Favorite Books: (In No Particular Order)

NB: I've only listed books in a series that I've actually READ

The Harry Potter Series: by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter & the Sorceror's Stone (1997)
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets (1998 )
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire (2000)
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (2003)
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows (2007)

The Last Roundup: by Roddy Doyle
A Star Called Henry (1999)
O, Play That Thing (2004)

The Rod Allbright Adventure Series: by Bruce Coville
Aliens Ate My Homework (1993)
I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X (1994)
The Search for Snout (1995)
Aliens Stole My Body (1998 )

A Series of Unfortunate Events: by Lemony Snicket
The Bad Beginning (1999)
The Reptile Room (1999)
The Wide Window (2000)
The Miserable Mill (2000)
The Austere Academy (2000)
The Ersatz Elevator (2001)
The Hostile Hospital (2001)
The Carnivorous Carnival (2002)
The Slippy Slope (2003)
The Grim Grotto (2004)
The Penultimate Peril (2005)
The Beatrice Letters (2006)

Also Lemony Snicket's Horseradish (2006)

By Louis Sachar
Holes (1999)
Small Steps (2006)

Additional Favorites:
The Hot Zone (1995)
A Place to Stand (2002)
Winesburg, Ohio (1919)
Into the Wild (1996)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890)
Barrabas (1951)

Finally, the entire BIONICLE book series by Greg Farshtey