books Printable Word Search

Explore a vast collection of classic literature and high school required reading books. Test your knowledge of famous plots, characters, and authors from Romeo and Juliet to 1984. Enjoy our collection of free word search printable puzzles. Perfect for a quick word find or a deep dive into books.

Genres

Different types of books to read.

Authors

Famous authors of classic literature.

Classics

Timeless classic books.

Fantasy

Magical worlds and creatures in fantasy books.

Mystery

Solving crimes and mysteries.

Characters

Famous characters from literature.

Places

Fictional places from books.

fairy tale

Classic fairy tales and magical stories.

lord of the rings word search

Epic fantasy adventure in Middle-earth.

the little prince

A timeless tale of love and friendship.

the alchemist

A journey to find your personal legend.

hobbit

Bilbo Baggins' unexpected adventure.

dictionary

Words about words and language reference.

biography

Life stories of remarkable people.

library

A place of books, learning, and quiet study.

greek mythology

Ancient Greek myths and legends.

king

Works by the master of horror, Stephen King.

reading club

Gathering to discuss and share books.

copyright

Protecting intellectual property rights.

page

The building block of a book.

classic

Timeless works of literature.

drama

Stories with high stakes and emotion.

horror

Spooky stories that scare and thrill.

non fiction

Books based on real facts and events.

scary

Things that go bump in the night.

romance

Stories of love and relationships.

author

The person who writes the book.

bookworm

Someone who loves to read.

book club

Groups that read together.

circulation

The lending of library books.

literacy

The ability to read and write.

literature

Written works of artistic value.

english literature

Key works from English history.

financial literacy

Understanding money and finance.

gothic literature

Dark, mysterious, and romantic tales.

cinderella

The classic fairy tale princess.

crime

Solving mysteries and catching criminals.

reading

The joy of getting lost in a book.

sci fi

Futuristic science fiction adventures.

Agatha Christie

The Queen of Crime mysteries.

murder mystery

Whodunit? Find the killer.

dystopian

Dark futuristic societies.

20th century authors

Great writers of the 1900s.

Hinkler

Educational and fun books.

Captain Underpants

Tra-la-laaa! Hero in underwear.

character education

Building good character traits.

criminal minds

Profiling the criminal brain.

dork diaries

Tales from a not-so-fabulous life.

goosebumps

Reader beware, you are in for a scare!

Grey's anatomy

Drama at Grey Sloan Memorial.

Horrid Henry

The boy who is always in trouble.

Huckleberry Finn

Adventures on the Mississippi.

story

Every book tells a story.

adventure

Exciting journeys and quests.

frindle

The word that changed everything.

goldilocks

Just right porridge and chairs.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Fee-fi-fo-fum!

true crime

Real life mysteries and cases.

all about reading

Everything related to literacy.

american writers

Famous authors from the USA.

the vampire diaries

Love and danger in Mystic Falls.

Bookmark

Place saver.

Chapter

Book section.

Novel

Long story.

Autobiography

Self written life.

Science Fiction

Future fantasy.

Tragedy

Sad ending.

Comedy

Funny story.

Poetry Anthology

Collection of poems.

Fairytale

Magic story.

Fable

Moral lesson.

Legend

Hero story.

Mythology

Gods and heroes.

Encyclopedia

Book of facts.

Atlas

Map book.

Cookbook

Recipe book.

Comic Book

Picture story.

Manga

Japanese comic.

Diary

Personal journal.

Journal

Daily record.

Hardcover

Stiff cover.

Paperback

Soft cover.

Ebook

Digital book.

Audiobook

Spoken book.

Best Seller

Popular book.

Agent

Author helper.

Dedication

For someone.

Prologue

Start of story.

Epilogue

End of story.

Plot Twist

Surprise change.

Protagonist

Main character.

Antagonist

The villain.

Setting

Place and time.

Theme

Main idea.

Narrator

Story teller.

Dialogue

Talking parts.

Climax

High point.

Resolution

Wrapping up.

Sequel

Next book.

Prequel

Before book.

Reading Nook

Cozy place.

Don Quixote

A delusional knight goes on adventures in Spain.

Tale of Two Cities

Sacrifice and chaos during the French Revolution.

Lord of the Rings

Frodo destroys the One Ring to save Middle Earth.

Little Prince

A young prince travels planets and learns about love.

Harry Potter

A wizard boy fights evil while attending magic school.

And Then There Were None

Ten strangers are killed one by one on an island.

Dream of Red Chamber

The rise and fall of a noble family in feudal China.

She

Explorers find an immortal queen in Africa.

Vinci Code

A murder in the Louvre leads to a religious mystery.

Lion Witch Wardrobe

Children enter the magical land of Narnia.

