4. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

I really enjoyed this play and I’m excited to teach it next year. I love commentary on Victorian society and thought this play was hilarious and witty. There are so many zingers and excellent one-liners. I think it will be very fun to have students read parts aloud in their most affected Judy Dench accent.

5. The Fault in our Stars by John Green

I might be the last YA lit reader on planet Earth to have read this, but I’m glad I finally did. There are so many beautiful, poignant and honest observations about life as these terminally ill teenagers try to make sense of it all. Of course it’s sad. Yes, it’s heartbreaking. But it is truly beautiful and stands out in ways that other simply sad books can’t touch. I’m a better person for having read it and what it’s given me.