19 Best Books For 11Th Graders (2023 Update)

The entire #1 new york times bestselling trilogy that inspired syfy's the magicians, now available in a gorgeous boxed set, including the magicians, the magician king, and the magician's land this beautiful boxed set makes a perfect gift for readers of the beloved fantasy series praised by george r. r. martin, junot díaz, and erin morgenstern. the magicians quentin coldwater is brilliant but miserable. a high school math genius, he's secretly fascinated with a series of children's fantasy novels set in a magical land called fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. when quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams may have come true. but his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of fillory. the land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined . . . the magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. no one who has escaped into the worlds of narnia and harry potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination. the magician kingquentin coldwater should be happy. he escaped a miserable brooklyn childhood, matriculated at a secret college for magic, and graduated to discover that fillory–a fictional utopia–was actually real. but even as a fillorian king, quentin finds little peace. his old restlessness returns, and he longs for the thrills a heroic quest can bring. accompanied by his oldest friend, julia, quentin sets off–only to somehow wind up back in the real-world and not in fillory, as they'd hoped. as the pair struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, quentin is forced to rely on julia's illicitly learned sorcery as they face a sinister threat in a world very far from the beloved fantasy novels of their youth. the magician's landquentin coldwater has lost everything. he has been cast out of fillory, the secret magical world of his childhood dreams that he once ruled. with nothing left to lose he returns to where his story began, the brakebills preparatory college of magic. but he can't hide from his past, and it's not long before it comes looking for him. meanwhile, the magical barriers that keep fillory safe are failing, and barbarians from the north have invaded. eliot and janet, the rulers of fillory, embark on a final quest to save their beloved world, only to discover a situation far more complex–and far more dire–than anyone had envisioned. along with plum, a brilliant young magician with a dark secret of her own, quentin sets out on a crooked path through a magical demimonde of gray magic and desperate characters. his new life takes him back to old haunts, like antarctica and the neitherlands, and old friends he thought were lost forever. the magician's land is an intricate and fantastical thriller, and an epic of love and redemption that brings the magicians trilogy to a magnificent conclusion, confirming it as one of the great achievements in modern fantasy.

All three seasons of the hit tv series "a discovery of witches" are streaming now on amc+, sundance now and shudder. with more than five million copies sold in the united states, the novels of the number one new york times-bestselling all souls series have landed on all the major bestseller lists, garnered rave reviews, and spellbound legions of loyal fans. now all three novels are available in an elegantly designed boxed set that's perfect for fans and newcomers alike, and the perfect introduction to the on-going series which continues with time's convert, book four.

Goku's adventure from the best-selling classic manga dragon ball continues in this new series written by akira toriyama himself! ever since goku became earth's greatest hero and gathered the seven dragon balls to defeat the evil boo, his life on earth has grown a little dull. but new threats loom overhead, and goku and his friends will have to defend the planet once again in this continuation of akira toriyama's best-selling series, dragon ball! the great lord of lords awakens from inside of boo to confront the evil moro head-on. but even the power of a god doesn't seem to be enough to stop this monster! goku, vegeta and the others are forced to retreat. goku goes with merus to train to get stronger, but vegeta has other plans.

A national book award finalist for young people’s literature. ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of a brand-new series from coretta scott king/john steptoe award–winning author jason reynolds. lu. four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. but they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team—a team that could qualify them for the junior olympics if they can get their acts together.

A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author jewell parker rhodes. – an instant new york times bestseller – an instant indie – bound bestseller – the #1 kids' indie next pick – a walter award winner only the living can make the world better. live and make it better. – twelve-year-old jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. as a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his family and community in the wake of what they see as an unjust and brutal killing. – soon jerome meets another ghost: emmett till, a boy from a very different time but similar circumstances. emmett helps jerome process what has happened, on a journey towards recognizing how historical racism may have led to the events that ended his life. jerome also meets sarah, the daughter of the police officer, who grapples with her father's actions. – once again jewell parker rhodes deftly weaves historical and socio-political layers into a gripping and poignant story about how children and families face the complexities of today's world, and how one boy grows to understand american blackness in the aftermath of his own death.

