Reading Olympics for Teens
2025 Middle School Reading Olympics Booklist
- Because of Mr. Terupt / Rob Buyea
- The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team’s Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics (Young Readers Adaptation) / Daniel James Brown
- Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam / Cynthia Kadohata
- Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie / Jordan Sonnenblick
- Forge / Laurie Halse Anderson
- The Graveyard Book / Neil Gaiman
- Guts /Gary Paulsen
- Heat / Mike Lupica
- Hoot / Carl Hiaasen
- It’s the End of the World as We Know It / Matt Landis
- Jennifer Chan is Not Alone / Tae Keller
- A Long Walk to Water / Linda Sue Park
- Masterminds / Gordan Korman
- Mexikid / Pedro Martin
- New Kid / Jerry Craft
- A Night Divided / Jennifer Nielsen
- Northwind / Gary Paulsen
- Out of My Mind / Sharon Draper
- A Problematic Paradox / C. Sappinfield
- Stepping on the Cracks / Mary Downing Hahn
- Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster / Jonathan Auxier
- Tesla’s Attic / Neal Shusterman
- What Happened to Rachael Riley / Claire Swinarski
- Windeby Puzzle / Lois Lowry
- Yard War / Taylor Kitchings
2025 High School Reading Olympics Booklist
- Accountable / Dashka Slater
- All American Boys / Jason Reynolds
- Beauty Queens / Libba Bray
- Everlost / Neal Shusterman
- The Field Guide to the North American Teenager / Ben Philippe
- The First Part Last / Angela Johnson
- Game Change / Joseph Monninger
- How Dare the Sun Rise / Sandra Uwiiringiyimana
- Illuminae / Amie Kaufman
- Life As We Knew It / Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Lovely War / Julie Berry
- Promise Boys / Nick Brooks
- Pumpkinheads / Rainbow Rowell
- Red Queen / Victoria Aveyard
- Rez Ball / Byron Graves
- The Running Dream / Wendelin Van Draanen
- Salt to the Sea / Ruta Sepetys
- Six of Crows / Leigh Bardugo
- They Called Us Enemy / George Takei
- Under the Mesquite / Q. Garcia McCall
- Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice / Tommie Smith
- Warrior Girl Unearthed / Angeline Boulley
- Weight of Feathers / Anna-Marie McLemore
- Work with What You Got / Zion Clark
- X: a Novel / Ilyasah Shabazz
For the elementary school reading list, go to Reading Olympics for Children.
Learn more about the Reading Olympics program.