Grade 12: Reading List

1.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,113 ratings
2.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,450 ratings
3.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,083 ratings
4.
Beirut Blues
Beirut Blues 3.43 avg rating — 362 ratings
5.
A Recipe for Bees
A Recipe for Bees 3.68 avg rating — 4,266 ratings
6.
The Cure for Death by Lightning
The Cure for Death by Lightning 3.70 avg rating — 6,811 ratings
7.
A Compass for the Sunflower
A Compass for the Sunflower 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings
8.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
The Elegance of the Hedgehog 3.80 avg rating — 195,792 ratings
9.
A Place Where the Sea Remembers
A Place Where the Sea Remembers 3.64 avg rating — 980 ratings
10.
In Another Place, Not Here
In Another Place, Not Here 3.79 avg rating — 466 ratings
11.
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept
When the Rainbow Goddess Wept 3.83 avg rating — 378 ratings
12.
Baroque-a-Nova
Baroque-a-Nova 3.07 avg rating — 82 ratings
13.
The Concubine's Children
The Concubine's Children 3.92 avg rating — 2,251 ratings
14.
Paper Shadows: A Memoir of a Past Lost and Found
Paper Shadows: A Memoir of a Past Lost and Found 3.78 avg rating — 313 ratings
15.
Angel: A Novel
Angel: A Novel 3.71 avg rating — 93 ratings
16.
Disgrace
Disgrace 3.86 avg rating — 114,205 ratings
17.
Generation A
Generation A 3.52 avg rating — 7,666 ratings
18.
The Inheritance of Loss
The Inheritance of Loss 3.45 avg rating — 54,325 ratings
19.
The Belly of the Atlantic
The Belly of the Atlantic 3.79 avg rating — 1,576 ratings
20.
Half Blood Blues
Half Blood Blues 3.70 avg rating — 17,537 ratings
21.
The Cellist of Sarajevo
The Cellist of Sarajevo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 43,332 ratings
22.
Freedom
Freedom 3.79 avg rating — 173,389 ratings
23.
The Death of Artemio Cruz
The Death of Artemio Cruz 3.86 avg rating — 11,454 ratings
24.
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 29,067 ratings
25.
Sweetness in the Belly
Sweetness in the Belly 3.91 avg rating — 9,459 ratings
26.
The Yellow Wind
The Yellow Wind 4.13 avg rating — 921 ratings
27.
Chorus of Mushrooms
Chorus of Mushrooms 3.84 avg rating — 1,745 ratings
28.
Waiting
Waiting
by: Ha Jin
3.54 avg rating — 23,309 ratings
29.
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating — 90,243 ratings
30.
Brown Girl in the Ring
Brown Girl in the Ring 3.85 avg rating — 7,277 ratings
31.
Paradise of the Blind
Paradise of the Blind 3.78 avg rating — 2,966 ratings
32.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,388 ratings
33.
The General of the Dead Army
The General of the Dead Army 4.02 avg rating — 5,081 ratings
34.
Measuring the World
Measuring the World 3.73 avg rating — 21,339 ratings
35.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,499 ratings
36.
Jamaica
Jamaica 3.32 avg rating — 75 ratings
37.
The Loser
The Loser 4.18 avg rating — 353 ratings
38.
The Polish Complex
The Polish Complex 3.50 avg rating — 357 ratings
39.
Allah Is Not Obliged
Allah Is Not Obliged 3.68 avg rating — 2,316 ratings
40.
On the Edge of Reason
On the Edge of Reason 4.24 avg rating — 1,707 ratings
41.
The Good Angel of Death
The Good Angel of Death 3.70 avg rating — 518 ratings
42.
Tishomingo Blues
Tishomingo Blues 3.72 avg rating — 9,669 ratings
43.
Barbarossa the Pirate
Barbarossa the Pirate 3.71 avg rating — 56 ratings
44.
Small Island
Small Island 4.01 avg rating — 37,169 ratings
45.
The Amazing Absorbing Boy
The Amazing Absorbing Boy 3.22 avg rating — 368 ratings
46.
Palace of Desire
Palace of Desire 4.24 avg rating — 10,976 ratings
47.
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
Eight Months on Ghazzah Street 3.65 avg rating — 3,279 ratings
48.
