# 11th grade Young Adult Fiction books

**29** young adult fiction books commonly assigned to 11th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 11th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Reading difficulty:** the typical 11th grade band is 1185–1385L (Common Core Appendix A). Of the 6 titles here with a Lexile score, 0 are grade-level, 6 more accessible, and 0 a stretch.

**Grade:** 11th grade  ·  **Genre:** Young Adult Fiction
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## 11th grade Young Adult Fiction reading list

- [American Born Chinese](https://readinglist.school/book/american-born-chinese) by Gene Luen Yang _(530L · Grades 7–12 · pub 2006)_
- [Artifice](https://readinglist.school/book/artifice) by Sharon Cameron _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Bittersweet in the Hollow](https://readinglist.school/book/bittersweet-in-the-hollow) by Kate Pearsall _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Chaos Theory](https://readinglist.school/book/chaos-theory) by Nic Stone _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Come Home Safe](https://readinglist.school/book/come-home-safe) by Brian G. Buckmire _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Conditions of a Heart](https://readinglist.school/book/conditions-of-a-heart) by Bethany Mangle _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2025)_
- [Everything We Never Had](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-we-never-had) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 7–12 · pub 2024)_
- [For Lamb](https://readinglist.school/book/for-lamb) by Lesa Cline-Ransome _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Four for the Road](https://readinglist.school/book/four-for-the-road) by K.J. Reilly _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2022)_
- [Give Me a Sign](https://readinglist.school/book/give-me-a-sign) by Anna Sortino _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Going Dark](https://readinglist.school/book/going-dark) by Melissa de la Cruz _(Grades 9–12)_
- [His Face Is the Sun](https://readinglist.school/book/his-face-is-the-sun) by Michelle Jabès Corpora _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Long Way Down](https://readinglist.school/book/long-way-down) by Jason Reynolds _(720L · Grades 7–12 · pub 2017)_
- [Monster](https://readinglist.school/book/monster) by Walter Dean Myers _(670L · Grades 8–11 · pub 1999)_
- [Never Thought I'd End Up Here](https://readinglist.school/book/never-thought-id-end-up-here) by Ann Liang _(Grades 7–12 · pub 2025)_
- [Shut Up, This Is Serious](https://readinglist.school/book/shut-up-this-is-serious) by Carolina Ixta _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2024)_
- [Sky's End](https://readinglist.school/book/skys-end) by Marc J. Gregson _(Grades 7–12 · pub 2024)_
- [Star Splitter](https://readinglist.school/book/star-splitter) by Matthew J. Kirby _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Fault in Our Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/the-fault-in-our-stars) by John Green _(850L · Grades 9–12 · pub 2012)_
- [The Forbidden Book](https://readinglist.school/book/the-forbidden-book) by Sacha Lamb _(Grades 7–12 · pub 2024)_
- [The Library of Shadows](https://readinglist.school/book/the-library-of-shadows) by Rachel Moore _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Perks of Being a Wallflower](https://readinglist.school/book/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower) by Stephen Chbosky _(720L · Grades 9–12 · pub 1999)_
- [The Poet X](https://readinglist.school/book/the-poet-x) by Elizabeth Acevedo _(800L · Grades 8–12 · pub 2018)_
- [The Silence That Binds Us](https://readinglist.school/book/the-silence-that-binds-us) by Joanna Ho _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2022)_
- [Their Vicious Games](https://readinglist.school/book/their-vicious-games) by Joelle Wellington _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Thieves' Gambit](https://readinglist.school/book/thieves-gambit) by Kayvion Lewis _(Grades 9–12)_
- [This Book Won't Burn](https://readinglist.school/book/this-book-wont-burn) by Samira Ahmed _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Under the Same Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/under-the-same-stars) by Libba Bray _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Where Wolves Don't Die](https://readinglist.school/book/where-wolves-dont-die) by Anton Treuer _(Grades 9–12)_

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