Catcher in the Rye

Holden Caulfield wanders New York City alone.

Alchemist

A shepherd boy travels to Egypt to find treasure.

Steps to Christ

A practical guide to Christian living and faith.

Heidi

An orphan girl lives with her grandfather in the Alps.

Anne of Green Gables

A red-headed orphan wins over a farm community.

Black Beauty

A horse narrates his life of hardship and kindness.

Name of the Rose

A monk investigates murder in a medieval abbey.

Eagle Has Landed

German soldiers try to kidnap Winston Churchill.

Watership Down

Rabbits flee their home to find a safe haven.

Hite Report

A groundbreaking study on female sexuality.

Charlotte Web

A spider saves a pig by weaving words in her web.

Ginger Man

The wild life of an American student in Dublin.

Tale of Peter Rabbit

A naughty bunny steals vegetables from a garden.

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

A seagull strives for perfection in flying.

Very Hungry Caterpillar

A caterpillar eats everything before becoming a butterfly.

Flowers in the Attic

Children are hidden away in an attic by their mother.

To Kill a Mockingbird

A lawyer defends a black man in the racist South.

Gone with the Wind

A woman struggles to survive during the Civil War.

Nineteen Eighty Four

A man struggles under the eye of Big Brother.

Great Gatsby

A millionaire tries to win back his lost love.

Mockingjay

Katniss leads the rebellion against the Capitol.

Fault in Our Stars

Two teens with cancer fall in love.

Girl with Dragon Tattoo

A journalist and hacker investigate a missing person.

Hunger Games

Teens fight to the death on live television.

Catching Fire

Katniss and Peeta return to the arena.

Divergent

A girl chooses her faction in a divided society.

Insurgent

Tris fights to save her world from destruction.

Allegiant

Tris goes beyond the wall to find the truth.

Twilight

A human girl falls in love with a vampire.

New Moon

Edward leaves Bella and she finds comfort with Jacob.

Eclipse

Bella must choose between Edward and Jacob.

Breaking Dawn

Bella becomes a vampire and protects her child.

Fifty Shades

A risky romance between a student and a billionaire.

Exorcist

Priests fight to save a girl from possession.

Jaws

A giant shark terrorizes a beach town.

Godfather

The son of a crime boss takes over the family business.

Shining

A family is haunted by ghosts in a snowy hotel.

It

Friends fight a shape shifting monster in their town.

Misery

An author is held captive by his biggest fan.

Carrie

A bullied girl unleashes telekinetic powers.

Green Mile

A death row guard meets a prisoner with healing powers.

Pet Sematary

A buried cat comes back to life changed.

Stand

Survivors of a plague fight for the future.

Outsiders

Teen gangs clash in this coming of age classic.

Giver

A boy learns the truth about his perfect world.

Number the Stars

A girl helps her friend escape the Nazis.

Bridge to Terabithia

Two friends create a magical kingdom in the woods.

Wrinkle in Time

Children travel through time to save their father.

Holes

Boys dig holes at a detention camp to find treasure.

Maze Runner

Boys escape a giant maze filled with monsters.

Eragon

A farm boy finds a dragon egg and becomes a rider.

Golden Compass

A girl journeys north to save her friend.

Subtle Knife

A boy finds a knife that cuts hidden worlds.

Amber Spyglass

Multiple worlds collide in a war against heaven.

Color Purple

A woman finds her voice through letters to God.

Handmaid Tale

A woman struggles in a dystopian theocracy.

Fahrenheit 451

A fireman burns books in a future society.

Brave New World

A perfect society is maintained by drugs.

Lord of the Flies

Stranded boys turn savage on an island.

Of Mice and Men

Two friends dream of owning a farm.

Grapes of Wrath

A family travels west to find work.

Old Man Sea

A fisherman battles a giant marlin for days.

Sun Also Rises

Expats travel to Spain for the running of the bulls.

For Whom Bell Tolls

An American soldier fights in the Spanish Civil War.

Farewell to Arms

An ambulance driver falls for a nurse in WWI.

Good Earth

A farmer rises from poverty in old China.

Secret Garden

An orphan finds a hidden garden and healing.

Little Women

Four sisters grow up during the Civil War.

Jane Eyre

A governess falls for her brooding employer.

Wuthering Heights

A passionate and destructive love on the moors.

Pride and Prejudice

A spirited woman clashes with a proud man.

Sense and Sensibility

Sisters find love through sense and emotion.

Emma

A wealthy woman plays matchmaker for her friends.

Persuasion

A woman gets a second chance at lost love.

Northanger Abbey

A girl imagines her life is a gothic novel.

Mansfield Park

A poor cousin falls in love with her mentor.

Dracula

A vampire count moves to London for blood.

Frankenstein

A scientist creates a living monster from parts.

