Top 10 Trending Books For 12th Graders

Featuring popular books like The Book Thief and Paper Towns! For other grades, be sure to check out what kids are reading.

1. The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)

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Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel, a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding.

2. Into the Wild (Jon Krakauer)

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The author retraces the steps of a young man from a well-to-do family who gave up everything he owned and walked alone into the Alaska wilderness

3. Paper Towns (John Green)

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One month before graduating from high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until his beautiful and exciting classmate, Margo Roth Spiegelman, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

4. A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)

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In this classic story, Ebenezer Scrooge learns the true meaning of Christmas after being visited by three ghosts.

5. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)

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The tale of the struggle between good and evil--Dr. Jekyll, the respected physician, and Mr. Hyde--pure evil.

6. The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)

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The people of a village perform their annual lottery, with startling consequences for the recipient of the one paper with the black spot.

7. A Game of Thrones (George R.R. Martin)

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All the forces of good and evil prepare for trouble in the medieval land of Winterfell, where summers can last for decades and winters a lifetime.

8. Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)

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A tiny orphan boy named Pip acquires a mysterious benefactor who sponsors him to become a gentleman. Years later, Pip confronts his past heartaches and illusions that his "great expectations" have brought upon him.

9. Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back (Todd Burpo)

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Todd Burpo shares his son's visions of heaven after a near-fatal illness, describing what Colton saw and learned about faith and love after listening to Colton's stories of his time with Jesus.

10. The Scorch Trials (James Dashner)

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After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race