I read The Outsiders in 6th grade. Thought it was pretty good. Recently had to do a book project for school and had to read sparknotes the book called "All Quiet on the Western Front" and I thought that was okay.
Books
Started by Olorin The Maiar,
The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein), Unchecked Corporate Power (Gregg Barak), The Political Thought of Plato & Aristotle (Sir Ernest Baker), On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights (Jean-Jacques Rousseau), the Discourses of Livy and the Art of War (Niccolò Machiavelli). Favourite books by a landslide, so far.
Try reading wiseguy.