GRADES 11-12 READING LIST
2011-2012
MILTON HIGH SCHOOL
Top Ten Best Books fro Young Adults Alex Awards Green Mountain Book Awards Michael Printz Awards 2007 Teens' Top Ten Books Biography/Auto-Bio/Memoir Classics Fantasy/Sci-Fi Graphic Novels Non-Fiction Historical Fiction Realistic Fiction Sports/Adventure Suspense/Mystery Verse
YALSA Top Ten Best Books For Young Adults
Brennan, Sarah Rees Demon’s Lexicon
Griffin, Paul The Orange Houses
Herlong, M.H. The Great Wide Sea
Jinks, Catherine The Reformed Vampire Support Group
Napoli, Donna Jo Alligator Bayou
Small, David Stitches: A Memoir
Stead, Rebecca When You Reach Me
Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World
Taylor, Laini Lips Touch: Three Times
Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
2011 Alex Awards
Bell,Alden The Reapers Are the Angels: A Novel
Bender, Aimee The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel
Bognanni, Peter The House of Tomorrow
Donoghue, Emma Room: A Novel
Grant, Helen The Vanishing of Katharina Linden: A Novel
Haig, Matt The Radleys
Hamilton, Steve The Lock Artist
Kwok, Jean Girl in Translation
Murray, Liz Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journeyfrom Homeless to Harvard
Pierson, DC The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To
Green Mountain Book Awards (Nominated Titles)
(Vote for your favorite in April during National Library Week)
Benioff, David City of Thieves
Anderson, Laurie Halse Wintergirls
Barnes, John Tales of the Madman Underground
Black, Holly and Cecil Castelucci Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd
Connolly, John The Book of Lost Things
Doctorow, Cory Little Brother
Going, K.L. King of the Screwups
Kelly, Joe I Kill Giants
Lacour, Nina Hold Still
Ness, Patrick The Knife of Never Letting Go
Patterson, James & Hal Friedman Med Head: My Knock-down, Drag-out, Drugged-up Battle with my Brain
Pratchett, Terry Nation
Price, Katherine 101 Places Not to See Before You Die
Sitomer, Alan Lawrence The Secret Story of Sonia Rodriguez
Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the Real World
Yancy, Rick Monstrumologist
Michael Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Bacigalupi, Paolo Ship Breaker
Honorable Mention:
Christopher, Lucy Stolen
King, A.S. Please Ignore Vera Dietz
Sedgwick, Marcus Revolver
Teller, Janne Nothin
Nominations for the 2011 Teens’ Top Ten Books
(Vote for your favorites during Teen Read Week, October 12-18, 2010)
Bachorz, Pam Drought
Beam, Cris I Am J
Beaudoin, Sean You Killed Wesley Payne
Black, Holly and Justine Larbalestier Zombies vs. Unicorns
Card, Orson Scott The Lost Gate
Clare, Cassandra The Clockwork Angel.
Collins, Suzanne Mockingjay
Collins, Yvonne Love, Inc
Condie, Ally Matched
Cremer, Andrea Nightshade
Fitzpatrick, Becca Crescendo
Grant, Michael Lies
Hawkins, Rachel Demonglass
Hakwins, Rachel Hex Hall
Kagawa, Julie The Iron King
Lore, Pittacus I Am Number Four
Moore, Peter Red Moon Rising
Nelson, Jandy The Sky is Everywhere
Oliver, Lauren Before I Fall
O’Neal, Ellis The False Princess
Patterson, James Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel
Pearce, Jackson Sisters Red
Smith, Cynthia Leitich Blessed
Westerfeld, Scott Behemoth
White, Kiersten Paranormalcy
Vermont Reads
Katherine Patterson The Day of the Pelican
Biography/Auto-biography / Memoir
Albom, Mitch Tuesdays with Morrie
Angelou, Maya I Know When the Caged Bird Sings
Beah, Ishmael A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Bernstein, Harry The Invisible Wall
Brown, Cupcake A Piece of Cake
Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods
Douglass, Frederick Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Fleming, Candace The Great and Only Barnum:The Tremendous Stupendous Life of Showman P.T. Barnum
Franks, Lucinda My Father’s Secret War
Fuller, Alexandra Don’t Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight
Gantos, Jack Hole in my Life
Grealy, Lucy Autobiography of a Face
Haley, Alex and Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Heiligman, Deborah Charles and Emma: The Darwin’s Leap of Faith
Hickman, Homer Rocket Boys
Iggulden, Conn Genghis: Birth of an Empire
Jamison, Kay Redfield An Unquiet Mind
Kamara, Mariatu The Bite of the Mango
Grogan, John Marley and Me
Kaysen, Susanna Girl, Interrupted
Lewis, Michael The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead
McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes
Meacham, John American Lion
Moehringer, J.R. The Tender Bar
Nasar, Sylvia A Beautiful Mind
Obama, Barack Dreams from my Father
Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar
