# Battle of the Books (state reading programs) reading list

**38** books referenced by Battle of the Books (state reading programs), a reading-program curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading-competition program run in many US elementary, middle, and high schools, where student teams read from an official annual book list and answer recall questions in a quiz-bowl format. Lists are set at the state level (for example, by the North Carolina School Library Media Association's Elementary, Middle, and High School divisions), so the titles are state-specific and refreshed each year.

**Framework type:** reading-program
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/curriculum/battle-of-the-books
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## Battle of the Books (state reading programs) reading list

- [1984](https://readinglist.school/book/1984) by George Orwell _(1090L · Grades 9–12)_
- [A Royal Conundrum](https://readinglist.school/book/a-royal-conundrum) by Lisa Yee _(Grades 3–6)_
- [A Snake Falls to Earth](https://readinglist.school/book/a-snake-falls-to-earth) by Darcie Little Badger _(Grades 5–12)_
- [All My Rage](https://readinglist.school/book/all-my-rage) by Sabaa Tahir _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe](https://readinglist.school/book/aristotle-and-dante-discover-the-secrets-of-the-universe) by Benjamin Alire Sáenz _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Brownstone](https://readinglist.school/book/brownstone) by Samuel Teer _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Burn Down, Rise Up](https://readinglist.school/book/burn-down-rise-up) by Vincent Tirado _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Children of Blood and Bone](https://readinglist.school/book/children-of-blood-and-bone) by Tomi Adeyemi _(Grades 5–12)_
- [Darius the Great Is Not Okay](https://readinglist.school/book/darius-the-great-is-not-okay) by Adib Khorram _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Death in the Jungle](https://readinglist.school/book/death-in-the-jungle-murder-betrayal-and-the-lost-dream-of-jonestown) by Candace Fleming _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Dread Nation](https://readinglist.school/book/dread-nation) by Justina Ireland _(Grades 5–12)_
- [Everything We Never Had](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-we-never-had) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 7–12)_
- [Far From The Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/far-from-the-tree) by Robin Benway _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Ferris](https://readinglist.school/book/ferris) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 3–6)_
- [Firekeeper's Daughter](https://readinglist.school/book/firekeepers-daughter) by Angeline Boulley _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Front Desk](https://readinglist.school/book/front-desk) by Kelly Yang _(640L · Grades 3–7)_
- [Furia](https://readinglist.school/book/furia) by Yamile Saied Méndez _(Grades 9–12)_
- [I'll Give You the Sun](https://readinglist.school/book/ill-give-you-the-sun) by Jandy Nelson _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Last Night at the Telegraph Club](https://readinglist.school/book/last-night-at-the-telegraph-club) by Malinda Lo _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Most Dangerous](https://readinglist.school/book/most-dangerous-daniel-ellsberg-and-the-secret-history-of-the-vietnam-war) by Steve Sheinkin _(Grades 4–10)_
- [Murder Among Friends](https://readinglist.school/book/murder-among-friends) by Candace Fleming _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Promise Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/promise-boys) by Nick Brooks _(Grades 3–10)_
- [Raybearer](https://readinglist.school/book/raybearer) by Jordan Ifueko _(Grades 5–12)_
- [Saints and Misfits](https://readinglist.school/book/saints-and-misfits) by S. K. Ali _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Sal and Gabi Break the Universe](https://readinglist.school/book/sal-and-gabi-break-the-universe) by Carlos Hernandez _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Scythe](https://readinglist.school/book/scythe) by Neal Shusterman _(Grades 7–12)_
- [Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe](https://readinglist.school/book/smack-dab-in-the-middle-of-maybe) by Jo Watson Hackl _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Stand Up, Yumi Chung](https://readinglist.school/book/stand-up-yumi-chung) by Jessica Kim _(Grades 4–7)_
- [Swim Team](https://readinglist.school/book/swim-team) by Johnnie Christmas _(Grades 3–7)_
- [The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian](https://readinglist.school/book/the-absolutely-true-diary-of-a-part-time-indian) by Sherman Alexie _(600L · Grades 7–10)_
- [The Boy at the Back of the Class](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boy-at-the-back-of-the-class) by Onjali Q. Raúf _(Grades 3–6)_
- [The Field Guide to the North American Teenager](https://readinglist.school/book/the-field-guide-to-the-north-american-teenager) by Ben Philippe _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Hate U Give](https://readinglist.school/book/the-hate-u-give) by Angie Thomas _(590L · Grades 9–12)_
- [The Last Musketeer](https://readinglist.school/book/the-last-musketeer) by Stuart Gibbs _(Grades 4–7)_
- [The Reappearance of Rachel Price](https://readinglist.school/book/the-reappearance-of-rachel-price) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 7–12)_
- [The Serpent King](https://readinglist.school/book/the-serpent-king) by Jeff Zentner _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Silence That Binds Us](https://readinglist.school/book/the-silence-that-binds-us) by Joanna Ho _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Willa of the Wood](https://readinglist.school/book/willa-of-the-wood) by Robert Beatty _(Grades 4–7)_

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