Here are the best selling Paperbacks for 2011 as reported by the New York Times. We have added reading information and an 'rough' age guide.
NINE LIVES OF CHLOE KING(The Fallen 5.2; The Stolen 5.6; The Chosen 5.6)
Three book in one about a girl with special catlike powers who is hunted by assassins.
For the reading information for all 3 books see this page.
Paperback: 784 pages
13 REASONS WHYby Jay Asher
Before she commits suicide, a girl sends recordings to 13 people. (Young Adult)
Word Count: 62,496Page Count: 336
Accelerated Reading level: 3.9 / points: 9.0
AR quiz: 119218
Lexile: 550L
THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIANby Sherman Alexie
**Starred Review** Kirkus
**Starred Review** PublishersWeekly
**Starred Review** HornBook
**Starred Review** VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates )
A boy with a flare for art leaves his reservation to live in an all-white community. (Ages 12 and up)
Word Count: 44,275
Page Count: 228
Accelerated Reading level: 4.0 / points: 6.0
AR quiz: 117771
Lexile: 600L
ALONG FOR THE RIDEby Sarah Dessen
Teenage night owls bond during a summer at a charming beach town. (YA)
Word Count: 98,980
Page Count: 432
Accelerated Reading level: 4.7 / points: 15.0
AR quiz: 130118
ASK ELIZABETH: Real Answers to Everything You Secretly Wanted to Ask About Love, Friends, Your Body... and Life in General Advice for girls. (Ages 12 and up)
Reading Level Info: unknown
Paperback: 240 pages
BEASTLYby Alex Flin
This modern retelling of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST from the Beast's point of view is about a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.
Word Count: 59,872
Page Count: 336
Accelerated Reading level: 3.7 / points
AR: 8.0 quiz: 119495
AR: 8.0 quiz: 119495
Lexile: 580L
BEFORE I FALLby Lauren Oliver
**Starred Review** VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates )
**Starred Review** PublishersWeeklyAfter teenage Samantha dies in a car crash, she relives the day of her death over and over again until she finally discovers a way to save herself. Plot contains profanity, drug and sexual references. (YA)
Word Count: 117,295
Page Count: 496
Accelerated Reading level: 5.4 / points: 18.0
AR quiz: 136739
Lexile: 860L
THE BOOK THIEFby Markus Zusak
**Starred Review** Kirkus
**Starred Review** PublishersWeekly
**Starred Review** School Library Journal
**Starred Review** HornBook
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel, a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding.
Word Count: 118,933Page Count: 576
Accelerated Reading level: 5.1 / points: 18.0
AR quiz: 106101
Lexile: 730L
THE CANDYMAKERS Reading Level Info: AR 5.0 (15 points) quiz 140165
Four children have been chosen to compete in a contest to find the tastiest confection in the country. (Ages 9 to 12)
Paperback: 480 pages
THE CARRIE DIARIESReading Level Info: AR 4.0 ( 12 points) A small-town girl, before “Sex and the City.” (Ages 14 and up)
Paperback: 416 pages
CHAINSby Laurie Halse Anderson
Reading Level Info: AR 5.2 ( 11 points)A young slave tries to win her freedom in the American Revolution. (Ages 9 and up)
Paperback: 336 pages
CLOCKWORK ANGELby Cassandra Clare
When sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother, her destination is England, the time is the reign of Queen Victoria, and something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld, where vampires, warlocks and other supernatural folk stalk the gaslit streets. Only the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the world of demons, keep order amidst the chaos. (YA)
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Word Count: 131,487
Page Count: 512
Accelerated Reading level: 5.6 / points: 21.0
AR quiz: 139502
FANCY NANCY'S ELEGANT EASTERReading Level Info: AR 1.6Bunnies, flowers, eggs and a soupçon of French. (Ages 4 to 8)
Paperback: 16 pages
THE GRAVEYARD BOOKReading Level Info: AR 5.1 (10 points)
*Starred Review* from Booklist
To avoid a killer, a boy lives in a cemetery. Paperback: 336 pages
I AM NUMBER FOURby Pittacus Lore
In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old alien hiding on Earth. Adventure and cliche packed! More for teens than adults.
Word Count: 100,385
Page Count: 496
Accelerated Reading level: 4.4 / points: 14.0
AR quiz: 139745
Lexile: 700L
INFINITY (THE CHRONICLES OF NICK) Reading Level Info: 4.5 ( 11 points)
Brain-eating demons complicate academic life. (Ages 12 and up)
Paperback: 480 pages
INCARCERONReading Level Info: 4.6 (14 points)
An infamous prison, where inmates don’t believe there is an outside world. (Ages 12 and up)
- Paperback: 464 pages
IF I STAY(book#2, see WHERE SHE WENT)
by Gayle Forman
**Starred Review** Booklist
**Starred Review** School Library Journal
**Starred Review** PublishersWeekly
While in a coma following an accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
Word Count: 49,653
Page Count: 272
Accelerated Reading level: 5.3 / points: 8.0
AR quiz: 129747
Lexile: 830L
IT'S NOT SUMMER WITHOUT YOUReading Level Info: 3.9 (8 points)
Tragedy threatens a group’s beach house tradition (Ages 12 and up)
- Paperback: 304 pages
LUKA AND THE FIRE OF LIFE Reading Level Info: generic 5
The Nobodaddy haunts the brother of Rushdie’s Haroun. (YA)
- Paperback: 240 pages
MATCHEDby Ally Condie
In this dystopian romance, a girl rebels against a deterministic future society. (YA)
Word Count: 89,124
Page Count: 400
Accelerated Reading level: 4.8 / points: 13.0
AR quiz: 140501
THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANTby Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Yoko Tanaka
**Starred Review** Kirkus
**Starred Review** School Library Journal
Lovely writing from Kate. The tone of this one is pretty dark.
