This is a selection of science fiction and fantasy books suitable for children and young adults between the ages of 6 and 16. Titles more appropriate for younger readers are indicated with an asterix.

This list is far from exhaustive. It is intended only a place to start for those who would like to have a glimpse of far-off worlds and visions of possible futures or wander in the realms of imagination.

     Abrashkin, R. & Williams, Jay
             see Williams, Jay & Abrashkin, R.

     Adler, C. S.       Eddie's Blue-Winged Dragon*

     Aiken, Joan        "The Wolves of Willoughby Chase"
                                & sequels

     Alexander, Lloyd   "The Prydain Chronicles:"
                            The Book of Three
                            The Black Cauldron
                            The Castle of Llyr
                            Taran Wanderer
                            The High King
                            The Foundling
                        The Wizard in the Tree

     Anderson, Poul     Guardians of Time
                        The High Crusade
                        A Midsummer Tempest
                        Three Hearts and Three Lions

     Anderson, Poul &
      Dickson, Gordon   Earthman's Burden
                        Hoka
                        Star Prince Charlie

     Anthony, Piers     the "Xanth" series:
                          A Spell for Chameleon
                          The Source of Magic
                             & sequels

     Asimov, Isaac      I, Robot
                        "Lucky Starr" series:*
                           David Starr, Space Ranger*
                               & sequels
     Asimov, Isaac &
      Asimov, Janet     The "Norby" series:*
                          The Norby Chronicles & sequels*

     Asprin, Robert     The "Myth" series:
                           Another Fine Myth & sequels 

     Avi                Midnight Magic
                        Bright Shadow

     Babbitt, Natalie   Tuck Everlasting

     Baker, E. D.       The Frog Princess
                        Dragon's Breath

     Banks, Lynn        The Indian in the Cupboard*
                              & sequels

     Barker, Clive     Abarat
                       Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War

     Barrie, J. M.     Peter Pan (variant: Peter and Wendy)*
                       Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens*

     Baum, L. Frank    the "Oz" series: *
                         The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*
                           & sequels. Series continued by
                           Thompson and others.
                        American Fairy Tales*
                        Dot and Tot in Fairyland*
                        The Enchanted Island of Yew*
                        The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus*
                        The Magical Monarch of Mo*
                        The Master Key*
                        Queen Zixi of Ix*
                        The Sea Fairies*
                        Sky Island*

     Bellairs, John     the "Johnny Dixon" series:
                           The Curse of the Blue Figurine
                              & sequels
                        the "Lewis Barnavelt" series: 
                           The House with a Clock in Its Walls
                             & sequels
                        the "Anthony Monday" series:
                           The Dark Secret of Weatherend
                              & sequels

     Blish, James       Cities in Flight
 
     Bond, Michael      the "Paddington Bear" series*

     Booth, Martin      Doctor Illuminatus

     Brackett, Leigh    The Halfling and Other Stories
                        The Long Tomorrow
                        The Starman of Llyrdis
                        The Sword of Rhiannon

     Bradbury, Ray      The Halloween Tree*
                        The Martian Chronicles
                        R Is for Rocket
                        S Is for Space

     Bradshaw, Gillian  Beyond the North Wind
                        The Dragon and the Thief
                        The Land of Gold


     Brooks, Walter     The "Freddie the Pig" series:*
                          The Clockwork Twins*
                          Freddie and the Space Ship*
                          Freddie and the Men from Mars*
                          Freddie and the Baseball Team from Mars*
      
     Brown, Fredric     Martians, Go Home

     Bunting, Eve       The Presence

     Burroughs, Edgar Rice  the "Caspak Trilogy:"
                              The Land That Time Forgot
                              The People That Time Forgot
                              Out of Time's Abyss
                        the "John Carter of Mars" series:
                             A Princess of Mars & sequels
                        the "Pellucidar" series:
                           At the Earth's Core & sequels
                        the "Tarzan" series:
                           Tarzan of the Apes & sequels
                        the "Venus" series: 
                           The Pirates of Venus & sequels
                        The Cave Girl
                        The Monster Men
                        The Moon Maid

     Butterworth, Oliver The Enormous Egg*

     Cabot, Meg         the "Mediator" series:
                          Shadowland & sequels
                        Avalon High

