A list of highly recommended titles for teens in grades 8 & up.
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by MT Anderson
(Grades 10 & up; Adult)
This is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn by Aiden Chambers
(Grades 9 & up)
Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
(Grades 9 & up)
Copper Sun by Sharon Draper
(Grades 9 & up)
Drawing a Blank, Or, How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams by Daniel Ehrenhaft
(Grades 8-11)
Stay with Me by Garrett Freymann-Weyr
(Grades 9 & up)
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
(Grades 9 & up)
Saint Iggy by K. L. Going
(Grades 9 & up)
River Secrets by Shannon Hale
(Grades 6-10)
Rash by Pete Hautman
(Grades 8-11)
Listening at the Gate by Betsy James
(Grades 8 & up)
Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You by Hanna Jansen
(Grades 8-11)
Firestorm by David Klass
(Grades 8 & up)
Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
(Grades 7-12)
Sold by Patricia McCormick
(Grades 9 & up)
Wait for Me by An Na
(Grades 8-11)
Seeker by William Nicholson
(Grades 7-12)
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
(Grades 7-10)
King Dork by Frank Portman
(Grades 9 & up)
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett
(Grades 6-10)
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt
(Grades 8-12)
A True and Faithful Narrative by Katherine Sturtevant
(Grades 6-10)
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
(Grades 8-12)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
(Grades 9 & up; Adult)
Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness by Bryan Lee O’Malley
(Grades 8 & up)
American Born Chinese by Gene Yang
(Grades 8 & up)
Last updated: 10 November 2006
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