Ultimate Teen Reading List

Time for another book list, this one from Teenreads.com!  It’s the Ultimate Teen Reading List!  What I really like about this list is the variety.  There are new and old books.  And it isn’t limited to YA- a lot of adult books make the list, which is great because there is so much crossover, both ways! Normally, I would include the list here, but since it’s 400 books, it would take over my blog! Instead, I’m going to list the books I’ve read, starred if I highly recommend them (And this way I can avoid the embarrassing fifty-book-long gaps of novels I haven’t read yet).  But make sure you check out the whole list and add some books to your TBR pile!

ALANNA: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce*

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S by Truman Capote

BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer

CATALYST by Laurie Halse Anderson

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger

CATCHING FIRE by Suzanne Collins*

CHAINS by Laurie Halse Anderson

THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA by C.S. Lewis*

THE COMPLETE MAUS written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman

DUNE by Frank Herbert

ECLIPSE by Stephenie Meyer

ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card

ERAGON by Christopher Paolini

GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING by Tracy Chevalier

GO ASK ALICE by Anonymous

THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck

THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald*

A GREAT AND TERRIBLE BEAUTY by Libba Bray*

HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER’S STONE by J.K. Rowling*

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS by J.K. Rowling*

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN by J.K. Rowling*

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J.K. Rowling*

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by J.K. Rowling*

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE by J.K. Rowling*

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS by J.K. Rowling*

THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett

THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien

THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins*

I CAPTURE THE CASTLE by Dodie Smith

INTO THIN AIR by Jon Krakauer

JANE EYRE by Charlotte Brontë*

THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini

LES MISERABLES by Victor Hugo

LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott*

LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding

THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien

THE LOVELY BONES by Alice Sebold

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA by Arthur Golden

MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins*

NEW MOON by Stephenie Meyer

NIGHT by Elie Wiesel

THE NOTEBOOK by Nicholas Sparks

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST by Ken Kesey

THE PERFECT STORM by Sebastian Junger

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen*

THE PRINCESS DIARIES by Meg Cabot

REBECCA by Daphne du Maurier*

REBEL ANGELS by Libba Bray*

REVOLUTION by Jennifer Donnelly*

ROCKET BOYS/OCTOBER SKY by Homer Hickam*

ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred D. Taylor

SABRIEL by Garth Nix

THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES by Sue Monk Kidd

THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS by Ann Brashares

SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson

THE SWEET FAR THING by Libba Bray*

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston

THIRTEEN REASONS WHY by Jay Asher*

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE by Audrey Niffenegger*

TITHE: A Modern Faerie Tale by Holly Black

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee

TWILIGHT by Stephenie Meyer

A WALK TO REMEMBER by Nicholas Sparks

THE WILL OF THE EMPRESS by Tamora Pierce

P.S.  A special “recommended reads”: Betrayal by Lee Nichols is now available! I read the ARC ages ago, and have a special connection to the Haunting Emma series.  I did the first read of the first book, Deception, while interning for the editor at Bloomsbury over two years ago and I interned for Lee Nichols’s agent this fall. Small publishing world! It’s a great contemporary book full of mystery, history, and romance!