Picture of Dorian Gray

A man stays young while his portrait ages.

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll

A doctor has a dark and evil alter ego.

Time Machine

A traveler visits a future of Morlocks and Eloi.

War of the Worlds

Martians invade Earth with tripods and heat rays.

Invisible Man

A scientist becomes invisible and goes insane.

Island of Dr Moreau

A mad doctor turns animals into humans.

Call of the Wild

A dog is stolen and returns to the wild.

White Fang

A wolf dog is tamed by a loving master.

Sea Wolf

A ship captain rules his crew with brutal force.

Scarlet Letter

A woman wears a red letter for her sin.

Moby Dick

A captain hunts the white whale that took his leg.

Count of Monte Cristo

A man escapes prison to seek revenge.

Three Musketeers

Friends fight for the king with swords.

Romeo and Juliet

Two young star-crossed lovers from feuding families find love and tragedy in Verona.

The Great Gatsby

A mysterious millionaire obsesses over his lost love in the roaring twenties.

Animal Farm

Farm animals revolt against their human farmer hoping to create an ideal society.

Macbeth

A Scottish general receives a prophecy that he will become King of Scotland.

The Catcher in the Rye

A teenage boy wanders through New York City dealing with loss and alienation.

The Scarlet Letter

A woman in Puritan New England bears a child out of wedlock and faces shame.

1984

A totalitarian regime monitors every action and thought of its citizens.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

A young boy and a runaway slave travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.

The Diary of a Young Girl

The writings of a Jewish girl hiding from the Nazis during World War II.

The Odyssey

A Greek hero faces monsters and gods on his ten-year journey home from war.

The Giver

A young boy in a colorless society is selected to receive the memories of the past.

The Crucible

Hysteria and accusations of witchcraft tear apart a Puritan village in Salem.

Night

A teenager survives the horrors of Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust.

The Outsiders

Two rival teen gangs, the Greasers and Socs, clash in 1960s Oklahoma.

Great Expectations

An orphan named Pip rises to wealth with the help of a mysterious benefactor.

The Grapes of Wrath

A poor family travels from the Dust Bowl to California during the Great Depression.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Fairies manipulate the loves of four Athenians in a magical forest.

The Hobbit

A reluctant hobbit joins dwarves on a quest to reclaim their mountain from a dragon.

Beowulf

A warrior battles a monster, its mother, and a dragon to protect his people.

A Tale of Two Cities

French doctor Manette is released from the Bastille after eighteen years.

Othello

A Moorish general is manipulated into believing his wife is unfaithful.

Flowers for Algernon

A man with low intelligence undergoes a surgery to increase his IQ.

The Old Man and the Sea

An aging fisherman battles a giant marlin for days in the Gulf Stream.

The Canterbury Tales

Pilgrims tell stories to entertain each other while traveling to a shrine.

Death of a Salesman

A traveling salesman faces the reality of his failure and the American Dream.

A Separate Peace

Two friends at a boarding school deal with rivalry and tragedy during WWII.

Crime and Punishment

An impoverished student plots to kill a pawnbroker to solve his financial problems.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

A young boy grows up along the Mississippi River and gets into mischief.

The Red Badge of Courage

A young soldier in the Civil War faces his fear and shame on the battlefield.

The Importance of Being Earnest

Two friends use the pseudonym Ernest to escape their social obligations.

The Pearl

A poor divert finds a valuable pearl that brings evil and tragedy to his family.

Slaughterhouse-Five

A soldier becomes unstuck in time as he relives moments of his life and WWII.

The Taming of the Shrew

A fortune hunter agrees to wed a sharp-tongued woman and tame her.

Oedipus Rex

A king tries to avoid a prophecy that he will kill his father and marry his mother.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

A memoir of a young girl dealing with racism and trauma in the South.

A Raisin in the Sun

A black family in Chicago receives an insurance check and debates how to use it.

Their Eyes Were Watching God

A woman searches for love and identity through three marriages in Florida.

Heart of Darkness

A sailor travels up the Congo River to meet an ivory trader named Kurtz.

All Quiet on the Western Front

German soldiers face the extreme physical and mental stress of World War I.

The Book Thief

Death narrates the story of a young girl in Nazi Germany who steals books.

The House on Mango Street

A young Latina girl grows up in Chicago and dreams of leaving her neighborhood.

The Handmaid’s Tale

A dystopia where fertile women are forced to bear children for the ruling class.

The Good Earth

A Chinese farmer rises from poverty to wealth but faces family conflict.

Much Ado About Nothing

Two couples deal with rumors and deception on their way to the altar.

The Things They Carried

A collection of stories about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War.

The Awakening

A woman in late 19th-century New Orleans struggles against social norms.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

A criminal fakes insanity and leads a rebellion in a mental institution.

