buy Flora and Ulysses
- 39Amazon — buy The Book Thief
- 40Amazon — buy The Diary of a Young Girl
- 41Amazon — buy A Dog Called Homeless
- 42Amazon — buy A First Time for Everything
- 43Amazon — buy Confessions of a Class Clown
- 44Amazon — buy Doña Quixote: Rise of the Knight
- 45Amazon — buy Global
- 46Amazon — buy Just Gus
- 47Amazon — buy Punycorn
- 48Amazon — buy Shut Up, This Is Serious
- 49Amazon — buy Stuart Little
- 50Amazon — buy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 51Amazon — buy The House at the Edge of Magic
- 52Amazon — buy 1919 The Year That Changed America
- 53Amazon — buy A Conspiracy of Kings
- 54Amazon — buy A Face for Picasso
- 55Amazon — buy A Tale of Two Cities
- 56Amazon — buy Mercy Watson to the Rescue
- 57Amazon — buy Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
- 58Amazon — buy Diary of a Wimpy Kid
- 59Amazon — buy El Deafo
- 60Amazon — buy Restart
- 61Amazon — buy When Stars Are Scattered
- 62Amazon — buy Roller Girl
- 63Amazon — buy The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
- 64Amazon — buy Wait Till Helen Comes
- 65Amazon — buy Bunnicula
- 66Amazon — buy The Dollhouse Murders
- 67Amazon — buy The War That Saved My Life
- 68Amazon — buy Bud, Not Buddy
- 69Amazon — buy Swim Team
- 70Amazon — buy Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- 71Amazon — buy Odder
- 72Amazon — buy Mick Harte Was Here
- 73Amazon — buy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
- 74Amazon — buy Eragon
- 75Amazon — buy Fudge-a-Mania
- 76Amazon — buy Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade
- 77Amazon — buy The Best School Year Ever
- 78Amazon — buy Allergic
- 79Amazon — buy Front Desk
- 80Amazon — buy The City of Ember
- 81Amazon — buy Scythe
- 82Amazon — buy The Fault in Our Stars
- 83Amazon — buy Among the Hidden
- 84Amazon — buy Ground Zero
- 85Amazon — buy Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
- 86Amazon — buy Divergent
- 87Amazon — buy Rascal
- 88Amazon — buy The Maze Runner
- 89Amazon — buy The Mouse and the Motorcycle
- 90Amazon — buy Amari and the Night Brothers
- 91Amazon — buy Dog Man
- 92Amazon — buy Ella Enchanted
- 93Amazon — buy Old Yeller
- 94Amazon — buy Stolen Children
- 95Amazon — buy The Thief Lord
- 96Amazon — buy The War with Grandpa
- 97Amazon — buy A Night Divided
- 98Amazon — buy Deep and Dark and Dangerous
- 99Amazon — buy Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
- 100Amazon — buy Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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How this list is counted
Reader clicks are clicks on a book’s Amazon button on this site between Aug 2, 2026 and Oct 1, 2026, counted as one per person per book per day, from browsers that accepted analytics. A click is enough; nobody has to buy. Days with a sudden spike (more than three times the usual daily total: Aug 27, 2026, Sep 30, 2026) are left out, so automated traffic cannot push a book up. A book needs at least 2 reader clicks to be ranked on them, with ties broken by how many states assign it; books with fewer clicks follow, ordered by how many states assign them.
See also the most-assigned books study and books by theme.