Fifty Great Book Series Your Kids Should Read this Summer

I recently asked my kids if we could come up with a top 10 list of the best book series we’ve read over the years.

We couldn’t stop at just 10.

So here you have our top 50—alphabetized for easy searching at the or :

1. 39 clues by various authors

2. A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

3. Alex Rider by Anthony Horowitz

4. American Girl series by various authors

5. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

6. The Babysitters Club by Ann M. Martin

7. The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

8. Cam Jansen by David A. Adler

9. Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey

10. Delatora Quest by Emily Rodda

11. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

12. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

13. Eric Rex by Kaza Kingsley

14. Fable Haven by Brandon Mull

15. The Fudge series by Judy Blume

16. Goosebumps by R.L. Stine

17. Hank Zipper by Henry Winkler (yup, The Fonz is an author—Ayyyyyy)

18. Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon

19. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

20. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins

21. Jigsaw Jones by James Preller

22. Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park

23. Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix

24. Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson

25. Lilly Quench by Natalie Prior

26. Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

27. Magic Keepers by Erica Kirov

28. Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne

29. My Weird School by Dan Gutman

30. Nancy Drew Notebooks by Carolyn Keene

31. On the Run by Gordon Korman

32. Pendragon by D.J. MacHale

33. The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan

34. Poppy and Rye by Avi

35. The Ramona series by Beverly Cleary

36. Ranger's Apprentice by John Flanagan

37. Secrets of Droon by Tony Abbott

38. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket

39. Seventh Tower by Garth Nix

40. Shadow Children by Margaret Peterson Haddix

41. Star Catchers by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry

42. The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson and Michael Ledwodge

43. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan

44. The True Blade by RL LaFevers

45. The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins

46. Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka

47. Warriors by Erin Hunter

48. Weather Fairies by Daisy Meadows

49. Zack Files by Dan Gutman

50. The Wayside School series by Louis Sachar

Most kids, no matter how young or old, love to hear a parent read a book aloud. Start off with a fun series book, and you may find your children picking up Book Two on their own.

Did we miss any of your favorites?