The Metamorphosis

A traveling salesman wakes up to find he has transformed into a giant insect.

King Lear

An aging king divides his kingdom among his daughters based on their flattery.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

An orphan discovers he is a wizard and attends a magical boarding school.

Ender's Game

A brilliant boy is trained at a battle school to fight an alien invasion.

Inferno

The poet Dante journeys through the nine circles of Hell guided by Virgil.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock Holmes investigates a legendary ghostly hound haunting the moors.

Tuesdays with Morrie

A man reconnects with his dying former professor to learn lessons on life.

Oliver Twist

An orphan boy facing hardship in a London workhouse falls in with criminals.

The Stranger

An indifferent French Algerian kills a man and is tried for his lack of emotion.

A Doll's House

A woman leaves her restrictive marriage to find her own identity and independence.

The Raven

A grieving man is visited by a talking raven that repeats a single word.

Gulliver’s Travels

A surgeon takes four voyages to lands inhabited by tiny people and giants.

The Lord of the Rings

A diverse fellowship travels to destroy a powerful ring and defeat a dark lord.

A Modest Proposal

A satiric essay suggesting the poor could ease their troubles by selling children as food.

The Jungle

Immigrants in Chicago face harsh conditions in the meatpacking industry.

The Tempest

A sorcerer on an island conjures a storm to shipwreck his treacherous brother.

The Lottery and Other Stories

A small town follows a brutal annual tradition to ensure a good harvest.

Les Misérables

An ex-convict struggles for redemption while being pursued by a police inspector.

Catch-22

A WWII bombardier tries to escape danger but is trapped by bureaucratic logic.

Holy Bible

The sacred text of Christianity containing the Old and New Testaments.

The Chosen

Two Jewish boys from conflicting communities form a friendship in 1940s New York.

The Joy Luck Club

Chinese mothers and their American-born daughters explore their relationships.

Our Town

The everyday lives of citizens in a small allegorical American town.

Island of the Blue Dolphins

A young girl survives alone for eighteen years on an island off the California coast.

The Masque of the Red Death

A prince tries to avoid a plague by locking himself in an abbey with his friends.

The Glass Menagerie

A mother tries to find a suitor for her fragile daughter who collects glass animals.

The Kite Runner

A man confronts his past and a betrayal of his childhood friend in Afghanistan.

Rebecca

A young woman marries a widower and is haunted by the memory of his first wife.

Siddhartha

A man journeys through India in search of spiritual enlightenment.

The Fellowship of the Ring

Frodo and his companions set out on a quest to destroy the One Ring.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

A young girl comes of age in a tenement in early 20th-century Brooklyn.

The Oedipus Cycle

The tragic story of Oedipus and his children in the city of Thebes.

The Lovely Bones

A murdered girl watches her family and killer from heaven.

Grendel

The story of Beowulf told from the perspective of the monster Grendel.

Ethan Frome

A grim tragedy about a man trapped in a loveless marriage in rural New England.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

A disgraced journalist and a hacker investigate a decades-old disappearance.

Gone Girl

A woman disappears on her fifth wedding anniversary, and her husband becomes the prime suspect.

The Silence of the Lambs

An FBI trainee seeks the help of an imprisoned cannibalistic serial killer to catch another killer.

In Cold Blood

A true crime novel detailing the 1959 murders of the Clutter family in Kansas.

The Hound of the Baskervilles 2

Sherlock Holmes investigates the legend of a supernatural hound haunting a family on the moors.

And Then There Were None 2

Ten strangers are invited to an isolated island and killed off one by one.

The Da Vinci Code

A symbologist and a cryptologist follow a trail of clues tied to Leonardo da Vinci artworks.

Murder on the Orient Express

Hercule Poirot must solve a murder on a luxurious train stranded by a snowdrift.

The Girl on the Train

An alcoholic commuter becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation.

Big Little Lies

A murder at a school trivia night unravels the perfect lives of three wealthy mothers.

The Snowman

A detective tracks a serial killer who leaves a snowman at each crime scene.

Sharp Objects

A troubled reporter returns to her hometown to cover the murders of two young girls.

The Cuckoo's Calling

A private investigator looks into the supposed suicide of a famous supermodel.

In the Woods

A detective investigates a murder in the same woods where he lost his childhood friends.

The Alienist

A criminal psychologist and a reporter hunt a serial killer targeting young boys in 1896 New York.

The Secret History

A group of elite classics students in a New England college cover up a murder.

The Maltese Falcon

A private detective deals with eccentric criminals all seeking a valuable statuette.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

A drifter and a diner wife plot to murder her husband for a new life together.

Presumed Innocent

A prosecutor is put on trial for the murder of his colleague, with whom he had an affair.

