Age 11

Hand-picked Books for 11-year-olds

Edge-of-YA reads. Substantial, well-written, age-appropriate. The springboard into adult reading.

308 books for 11-year-olds

Cover of The Nightmare Room 05 - Dear Diary

The Nightmare Room 05 – Dear Diary, I’m Dead

The Nameless One

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Cover of The Nightmare Room - Shadow Girl by R. L. Stine

The Nightmare Room – Shadow Girl

Cover of The Nightmare Room 01 - Don't Forget Me! by R. L. Stine

The Nightmare Room 01 – Don’t Forget Me!

Cover of The Nightmare Room 02 - Locker 13 by R. L. Stine

The Nightmare Room 02 – Locker 13

Cover of The Nightmare Room 03 - My Name is Evil by R. L. Stine

The Nightmare Room 03 – My Name is Evil

Cover of The Nightmare Room 04 - Liar Liar by R. L. Stine

The Nightmare Room 04 – Liar Liar

Cover of The Monkey Who Fell From the Future by Ross Welford

The Monkey Who Fell From the Future

The Moon of Gomrath

Cover of The Middler by Kirsty Applebaum

The Middler

Cover of The Midnight Guardians by Ross Montgomery

The Midnight Guardians

The Legend of Shadow High

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Cover of The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke by Kirsty Applebaum

The Life and Time of Lonny Quicke

Cover of The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

The List of Things That Will Not Change

Cover of The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd

The London Eye Mystery

Cover of The Last of the Spirits by Chris Priestley

The Last of the Spirits

Cover of The Kid Who Came From Space by Ross Welford

The Kid Who Came From Space

Cover of The Kingdom Over the Sea by Zohra Nabi

The Kingdom Over the Sea

Cover of The Last Fallen Realm by Graci Kim

The Last Fallen Realm

Cover of The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade by Max Brallier

The Last Kids on Earth and the Zombie Parade

Cover of The Insiders by Cath Howe

The Insiders

Cover of The Islands of Chaldea by Diana Wynne Jones

The Islands of Chaldea

Cover of The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hobbit

Cover of The Ice Children by M. G. Leonard

The Ice Children

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