Romeo and Juliet (Mass Market Paperback)
by William Shakespeare (shelved 108 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,928,333 ratings — published 1595
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by Homer (shelved 90 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.70 — 904,172 ratings — published -800
Night (Paperback)
by Elie Wiesel (shelved 58 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.29 — 917,450 ratings — published 1958
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by Harper Lee (shelved 57 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.25 — 4,100,732 ratings — published 1960
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by Suzanne Collins (shelved 51 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.35 — 5,450,833 ratings — published 2008
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by John Steinbeck (shelved 47 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,836,075 ratings — published 1937
Animal Farm (Paperback)
by George Orwell (shelved 40 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.85 — 2,362,259 ratings — published 1945
Speak (Paperback)
by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) (shelved 36 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.00 — 542,593 ratings — published 1999
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Persepolis, #1)
by Marjane Satrapi (shelved 32 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.22 — 179,263 ratings — published 2000
The Book Thief (Hardcover)
by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) (shelved 32 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,920,383 ratings — published 2005
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by Suzanne Collins (shelved 30 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,211,326 ratings — published 2009
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) (shelved 30 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,725,356 ratings — published 2005
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by Mark Haddon (shelved 28 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,173,014 ratings — published 2003
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author) (shelved 27 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.16 — 113,578 ratings — published 1999
Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment (Mass Market Paperback)
by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (shelved 24 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.53 — 12,111 ratings — published 1972
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by Suzanne Collins (shelved 24 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,108,482 ratings — published 2010
The Perks of Being A Wallflower (Paperback)
by Stephen Chbosky (shelved 24 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,324,951 ratings — published 1999
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by William Golding (shelved 23 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.64 — 2,032,517 ratings — published 1954
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by J.D. Salinger (shelved 23 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.79 — 2,640,895 ratings — published 1951
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Hardcover)
by Sherman Alexie (shelved 23 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.11 — 254,708 ratings — published 2007
The Fault in Our Stars (Hardcover)
by John Green (Goodreads Author) (shelved 21 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,129,742 ratings — published 2012
The Lovely Bones (Mass Market Paperback)
by Alice Sebold (shelved 21 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.77 — 2,028,534 ratings — published 2002
Zoot Suit (Paperback)
by Luis Valdez (shelved 20 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.45 — 511 ratings — published 2001
The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)
by Barbara Kingsolver (shelved 20 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.94 — 132,829 ratings — published 1988
Fahrenheit 451 (Hardcover)
by Ray Bradbury (shelved 19 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.01 — 785,262 ratings — published 1953
Twilight (Twilight, #1)
by Stephenie Meyer (shelved 19 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.57 — 4,301,916 ratings — published 2005
Mexican WhiteBoy (Hardcover)
by Matt de la Pena (Goodreads Author) (shelved 17 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.86 — 6,711 ratings — published 2008
Be More Chill (Paperback)
by Ned Vizzini (shelved 17 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.70 — 12,259 ratings — published 2004
It's Kind of a Funny Story (Paperback)
by Ned Vizzini (shelved 17 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.14 — 360,921 ratings — published 2006
Paper Towns (Paperback)
by John Green (Goodreads Author) (shelved 17 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.87 — 751,961 ratings — published 2008
Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by John Green (Goodreads Author) (shelved 17 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,201,450 ratings — published 2005
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) (shelved 16 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.25 — 2,432,916 ratings — published 2011
The Glass Castle (Paperback)
by Jeannette Walls (shelved 16 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.23 — 873,731 ratings — published 2005
Crank (Crank, #1)
by Ellen Hopkins (Goodreads Author) (shelved 16 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.16 — 187,839 ratings — published 2004
Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
by Kristin Cashore (shelved 15 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.10 — 495,808 ratings — published 2008
The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #4)
by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) (shelved 15 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.38 — 639,261 ratings — published 2008
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) (shelved 15 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.23 — 641,307 ratings — published 2006
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by Anonymous (shelved 14 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.61 — 71,506 ratings — published -2000
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by Charles Dickens (shelved 14 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.73 — 684,302 ratings — published 1860
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Hardcover)
by Ishmael Beah (shelved 14 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.14 — 203,254 ratings — published 2007
Monster (Paperback)
by Walter Dean Myers (shelved 14 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.69 — 69,138 ratings — published 1999
1984 (Mass Market Paperback)
by George Orwell (shelved 14 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,655,209 ratings — published 1949
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) (shelved 13 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,709,040 ratings — published 1993
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by J.K. Rowling (shelved 13 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.43 — 5,008,330 ratings — published 1997
Pride and Prejudice (Paperback)
by Jane Austen (shelved 13 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.23 — 2,673,311 ratings — published 1813
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) (shelved 12 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,142,807 ratings — published 2012
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)
by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) (shelved 12 times as 9th-grade)
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by Charles Dickens (shelved 12 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 3.79 — 1,015,254 ratings — published 1859
I Will Save You (Hardcover)
by Matt de la Pena (Goodreads Author) (shelved 12 times as 9th-grade)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,666 ratings — published 2010