The Day of the Jackal

An anonymous British assassin is hired to kill the President of France.

Mystic River

Three childhood friends are reunited by tragedy when one of their daughters is murdered.

A Time to Kill

A young lawyer defends a Black father who killed the men who assaulted his daughter.

The Thirteenth Tale

A famous author hires a young biographer to write the true story of her life and twin sister.

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair

A writer investigates a decades-old murder after his mentor is accused of the crime.

Defending Jacob

An assistant district attorney finds his own teenage son accused of murdering a classmate.

The Silent Patient

A criminal psychotherapist tries to unravel the mystery of a woman who shot her husband and stopped speaking.

Dark Places

A woman who survived the massacre of her family investigates the crime to see if her brother is innocent.

The Shadow of the Wind

A young boy finds a mysterious book and is drawn into a sprawling mystery in Barcelona.

Along Came a Spider

Detective Alex Cross hunts a brilliant psychopath who kidnapped two children from a prestigious school.

Before I Go to Sleep

A woman with amnesia wakes up every day remembering nothing of her past, until she finds a hidden journal.

The Bone Collector

A quadriplegic detective and a young beat cop team up to catch a serial killer leaving obscure clues.

Kiss the Girls

Alex Cross tracks down two serial killers who are cooperating on opposite sides of the country.

The Woman in Cabin 10

A travel journalist on a luxury cruise witnesses a woman thrown overboard, but all passengers are accounted for.

Anatomy of a Murder

A small-town lawyer defends an army lieutenant accused of killing a bar owner who attacked his wife.

Child 44

An MGB agent investigates a series of child murders in Stalinist Russia where crime is officially non-existent.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

An 11-year-old aspiring chemist investigates a murder in the cucumber patch of her crumbling English estate.

Red Dragon

Will Graham comes out of retirement to catch a serial killer known as the Tooth Fairy with help from Hannibal Lecter.

The Eight

A computer expert becomes entangled in a dangerous quest to reunite the pieces of a legendary chess set.

Shutter Island

U.S. Marshals investigate the disappearance of a murderess from an asylum for the criminally insane.

Devil in a Blue Dress

A Black WWII veteran turns to private investigating and gets caught in a web of murder and political scandal.

The Crying of Lot 49

A woman uncovers what might be a centuries-old underground postal delivery system tied to a vast conspiracy.

The Big Sleep

Private investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy general to handle a blackmail case involving his daughters.

L.A. Confidential

Three LAPD officers with vastly different methods investigate a massacre at a diner in the 1950s.

The Black Dahlia

Two police officers become obsessed with the gruesome unsolved murder of an aspiring actress.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

An aging spymaster returns from retirement to flush out a Soviet mole at the top of the British Secret Service.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

A British agent poses as a defector to East Germany to bring down a high-ranking intelligence officer.

The Bourne Identity

A man rescued from the Mediterranean Sea with no memory finds he has implants, passports, and assassins hunting him.

The Name of the Rose

A monk and his apprentice investigate a series of deaths tied to a forbidden book in a wealthy abbey.

Foucaults Pendulum

Three editors invent a conspiracy theory about the Knights Templar, which dangerous people begin to believe is real.

The Secret Agent

A shopkeeper in London who is secretly an agent provocateur is ordered to carry out a deadly bombing.

The Thirty-Nine Steps

An ordinary man is framed for murder and goes on the run across Scotland to stop a spy ring.

The Moonstone

A valuable yellow diamond stolen from a Hindu shrine goes missing in an English country house.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a wealthy man who knew too many secrets in his village.

Death on the Nile

A rich heiress is murdered on a cruise ship in Egypt, and nearly every passenger had a motive.

The ABC Murders

A serial killer taunts Poirot by murdering people in alphabetical order according to their names and locations.

Ten Little Niggers

The original title of the mystery where ten people are lured to an island to die by Agatha Christie.

The Mousetrap

Guests are trapped in a snowbound guesthouse with a murderer in this legendary long-running play.

Witness for the Prosecution

A lawyer takes on the difficult defense of a pleasant young man accused of murdering a rich widow.

Strangers on a Train

Two men meet on a train and playfully discuss trading murders, until one of them actually does it.

The Talented Mr Ripley

A charming sociopath travels to Italy to bring a wealthy man home, but decides to steal his life entirely.

Eye of the Needle

A ruthless German spy uncovers the D-Day invasion plans and races to a U-boat pickup off the Scottish coast.

The Day of the Triffids

After a meteor shower blinds most of humanity, mobile carnivorous plants begin hunting the survivors.

I Am Legend

The last human survivor in a city of vampires spends his days researching a cure and his nights barricaded in his house.

