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Teenreads.com's "Ultimate Teen Reading List"

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.

(found at: http://www.teenreads.com/features/ultimate-reading-list.asp)

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1. 1776
by David McCullough
  
2. Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics)
by George Orwell
  
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
by Sherman Alexie
  
4. An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
  
5. Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness)
by Tamora Pierce
  
6. The Alchemist (Plus)
by Paulo Coelho
  
7. Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence
by Marion Dane Bauer
  
8. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon
  
9. Amazing Grace
by Megan Shull
  
10. Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman
  
11. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
by Frank McCourt
  
12. Annie John
by Jamaica Kincaid
  
13. Art of Racing in the Rain
by Garth Stein
  
14.
?
 Atonement
by Ian McEwan
  
15. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by Dai Sijie
  
16. The Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver
  
17. Bee Season
by Myla Goldberg
  
18. Beginner's Luck: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Laura Pedersen
  
19. Bel Canto (P.S.)
by Ann Patchett
  
20. The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
  
21. Beloved
by Toni Morrison
  
22. Big Fish
by Daniel Wallace
  
23. The Big Shuffle: A Novel
by Laura Pedersen
  
24. Blind Faith
by Ellen Wittlinger
  
25. The Blood of Flowers: A Novel
by Anita Amirrezvani
  
26. The Blue Girl (Firebird)
by Charles de Lint
  
27. The Body of Christopher Creed
by Carol Plum-Ucci
  
28. The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
  
29. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
by John Boyne
  
30. Boy Meets Boy
by David Levithan
  
31. Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
  
32. Breakfast at Tiffany's (Essential.penguin)
by Truman Capote
  
33.
?
 Breaking Dawn
by Stephenie Meyer
  
34. Breaking Point
by Alex Flinn
  
35. A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life
by Dana Reinhardt
  
36. The Brief History of the Dead
by Kevin Brockmeier
  
37. Untitled Inheritance #3 (Inheritance)
by Christopher Paolini
  
38. Bronx Masquerade
by Nikki Grimes
  
39. Brooklyn Rose
by Ann Rinaldi
  
40. Bud, Not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
  
41. Catalyst
by Laurie Halse Anderson
  
42. Catch 22.
by Joseph Heller
  
43. The Catcher in the Rye
by J.D. Salinger
  
44. A Certain Slant of Light
by Laura Whitcomb
  
45. Chains
by Laurie Halse Anderson
  
46.
?
 Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
by James Swanson
  
47. Cheaper by the Dozen
by Frank B. Gilbreth
  
48. A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive
by Dave Pelzer
  
49. The Children of Húrin
by J.R.R. Tolkien
  
50. The Chocolate War (Readers Circle)
by Robert Cormier
  
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Created by Allison Michelle on Jan 27, 2007.