Teenreads.com's "Ultimate Teen Reading List"

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A list of all the best books from required summer reading lists throughout high schools around the country. Compiled by teenreads.com readers as well as staff members. Titles range from Young Adult to Adult Books that they believe are good for teens.

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    1776
    by David McCullough

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    Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics)
    by George Orwell

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    The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
    by Sherman Alexie

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    An Abundance of Katherines
    by John Green

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    Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness)
    by Tamora Pierce

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    The Alchemist (Plus)
    by Paulo Coelho

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    Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence
    by Marion Dane Bauer

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    The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
    by Michael Chabon

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    Amazing Grace
    by Megan Shull

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    Anansi Boys
    by Neil Gaiman

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  11. 11.
    Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
    by Frank McCourt

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    Annie John
    by Jamaica Kincaid

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    Art of Racing in the Rain
    by Garth Stein

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    Atonement
    by Ian McEwan

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    Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
    by Dai Sijie

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    The Bean Trees
    by Barbara Kingsolver

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    Bee Season
    by Myla Goldberg

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    Beginner's Luck: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
    by Laura Pedersen

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    Bel Canto (P.S.)
    by Ann Patchett

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    The Bell Jar
    by Sylvia Plath

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    Beloved
    by Toni Morrison

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    Big Fish
    by Daniel Wallace

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    The Big Shuffle: A Novel
    by Laura Pedersen

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    Blind Faith
    by Ellen Wittlinger

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    The Blood of Flowers: A Novel
    by Anita Amirrezvani

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    The Blue Girl (Firebird)
    by Charles de Lint

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    The Body of Christopher Creed
    by Carol Plum-Ucci

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    The Book Thief
    by Markus Zusak

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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
    by John Boyne

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    Boy Meets Boy
    by David Levithan

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    Brave New World
    by Aldous Huxley

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    Breakfast at Tiffany's (Essential.penguin)
    by Truman Capote

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    Breaking Dawn
    by Stephenie Meyer

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    Breaking Point
    by Alex Flinn

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    A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
    by Dana Reinhardt

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    The Brief History of the Dead
    by Kevin Brockmeier

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    Untitled Inheritance #3 (Inheritance)
    by Christopher Paolini

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    Bronx Masquerade
    by Nikki Grimes

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    Brooklyn Rose
    by Ann Rinaldi

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    Bud, Not Buddy
    by Christopher Paul Curtis

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    Catalyst
    by Laurie Halse Anderson

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    Catch 22.
    by Joseph Heller

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    The Catcher in the Rye
    by J.D. Salinger

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    A Certain Slant of Light
    by Laura Whitcomb

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    Chains
    by Laurie Halse Anderson

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    Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
    by James Swanson

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    Cheaper by the Dozen
    by Frank B. Gilbreth

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    A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
    by Dave Pelzer

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    The Children of Húrin
    by J.R.R. Tolkien

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  50. 50.
    The Chocolate War (Readers Circle)
    by Robert Cormier

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Created by Allison Michelle on Jan 27, 2007.
 

Comments

BGGirlinUS
Davis

Additions — 12 weeks ago

I have added the missing books according to the list source.


Untitled — 25 weeks ago

there are books missing! :S
I tried to add them but I guess I can’t.


Ali

Required summer reading lists? — 1 year ago

Why can’t my school make us read books like these? So many of these are way better than the books I have to read this summer.


rating — 2 years ago

I wish we could rate these reads more precisely. The Yes/No system just doesn’t capture the complexity of my feelings about some of these books. I like the netflix 5 star scale better.


adds — 2 years ago

i think all the sisterhood of the traveling pants should be on it.
along with: where the heart is, shoot the moon, divine secrets of the Ya Ya sisterhood, summer sisters, shell seekers, the bread winner
i think those are some of the best books ever
oh and for laughs the angus thongs books <3 them
but this list is great!