     Cameron, Eleanor    The "Mushroom Planet/Mrs. Bass" series:*
                           The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom
                                Planet & sequels*

     Carroll, Lewis     Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
                        Through the Looking-Glass

     Cassedy, Sylvia    Behind the Attic Wall*

     Charnas, Suzy M.   The Bronze King
                        The Silver Glove
                        The Golden Thread

     Christopher, John  The Tripods series:   
                          The White Mountains & sequels

     Clarke, Arthur C.   Against the Fall of Night
                         The Deep Range
                         Dolphin Island
                         A Fall of Moondust
                         The Sands of Mars
                         Tales from the White Hart

     Colfer, Eoin        Artemis Fowl
                         Artemis Fowl: The Artic Incident
                         Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
                         Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception
                         Wish List

     Cooney, Caroline    Both Sides of Time
                         Out of Time
                         Prisoner of Time
                         For All Time                        

     Cooper, Susan      "The Dark Is Rising" series:
                           Over Sea, Under Stone
                           The Dark Is Rising
                           Greenwitch
                           The Grey King
                           Silver on the Tree
                        The Boggart
                        King of Shadows

     Corlett, William   "The Magician's House" quartet:
                            The Steps Up the Chimney
                            The Door in the Tree
                            The Tunnel behind the Waterfall
                            The Bridge in the Clouds

     Coville, Bruce     Goblins in the Castle
                        Jennifer Murdley's Toad
                        Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
                        The Monster's Ring
                        The Skull of Truth
                          various other titles

     Craik, Dinah Mulock  The Little Lame Prince*   

     Dahl, Roald       Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*
                       The Gremlins*
                       James and the Giant Peach*
                       The Witches*

     Danzinger, Paula   This Place Has No Atmosphere

     de Camp, L. Sprague &
       Pratt, Fletcher  The Compleat Enchanter

     del Rey, Lester    Attack from Atlantis*
                        Marooned on Mars*
                        Mission to the Moon*
                        Moon of Mutiny*
                        Mysterious Planet* (under the pseudonym
                               Kenneth Wright)
                        Outpost of Jupiter*
                        Rocket Jockey*
                        Rockets to Nowhere* (under the pseudonym
                               Phillip St. John)
                        Step to the Stars*

     DiCamillo, Kate    The Tale of Despereaux

     Dickinson, Peter   The Changes Trilogy:
                          The Weathermonger
                          Heartsease
                          The Devil's Children

     Dickson, Gordon    The Dragon and the George

     Dickson, Gordon & Anderson, Poul
             see Anderson, Poul & Dickson, Gordon

     Disch, Thomas M.   The Brave Little Toaster
                        The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars

     Downer, Ann         Hatching Magic
                         The Dragon of Never-Was

     Doyle, Arthur Conan   The Lost World 

     Duane, Diane       So You Want To Be a Wizard?
                        Deep Wizardry
                        High Wizardry
                        A Wizard Abroad
                        The Wizard's Dilemma
                        The Book of Night with Moon
                        To Visit the Queen (variant title-
                            On Her Majesty's Wizardly Service)

     Eager, Edward      Half Magic
                        Knight's Castle
                        Magic by the Lake
                        Magic or Not?
                        Seven Day Magic
                        The Time Garden
                        The Well Wishers

     Elboz, Stephen     A Handful of Magic
                        A Land without Magic
                        A Wild Kind of Magic

     Ende, Michael      The Neverending Story

     Engdahl, Sylvia    Enchantress from the Stars
                        The Far Side of Evil
                        This Star Shall Abide

     Farmer, Nancy      The House of the Scorpion
                        The Sea Trolls

     Ferris, Jean       Once upon a Marigold

     Fletcher, Susan    Dragon's Milk
                        The Flight of the Dragon Kyn
                        Sign of the Dove

     Foster, Alan Dean  the "Spellsinger" series:
                          Spellsinger & sequels

     Funke, Cornelia    Inkheart
                        Inkspell
                        Dragon Rider

     Gaiman, Neil       Coraline

     Gannett, Ruth S.   My Father's Dragon*
                        Elmer and the Dragon*
                        The Dragons of Blueland*

     Gardner, Sally,    I, Coriander

     Grahame, Kenneth   The Wind in the Willows*
                        The Reluctant Dragon*

