# Julius Caesar

**Author:** William Shakespeare
**Grade range:** Grades 9–11
**Age range:** 14–17
**First published:** 1599
**Page count:** 224
**Genre:** History / Tragedy
**ISBN-13:** `9780743482745`
**ISBN-10:** `074348274X`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/julius-caesar
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Shakespeare's dramatization of the 44 BCE assassination of Julius Caesar and its aftermath, focusing on the moral dilemma of Brutus. A common 9th-10th grade introductory Shakespeare text cited in Common Core Appendix B.

## Themes

- power
- betrayal
- loyalty
- rhetoric
- political morality

## Content notes

- political violence
- suicide

Common Sense Media age recommendation: 13+

## Where this book is assigned

### AQA GCSE English Literature (8702)

- **required** · 9th grade — [source: Set text in the AQA GCSE English Literature (8702) specification, component: Shakespeare. Specification for first teaching in 2015. Read 2026-10-03.](https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-8702/specification/subject-content/shakespeare-and-the-19th-century-novel)
- **required** · 10th grade — [source: Set text in the AQA GCSE English Literature (8702) specification, component: Shakespeare. Specification for first teaching in 2015. Read 2026-10-03.](https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/english/gcse/english-8702/specification/subject-content/shakespeare-and-the-19th-century-novel)

### Common Core State Standards (ELA)

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Florida — [source: B.E.S.T. Standards grade 9 rhetoric exemplar](https://www.fldoe.org/)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: CCSS ELA Appendix B, grades 9-10 drama exemplar](https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf)
- **recommended** · 10th grade · Illinois — [source: Illinois Learning Standards grade 10 Shakespeare](https://www.isbe.net/)

### Florida B.E.S.T. Standards — ELA

- **recommended** · 9th grade · Florida — [source: B.E.S.T. Standards grade 9 rhetoric exemplar](https://www.fldoe.org/)

### IB Diploma Programme — English A: Literature

- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: William Shakespeare is on the IB Diploma Programme English A: Literature Prescribed Reading List (author-eligible; schools select from the full PRL). Verified via independent author-roster cross-reference, 2026-09-04.](https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: William Shakespeare is on the IB Diploma Programme English A: Literature Prescribed Reading List (author-eligible; schools select from the full PRL). Verified via independent author-roster cross-reference, 2026-09-04.](https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/)

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