List of Classic Books Grades 7-8 ( Taken from www.best-childrens-books.com
         Be sure to check page amounts and appropriate content.)

Alcott, Louisa May                                   •   Madame Curie: A Biography

   •   Little Men                                Dana, Richard Henry

Bagnold, Enid                                        •   Two Years before the Mast

   •   National Velvet                           Day, Clarence

Blackmore, Richard D.                                •   Life with Father

   •   Lorna Doone                               Defoe, Daniel

Boulle, Pierre                                       •   Robinson Crusoe

   •   The Bridge over the River Kwai            Dickens, Charles

Bradbury, Ray                                        •   A Christmas Carol

   •   Dandelion Wine                            Douglas, Lloyd C.
   •   Fahrenheit 451
   •   The Illustrated Man                           •   The Robe
   •   Martian Chronicles
                                                 Doyle, Arthur Conan
Buchan, John
                                                     •   Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
   •   The Thirty-Nine Steps
                                                 Dumas, Alexander
Bunyan, John
                                                     •   The Count of Monte Christo
   •   The Pilgrim's Progress                        •   The Three Musketeers

Carroll, Lewis                                   Du Maurier, Daphne

   •   Alice's Adventures in Wonderland              •   Rebecca
   •   Through the Looking Glass
                                                 Edmonds, Walter D.
Clark, Walter
                                                     •   Drums along the Mohawk
   •   The Ox-Bow Incident
                                                 Ferber, Edna
Cooper, James Fenimore
                                                     •   Cimarron
   •   The Deerslayer
   •   The Last of the Mohicans                  Forbes, Esther

Curie, Eve                                           •   Johnny Tremain
Forester, C.S.                      •   Lost Horizon

   •   The African Queen         Hudson, W.H.
   •   The Hornblower series
                                    •   Green Mansions
Frank, Anne
                                 Hughes, Richard
   •   Diary of a Young Girl
                                    •   A High Wind in Jamaica
Frost, Robert
                                 Hugo, Victor
   •   Poems
                                    •   The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Gallico, Paul
                                 Irving, Washington
   •   The Snow Goose
                                    •   The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Gunther, John
                                 Keller, Helen
   •   Death Be Not Proud
                                    •   Story of My Life
Guthrie, A.B.
                                 Kennedy, John F.
   •   The Big Sky
                                    •   Profiles in Courage
Haggard, H. Rider
                                 Kipling, Rudyard
   •   King Solomon's Mines
                                    •   Kim
Hansberry, Lorraine
                                 Knowles, John
   •   Raisin in the Sun
                                    •   A Separate Peace
Hemingway, Ernest
                                 Lee, Harper
   •   The Old Man and the Sea
                                    •   To Kill a Mockingbird
Hersey, John
                                 London, Jack
   •   A Bell for Adano
   •   Hiroshima                    •   The Sea Wolf
   •   The Wall
                                 Lord, Walter
Heyerdahl, Thor
                                    •   A Night to Remember
   •   Kon-Tiki
                                 Malory, Sir Thomas
Hilton, James
                                    •   Le Morte d'Arthur
   •   Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Maxwell, Gavin                          •   The Little Prince
                                        •   Wind, Sand and Stars
   •   Ring of Bright Water
                                     Saki
McCullers, Carson
                                        •   Stories
   •   Member of the Wedding
                                     Schaefer, Jack
Michener, James
                                        •   Shane
   •   The Bridges at Toko-Ri
                                     Scott, Sir Walter
Mitchell, Margaret
                                        •   Ivanhoe
   •   Gone with the Wind
                                     Shelley, Mary
Nordhoff, Charles and J.N. Hall
                                        •   Frankenstein
   •   Mutiny on the Bounty
                                     Smith, Betty
O'Dell, Scott
                                        •   A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
   •   Island of the Blue Dolphins
                                     Steinbeck, John
Orczy, Baroness Emma
                                        •   The Pearl
   •   The Scarlet Pimpernel            •   Tortilla Flat

Paton, Alan                          Stevenson, Robert Louis

   •   Cry, the Beloved Country         •   The Black Arrow
                                        •   The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and
Pyle, Howard                                Mr. Hyde

   •   Men of Iron                   Stoker, Bram

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan               •   Dracula

   •   The Yearling                  Thurber, James

Renault, Mary                           •   The Thurber Carnival

   •   The King Must Die             Tolkien, J.R.R.

Roberts, Kenneth                        •   The Hobbit
                                        •   The Lord of the Rings
   •   Northwest Passage
                                     Twain, Mark
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de
                                        •   The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
                                        •   The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
•   A Connecticut Yankee in King
       Arthur's Court
   •   Innocents Abroad
   •   Life on the Mississippi
   •   The Prince and the Pauper

Verne, Jules

   •   Around the World in Eighty Days
   •   Journey to the Center of the Earth
   •   Mysterious Island
   •   20,000 Leagues under the Sea

Wallace, Lewis

   •   Ben-Hur

Washington, Booker T.

