Books for High School

Explore 48 curated books for High School students. Each resource has been reviewed for quality and age-appropriateness.

Geometry For Dummies

Mark Ryan's plain-English geometry reference, aimed squarely at the student who has a textbook and still cannot follow the proofs in it.

Geometry: Seeing, Doing, Understanding

Harold Jacobs' classic high-school geometry course, built on discovery rather than memorized proofs. The one geometry text most veteran homeschoolers name first.

Geometry Workbook For Dummies

The practice half of the For Dummies geometry pair: several hundred problems with fully worked solutions, not just an answer key.

Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar

Short explanations followed by heavy drill, from McGraw-Hill's long-running self-study series. Cheap, plentiful practice.

Side by Side: Student Book 1 (Third Edition)

A conversation-first beginner course built around guided dialogues, which makes it one of the few ESL books that works with two people at a kitchen table.

Essential Grammar in Use with Answers

Raymond Murphy's elementary grammar reference, built on a two-page unit format that makes it genuinely usable for self-study.

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Word Power Made Easy

A vocabulary builder that teaches Greek and Latin roots rather than word lists, so each session unlocks families of words at once.

Basic English Grammar Workbook (Azar-Hagen, 5th Edition)

The grammar series most ESL teacher training programs are built around, in workbook form with a full answer key for self-study.

Oxford Picture Dictionary, Third Edition

The standard visual dictionary in ESL classrooms worldwide: roughly 4,000 words organized by real-life situation rather than alphabetically.

English for Everyone Practice Book Level 1: Beginner

The written practice half of DK's Level 1 course. Buy it with the course book, not instead of it.

English for Everyone Course Book Level 1: Beginner

DK's visual self-study English course, built so a complete beginner can work through it alone without a teacher explaining every page.

How to Take Smart Notes

The standard English-language explanation of the Zettelkasten slip-box method: notes written to be linked and reused, not filed and forgotten.

The Executive Functioning Workbook for Teens

A worksheet-based workbook the teenager completes themselves, building planning, time estimation and self-monitoring habits one short activity at a time.

Late, Lost, and Unprepared

A clinical psychologist's parent guide to executive functioning, organized skill by skill so you can work on the one your child actually struggles with.

That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week

Ana Homayoun's parent guide to organizing disorganized middle and high schoolers, built on the binder-and-planner system she uses with private clients.

Across Five Aprils

Newbery Honor novel following an southern Illinois farm family through the five Aprils of the American Civil War.

Johnny Tremain

Newbery Medal historical novel following a Boston silversmith's apprentice into the events of the American Revolution.

The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond

Donna Goldberg's practical system for teaching organisation — binders, backpacks, planners and workspaces — for the bright student who loses everything.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

Sean Covey's teen adaptation of the classic habits framework — goal-setting, prioritisation and personal responsibility, aimed at ages 12-17.

Learning How to Learn: How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying

Barbara Oakley's bestselling learning-science guide rewritten for ages 10-17, teaching focused and diffuse thinking, chunking, and how to beat procrastination.

Learn Like a Pro: Science-Based Tools to Become Better at Anything

A short, 160-page distillation of Barbara Oakley's learning research, co-written with Olav Schewe — the fastest way into the material for an older teen.

Why Didn't They Teach Me This in School?: 99 Personal Money Management Principles to Live By

A concise personal-finance primer built around 8 principles and 99 practical money lessons — budgeting, saving, credit, and investing — for teens and young adults. A popular graduation gift and homeschool money-skills supplement.

I Want More Pizza: Real World Money Skills For High School, College, And Beyond

A short, teen-friendly intro to money skills that uses a pizza metaphor to teach saving, budgeting, and compound growth. Written for high-school and college students; a quick, actionable first personal-finance read.

Easy Grammar Plus Student Workbook

Student workbook for Easy Grammar Plus by Wanda C. Phillips, using the prepositional approach to teach grammar with low-prep daily lessons and built-in review. Grades 7 and up.

