Treasury · Age
Books for a reader aged…
The lists are not sorted by year at school, so this is the door for the question parents actually ask: what is there for a reader this old? Choose an age and the lists answer at that age.
A reader aged
925 of these books cover age 14. The 490 that name no age at all are left off rather than guessed at — choose any age to bring them back.
Don't miss these at 14
These lists were made by different people for different reasons, and they are not trying to agree. The books below are the ones on at least two of them, the ones on the most lists first.
- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen, 1813 · ages 12–17 · Lexile 1070L · AR 12.0
- Don Quixote, Part 1 by Miguel Cervantes, 1612 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1410L · AR 13.2 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
- Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, 1726 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 1370L · AR 13.5 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 1868 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1300L · AR 7.9 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, 1960 · ages 13–17 · Lexile 790L · AR 5.6 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, 1843 · ages 10–17 · Lexile 910L · AR 6.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
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Hamlet
by William Shakespeare, 1603 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 650L · AR 10.5 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
on 4 lists Harvard Classics, Mensa Kids, St. John's College, TJEd Youth Recommended
- Heidi by Joanna Spyri, 1880 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1200L · AR 8.2 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
- Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1973 · ages 14–17 · Lexile 860L · AR 6.1
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DeFoe, 1719 · ages 14–18 · Lexile 920L · AR 5.8 · AR Interest: UG (9–12)
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor, 1976 · ages 11–14 · Lexile 920L · AR 5.7 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
on 4 lists Beautiful Feet, Mensa Kids, Newbery Award, NY Public Library
- Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss, 1812 · ages 9–14 · Lexile 1210L · AR 8.1 · AR Interest: MG (4–8)
100 books qualify at this age; these are the 12 on the most lists.
The whole of every list is still here: the Merit door.
The grade-level collections
The lists on this page were written for many ages at once. The Treasury's own collections, gathered one grade at a time, are a separate piece of work and are not finished.
Not open yet. Nothing here is being shown half-built: when a grade-level collection exists, it appears here with its own shelf.
Until then, the ages above and the lists behind the other two doors are the whole of what the catalog can honestly offer.