1998 ignatz award winner, outstanding graphic novel: the inspiration for the feature film and one of the most acclaimed graphic novels ever.

Randall munroe is . . .' nerd royalty' ben goldacre 'totally brilliant' tim harford 'laugh-out-loud funny' bill gates 'wonderful' neil gaiman an instant #1 new york times bestseller the world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, from the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and the million-selling what if? and thing explainer for any task you might want to do, there's a right way, a wrong way, and a way so monumentally bad that no one would ever try it. how to is a guide to the third kind of approach. it's full of highly impractical advice for everything from landing a plane to digging a hole. 'how strange science can fix everyday problems' new scientist 'a brilliant book: clamber in for a wild ride' nature

#1 new york times, wall street journal, and boston globe bestseller – named one of the ten best books of the year by the new york times book review – one of president barack obama's favorite books of the year – bill gates's holiday reading list – finalist for the national book critics circle's award in autobiography – finalist for the national book critics circle's john leonard prize for best first book – finalist for the pen/jean stein book award – finalist for the los angeles book prize named one of paste's best memoirs of the decade – named one of the best books of the year by the washington post – o: the oprah magazine – time – npr – good morning america – san francisco chronicle – the guardian – the economist – financial times – newsday – new york post – the – skimm – refinery29 – bloomberg – self – real simple – town & country – bustle – paste – publishers weekly – library journal – library – reads – book – riot – pamela paul, kqed – new york public library an unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a ph – d from cambridge university – born to survivalists in the mountains of idaho, tara westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of tara's older brothers became violent. when another brother got himself into college, tara decided to try a new kind of life. her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to harvard and to cambridge university. only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home." beautiful and propulsive . . .

Collects the complete series that relates the adventures of young harry potter, who attends hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, where he and others of his kind learn their craft.

A new york times 100 notable books of 2019 selection from #1 new york times bestselling author stephen king, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since it.in the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban minneapolis, intruders silently murder luke ellis’s parents and load him into a black suv. the operation takes less than two minutes. luke will wake up at the institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. and outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way luke did: kalisha, nick, george, iris, and ten-year-old avery dixon. they are all in front half. others, luke learns, graduated to back half, “like the roach motel,” kalisha says. in this most sinister of institutions, the director, mrs. sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. there are no scruples here. if you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. if you don’t, punishment is brutal. as each new victim disappears to back half, luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. but no one has ever escaped from the institute. as psychically terrifying as firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of it, the institute is stephen king’s gut-wrenchingly dramatic story of good vs. evil in a world where the good guys don’t always win.

A tragic accident… or just parents behaving badly? what’s indisputable is that someone is dead.madeline is a force to be reckoned with. she’s funny, biting, and passionate; she remembers everything and forgives no one. celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare but she is paying a price for the illusion of perfection. new to town, single mom jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for a nanny. she comes with a mysterious past and a sadness beyond her years. these three women are at different crossroads, but they will all wind up in the same shocking place.big little lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal.

About lord of the flies goldings iconic 1954 novel, now with a new foreword by lois lowry, remains one of the greatest books ever written for young adults and an unforgettable classic for readers of any age. this edition includes a new suggestions for further reading by jennifer buehler. at the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. at first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate. this far from civilization they can do anything they want. anything. but as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued.

From legendary master storyteller stephen king, a riveting story about “an ordinary man in an extraordinary condition rising above hatred” (the washington post) and bringing the fictional town of castle rock, maine together—a “joyful, uplifting” (entertainment weekly) tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences, “the sign of a master elevating his own legendary game yet again” (usa today). although scott carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. there are a couple of other odd things, too. he weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. he mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts doctor bob ellis. in the small town of castle rock, the setting of many of king’s most iconic stories, scott is engaged in a low grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on scott’s lawn. one of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of castle rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. when scott finally understands the prejudices they face—including his own—he tries to help. unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others. “written in masterly stephen king’s signature translucent…this uncharacteristically glimmering fairy tale calls unabashedly for us to rise above our differences” (booklist, starred review). elevation is an antidote to our divisive culture, an “elegant whisper of a story” (kirkus reviews, starred review), “perfect for any fan of small towns, magic, and the joys and challenges of doing the right thing” (publishers weekly, starred review).