   •   Up from Slavery

Wells, H.G.

   •   The Time Machine
   •   War of the Worlds

Wharton, Edith

   •   Ethan Frome

Wilder, Thornton

   •   The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Wister, Owen

   •   The Virginian

Yates, Elizabeth

   •   Amos Fortune, Free Man

List of classics

  • 1.
    List of ClassicBooks Grades 7-8 ( Taken from www.best-childrens-books.com Be sure to check page amounts and appropriate content.) Alcott, Louisa May • Madame Curie: A Biography • Little Men Dana, Richard Henry Bagnold, Enid • Two Years before the Mast • National Velvet Day, Clarence Blackmore, Richard D. • Life with Father • Lorna Doone Defoe, Daniel Boulle, Pierre • Robinson Crusoe • The Bridge over the River Kwai Dickens, Charles Bradbury, Ray • A Christmas Carol • Dandelion Wine Douglas, Lloyd C. • Fahrenheit 451 • The Illustrated Man • The Robe • Martian Chronicles Doyle, Arthur Conan Buchan, John • Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • The Thirty-Nine Steps Dumas, Alexander Bunyan, John • The Count of Monte Christo • The Pilgrim's Progress • The Three Musketeers Carroll, Lewis Du Maurier, Daphne • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland • Rebecca • Through the Looking Glass Edmonds, Walter D. Clark, Walter • Drums along the Mohawk • The Ox-Bow Incident Ferber, Edna Cooper, James Fenimore • Cimarron • The Deerslayer • The Last of the Mohicans Forbes, Esther Curie, Eve • Johnny Tremain
  • 2.
    Forester, C.S. • Lost Horizon • The African Queen Hudson, W.H. • The Hornblower series • Green Mansions Frank, Anne Hughes, Richard • Diary of a Young Girl • A High Wind in Jamaica Frost, Robert Hugo, Victor • Poems • The Hunchback of Notre Dame Gallico, Paul Irving, Washington • The Snow Goose • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Gunther, John Keller, Helen • Death Be Not Proud • Story of My Life Guthrie, A.B. Kennedy, John F. • The Big Sky • Profiles in Courage Haggard, H. Rider Kipling, Rudyard • King Solomon's Mines • Kim Hansberry, Lorraine Knowles, John • Raisin in the Sun • A Separate Peace Hemingway, Ernest Lee, Harper • The Old Man and the Sea • To Kill a Mockingbird Hersey, John London, Jack • A Bell for Adano • Hiroshima • The Sea Wolf • The Wall Lord, Walter Heyerdahl, Thor • A Night to Remember • Kon-Tiki Malory, Sir Thomas Hilton, James • Le Morte d'Arthur • Goodbye, Mr. Chips
  • 3.
    Maxwell, Gavin • The Little Prince • Wind, Sand and Stars • Ring of Bright Water Saki McCullers, Carson • Stories • Member of the Wedding Schaefer, Jack Michener, James • Shane • The Bridges at Toko-Ri Scott, Sir Walter Mitchell, Margaret • Ivanhoe • Gone with the Wind Shelley, Mary Nordhoff, Charles and J.N. Hall • Frankenstein • Mutiny on the Bounty Smith, Betty O'Dell, Scott • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn • Island of the Blue Dolphins Steinbeck, John Orczy, Baroness Emma • The Pearl • The Scarlet Pimpernel • Tortilla Flat Paton, Alan Stevenson, Robert Louis • Cry, the Beloved Country • The Black Arrow • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Pyle, Howard Mr. Hyde • Men of Iron Stoker, Bram Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan • Dracula • The Yearling Thurber, James Renault, Mary • The Thurber Carnival • The King Must Die Tolkien, J.R.R. Roberts, Kenneth • The Hobbit • The Lord of the Rings • Northwest Passage Twain, Mark Saint-Exupery, Antoine de • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
  • 4.
    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court • Innocents Abroad • Life on the Mississippi • The Prince and the Pauper Verne, Jules • Around the World in Eighty Days • Journey to the Center of the Earth • Mysterious Island • 20,000 Leagues under the Sea Wallace, Lewis • Ben-Hur Washington, Booker T. • Up from Slavery Wells, H.G. • The Time Machine • War of the Worlds Wharton, Edith • Ethan Frome Wilder, Thornton • The Bridge of San Luis Rey Wister, Owen • The Virginian Yates, Elizabeth • Amos Fortune, Free Man