Polly, Matthew American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley Three Little Words
Roose, Kevin The Unlikely Disciple
Sedaris, David Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sheff, Nic Tweak
Shields, Charles I am Scout
Ung, Loung First They Killed My Father; Lucky Child
Unger, Zac Working Fire: The Making of an Accidental Fireman
Walls, Jeanette Glass Castle, Half Broke Horses
Welty, Eudora One Writer’s Beginnings
Classics and Classic Connections
Alighieri, Dante Dante’s Inferno
Austen, Jane Emma; Pride and Prejudice
Baldwin, James Go Tell It on the Mountain
Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights
Cather, Willa My Antonia
Chaucer, Geoffrey Canterbury Tales
Dante, Alighieri The Inferno
Dickens, Charles David Copperfield; A Tale of Two Cities
Dumas, Alexander Three Musketeers
Ellison, Ralph The Invisible Man
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Tender is the Night
Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary
Garcia-Marquez, Gabriel One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gratz, Alan Something Rotten
Hardy, Thomas Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Heller, Joseph Catch 22
Hemingway, Ernest A Farewell to Arms
Hesse, Hermann Siddhartha
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God
Ibsen, Henrick A Doll’s House
James, Henry The Portrait of a Lady
Joyce, James Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man
Kafka, Franz The Metamorphosis
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Klein, Lisa Ophelia
Lewis, Sinclair The Jungle
London, Jack Novels and Stories
Martel, Yann The Life of Pi
McCullers, Carson The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Melville, Herman Moby Dick
Mitchell, Margaret Gone With the Wind
Morrison, Toni Sula; Song of Solomon; Bluest Eye
O’Conner, Flannery A Good Man is Hard to Find
Orwell, George 1984
Pasternak, Boris Doctor Zhivago
Rand, Ayn The Fountainhead
Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front
Salinger, J.D. Catcher in the Rye
Salinger, J. D. Franny and Zooey
Shakespeare, William Much Ado About Nothing
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein
Smith, Betty A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Steinbeck, John East of Eden
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels
Tolkien, J. R.R. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Twain, Mark Tom Sawyer
Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse Five
Walker, Alice The Color Purple
Welty, Eudora Collected Stories
Welty, Eudora The Optimist’s Daughter
Wharton, Edith Ethan Fromme
Wilde, Oscar The Picture of Dorian Gray
Williams, Tennessee The Glass Menagerie
Woolfe, Virginia To the Lighthouse
Wright, Richard Native Son
Fantasy / Science Fiction
Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Anderson, M.T. Feed
Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid’s Tale
Barlow, Toby Sharp Teeth
Bray, Libby A Great and Terrible Beauty (series), Going Bovine
Cashore, Kristine Graceling
Cast, P.C. and Kristin Marked (series)
Clare, Cassandra City of Bones (series)
Collins, Suzanne Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay
Connolly, John The Book of Lost Things
Crichton, Michael Timeline
Doctorow, Corey Little Brother
Eddings, David Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician’s Gambit
Fukui, Isamu Truancy and Truancy:Origins
Gaiman, Neil The Graveyard Book
George, Jessica Day Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow
Harris, Joanne Runemarks
Knox, Elizabeth Dreamquake (Dreamhunter series)
LeGuin, Ursula A Wizard of Earthsea
Maguire, Gregory Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
Marr, Melissa Wicked Lovely (series)
Marriott, Zoë Daughter of the Flames
McCarthy, Cormac The Road
McMann, Lisa Wake
Mead, Richelle Vampire Academy
Meyer, Stephanie Twilight (series)
Moran, Katy Bloodline
Ness, Patrick The Knife of Never Letting Go
Nix, Joan Sabriel (series)
Noël, Alyson Evermore
Patterson, James Maximum Ride (series)
Pfeffer, Susan Beth Life As We Knew It; The Dead and the Gone
Pratchett, Terry Nation
Pullman, Philip His Dark Materials trilogy (Book #1: The Golden Compass)
Quinn, Daniel Ishmael
Shusterman, Neal Unwind
Setterfield, Diane The Thirteenth Tale
Swanwick, Michael The Dragons of Babel
Graphic novels
Helfer, Andrew Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography
Jacobson, Sid The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
Hinds, Garreth Merchant of Venice
Satrapi, Marjane Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Small, David Stitches
Spiegelman, Art Maus I and Maus II
Tamaki, Mariko and Jillian Skim
Thompson, Craig Blankets