The Stand

Survivors of a deadly weaponized influenza virus are drawn into a battle between good and evil.

It 2

Seven childhood friends reunite to defeat an ancient, shape-shifting evil that feeds on the children of Derry.

Misery 2

A famous author is rescued from a car crash by his number one fan, who holds him captive and forces him to write.

The Shining

A family moves into an isolated haunted hotel for the winter, where the father descends into madness.

Pet Sematary 2

A family discovers a burial ground behind their new house that brings the dead back to life, but with a terrible cost.

Salems Lot

A writer returns to his hometown to discover its residents are slowly being turned into vampires.

Carrie 2

A bullied teenage girl with telekinetic powers unleashes her revenge at the high school prom.

The Green Mile

Guards on death row encounter a gentle giant with miraculous healing powers convicted of a terrible crime.

The Shawshank Redemption

A banker wrongfully convicted of murder maintains his hope over decades in a harsh prison.

The Firm

A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm, only to discover it serves as a front for the Chicago mob.

The Pelican Brief

A law student writes a brief theorizing why two Supreme Court justices were assassinated, putting a target on her back.

The Client

An eleven-year-old boy witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer and goes on the run to protect a terrible secret.

A Painted House

A young boy living on an Arkansas cotton farm in the 1950s witnesses a murder and uncovers adult secrets.

The Runaway Jury

A highly orchestrated jury tampering operation seeks to control the outcome of a major tobacco lawsuit.

The Chamber

A young lawyer tries to save his white supremacist grandfather from execution in the gas chamber.

The Rainmaker

An idealistic young lawyer takes on a massive, corrupt insurance company denying a dying boys claim.

The Brethren

Three imprisoned former judges run a blackmail scam targeting wealthy closeted gay men on the outside.

The Sum of All Fears

Terrorists discover a lost Israeli nuclear bomb and plan to detonate it at the Super Bowl to spark a world war.

Clear and Present Danger

Jack Ryan uncovers a covert, illegal U.S. war against Colombian drug cartels authorized by the President.

The Hunt for Red October

A CIA analyst believes a rogue Soviet submarine captain is defecting to the United States, not starting a war.

Patriot Games

Jack Ryan thwarts a terrorist kidnapping in London and brings the wrath of an IRA splinter faction upon his family.

Without Remorse

A former Navy SEAL conducts a brutal one-man war against a Baltimore drug ring that murdered his girlfriend.

Red Storm Rising

A devastating conventional war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact begins after a terrorist attack cripples Soviet oil.

Executive Orders

Jack Ryan becomes President after a devastating attack on the Capitol and faces hostile nations and an Ebola attack.

The Bear and the Dragon

President Jack Ryan supports Russia against a massive Chinese invasion driven by the discovery of vast resources.

Rainbow Six

An elite international counter-terrorism unit confronts eco-terrorists planning to wipe out humanity with a virus.

Jurassic Park

Scientists use cloned dinosaur DNA to create a theme park, but the exhibits escape their enclosures during a storm.

The Lost World

A rescue mission goes awry on the second dinosaur island, Site B, where the animals are roaming free.

Sphere

A team of scientists enters a mysterious alien spacecraft discovered on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Congo

An expedition searches for a rare diamond in the African jungle, facing killer gorillas and a volcanic eruption.

Timeline

History students travel back in time to 14th-century France to rescue their professor from a deadly war.

Prey

A swarm of self-replicating nanobots escapes a lab and threatens humanity by rapidly evolving to hunt them.

State of Fear

Eco-terrorists manipulate weather events to create natural disasters and prove their theories about global warming.

A gripping medical thriller that explores the dangerous and ethically ambiguous world of genetic engineering.

Airframe

An aviation investigator searches for the truth behind a mysterious, near-fatal in-flight turbulence incident.

Disclosure

A tech executive is sued for sexual harassment by his female boss and uncovers a corporate conspiracy.

The Andromeda Strain

A deadly extraterrestrial microorganism falls to Earth, prompting a desperate scientific race to contain it.

Where the Wild Things Are

Max sails to an island where he becomes the king of the fearsome monsters.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

A small caterpillar eats its way through various foods before turning into a butterfly.

Goodnight Moon

A bunny says goodnight to everything in the great green room before falling asleep.

The Cat in the Hat

A tall mischievous cat visits two children on a rainy day while their mother is away.

Green Eggs and Ham

Sam-I-Am tries to convince a grumpy character to try a very unusual dish.

Winnie the Pooh

A honey loving bear goes on adventures with his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

A mischievous bunny gets into trouble in Mr McGregor's garden despite his mother's warning.

Matilda

A brilliant little girl with telekinetic powers stands up to her cruel parents and headmistress.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

A poor boy wins a golden ticket to visit the magical chocolate factory of Willy Wonka.