Of Love and Other Demons
Of Love and Other Demons 3.95 avg rating — 83,930 ratings
49.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold 3.97 avg rating — 224,406 ratings
50.
Beatrice and Virgil
Beatrice and Virgil 3.18 avg rating — 21,735 ratings
51.
After the Banquet
After the Banquet 3.70 avg rating — 3,203 ratings
52.
Family Matters
Family Matters 4.03 avg rating — 24,364 ratings
53.
Cereus Blooms at Night
Cereus Blooms at Night 4.02 avg rating — 3,607 ratings
54.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,044 ratings
55.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,465 ratings
56.
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer 4.03 avg rating — 45,117 ratings
57.
The Sorrow of War
The Sorrow of War 4.09 avg rating — 10,791 ratings
58.
Astonishing the Gods
Astonishing the Gods
by: Ben Okri
3.54 avg rating — 1,470 ratings
59.
An Echo of Heaven
An Echo of Heaven 3.43 avg rating — 249 ratings
60.
My Michael
My Michael
by: Amos Oz
3.59 avg rating — 4,033 ratings
61.
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table 3.62 avg rating — 27,173 ratings
62.
Snow
Snow 3.62 avg rating — 48,683 ratings
63.
The Museum of Innocence
The Museum of Innocence 3.78 avg rating — 36,399 ratings
64.
A Draft of Shadows and Other Poems
A Draft of Shadows and Other Poems 4.29 avg rating — 163 ratings
65.
Butterfly in the Wind
Butterfly in the Wind 3.71 avg rating — 59 ratings
66.
Berlin Blues
Berlin Blues 3.91 avg rating — 6,794 ratings
67.
The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 3.06 avg rating — 855 ratings
68.
Night
Night 3.26 avg rating — 382 ratings
69.
Pedro Páramo
Pedro Páramo 4.06 avg rating — 92,510 ratings
70.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,709 ratings
71.
The Electrical Field
The Electrical Field 3.20 avg rating — 428 ratings
72.
No Crystal Stair
No Crystal Stair 3.34 avg rating — 139 ratings
73.
In the Language of Love
In the Language of Love 3.97 avg rating — 148 ratings
74.
Funny Boy
Funny Boy 4.06 avg rating — 8,693 ratings
75.
An Equal Music
An Equal Music 3.80 avg rating — 10,957 ratings
76.
Burnt Shadows
Burnt Shadows 3.93 avg rating — 8,510 ratings
77.
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
by: Dai Sijie
3.64 avg rating — 67,012 ratings
78.
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches 3.75 avg rating — 3,719 ratings
79.
The Map of Love
The Map of Love 3.81 avg rating — 7,165 ratings
80.
A Dance of the Forests (A Three Crowns Book)
A Dance of the Forests (A Three Crowns Book) 3.57 avg rating — 168 ratings
81.
Departure Lounge
Departure Lounge liked it 3.00 avg rating — 99 ratings
82.
More Than A Friend
More Than A Friend 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
83.
Toronto at Dreamers Rock
Toronto at Dreamers Rock 3.63 avg rating — 160 ratings
84.
Bone China
Bone China 3.74 avg rating — 476 ratings
85.
Mosquito
Mosquito 3.98 avg rating — 710 ratings
86.
House of Day, House of Night
House of Day, House of Night 4.08 avg rating — 6,321 ratings
87.
The Book of Salt
The Book of Salt 3.53 avg rating — 6,488 ratings
88.
Losing Nelson
Losing Nelson 3.61 avg rating — 533 ratings
89.
Tequila
Tequila 3.35 avg rating — 197 ratings
90.
. . . And Dreams Are Dreams: Vassilikos
. . . And Dreams Are Dreams: Vassilikos 3.54 avg rating — 28 ratings
91.
Lagum
Lagum 4.34 avg rating — 208 ratings
92.
Indian Horse
Indian Horse 4.41 avg rating — 33,166 ratings
93.
Keeper'n Me
Keeper'n Me really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,563 ratings
94.
Brothers In Arms
Brothers In Arms it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
95.
The Bounty: Poems
The Bounty: Poems 3.96 avg rating — 187 ratings
96.
One Man's Bible
One Man's Bible 3.70 avg rating — 1,366 ratings
97.
Our Twisted Hero
Our Twisted Hero 3.76 avg rating — 990 ratings