     Gurney, James      Dinotopia
                        Dinotopia: The World Beneath
                        First Flight
                         (there is also a series of Dinotopia books
                          by various authors)

     Haddix, Margaret P.  The Shadow Children sequence:
                        Among the Hidden & sequels

     Hamilton, Edmond   The Haunted Stars
                        The Star Kings

     Harrison, Harry    the "Stainless Steel Rat" series:
                          The Stainless Steel Rat & sequels

     Hawthorne, Nathaniel  Tanglewood Tales*
                        The Wonder Book*               

     Hearn, Lian        Across the Nightingale Floor
                        Grass for His Pillow

     Heinlein, Robert   Between Planets
                        Citizen of the Galaxy
                        Farmer in the Sky
                        Have Spacesuit Will Travel
                        Orphans of the Sky
                        Red Planet
                        Rocketship Galileo
                        The Rolling Stones
                        Space Cadet
                        The Star Beast

     Henderson, Zenna   The Anything Box
                        Holding Wonder
                        Pilgrimage: The Book of the People
                        The People: No Different Flesh

     Hoeye, Michael     Time Stops for No Mouse
                        No Time like Show Time
  
     Hoover, H. M.      Away Is a Strange Place to Be
                        The Bell Tree
                        The Delikon
                        The Lost Star
                        The Rains of Eridan
                        The Shepherd Moon
                        This Time for Darnkess
                        Treasures of Morrow

     Howe, James        Bunnicula*
                        Howliday Inn*
                        The Celery Stalks at Midnight*
                        Nighty Nightymare*
                        Return to Howliday Inn*
                        Bunnicula Strikes Again*

     Ibbotson, Eva      The Secret of Platform 13
                        The Great Ghost Rescue
                        Which Witch?
                        The Island of the Aunts

     Jones, Diana Wynne  the "Chestomanci" series: 
                           Charmed Life
                           The Magicians of Caprona
                           The Lives of Christopher Chant
                           Witch Week
                           Mixed Magics
                           Conrad's Fate
                        the "Dalemark Quartet:"
                           Cart and Cwidder
                           Drowned Amulet
                           The Spellcoats
                           The Crown of Dalemark
                        Dark Lord of Derkholm
                        Year of the Griffin
                        Hexwood
                        Howl's Moving Castle
                        Castle in the Air
                        A Tale of Time City

     Juster, Norton     The Phantom Tollbooth

     Kaye, M. M.        The Ordinary Princess

     Kendall, Carol     The Gammage Cup

     Kerr, P. B.        Children of the Lamp:
                           The Akhenaten Adventure

     Key, Alexander     Escape to Witch Mountain*
                        The Forgotten Door*
                        The Incredible Tide*

     King-Smith, Dick   The Water Horse

     Kipling, Rudyard   The Jungle Book
                        The Second Jungle Book

     Koller, Jackie F.  the "Dragonling" series:*
                          The Dragonling* & sequels
                        The Keepers:
                           A Wizard Named Nell

     Lampman, Evelyn    The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek*
                        The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs*

     Lang, Andrew       The Blue Fairy Book*
                        The Green Fairy Book*
                        The Red Fairy Book*
                         the rest of the color fairy book series*
 
     Laumer, Keith      the "Retief" series:
                          Envoy to New Worlds & sequels

     Le Guin, Ursula    The "Earthsea" series:
                           The Wizard of Earthsea
                           The Tombs of Atuan
                           The Farthest Shore
                           Tehanu
                        Gifts                           

     Lee, Tanith        The Castle of Dark
                        The Dragon Hoard
                        East of Midnight
                        Black Unicorn
                        Red Unicorn
                        Gold Unicorn
                        Shon the Taken
                        Wolf Tower
                        Wolf Star
                        Wolf Queen
                        Wolf Wing

     Leiber, Fritz      A Pail of Air
                        The Silver Eggheads

     L'Engle, Madeleine  A Wrinkle in Time
                         A Wind in the Door
                         A Swiftly Tilting Planet
                         Many Waters
                         An Acceptable Time
  
     Levine, Gail C.    Ella Enchanted
                        The Two Princesses of Bamarre
                        The Princess Tales:
                           The Fairy's Mistake*
                           The Princess Test*
                           Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep*
                           Cinderellis and the Glass Hill*
                           For Biddle's Sake*

