English 1 & English 1A

English 1 & 1A Suggested/Recommended Titles for Summer Reading

This is by no means an exhaustive list of titles; it's merely a starting point for those that feel overwhelmed.


https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/124900.2020_YA_MG_Books_With_POC_Leads

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/93222.The_Most_Popular_Young_Adult_Books_on_Goodreads

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2204.YA_Nonfiction_Books

https://www.readbrightly.com/ya-books-2018/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-read-down/ya-books-that-are-also-great-reads-for-adults

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ariannarebolini/best-ya-books-of-all-time

  • The Hounds of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

  • The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

  • The Yearling by Marjorie Rawlings

  • The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

  • Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis

  • Magisterium by Jeff Hirsch

  • Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

  • Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates

  • Nothing by Janne Teller

  • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

  • Looking for Alaska by John Green

  • The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

  • Monster by Walter Dean Meyers

  • The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard

  • Taking Hold by Francisco JimĂ©nez

  • Every Day by David Levithan

  • Under the Bridge by Michael Harman

  • American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

  • March by John Lewis

  • The Serpent King by Jeff Zenter

  • Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin

  • I Am the Messenger by Marcus Zusack

  • Shadowmancer by GP Taylor

  • This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki

  • Haunt Me by Liz Kessler

  • Redwall by Brian Jaques

  • Urchin of the Riding Stars by M.i. McAllister

  • Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb

  • Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

  • Carrie by Stephen King

  • Sabriel by Garth Nix

  • The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

  • A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

  • Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

  • Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones