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 Bridal Canopy, The. 12 High School (9-12)  
Allende, Isabel House of the Spirits. 12 High School (9-12)  
Berg, A. Scott Lindbergh. 12 High School (9-12)  
Bial, Raymond Underground Railroad, The. 12 Middle School (6-8)  
Boyle, T. Coraghessan Tortilla Curtain, The. 12 High School (9-12)  
Carroll, Andrew (Editor) Letters of a Nation. 12 High School (9-12)  
Cushman, Karen Midwife's Apprentice, The. 12 Middle School (6-8)  
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations. 12 High School (9-12)  
Dreiser, Theodore American Tragedy, An. 12 High School (9-12)  
Earle, Sylvia A. Dive: my adventures in the deep frontier. 12 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Eckert, Allan W. Incident at Hawk's Hill. 12 Middle School (6-8)  
Eckert, Allan W. Return to Hawk's Hill. 12 Middle School (6-8)  
Eliot, George Adam Bede. 12 High School (9-12)  
Eliot, George Mill on the Floss, The. 12 High School (9-12)  
Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain. 12 High School (9-12)  
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel Chronicle of a Death Foretold. 12 High School (9-12)  
Grass, Gunter Tin Drum, The. 12 High School (9-12)  
Hawthorne, Nathaniel House of the Seven Gables, The. 12 High School (9-12)  
Ishiguro, Kazuo Remains of the Day, The. 12 High School (9-12)  
Jimenez, Juan Ramon Platero and I. 12 High School (9-12)  
Kincaid, Jamaica Annie John. 12 High School (9-12)  
King, Jr., Martin Luther Why We Can't Wait. 12 High School (9-12)  
Krakauer, Jon Into the Wild. 12 High School (9-12)  
Krull, Kathleen Lives of the Athletes: thrills, spills (and what the neighbors thought). 12 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Krull, Kathleen Lives of the Presidents: fame, shame (and what the neighbors thought). 12 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Lee, Chang-Rae Gesture Life, A. 12 High School (9-12)  
McBride, James Color of Water. 12 High School (9-12)  
McPhee, John Oranges. 12 High School (9-12)  
Meltzer, Milton Ten Queens: portraits of women of power. 12 Middle School (6-8)  
Melville, Herman Moby Dick. 12 High School (9-12)  
Oe, Kenzaburo Silent Cry, The. 12 High School (9-12)  
Roosevelt, Eleanor This I Remember. 12 High School (9-12)  
Sandburg, Carl Abe Lincoln Grows Up. 12 Middle School (6-8)  
Solomon, Robert C. Passion for Wisdom: a very brief history of philosophy, A. 12 High School (9-12)  
Sutcliff, Rosemary Road to Camlann: the death of King Arthur. 12 High School (9-12)  
Sutcliff, Rosemary Sword and the Circle, The. 12 Middle School (6-8)  
Thoreau, Henry David Civil Disobedience and Other Essays. 12 High School (9-12)  
Tolstoy, Leo War and Peace. 12 High School (9-12)  
Uchida, Yoshiko Desert Exile: the uprooting of a Japanese-American family. 12 High School (9-12)  
Walters, Joseph Guanya Pau: a story of an African princess. 12 High School (9-12)  
Watkins, Richard Gladiator. 12 Middle School (6-8)