Recs if you like Welcome to Dead House...
It's 2005 and you're at the Scholastic Book Fair
Books of the millennial reader's childhood (not just scholastic book fair). Sticking with chapter books, and not picture books :) All books pre-2005 Taking recs!
you’re going to ace that Accelerated Reader test
chapter books you probably read in elementary and/or middle school and you probably took the AR test as soon as you finished. cue nostalgia
you’re in my childhood bedroom ✨
it’s vaguely the 2010’s. the walls are painted a garish shade of purple, littlest pet shop pets line the walls, and everything smells like a jolly watermelon smencil.
these are the books that I remember from a childhood spent reading voraciously. the nostalgia is baked in.
Millennial Nostalgic Reads
Bring on those Gen Y memories! A list of books likely to give people born between 1981 and 1996 a lot of feelings.
This list is for those of us who grew up eagerly awaiting the Scholastic Book Fair, watching Reading Rainbow (or Wishbone!), and dreaming of a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.
Note: these are not books published in 1981-1996, but books that had a hold on the millennial generation.
Also check out the Dear America series, American Girl series & Royal Diaries series.
Disturbing Novel Iceberg - Tier 1
Tier 1 from the disturbing novels iceberg. Iceberg was created in response to the disturbing movie iceberg. These are the 'beginner' books with difficult themes and some gore.
Most Frequently Banned Books in the US
Books that are banned/challenged most often in the United States, based on data from the American Library Association. Resist censorship 🛑
the Gen Z bookshelf
books that remind me of my Gen Z childhood, not necessarily books published 1997-2012. feel free to leave recs in the comments!
Chase The Scholastic High
For the millennials still chasing that 90’/00’s Scholastic Book Fair High✨
For Victorian Ghost Children
A collection of slightly dark, spooky, or existential books for children whose imaginary friend just might have been a ghost, who fantasized about being an orphan, or who would have appreciated the Well for Sensitive Boys to gaze into. A mix of titles from my millennial childhood with some newer additions.
R.L. Stine (Goosebumps Edition)
⚠️ (Under Construction) ⚠️I realized i didn’t consolidate all of the goosebumps books after i did the fear street ones.
Banned Book List? You mean TBR 💅🏻
Unfortunately here in the US, a lot of books are banned in schools for ridiculous reasons. Here are just a few of them.
Bubble, Bubble, Toil, & Trouble
Halloween is cool. This book is for books with that Halloweentown, Hocus Pocus, & maybe even Scream vibes. From cozy to horror, this list will hopefully have something fr everybody.
Childhood Faves That Changed My Brain Chemistry
From the light-hearted, to the silly, to the thought-provoking. Genres ranging from contemporary, to historical fiction, to fantasy.
Horror for Beginners 🩸
Top 100 Banned Books: 2010-2019 (USA)
the 100 most frequently challenged/banned books in the US during the 2010s (for series, only the first book is listed)
(also: list is in reverse order because I added them in order from first to last)
Childhood reading
want to view it through an older lens
For those who still want to sleep at night
Middle Grade horror books for those who want the spooky without the scary
Summer Reading Program
So many childhood books, so little time, feel free to comment suggestions
Faking A Fever To Stay Home From School And Read
the books you read during recess instead of playing kickball
Notes from the Gay Sarent to their Nibling
Books to give your siblings kids if you are the radical gay (aunt, uncle, or preferred ungendered term here) ‘parent’s-sibling’ and dont want to scare off their conservative or religious parents.
Under 10yr reading level edition
