While no one disputes that getting kids reading anything is better than nothing at all, we can’t be too excited about 11th graders stampeding their way through the recently popular Hunger Games trilogy—the books are assessed to be at a 5th grade reading level. The best way to harness the pro-reading momentum and use it to get kids to challenge themselves is to allow them to apply their reading skills to adult books with subject matter that will actually engage them. Here are 16 great adult books for teens to check out too.
