Book Series for Tweens and Teens

The Hunger Games Trilogy, three dystopian novels for teens, were written by Suzanne Collins and have proven enormously popular with both teens and adults.

The 39 Clues book series has proven popular with kids ages 8-12. Author Rick Riordan wrote the story arc for the entire series and the first book in the series. Other authors of books in the ten-book mystery, history and adventure series include: Jude Watson, Gordon Korman, Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Linda Sue Park, among others.

The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan is full of adventure and Egyptian Mythology. This article provides an overview of the middle grade book series.

The 39 Clues book series for kids, which is full of mystery and adventure, is popular with ages 8-12.

The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series by Rick Riordan is a lively mixture of fantasy, adventure and Greek mythology, with touches of humor thrown in. The story is told from the perspective of a middle school student with problems, Percy Jackson.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series - If you are looking for a humorous series that will engage middle grade readers from kids who love reading to reluctant readers, I recommend the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the other Wimpy Kid Books, all written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.

The first book in the Heroes of Olympus series by Rick Riordan was published in 2010. There are a projected total of five books in the series, with a new book to be published annually. While you don't have to have read the enormously popular Percy Jackson and the Olympians series to enjoy this lively fantasy adventure, Percy Jackson fans will enjoy returning to Camp Half-Blood, and finding some familiar characters from the Percy Jackson series. I recommend the series foe ages 10-15, grades 5-9.

The Hunger Games series consists of three dystopian novels: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay. The Hunger Games trilogy will appeal to teens, ages 13 and up. The 384-400 page books contains violence and strong emotions so younger tweens may find them disturbing.

Learn about C. S. Lewis and his Chronicles of Narnia, a series of classic fantasy novels for children. Learn about the movie versions of following books by C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspain and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

The Scientists in the Field series is recommended for ages 9-14. The Scientists in the Field is a nonfiction series that focuses on the work of scientists and scientific investigations in the field.

Crank, Glass, and Fallout are the three books in the popular Crank trilogy, a realistic series about the effects of drug addiction by Ellen Hopkins.

Learn more about the Twilight Saga. Read this overview to find out more about the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyer. Find information about the Twilight series, including mature content and appropriate age level.

Learn all about the Twilight series with this parent’s guide to the Twilight series. Read this parent’s guide to the Twilight series to find out more about the dark fantasy romance teens and tweens are reading.

The Mortal Instrument series is an urban fantasy series, young adult books for teens by Cassandra Clare. Read this overview of the Mortal Instrument series to learn more about this urban fantasy series for teens by Cassandra Clare.

Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians Series is an enormously popular fantasy series about middle school student Percy Jackson and his adventures when he learns he is a demigod, the son of a Greek god and a mortal.

Author Rick Riordan has done it again with The Heroes of Olympus, created another excellent series for kids and teens The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Riordan is an enormously popular series of fantasy novels and The Heroes of Olympus includes some of the same characters.

Here is an overview of the Maximum Ride series, a blockbuster fantasy series for teens by James Patterson. Refer to this overview for the science fiction and fantasy series for teens and adults.