The 13 lists have titles that grow in difficulty from the easiest to the hardest to read. They are not based on grade level, but on the difficulty of the text as determined by it's Lexile measurement. A typical interest level is included to help you choose the most appropriate book.

Agnon, Shmuel Yosef Book That Was Lost and Other Stories, A. 11 High School (9-12)  
Alvarez, Julia Something to Declare. 11 High School (9-12)  
Ambrose, Stephen Undaunted Courage. 11 High School (9-12)  
Arnold, Caroline Ancient Cliff Dwellers of Mesa Verde. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Aronson, Marc Art Attack: a Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde. 11 High School (9-12)  
Ashe, Arthur Days of Grace. 11 High School (9-12)  
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice. 11 High School (9-12)  
Austen, Jane Sense and Sensibility. 11 High School (9-12)  
Bachrach, Susan D. Tell Them We Remember: the story of the Holocaust. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Banks, Russell Sweet Hereafter, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell Growing Up in Coal Country. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Beal, Merrill I Will Fight No More Forever: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War. 11 High School (9-12)  
Bennett, Jr., Lerone What Manner of Man: a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. 11 High School (9-12)  
Bohjalian, Chris A. Midwives: a novel. 11 High School (9-12)  
Boll, Heinrich Clown, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Bradley, Marion Zimmer Mists of Avalon, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Bragg, Rick All Over But the Shouting. 11 High School (9-12)  
Cleary, Beverly My Own Two Feet: a memoir. 11 High School (9-12)  
Coetzee, J.M. In the Heart of the Country. 11 High School (9-12)  
Colman, Penny Corpses, Coffins, and Crypts: a history of burial. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Cushman, Karen Catherine, Called Birdy. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Dickens, Charles Tale of Two Cities, A. 11 High School (9-12)  
Didion, Joan Last Thing He Wanted, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Dillard, Annie Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. 11 High School (9-12)  
Feynman, Richard Six Easy Pieces. 11 High School (9-12)  
Freedman, Russell Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the crusade against child labor. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Freedman, Russell Lincoln: a photobiography. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Freedman, Russell Martha Graham, A Dancer's Life. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Frost, Robert You Come Too. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Gallico, Paul Snow Goose. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Gibbons, Kaye Cure for Dreams, A. 11 High School (9-12)  
Giblin, James Cross Mystery of the Mammoth Bones. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Giblin, James Cross When Plague Strikes: the Black Death, smallpox, AIDS. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Gordimer, Nadine Burger's Daughter. 11 High School (9-12)  
Grahame, Kenneth Wind in the Willows, The. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Hansen, Joyce Women of Hope: African Americans who made a difference. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Hardy, Thomas Tess of the d'Urbervilles: a pure woman. 11 High School (9-12)  
Haskins, James From Afar to Zulu: a dictionary of African cultures. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Hayslip, Le Ly When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: a Vietnamese woman's journey from war to peace. 11 High School (9-12)  
Hegi, Ursula Stones From the River. 11 High School (9-12)  
Heller, Joseph Catch-22. 11 High School (9-12)  
Hersey, John Hiroshima. 11 High School (9-12)  
Hunt, Irene Across Five Aprils. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Hunter, Mollie King's Swift Rider: a novel on Robert the Bruce, The. 11 Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
James, Henry Turn of the Screw, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Johnson, Charles R. Middle Passage. 11 High School (9-12)  
Jones, K. Maurice Say It Loud! The Story of Rap Music. 11 High School (9-12)  
Jordan, June June Jordan's Poetry for the People: a revolutionary blueprint. 11 High School (9-12)  
Joyce, James Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A. 11 High School (9-12)  
Junger, Sebastian Perfect Storm, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Kafka, Franz Trial, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Keneally, Thomas Schindler's Ark (Schindler's List). 11 High School (9-12)  
Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. 11 High School (9-12)  
Kincaid, Jamaica Autobiography of My Mother, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
King, Jr., Martin Luther I Have a Dream. 11 Primary (K-2), Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Kipling, Rudyard Elephant's Child, The. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Kipling, Rudyard Jungle Book, The. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Kroeber, Theodora Inland Whale: nine stories retold from California Indian legends, The. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Krull, Kathleen They Saw the Future: oracles, psychics, scientists, great thinkers, and pretty good guessers. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Lenz, Siegfried German Lesson, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
London, Jack Call of the Wild, The. 11 Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Macaulay, David New Way Things Work, The. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
McCourt, Frank Angela's Ashes: a memoir. 11 High School (9-12)  
McKee, Tim No More Strangers Now: young voices from a new South Africa. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
McKissack, Patricia C.;McKissack, Fredrick Black Hands, White Sails: the story of African-American whalers. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
McKissack, Patricia C.;McKissack, Fredrick Young, Black, and Determined: a biography of Lorraine Hansberry. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind. 11 High School (9-12)  
Murphy, Jim Great Fire, The. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
O'Brien, Flann At Swim - Two-Birds. 11 High School (9-12)  
Orwell, George Animal Farm. 11 High School (9-12)  
Osofsky, Audrey Dreamcatcher. 11 Primary (K-2)  
Paulsen, Gary Brian's Winter. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Paulsen, Gary My Life in Dog Years. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Peet, Bill Bill Peet: an autobiography. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Peters, Ellis Morbid Taste for Bones, A. 11 High School (9-12)  
Plath, Sylvia Bell Jar, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Pringle, Laurence Extraordinary Life: the story of a Monarch butterfly. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Rodriguez, Consuelo Cesar Chavez. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Rushdie, Salman Midnight's Children. 11 High School (9-12)  
Schwartz, Delmore In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories. 11 High School (9-12)  
Scott, Elaine Close Encounters: exploring the universe with the Hubble space telescope. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Severance, John B. Einstein: visionary scientist. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Shelley, Mary Frankenstein. 11 High School (9-12)  
Shusterman, Neal Downsiders. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Sinclair, Upton Jungle, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Springer, Jane Listen to Us, The World's Working Children. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Stanley, Jerry Children of the Dust Bowl: the true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp. 11 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Stanley, Jerry I am an American, A True Story of Japanese Internment. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Thomas, Jane Resh Behind the Mask: the life of Queen Elizabeth I. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Thomas, Velma Maia Lest We Forget: the passage from Africa to slavery and emancipation. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Tomasi di Lampedusa, Giuseppe Leopard, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Turner, Ann Warren Shaker Hearts. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Twain, Mark Autobiography of Mark Twain. 11 High School (9-12)  
Twain, Mark Prince and the Pauper, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Van Steenwyk, Elizabeth Mathew Brady: Civil War photographer. 11 Middle School (6-8)  
Voltaire, Francois Candide. 11 High School (9-12)  
Wells, H.G. War of the Worlds, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Wharton, Edith Age of Innocence, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Wolfe, Thomas Right Stuff, The. 11 High School (9-12)  
Yep, Laurence Lost Garden, The. 11 Middle School (6-8)