NINTH–TWELFTH GRADE:Includes data from 162,823 students in ninth through twelfth grades who read a total of 972,309 books.Overall Boys GirlsTitle, Author (Book Level)*1 To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (5.6) To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (5.6) To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (5.6)2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K.Rowling (6.9)Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K.Rowling (6.9) A Child Called “It”, Dave Pelzer (5.8)3 Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (4.5) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K.Rowling (5.5) Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (4.9)4 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K.Rowling (5.5) Holes, Louis Sachar (4.6) Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (4.5)5 A Child Called “It”, Dave Pelzer (5.8) Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (4.5) Night, Elie Wiesel (4.8)6 Holes, Louis Sachar (4.6) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,J.K. Rowling (6.7) The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks (5.5)7 Night, Elie Wiesel (4.8) The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton (4.7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K.Rowling (6.9)8 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,J.K. Rowling (6.7)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K.Rowling (6.8) Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (4.5)9 The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton (4.7) Night, Elie Wiesel (4.8) The Crucible, Arthur Miller (4.9)10 Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (4.9) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,J.K. Rowling (7.2) New Moon: A Novel, Stephenie Meyer (4.7)11 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K.Rowling (6.8)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,J.K. Rowling (7.2) The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (7.3)12 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,J.K. Rowling (7.2)Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,J.K. Rowling (6.7) Holes, Louis Sachar (4.6)13 The Crucible, Arthur Miller (4.9) Eragon, Christopher Paolini (5.6) Lord of the Flies, William Golding (5.0)14 Lord of the Flies, William Golding (5.0) Lord of the Flies, William Golding (5.0) A Walk to Remember, Nicholas Sparks(5.8)15 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,J.K. Rowling (7.2) The Crucible, Arthur Miller (4.9) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J.K.Rowling (5.5)16 Animal Farm, George Orwell (7.3) Animal Farm, George Orwell (7.3) Animal Farm, George Orwell (7.3)17 The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (7.3) The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald (7.3) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets,J.K. Rowling (6.7)18 Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson (4.5) Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare(8.6) The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton (4.7)19 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,J.K. Rowling (6.7) A Child Called “It”, Dave Pelzer (5.8) The Scarlet Letter (Unabridged), NathanielHawthorne (11.7)20 Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare(8.6) Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (5.2) Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare(8.6)*The average book readability level of the top 20 books read by ninth- through twelfth-grade students was 6.1 overall, 6.4 for boys, and 5.7 for girls.NINTH–TWELFTH GRADE:Includes data from 162,823 students in ninth through twelfth grades who read a total of 972,309 books.West Midwest South NortheastTitle, Author (Book Level)*1 A Child Called “It”, DavePelzer (5.8)Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows, J.K. Rowling (6.9)To Kill a Mockingbird, HarperLee (5.6)A Child Called “It”, DavePelzer (5.8)2 Of Mice and Men, JohnSteinbeck (4.5)To Kill a Mockingbird, HarperLee (5.6) Night, Elie Wiesel (4.8) Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows, J.K. Rowling (6.9)3 To Kill a Mockingbird, HarperLee (5.6)Of Mice and Men, JohnSteinbeck (4.5)Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows, J.K. Rowling (6.9)To Kill a Mockingbird, HarperLee (5.6)4 Holes, Louis Sachar (4.6) A Child Called “It”, Dave Pelzer(5.8)Harry Potter and theSorcerer’s Stone, J.K. Rowling(5.5)Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson(4.5)5 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’sStone, J.K. Rowling (5.5)Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’sStone, J.K. Rowling (5.5)Of Mice and Men, JohnSteinbeck (4.5)The Perks of Being aWallflower, Stephen Chbosky(4.8)6 Harry Potter and the DeathlyHallows, J.K. Rowling (6.9)The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton(4.7)The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton(4.7)Animal Farm, George Orwell(7.3)7 Harry Potter and the Chamberof Secrets, J.K. Rowling (6.7)Harry Potter and the Chamberof Secrets, J.K. Rowling (6.7) Holes, Louis Sachar (4.6) The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton(4.7)8 Harry Potter and the Order ofthe Phoenix, J.K. Rowling (7.2)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling(7.2)Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (4.9)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling(7.2)9 Harry Potter and the Goblet ofFire, J.K. Rowling (6.8) Holes, Louis Sachar (4.6) Harry Potter and the Chamberof Secrets, J.K. Rowling (6.7)Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’sStone, J.K. Rowling (5.5)10 Harry Potter and the Prisonerof Azkaban, J.K. Rowling (6.7) Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (4.9) The Crucible, Arthur Miller(4.9)Harry Potter and the Chamberof Secrets, J.K. Rowling (6.7)11Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling(7.2)Animal Farm, George Orwell(7.3)Julius Caesar, WilliamShakespeare (10.8)The Great Gatsby, F. ScottFitzgerald (7.3)12 Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury(5.2)Harry Potter and the Order ofthe Phoenix, J.K. Rowling (7.2)Animal Farm, George Orwell(7.3)Of Mice and Men, JohnSteinbeck (4.5)13 Night, Elie Wiesel (4.8) Lord of the Flies, WilliamGolding (5.0)Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson(4.5) Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (4.9)14 Lord of the Flies, WilliamGolding (5.0) Night, Elie Wiesel (4.8) Harry Potter and the Goblet ofFire, J.K. Rowling (6.8)Romeo and Juliet, WilliamShakespeare (8.6)15 The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton(4.7)Harry Potter and the Goblet ofFire, J.K. Rowling (6.8)Lord of the Flies, WilliamGolding (5.0)Harry Potter and the Order ofthe Phoenix, J.K. Rowling (7.2)16 The Crucible, Arthur Miller(4.9)The Notebook, Nicholas Sparks(5.5)The Great Gatsby, F. ScottFitzgerald (7.3) Holes, Louis Sachar (4.6)17 Romeo and Juliet, WilliamShakespeare (8.6)A Walk to Remember, NicholasSparks (5.8)The Pearl, John Steinbeck(7.1)Harry Potter and the Goblet ofFire, J.K. Rowling (6.8)18 Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (4.9) Harry Potter and the Prisonerof Azkaban, J.K. Rowling (6.7)The Scarlet Letter(Unabridged), NathanielHawthorne (11.7)Monster, Walter Dean Myers(5.1)19 The Great Gatsby, F. ScottFitzgerald (7.3)The Great Gatsby, F. ScottFitzgerald (7.3)Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling(7.2)Night, Elie Wiesel (4.8)20The Lost Boy: A Foster Child’sSearch for the Love of aFamily, Dave Pelzer (5.1)The Crucible, Arthur Miller(4.9)Harry Potter and the Order ofthe Phoenix, J.K. Rowling (7.2)A Separate Peace, JohnKnowles (6.9)* The average book readability level of the top 20 books read by ninth- through twelfth-grade students was 6.2 in the West, 6.2 in the Midwest,6.2 in the South, and 6.2 in the Northeast.Section Three: What Books Do Students in the Top 10% of Reading Achievement Read Most Often?NINTH–TWELFTH GRADEIncludes data from 592 students in the top 10% of reading achievementfor the ninth through twelfth grades who read a total of 15,083 books.Title, Author (Book Level)*1 To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee (5.6)2 Night, Elie Wiesel (4.8)3 Eragon, Christopher Paolini (5.6)4 Eldest, Christopher Paolini (7.0)5 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling (7.2)6 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (6.8)7 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J.K. Rowling (5.5)8 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling (6.7)9 Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (5.2)10 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling (6.7)11 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling (7.2)12 Angels & Demons, Dan Brown (5.6)13 Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (4.5)14 The Chosen, Chaim Potok (6.6)15 Lord of the Flies, William Golding (5.0)16 The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown (6.4)17 Twilight, Stephenie Meyer (4.9)18 Oliver Twist (Unabridged), Charles Dickens (11.3)19 Ender's Game, Orson Card (5.5)20 The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (6.1)