Buzz·Posted on Mar 13, 201526 Contemporary Books That Should Be Taught In High School"I was born with a reading list I will never finish." —Maud Caseyby by Brett S. VergaraBuzzFeed Staff, by Julia PugachevskyBuzzFeed ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us what contemporary book should be taught in high school. Here are the brilliant results. 1. The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak 2. Looking for Alaska by John Green 3. The Kite Runner by Khaled Housseini 4. I Am Malala by Christina Lamb and Malala Yousafzai 5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky 6. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 7. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher 8. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls 9. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving 10. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 11. Does My Head Look Big in This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah 12. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 13. Uglies by Scott Westerfeld 14. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 15. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 16. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson 17. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood 18. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer 19. Bossypants by Tina Fey 20. Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey 21. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 22. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd 23. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen 24. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell 25. She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb 26. And Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling If you'd like to be featured in similar BuzzFeed posts, follow the BuzzFeed Community on Facebook and Twitter!