# Ernest Hemingway — books assigned in US schools

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

**Lexile range:** 940L–940L
**Grade span:** 8–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/author/ernest-hemingway
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- aging
- campaigns
- cuentos de guerra
- defeat
- nature
- open library staff picks
- perseverance
- pride
- world war i, 1914-1918

## Genres

- Historical Fiction
- Novella

## Every Ernest Hemingway title on file

- [A Farewell to Arms](https://readinglist.school/book/a-farewell-to-arms) _(Grades 11–12 · 1929)_
- [The Old Man and the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/the-old-man-and-the-sea) _(940L · Grades 8–12 · 1952)_

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