     Lewis, C. S.       The "Chronicles of Narnia:"
                           The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
                              & sequels

     Lofting, Hugh      The "Doctor Doolittle" series: 
                           The Story of Doctor Doolittle
                               & sequels

     MacDonald, George  At the Back of the North Wind*
                        The Princess and Curdie*
                        The Princess and Goblin*

     McCaffrey, Anne    Dragonflight
                        Dragonquest
                        The White Dragon
                        Dragonsong
                        Dragonsinger
                        Dragondrums
                        An Exchange of Gifts
                        The Girl Who Heard Dragons
                        If Wishes Were Horses
                        No One Notices the Cat

     McKillip, Patricia  The Changling Sea
                         The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
                         The House on Parchment Street
                         the "Riddle-Master" trilogy:
                            The Riddle-Master of Hed
                            Heir of Sea and Fire
                            Harpist in the Wind

     McKinley, Robin    The Blue Sword
                        The Hero and the Crown

     Milne, A. A.       the "Winnie the Pooh" stories:*
                           Winnie the Pooh*
                           The House at Pooh Corner*
                           Now We Are Six*
                           When We Were Very Young*

     Murphy, Shirley R.  The Dragonbards
                         The Ivory Lyre

     Nesbit, E.         The Story of the Treasure Seekers
                        The Book of Dragons
                        The Magic World
                        Five Children and It
                        The Phoenix and the Carpet
                        The Story of the Amulet

     Nimmo, Jenny       Snow Spider
                        Midnight for Charlie Bone
                        Charlie Bone and the Time Twister
                        Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy

     Niven, Larry       All the Myriad Ways
                        The Flight of the Horse
                        A Gift from Earth
                        Tales of Known Space

     Norton, Andre      Catseye
                        Daybreak -- 2250 A.D.
                        Dragon Magic
                        Galactic Derelict
                        Huon of the Horn
                        Key out of Time
                        Operation Time Search
                        Sargasso of Space
                        The Sioux Spaceman
                        Star Gate
                        the "Witch World" series:
                          Witch World & sequels
                            many other titles

     Norton, Mary       the "Borrowers" series:*
                          The Borrowers Afield & sequels*
                        Bedknob and Broomstick*

     O'Brian, Robert C.  Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

     Ormondroyd, Edward  David and the Phoenix*
                         Time at the Top*

     O'Shea, Pat        The Hounds of the Morrigan

     Paolini, Christopher   Eragon
                            Eldest

     Pierce, Meredith   the "Darkangel" trilogy:
                          The Darkangel
                          A Gathering of Gargoyles
                          The Pearl of the Soul of the World
                        The Woman Who Loved Reindeer 

     Pierce, Tamora     the "Song of the Lioness" series:
                           Alanna: The First Adventure
                           In the Hand of the Goddess
                           The Woman Who Rides like a Man
                           Lioness Rampant
                       the "Protector of the Small" series:
                           Page 
                           First Test
                           Squire
                           Lady Knight
                        the "Immortals" series: 
                           Wild Magic
                           Wolf-Speaker
                           Emperor Mage
                           Realms of the Gods
                        Trickster's Choice
                        Trickster's Queen   
                        the "Circle of Magic" series

     Pike, Christopher  The Eternal Enemy
                        The Immortal
                          many other titles

     Pinkwater, Daniel  The Blue Moose*
                        Lizard Music*
                        the "Magic Moscow" sequence*     
                        Magic Camera*
                        Wizard Crystal*

     Pohl, Frederik &
      Williamson, Jack   the "Starchild" trilogy:
                            The Reefs of Space
                            Starchild
                            Rogue Star

     Pratchett, Terry   The Carpet People*
                        the "Nomes" trilogy:*
                           Truckers*
                           Diggers*
                           Wings*
                        Only You Can Save Mankind
                        Johnny and the Dead
                        Johnny and the Bomb
                        The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
                        The Wee Free Men
                        A Hat Full of Sky                     

     Pratt, Fletcher & de Camp, L. Sprague
             see de Camp, L. Sprague & Pratt, Fletcher

     Pullman, Philip    The Golden Compass
 
     Rowling, J. K.     Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
                        Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
                        Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
                        Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
                        Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
                        Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
                        Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
                        Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
                        Quidditch through the Ages

