# All Quiet on the Western Front

**Author:** Erich Maria Remarque
**Lexile:** 830L
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**Age range:** 14–18
**First published:** 1929
**Page count:** 296
**Genre:** War Novel
**ISBN-13:** `9780449213940`
**ISBN-10:** `0449213943`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/all-quiet-on-the-western-front
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A young German soldier, Paul Bäumer, narrates the brutal reality of trench warfare in World War I. Remarque's novel is a staple of 10th-12th grade World History and English Literature cross-curricular units and appears in Common Core grade 9-10 exemplar lists.

## Themes

- war
- disillusionment
- generational loss
- brotherhood
- nationalism

## Content notes

- graphic war violence
- death
- brief sexual content

Common Sense Media age recommendation: 14+

## Where this book is assigned

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 9-10 world-literature exemplar](https://achievethecore.org/page/2699)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Ohio — [source: Ohio Learning Standards — WWI cross-curricular](https://education.ohio.gov/)

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