Grade 11 and 12

• Realistic Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Mystery, Suspense & Horror
• Fantasy & Science Fiction
• General Nonfiction
• Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

Realistic Fiction

Far From the Tree by Robin Benway

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach

Bridge of Clay by Mark Zusak

The Serpent King by Jeff Zentner

Being Henry David by Cal Armistead

Room by Emma Donoghue

It's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capo Crucet

Historical Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

City of Thieves by David Benioff

Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

The Good Lord Bird by James McBride

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

The Hamilton Affair by Elizabeth Cobbs

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimanmanda Ngozi

Mystery, Suspense & Horror

This is Our Story by Ashley Elston

If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner

Skink No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Genuine Fraud by E. Lockhart

How it Went Down by Kekla Magoon

I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga

I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest

These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly

Fantasy & Science Fiction

Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle

The Passage by Justin Cronin

Morning Star by Pierce Brown

Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

The Circle by David Eggers

The Reader by Traci Chee

General Nonfiction

Americapedia: Taking the Dumb out of Freedom by Jodi Lynn Anderson

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain

The Perfect Score Project by Debbie Stier

Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

Stuff matters : exploring the marvelous materials that shape our man-made world by Miodownik, Mark

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell

League of Denial: The NFL, Concussions and the Battle for Truth by Mark Fainaru-Wada, Steve Fainaru

The Smart Aleck’s Guide to American History by Adam Selzer

The Survivor’s Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood

The sixth extinction : an unnatural history by Kolbert, Elizabeth

Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal by Tristram Stuart

Economics Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by Niall Kishtainy

Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World

Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul by James McBride

Lab Girl by Hope Jahren

Feynman by Jaime Ottaviani

A List of Things That Didn't Kill Me by Jason Schmidt

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

Rapture Practice: A True Story About Growing Up Gay in an Evangelical Family by Aaron Hartzler

We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a True Story by Josh Sundquist