WIRC 2026 High School Reading List
π Realistic Fiction / Coming-of-Age
- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe β Benjamin Alire SΓ‘enz
- Looking for Alaska β John Green
- We Are Okay β Nina LaCour
- Long Way Down β Jason Reynolds
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter β Erika L. SΓ‘nchez
- Everything We Never Had β Randy Ribay
π Memoir / Non-Fiction / Inspirational
- Accountable β Dashka Slater
- The Cat I Never Named β Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
- The Last Lecture β Randy Pausch
- Dear Edward β Ann Napolitano
- The Little Liar β Mitch Albom
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian β Sherman Alexie
- Everything is Tuberculosis β John Green
π§ββοΈ Fantasy / Magical Realism / Horror
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone β J.K. Rowling
- The House in the Cerulean Sea β TJ Klune
- Lightlark β Alex Aster
- Burn β Patrick Ness
- A Short Walk Through a Wide World β Douglas Westerbeke
π°οΈ Historical Fiction
- Angel of Greenwood β Randi Pink
- The Black Kids β Christina Hammonds Reed
- The Light in Hidden Places β Sharon Cameron
- Kent State β Deborah Wiles
π Dystopian / Speculative Fiction
- Scythe β Neal Shusterman
- Our Missing Hearts β Celeste Ng
- Sunrise on the Reaping β Suzanne Collins
π± Mystery / Suspense / Thriller
- One of Us Is Lying β Karen M. McManus
- Such Charming Liars β Karen McManus
- The Reappearance of Rachel Price β Holly Jackson
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder β Holly Jackson
π Romance / Romantic Comedy
- Five Feet Apart β Rachael Lippincott
- If He Had Been with Me β Laura Nowlin
- Twelfth Knight β Alexene Farol Follmuth
π§ Adventure / Survival
π¨ Graphic Novels
- American Born Chinese β Gene Luen Yang
- Brownstone β Samuel Teer
- Lunar New Year Love Story β Gene Luen Yang
- Long Way Down (Graphic Novel) β Jason Reynolds