# Charles Dickens — books assigned in US schools

**2** books by Charles Dickens appear in the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 1150L–1170L
**Grade span:** 9–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/charles-dickens
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- class (2)
- ambition
- coming of age
- injustice
- loyalty
- resurrection
- revolution
- sacrifice
- social class

## Genres

- Classic Fiction
- Historical Fiction

## Every Charles Dickens title on file

- [A Tale of Two Cities](https://readinglist.school/book/a-tale-of-two-cities) _(1170L · Grades 9–12 · 1859)_
- [Great Expectations](https://readinglist.school/book/great-expectations) _(1150L · Grades 9–12 · 1861)_

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