Vaughn, Brian Pride of Baghdad
Yang, Gene Luen American Born Chinese; The Eternal Smile
Non-fiction
Benanav, Michael Men of Salt, Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold
Best, Joel Damned Lies and Statistics
Bloom, Stephen G. The Oxford Project
Bowman, Robin It’s Complicated: The American Teenager
Callahan, David The Cheating Culture
Carson, Rachel Silent Spring
Casey, Susan The Devil’s Teeth: A True Story of Survival and Obsession among America’s Great White Sharks
Darwin, Charles Origin of the Species
Egan, Timothy The Worst Hard Time: The Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
Ehrenreich, Barbara Nickeled and Dimed
Finkel, David The Good Soldiers
Frank, Mitch Understanding September 11
Friedan, Betty The Feminine Mystique
Friedman, Thomas L. The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
Gladwell, Malcolm Blink, The Tipping Point, The Outliers
Goodwin, Doris Kearns Team of Rivals, No Ordinary Time
Hillenbrand, Laura Seabiscuit
Kingsolver, Barbara High Tide in Tucson
Klein, Naomi Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Kunin, Madeline Pearls, Politics and Power: How Women Win and Lead
Larson, Erik Thunderstruck
Loewen, James Lies My Teacher Told Me
Margulies, Philip and Rosaler, Maxine Devil on Trial
Millman, Daniel Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book that Changes Lives
McCullough, David 1776
McCullough, David John Adams
Mortenson, Greg Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time
Muir, John My First Summer in the Sierra
Parrado, Nando Miracle in the Andes
Partridge, Elizabeth Marching for Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow Weary
Philbrick, Nathaniel In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Pipher, Mary Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Pollan, Michael The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Preston, Michael The Hot Zone
Roach, Roach Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers
Schlosser, Eric Fastfood Nation
Steinberg, Jacques. The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College
Simmons, Rachel Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls
Tolle, Eckart Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Vowell, Sarah Assassination Vacation
Historical Fiction
Anderson, M.T. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing vols. I and II
Bennioff, David City of Thieves
Bohjalian, Chris Skeletons at the Feast
Brooks, Geraldine March, People of the Book, Year of Wonder
Brooks, Kevin The Road of the Dead
Chevalier, Tracy Girl with a Pearl Earring
Cunningham, Michael The Hours
Diamant, Anita The Red Tent
Doig, Ivan The Whistling Season
Donnelly, Jennifer A Northern Light
Dowd, Siobhan Bog Child
Eggers, Dave What is the What
Fletcher, Christine Ten Cents a Dance
Follett, Ken Pillars of the Earth
Gaines, Ernest A Lesson Before Dying
Gardner, John Grendel
Godberson, Anna The Luxe (series)
Gruen, Sara Water for Elephants
Gutterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars
Hamamura, John Color of the Sea
Hegi, Ursula Stones from the River
Hosseini, Khaled The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns
Irving, John The World According to Garp, Prayer for Owen Meany
Jordan, Hillary Mudbound
Naslund, Sena Ahab’s Wife
Otsuka, Julie When the Emperor Was Divine
Peet, Mal Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion and Betrayal
Smith, Sherri L. Flygirl
Solzhenitsyn, Alexandr One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
Tinti, Hannah The Good Thief
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief
Realistic Fiction
Anderson, Laurie Halse Winter Girls
Banks, Russell Rule of the Bone, The Sweet Hereafter
Bohjalian, Chris Midwives
Conner, Leslie Waiting for Normal
DiLillo, Don White Noise
Doctorow, Cory Little Brother
Downham, Jenny Before I Die
Dunn, Mark Ella Minnow Pea
Efaw, Amy Battle Dress
Ellis, Ann Dee This is What I Did
Fielding, Helen Bridget Jones’s Diary
Fitch, Janet White Oleander
Gaarder, Jostein Sophie’s World
Gallo, Donald ed. Destination Unexpected
Gibbons, Kaye Ellen Foster
Going, K. L. King of the Screwups
Green, John An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Looking for Alaska
Haddon, Mark Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
Hornby, Nick About a Boy
Jordan, Hillary Mudbound
Kidd, Sue Monk The Secret Life of Bees
Kincaid, Jamaica Annie John
Kingsolver, Barbara Prodigal Summer, Animal Dreams
Lahiri, Jhumpa The Namesake, Interpreter of Maladies
Letts, Billie Where the Heart Is
McEwan, Ian Atonement, Saturday
Monninger, Joseph Baby
Mosher, Howard Frank Stranger in the Kingdom
