Recommended 9th Grade Reading List

Looking for an 9th grade reading list? Here is a recommended reading list for you.

We found some classic fiction and fiction books that are ideal for a high school student. They may just spark a love of great literature!

Whether you are looking to supplement your child’s learning or for a great summer reading list, simply click on the story link for a complete description and reviews from Amazon if you want to learn more.

Click on the story name link for a book description and reviews from Amazon if you want to learn more, or scroll further down to read previews of the books.

If you haven’t read them yet yourself, we bet that you will love reading them too!

Classic Fiction

• Go Ask Alice (Anonymous Diaries) by Anonymous
• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
• The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2 Volumes) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
• Not Without Laughter (Dover Thrift Editions) by Langston Hughes
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels) by Kurt Vonnegut

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Fiction

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
• Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
• Hate List by Jennifer Brown
• Fat Angie by e. E. Charlton-Trujillo
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
• Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
• Beautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-Mills
• Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth
• Mare’s War by Tanita S. Davis
• The Living (The Living Series) by Matt De la Pena
• Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier
• For the Win: A Novel by Cory Doctorow
• Romiette and Julio by Sharon M. Draper
• Perfect Chemistry (A Perfect Chemistry Novel) by Simone Elkeles
• Keesha’s House by Helen Frost
• Fake ID by Lamar Giles
• An Abundance of Katherines by Jhon Green
• Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes
• Crank by Ellen Hopkins
• The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
• Real Time by Pnina Moed Kass
• Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher
• The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
• Girl, Stolen: A Novel by April Henry
• Reality Boy by A.S. King
• Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
• The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart
• How It Went Down by Kekla Magoon
• Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter by J. Nozipo Maraire
• Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
• Cut by Patricia McCormick
• Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern
• 47 by Walter Mosley
• Monster by Walter Dean Myers
• The Other Side of Truth by Beverley Naidoo
• Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith
• Buried Onions by Gary Soto
• Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco X. Stork
• American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

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