When a fortuneteller's tent appears in the market square of the city of Baltese, orphan Peter Augustus Duchene knows the questions that he needs to ask: Does his sister still live? And if so, how can he find her? The fortuneteller's mysterious answer (an elephant! An elephant will lead him there!) sets off a chain of events so remarkable, so impossible, that you will hardly dare to believe it’s true.
Word Count: 23,335
Page Count: 208
Accelerated Reading level: 5.0 / points: 4.0
AR quiz: 133242
Lexile: 730L
THE MAZE RUNNER (Maze Runner Trilogy #1)Reading Level Info: AR 5.3 (15 points)
Heart pounding adventure. Dashner starts off on a run and never slows. Innovative with a great mystery. (Adults, YA and more mature MG's)
Paperback: 384
MR. POPPER'S PENGUINSReading Level Info: AR 5.6
The adventures of a house painter and his high-stepping penguins.
Paperback: 336 pages
NERDS (BOOK ONE: NATIONAL ESPIONAGE, RESCUE, AND DEFENSE SOCIETY)
Reading Level Info: AR 5.3 (9 points)
Stealth is hard when you wear orthodontic headgear. (Ages 8 to 12)
Paperback: 352 pages
PINKALICIOUS AND THE PINK PUMPKIN Reading Level Info: unknownLooking for a special pumpkin.
Paperback: 16 pages
THE RED PYRAMIDby Rick Riordan
**Starred Review** Booklist
**Starred Review** School Library Journal
Siblings Carter and Sadie Kane, descendents of Egyptian magicians, must defeat the god Set after the gods are accidentally released in the present.
Word Count: 124,305Page Count: 544
Accelerated Reading level: 4.5 / points: 18.0
AR quiz: 137173
Lexile: 650L
RED RIDING HOODReading Level Info: AR 5.6 (9 points)
Reimagining the fairy tale, with the inclusion of a werewolf.
Paperback: 352 pages
SAVVY
Reading Level Info: AR 6.0 ( 9 points)
Mibs is about to receive the supernatural abilities that run in her family. (Ages 9 to 12)
Paperback: 368 pages
SCORCH TRIALS (Maze Runner Trilogy #2)Reading Level Info: AR 5.0 (15 points)
Fabulous follow-up Dashner's Maze Runner.
Paperback: 384 pages
THE SMURFS MOVIE NOVELIZATIONReading Level Info: unknownThe Smurfs navigate New York.
Paperback: 176 pages
SOUL SURFERA True Story Of Faith, Family, And Fighting To Get Back On The Board
Reading Level Info: 6.0 (5 points)Faith, family and a 13-year-old’s fight to surf again after a shark attack. (Ages 12 and up)
Paperback: 240 pages
SPLAT THE CAT: WHERE'S THE EASTER BUNNY?Reading Level Info: generic 2Splat’s Easter Bunny hunt. (Ages 2 to 6)
Paperback: 16 pages
THEODORE BOONE: KID LAWYER
by John Grisham
The “kid lawyer” uses his legal skills to find a missing friend. (Ages 8 to 12)
Word Count: 50,657
Page Count: 272
Accelerated Reading level: 5.2 / points: 8.0
AR quiz: 137599
Lexile: 790L
THE GIRL WHO COULD FLYReading Level Info: AR 6.0 (11 points)
A girl soars into a nightmare of villains who tinker with DNA. (Ages 9 to 12)
Paperback: 352 pages
WAR HORSEby Michael Morpurgo
A half-Thoroughbred farm horse is taken from his owner for battle in 1914. (Ages 8 to 14)
Word Count: 37,372
Page Count: 192
Accelerated Reading level: 5.9 / points: 6.0
AR quiz: 114464
Lexile: 1090L
WHEN YOU REACH MEby Rebecca Stead**Starred Review** Kirkus
**Starred Review** PublishersWeekly
**Starred Review** School Library Journal
**Starred Review** HornBook
A sixth-grade girl begins receiving mysterious notes. (Ages 9 and up)
Word Count: 39,253
Page Count: 208
Accelerated Reading level: 4.5 / points: 6.0
AR quiz: 131144
WITCH AND WIZARDReading Level Info: AR 4.9 (7 points)
Torn from their parents in a society increasingly controlled by the government, 15-year-old Wisty and her brother, Whit, are incarcerated in a totalitarian prison where they discover they have supernatural powers. The coauthor is Gabrielle Charbonnet.
Paperback: 368 pages
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