The BFG

A giant who catches dreams joins forces with a little girl to stop other man-eating giants.

James and the Giant Peach

A young boy escapes his cruel aunts by sailing away inside a massive floating fruit.

The Gruffalo

A clever mouse outwits a series of woodland predators and a terrifying mythical creature.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

A brave family sets out across the countryside to find and catch a large bear.

The Tiger Who Came to Tea

A little girl and her mother are surprised when a large tiger joins them for afternoon tea.

Alice in Wonderland

A young girl falls down a rabbit hole into a bizarre and nonsensical magical world.

Peter Pan

A boy who never grows up brings a group of children to the magical island of Neverland.

The Wind in the Willows

Four animal friends share adventures along the riverbank and in the Wild Wood.

The Secret Garden

A spoiled orphan discovers a neglected garden and brings both it and herself back to life.

The Railway Children

Three children move to a house near the tracks after their father is falsely imprisoned.

Treasure Island

A young boy embarks on a dangerous sea voyage to find buried pirate gold.

The Jungle Book

A human boy named Mowgli is raised by wolves and learns the laws of the jungle.

Mary Poppins

A magical nanny arrives on the east wind to care for the Banks children in London.

Pippi Longstocking

A wildly strong and independent girl lives alone with her monkey and horse in a quirky house.

Guess How Much I Love You

Two nutbrown hares compare the vast extent of their love for each other before bedtime.

The Lorax

A strange creature speaks for the trees against the destructive greed of a factory owner.

Oh, the Places Youll Go!

A book celebrating the journey of life with its challenges and eventual successes.

Horton Hears a Who!

A kind elephant vows to protect a microscopic community living on a small speck of dust.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

A grumpy green creature tries to ruin the festive holiday for the joyful town of Whoville.

The Polar Express

A young boy takes a magical midnight train ride to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.

Madeline

A brave little girl in a Paris boarding school has her appendix removed.

Corduroy

A stuffed bear in a department store goes searching for his missing button to find a friend.

Make Way for Ducklings

A pair of mallards raise their family and navigate the busy streets of Boston.

Blueberries for Sal

A little girl and a baby bear accidentally swap mothers while picking berries on a hill.

The Snowy Day

A young boy explores his city neighborhood after the first winter snowfall.

Curious George

An inquisitive little monkey is brought from the jungle to the city by a man with a yellow hat.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

A simple request leads to a circular series of demands from an energetic little rodent.

Good Night, Gorilla

A sneaky ape steals a zookeepers keys and lets out all the animals at bedtime.

Dear Zoo

A child writes to the zoo for a pet and receives a series of unsuitable animals in boxes.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

A colorful parade of animals are asked what they see looking at each other.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

The letters of the alphabet race up a coconut tree until it becomes too heavy and bends.

The Giving Tree

A tree selflessly provides everything she has to a boy she loves throughout his life.

Where the Sidewalk Ends

A collection of whimsical poetry and drawings exploring imaginative and humorous themes.

Harold and the Purple Crayon

A young boy uses his imagination to draw himself a world of adventures.

Pigeon Drive the Bus!

A persistent bird tries every trick in the book to sit behind the steering wheel.

Knuffle Bunny

A toddler loses her favorite stuffed animal at the laundromat and tries to tell her father.

The Day the Crayons Quit

A box of coloring tools writes letters of complaint and demand to their owner.

Dragons Love Tacos

Mythical reptiles attend a party serving their favorite food but cannot handle spicy salsa.

Pete the Cat

A groovy feline steps in various messy things but never loses his cool attitude.

Llama Llama Red Pajama

A baby animal feels anxious and calls for his mother at bedtime.

The Rainbow Fish

A beautiful creature learns to share his most prized possessions to gain true friendship.

Swimmy

A brave little fish teaches his school how to swim together in the shape of a giant sea monster.

Press Here

An interactive journey where following simple instructions causes magical dots to move and change.

The Book with No Pictures

A hilariously silly text that forces the reader to say absurd words out loud.

Room on the Broom

A kind witch invites various animals onto her ride until a dragon attacks them.

Stick Man

A wooden hero goes on a tough journey through the seasons trying to get back to his family.

Zog

An eager young dragon strives to win a gold star at school and befriends a caring princess.

The Snail and the Whale

A tiny mollusk travels the world on the tail of a giant ocean mammal.

A Squash and a Squeeze

A wise old man helps a woman realize her tiny house is actually quite large enough.

The Paper Dolls

A string of handmade figures go on an adventure before facing a boy with scissors.

Magic Tree House

Two siblings discover a library in the woods that transports them through time and space.

Junie B. Jones

A spunky and slightly misguided kindergartener deals with the everyday struggles of school and life.