     Sabin, E. Rose     A School for Sorcery

     Sage, Angie        Magyk: Septimus Heap, Book 1
                        Flyte: Septimus Heap, Book 2

     Saint-Exupery, Antoine de  The Little Prince*

     Schmitz, James     Telzey Amberdon
                        The Universe against Her
                        The Witches of Karres

     Simak, Clifford    All the Traps of Earth
                        City
                        Enchanted Pilgrimage
                        The Fellowship of the Talisman
                        The Goblin Reservation
                        Shakespeare's Planet
                        Way Station

     Sleator, William   Green Futures of Tycho
                        Intersteller Pig
                        Singularity

     Smith, Sherwood    Wren to the Rescue
                        Wren's Quest
                        Wren's War
                        Crown Duel
                        Court Duel

     Stein, R. L.       the "Goosebumps" series*
                        The "Fear Street" series

     Stevermer, Caroline & Wrede, Patricia
             see Wrede, Patricia & Stevermer, Caroline

     Strickland, Brad   Dragon's Plunder

     Stroud, Jonathan   Bartimaeus Trilogy:
                           The Amulet of Samarkand
                           The Golem's Eye
                           Ptolemy's Gate

     Taylor, G. P.      Shadowmancer
                        Wormwood

     Tolkein, J. R. R.  Farmer Giles of Ham
                        Smith of Wootton Major
                        The Hobbit

     Travers, P. L.    Mary Poppins 
                       Mary Poppins Comes Back
                       Mary Poppins Opens the Door
                       Mary Poppins in the Park

     Turtledove, Harry  the "Crosstime Traffic" series:
                        Gunpowder Empire
                        Curious Notions

     Vande Velde, Vivian   Curses, Inc.  
                        Dragon's Bait
                        The Changling Prince
                        The Conjurer Princess
                        A Hidden Magic
                        User Unfriendly
                        A Well-Timed Enchantment

     Verne, Jules       From the Earth to the Moon and
                        A Trip around It
                        Journey to the Center of the Earth
                        Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

     Wells, H. G.       The Invisible Man
                        The Time Machine
                        The War of the Worlds

     Westall, Robert    Ghost Abbey
                        The Promise
                        The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral
                        The Watch House
                        Yaxley's Cat

     White, E. B.       Charlotte's Web*
                        Stuart Little*
                        Trumpet of the Swan*

     White, T. H.       The Sword in the Stone

     Williams, Jay &
       Abrashkin, R.    the "Danny Dunn" series:*
                          Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint*
                              & others

     Williamson, Jack & Pohl, Frederik
             see Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack

     Wollheim, Donald   the "Mike Mars" series:
                           Mike Mars, Astronaut & sequels
                        Secret of Saturn's Rings
                        Secret of the Martian Moons
                        Secret of the Ninth Planet


     Wrede, Patricia    the "Enchanted Forest" series:
                          Talking to Dragons
                          Dealing with Dragons
                          Searching for Dragons
                          Calling on Dragons
                        the "Lyra" series:
                          Shadow Magic
                          Daughter of Witches
                          The Harp of Imach Thessel
                          Caught in Crystal
                          The Raven Ring
                        Mairelon the Magician
                        Magician's Ward
                        The Seven Towers
                        Sorcery and Cecelia

     Wrede, Patricia &
      Stevermer, Caroline  The Grand Tour


     Yep, Laurence      the "Shimmer and Thorn" series:
                           Dragon of the Lost Sea
                           Dragon Steel
                           Dragon Cauldron
                           Dragon War
                        The Rainbow People
                        Sweetwater

     Yolen, Jane        Dinosaur Dances*
                        The Dragon's Boy
                        Here There Be Dragons
                        Here There Be Unicorns
                        Here There Be Witches
                        Here There Be Angels
                        How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?*
                        Merlin and the Dragons*
                        the "Pit Dragon" trilogy:
                          Dragon's Blood
                          Heart's Blood
                          A Sending of Dragons
                        Tales of Wonder
                        Wizard's Hall          

     Zahn, Timothy      Dragon and Thief
                        Dragon and Soldier
                        Dragon and Slave
             
                                          revised December 2007
                                                             ACM