Common Core State Standards (ELA)
National K-12 English Language Arts standards adopted by 41 US states. Appendix B of the CCSS publishes grade-band exemplar texts.
Primary source: achievethecore.org
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43 books referenced
1984George Orwell · 1090L
A Raisin in the SunLorraine Hansberry
A Separate PeaceJohn Knowles · 1110L
A Wrinkle in TimeMadeleine L'Engle · 740L
Animal FarmGeorge Orwell · 1170L
BelovedToni Morrison · 870L
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley · 870L
Bridge to TerabithiaKatherine Paterson · 810L
Charlotte's WebE.B. White · 680L
Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury · 890L
FrankensteinMary Shelley · 1170L
HamletWilliam Shakespeare
HatchetGary Paulsen · 1020L
I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou · 1070L
Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare
Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding · 770L
MacbethWilliam Shakespeare
MonsterWalter Dean Myers · 670L
NightElie Wiesel · 590L
Of Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck · 630L
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen · 1100L
Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryMildred D. Taylor · 920L
Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare
Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut · 850L
SpeakLaurie Halse Anderson · 690L
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain · 990L
The Bluest EyeToni Morrison · 920L
The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger · 790L
The CrucibleArthur Miller
The Diary of a Young GirlAnne Frank · 1080L
The GiverLois Lowry · 760L
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1070L
The House on Mango StreetSandra Cisneros · 870L
The Hunger GamesSuzanne Collins · 810L
The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini · 840L
The OdysseyHomer
The OutsidersS.E. Hinton · 750L
The PearlJohn Steinbeck · 1010L
The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne · 1420L
Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston · 1080L
Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe · 890L
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee · 870L
Where the Red Fern GrowsWilson Rawls · 700L