The Babysitters Club

A group of middle school girls form a business caring for neighborhood younger children.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

A middle schooler records his daily struggles with popularity bullies and his embarrassing family.

The Lightning Thief

A teenage boy discovers he is a demigod and must find Zeus stolen weapon to clear his name.

Wonder

A boy with a facial difference enters a mainstream school and teaches others about kindness and empathy.

The Boxcar Children

A group of orphan siblings make a home in an abandoned railroad car.

The Little Match Girl

A poor young girl lights matches to keep warm on a freezing New Years Eve.

Flat Stanley

A boy is flattened by a falling bulletin board and goes on unique adventures.

A Wrinkle in Time

Three kids travel across the universe through dimensions to rescue their father from a dark evil.

The Phantom Tollbooth

A bored boy drives through a magic gate into a land composed of peculiar words and numbers.

Stuart Little

A mouse born to a human family navigates life in a big world and sets out on a quest.

The Trumpet of the Swan

A mute swan born without a voice learns to play a brass instrument to court his love.

The Witches

A boy and his grandmother work to defeat a secret society of child-hating bald women.

Fantastic Mr Fox

A clever fox routinely steals poultry from three mean farmers who decide to dig him out.

George's Marvellous Medicine

A boy brews a strange concoction to cure his grumpy grandmother with shocking magical results.

The Twits

A hideous vindictive couple play nasty pranks on each other and keep monkeys in a cage.

Danny the Champion of the World

A boy and his mechanic father plot a daring midnight raid to poach pheasants from a wealthy snob.

The Magic Finger

A young girl with a magical digit transforms her hunting neighbors into birds to teach them a lesson.

Esio Trot

A shy old man devises a clever plan using many tortoises to win the heart of his neighbor.

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

A boy partners with three strange animals running a ladderless window cleaning service.

The Enormous Crocodile

A greedy reptile boasts about his plan to eat children until the other jungle animals stop him.

The Bad Guys

A group of notorious scary animal villains try to change their image by doing good deeds.

Dog Man

A part dog part police officer uses his canine instincts to solve crimes and catch villains.

Awesome Friendly Kid

A middle schooler writes a journal documenting his own perspective on his friendship with a wimpy kid.

Artemis Fowl

A teenage criminal mastermind kidnaps a fairy for a large ransom of gold.

Unfortunate Events

Three orphans face numerous disasters as a villainous relative tries to steal their fortune.

Coraline

A girl discovers a passage to a strange alternate world where people have buttons for eyes.

The Graveyard Book

A boy whose family was murdered is raised by a community of ghosts in a cemetery.

His Dark Materials

A brave girl with an animal daemon travels across parallel worlds to uncover a vast conspiracy.

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Three siblings move into an old estate and discover a field guide to a hidden fairy world.

How to Train Your Dragon

A scrawny Viking heir must capture and train a reptile to pass his clan's initiation test.

Inkheart

A father and daughter who can bring book characters to life by reading aloud face a villain they unleashed.

The Tale of Despereaux

A brave misfit mouse falls in love with a human princess and goes on a quest to save her.

Because of Winn-Dixie

A lonely girl moves to a new town and makes friends thanks to a stray dog she adopts.

The One and Only Ivan

A captive gorilla living in a shopping mall tells his story and protects a baby elephant.

Flora and Ulysses

A girl rescues a squirrel that is vacuumed up and discovers he now has superhero abilities.

Jemima Puddle-Duck

A naive duck is rescued from a cunning fox by a trusty collie dog.

Esperanza Rising

A wealthy Mexican girl loses everything and must rebuild her life at a farm labor camp in California.

Bud, Not Buddy

An orphan boy sets out on a journey during the Great Depression to find his suspected father.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

An African American family struggles against racism and financial hardship during the Great Depression down south.

Frog and Toad

The adventures and strong friendship of two amphibians with very different personalities.

Sarah, Plain and Tall

A mail order bride travels to the prairie to meet a widower and his two young children.

Shiloh

A boy finds an abused beagle and hides him to protect him from a cruel owner.

Hatchet

A teenage boy must survive alone in the Canadian wilderness after a small plane crash.

My Father's Dragon

A boy travels to Wild Island to rescue a captive baby flying reptile used as a ferry.

Puss in Boots

A clever feline uses trickery and deceit to gain power wealth and a royal marriage for his humble master.

Thumbelina

A tiny girl born from a flower faces many trials to avoid marrying a toad and a mole.

The Ugly Duckling

A strange looking bird suffers mockery until he grows into a magnificent white swan.

The Little Mermaid

A sea princess gives up her voice and her underwater life for a chance to win a human soul.

Beauty and the Beast

A beautiful girl takes her father's place as prisoner to a scary monster and learns to love him.