Lists of Bests: Teenreads.com's "Ultimate Teen Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/24965 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. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:48:00 GMT en-us 0 50 250 50 0 1776 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969063 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969063"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743226720.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David McCullough</div> Nineteen Eighty-four (Penguin Modern Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/499994"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014118776X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Orwell</div> The Alchemist (Plus) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1014510"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0061122416.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paulo Coelho</div> Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121807 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121807"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064405877.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1122531921_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Marion Dane Bauer</div> The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6080"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0312282990.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Chabon</div> Amazing Grace http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1269516 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1269516"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786856912.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Megan Shull</div> Anansi Boys http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313498 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/313498"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060515198.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Neil Gaiman</div> Angela's Ashes: A Memoir http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2285255 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2285255"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000IFS0HM.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank McCourt</div> Annie John http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475267 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2475267"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099773813.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jamaica Kincaid</div> Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/353542 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/353542"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0099452243.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dai Sijie</div> The Bean Trees http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2431885 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2431885"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000K1L8NC.01-A2D7TTN6VOYI9V._SCTHUMBZZZ_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbara Kingsolver</div> Bee Season http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962554 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/962554"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0307276856.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Myla Goldberg</div> Beginner's Luck: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8178 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8178"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345458303.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V40878761_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Pedersen</div> Bel Canto (P.S.) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52962"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060838728.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Patchett</div> The Bell Jar http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53107 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53107"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B5H6WY.01-A336YHK8BZZDZL._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sylvia Plath</div> Beloved http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28911"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400033411.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Toni Morrison</div> Big Fish http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21583 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/21583"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743484258.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Daniel Wallace</div> The Big Shuffle: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/464981 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/464981"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345479564.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V40878752_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Pedersen</div> Blind Faith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/399514 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/399514"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1416902732.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ellen Wittlinger</div> The Blue Girl (Firebird) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417438 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/417438"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142405450.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles de Lint</div> The Body of Christopher Creed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23195 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/23195"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0786816414.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Carol Plum-Ucci</div> The Book Thief http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195623 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195623"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375831002.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44908935_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Markus Zusak</div> The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1966382 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1966382"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1862303495.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Boyne</div> Boy Meets Boy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/178970 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/178970"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375832998.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Levithan</div> Brave New World http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1283"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060929871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aldous Huxley</div> Breakfast at Tiffany's (Essential.penguin) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189580 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/189580"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140274111.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Truman Capote</div> Breaking Point http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/353758 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/353758"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0064473716.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alex Flinn</div> A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1721064 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1721064"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385746989.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dana Reinhardt</div> The Brief History of the Dead http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1994856 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1994856"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400095956.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kevin Brockmeier</div> Bronx Masquerade http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/882607 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/882607"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142501891.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1067915387_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nikki Grimes</div> Brooklyn Rose http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1172734 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1172734"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/015205538X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Rinaldi</div> Bud, Not Buddy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170218 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/170218"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0553494104.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Christopher Paul Curtis</div> Catalyst http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3687 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3687"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0142400017.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laurie Halse Anderson</div> Catch 22. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/823703 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/823703"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/3596125723.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Heller</div> The Catcher in the Rye http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7091"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0316769177.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.D. Salinger</div> A Certain Slant of Light http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52315 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52315"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/061858532X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Laura Whitcomb</div> Cheaper by the Dozen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/552965 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/552965"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0060763132.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frank B. Gilbreth</div> A Child Called "It": One Child's Courage to Survive http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29807 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/29807"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1558743669.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dave Pelzer</div> The Chocolate War (Readers Circle) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/977040 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/977040"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0375829873.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Cormier</div> The Chosen (Bloom's Guides) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/964157 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/964157"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0791081737.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chaim Potok</div> The Chronicles of Narnia http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79007 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/79007"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0066238501.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by C. S. Lewis</div> Cold Mountain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/846154 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/846154"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0802142842.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Charles Frazier</div> Cold Sassy Tree http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1656032 <div id="position">43</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Olive Ann Burns</div> The Color Purple http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18026"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0671727796.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alice Walker</div> A Confederacy of Dunces http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973714 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/973714"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0807126063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kennedy Toole</div> Copper Sun (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/765100 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/765100"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0689821816.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V43350390_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Sharon M. Draper</div> Corelli's Mandolin: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19036 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19036"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/067976397X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Louis De Bernieres</div> Crow Lake: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/527906 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/527906"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0770430104.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mary Lawson</div> The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/28898"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1400032717.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Haddon</div> Dairy Queen http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2631023 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Catherine Gilbert Murdock</div>