Listen up book worms, the highest trending books for the month of November have been released. These are the top ten most popular books at Smoky Hill for the month of November.

The Boy in Striped Pajamas: Drama/Historical set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight year old son of the commandant at a concentration camp. Bruno’s forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. A novel written by John Boyne.

Thirteen Reasons Why: A 2007 young-adult fiction novel written by Jay Asher. Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers tapes recorded by Hannah Bake, his classmate and crush, who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On the tape, Hannah explains that there are 13 reasons why she decided to end her life.

Unwind: The first twisted and futuristic novel in the perennially popular New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology by Neal Shusterman.With suspense, this book follows three teenagers who became runaways. Unwinds: Connor, a rebel whose parents have ordered his unwinding; Risa, a ward of the state who is to be unwound due to cost-cutting; and Lev, his parents’ tenth child whose unwinding has been planned since birth as a religious thing.

Go ask Alice: The diary begins right before Alice’s fifteenth birthday. She is a pretty typical teenage girl in the late 1960. She’s mostly concerned with school, boys, her hair, and fitting in. The author is anonymous, edited by Beatrice Sparks.  

Paper Towns: The novel explores the coming of age and search of the protagonist, Quentin Jacobsen, because her neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman, is in love with her since childhood. by John Green.

The Scorch Trials: Thomas and his friends find themselves in trouble after uncovering an evil plot from the mysterious and powerful organization WCKD. With help from a new ally, the friends stage a daring escape into the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with dangerous obstacles and crawling with the virus-infected Cranks. There only hope may be to find the Right Hand, a group of resistance fighters who can help them battle WCKD. Written by James Dashner.

We Were Liars: This book jumps in time a lot. Cadence Sinclair is seventeen, almost eighteen. She’s had an accident she can’t remember, and she’s left with really bad migraines, written by E. Lockhart.

Go Set a Watchman: Located in Maycomb, Alabama. 26 year old Jean Louise Finch returns home from New York City to visit her aging father, Atticus. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights tensions and political turmoil that were transforming the South, Jean Louise’s homecoming turns bittersweet when she learns disturbing truths about her family, the town, and the people dearest to her. Memories from her childhood flood back, and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt. This book is written by Harper Lee.

The Testing: Upon graduating from school, Malencia Vale of the Five Lakes Colony is chosen to take part in the Testing, a strict yet mysterious process by which young adults are selected to attend University. Would she be able to overcome the obstacles thrown her way to not attend University?  Written by Joelle Charbonneau

Crank: The book tells the story of a teenage girl who becomes addicted to crank, a form of methamphetamine. The novel follows Kristina’s downward spiral as she attempts to feed her addiction and deal with the                                                                                                            consequences of the bad decisions that she has made. Written by Hopkins.

“Reading a good book makes up feel unalone,” famous quote by John Green.