Myers, Walter Dean Autobiography of my Dead Brother, Sunrise over Fallujah
Packer, Ann The Dive from Clausen’s Pier
Picoult, Jodi My Sister’s Keeper
Roy, Arundhati God of Small Things
Russo, Richard Empire Falls
Scott, Elizabeth Living Dead Girl
Shreve, Anita The Pilot’s Wife, Light on Snow
Smith, Cynthia, Leitich Eternal
Smith, Roland Peak
Sittenfeld, Curtis Prep
Stork, Francisco Marcelo in the Real World
Toole, John Confederacy of Dunces
Tucker, Todd Over and Under
Zusak, Markus The Book Thief
Young Adult Realistic Fiction
Alexie, Sherman The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Anderson, Laurie H. Catalyst, Twisted
Brooks, Kevin Lucas
Caletti, Deb Honey Baby Sweetheart, Searching for Prince Charming
Chbosky, Stephen The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Clarke, Judith One Whole and Perfect Day
Crutcher, Chris Deadline
de la Pena, Matt Mexican Whiteboy
Dessen, Sarah Just Listen, Lock and Key, Along for the Ride
Down, Siobhan A Swift Pure Cry
Ellis, Ann Dee This is What I Did
Ellsworth, Loretta In Search of Mockingbird
Forman, Gayle If I Stay
Green, John An Abundance of Katherines, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns
Griffin, Paul The Orange Houses
Headly, Justina Chen North of Beautiful
Hernandez, David No More Us for You
Jenkins, A.M. Repossessed
Johnson, Maureen Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes
Korman, Gordon Jake Reinvented, Born to Rock
Lockhart, E. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Lynch, Chris Inexcusable
Marchetta, Melina Jellicoe Road
McCormick, Patricia Sold
Oates, Joyce Carol Big Mouth Ugly Girl
O’Neill, Heather Lullabies for Little Criminals
Peters, Julie Anne Luna
Rapp, Adam Under the Wolf, Under the Dog
Rebeck, Theresa Three Girls and Their Brother
Reinhardt, Dana How to Build a House
Resau, Laura Red Glass
Stein, Tammar Light Years
Vizzini, Nick It’s Kind of a Funny Story
Voorhees, Coert The Brothers Torres
Weingarten, Lynn Wherever Nina Lies
Weiss, Laura Such a Pretty Girl
Werlin, Nancy Impossible
Westerfeld, Scott Uglies (series)
Wittlinger, Ellen Heart on my Sleeve, Hard Love
Yee, Lisa Absolutely Maybe
Sports / Adventure
Caldwell, Ian and Dustin Thomason The Rule of Four
Capote, Truman In Cold Blood
Clancy, Tom The Hunt for Red October
Crutcher, Chris Deadline, Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
de la Pena, Matt Mexican Whiteboy
D’Orso, Michael Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and A High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska
Fainaru-Wada Game of Shadows
Krakauer, John Into Thin Air
Krakauer, John Into the Wild
McCaughrean, Geraldine The White Darkness
McKissack, Frederick Shooting Star
Ortiz, David Big Papi
Tharp, Tim Knights of Hill Country
Volponi, Payul Black and White
Wallace, Rich One Good Punch
Suspense / Mystery
Brooks, Kevin Road of the Dead
Brown, Dan Angels and Demons
Christie, Agatha And Then There Were None
Crichton, Michael Congo
Ferguson, Alane The Christopher Killer
Ferraris, Zoë Finding Nouf
Giles, Gail What Happened to Cass McBride, Right Behind You
Haddon, Mark The Curious incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
James, P.D. An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Jinks, Catherine Evil Genius
King, Stephen Just After Sunset:Stories
King, Stephen Christine
Koonz, Dean The Face
Lanagan, Margo Red Spike
Larson, Erik Devil in the White City
Ludlum, Robert The Bourne Identity
McCaughrean, Geraldine The White Darkness
Saylor, Steven Roman Blood
Smith, Alexander McCall The Ladies Number One Detective Agency
VandeVelde, Vivian All Hallows Eve (13 Stories)
Zusak, Markus I am the Messenger
Verse
Barlow, Toby Sharp Teeth
Collins, Billy Sailing Alone Around the Room
Dickinson, Emily Emily Dickinson’s Poems
Fehler, Gene Beanball
Frost, Helen Keesha’s House, The Braid, Diamond Willow, Crossing Stones
Frost, Robert The Poetry of Robert Frost
Hemphill, Stephanie Your Own Sylvia (see also: Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar)
Hesse, Karen Out of the Dust
Hopkins, Ellen Crank, Glass
Keillor, Garrison Good Poems
McClatchy, J.D. The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry
McCormick, Patricia Sold
Nelson, Marilyn A Wreath for Emmett Till
Paine, Jeffrey Poetry of Our World
Plath, Sylvia The Collected Poems
Sones, Sonya What My Girlfriend Doesn’t Know, Stop Pretending
Webb, Charles Harper Stand Up Poetry
Whitman, Walt Leaves of Grass
Wolff, Virginia Make Lemonade / True Believers
WritersCorps Paint Me Like I am (poetry by contemporary teens)
Vrettos, Adrienne Maria Skin
Welsh, T.K. The Unresolved
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