December 2022 read with jenna book club pick – international bestseller – a contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller … absolutely chilling" (village voice), from the pulitzer prize–winning author of the goldfinch.under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a new england college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. but their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.“ a remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment…. forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —the new york times

Who is john galt? is the immortal question posed at the beginning of ayn rand's masterpiece. the answer is the astonishing story of a man who said he would stop the motor of the world and did. as passionate as it is profound, ""atlas shrugged"" is one of the most influential novels of our time. in it, rand dramatizes the main tenets of objectivism, her philosophy of rational selfishness. she explores the ramifications of her radical thinking in a world that penalizes human intelligence and integrity. part mystery, part thriller, part philosophical inquiry, part volatile love affair, ""atlas shrugged"" is the book that confirmed ayn rand as one of the most popular novelist and most respected thinkers of the 20th century.

Groundhog day meets flipped in this tale of a girl stuck in her birthday. it's amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited — after all, 11 is so different from 10. but from the start, everything goes wrong. the worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, are on the outs and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together. when amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. or is it? her birthday seems to be repeating iself. what is going on?! and how can she fix it? only time, friendship, and a little luck will tell. . .

Groundhog day meets flipped in this tale of a girl stuck in her birthday. it's amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited — after all, 11 is so different from 10. but from the start, everything goes wrong. the worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, are on the outs and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together. when amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. or is it? her birthday seems to be repeating iself. what is going on?! and how can she fix it? only time, friendship, and a little luck will tell. . .

An indie next pick! from the #1 bestselling author in japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of the guest cat and the travelling cat chronicles.bookish high school student rintaro natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. then, a talking cat appears with an unusual request. the feline asks for—or rather, demands—the teenager’s help in saving books with him. the world is full of lonely books left unread and unloved, and the cat and rintaro must liberate them from their neglectful owners. their mission sends this odd couple on an amazing journey, where they enter different mazes to set books free. through their travels, the cat and rintaro meet a man who leaves his books to perish on a bookshelf, an unwitting book torturer who cuts the pages of books into snippets to help people speed read, and a publishing drone who only wants to create bestsellers. their adventures culminate in one final, unforgettable challenge—the last maze that awaits leads rintaro down a realm only the bravest dare enter . . . an enthralling tale of books, first love, fantasy, and an unusual friendship with a talking cat, the cat who saved books is a story for those for whom books are so much more than words on paper. translated from the japanese by louise heal kawai. "cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!" –kirkus

An indie next pick! from the #1 bestselling author in japan comes a celebration of books, cats, and the people who love them, infused with the heartwarming spirit of the guest cat and the travelling cat chronicles.bookish high school student rintaro natsuki is about to close the secondhand bookstore he inherited from his beloved bookworm grandfather. then, a talking cat appears with an unusual request. the feline asks for—or rather, demands—the teenager’s help in saving books with him. the world is full of lonely books left unread and unloved, and the cat and rintaro must liberate them from their neglectful owners. their mission sends this odd couple on an amazing journey, where they enter different mazes to set books free. through their travels, the cat and rintaro meet a man who leaves his books to perish on a bookshelf, an unwitting book torturer who cuts the pages of books into snippets to help people speed read, and a publishing drone who only wants to create bestsellers. their adventures culminate in one final, unforgettable challenge—the last maze that awaits leads rintaro down a realm only the bravest dare enter . . . an enthralling tale of books, first love, fantasy, and an unusual friendship with a talking cat, the cat who saved books is a story for those for whom books are so much more than words on paper. translated from the japanese by louise heal kawai. "cats, books, young love, and adventure: catnip for a variety of readers!" –kirkus