The Thinking Toolbox: Thirty-Five Lessons That Will Build Your Reasoning Skills

A friendly, comic-illustrated follow-up to The Fallacy Detective, with 35 hands-on lessons and activities that teach practical reasoning, evidence, and problem-solving for ages 13 and up.

DK Smithsonian: The Science Book — Big Ideas Simply Explained

Comprehensive illustrated science reference covering key discoveries and concepts across physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science from ancient times to today.

Unlimited Memory: How to Use Advanced Learning Strategies to Learn Faster

International Grandmaster of Memory Kevin Horsley shares powerful memory techniques and learning strategies to help students remember anything and learn faster.

A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science

Barbara Oakley's bestselling guide to mastering math and science, based on her popular "Learning How to Learn" course — the world's most enrolled online class.

Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning

A groundbreaking book that draws on cognitive science research to reveal the most effective learning strategies — and why many common study techniques don't work.

How to Become a Straight-A Student

Cal Newport's evidence-based guide to earning top grades while studying less, based on interviews with real straight-A students at elite universities.

Kaplan ACT Prep Plus 2025

Kaplan's flagship ACT guide with 5 full-length practice tests, online resources, and their proven score-raising strategies used by millions of students.

Barron's ACT Premium Study Guide with 6 Practice Tests

Expert ACT preparation from Barron's featuring 6 full-length practice tests, comprehensive subject review, and proven test-taking strategies.

Princeton Review ACT Premium Prep, 2026

Comprehensive ACT preparation with 8 full-length practice tests, proven score-raising strategies, and detailed content review for all test sections.

The Official ACT Prep Guide 2025-2026

The only ACT prep guide written by the test makers at ACT, Inc., featuring 8 full-length practice tests with detailed answer explanations.

Princeton Review Digital SAT Premium Prep 2025

Comprehensive Digital SAT prep with 4 practice tests, in-depth content review, and proven score-raising strategies from The Princeton Review.

The Official Digital SAT Study Guide

The only SAT prep book from the test makers themselves — includes 4 official practice tests with detailed answer explanations for the Digital SAT.

Barron's SAT Premium Study Guide with 7 Practice Tests

Massive SAT prep resource with 7 full-length practice tests, comprehensive content review, and detailed answer explanations from Barron's.

Barron's Digital SAT Premium Study Guide 2026

Thorough Digital SAT prep with 4 practice tests, comprehensive content review, and diagnostic quizzes — Barron's trusted test prep approach.

The Human Body Coloring Book: The Ultimate Anatomy Study Guide (DK)

A hands-on DK anatomy study guide using coloring to teach all major body systems — ideal for grades 6 through adult learners.

Total Health: Choices for a Winning Lifestyle (High School)

A comprehensive Christian-based high school health textbook covering anatomy, nutrition, fitness, mental health, substance abuse prevention, and more.

Home School Family Fitness: The Complete Physical Education Curriculum for Grades K-12

A complete 40-week K-12 physical education curriculum with lesson plans, fitness tests, and sports labs designed for homeschool families.

Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World

An inspiring guide combining coding instruction with stories of women in tech, for middle and high school students.

Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 2nd Edition

A practical Python programming guide teaching automation of real-world tasks, for high school and adult beginners.

Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners, 3rd Edition

A father-son guide to Python programming for kids 12+ and complete beginners, now in its 3rd edition.

No More Meltdowns: Positive Strategies for Managing and Preventing Out-of-Control Behavior

A practical, four-step approach to preventing and managing meltdowns in children with autism, ADHD, and other behavioral challenges — with real-world scenarios and solutions.

Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

A paradigm-shifting book that reframes autism as a difference to be understood rather than a disorder to be fixed, with practical guidance for parents and educators.

Smart but Scattered Teens: The Executive Skills Program for Helping Teens Reach Their Potential

The teen-focused follow-up to the bestselling Smart but Scattered, providing executive skills strategies specifically designed for adolescents aged 12-18.

The Explosive Child (6th Edition)

A groundbreaking guide to understanding and parenting easily frustrated, chronically inflexible children using Collaborative & Proactive Solutions.