# IB Diploma Programme — English A: Literature reading list

**35** books referenced by IB Diploma Programme — English A: Literature, a ib curriculum framework spanning applicable K-12 grade levels.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme literature course. Prescribed Reading List published by IB.

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## IB Diploma Programme — English A: Literature reading list

- [1984](https://readinglist.school/book/1984) by George Orwell _(1090L · Grades 9–12)_
- [A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://readinglist.school/book/a-midsummer-nights-dream) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 8–12)_
- [A Tale of Two Cities](https://readinglist.school/book/a-tale-of-two-cities) by Charles Dickens _(1170L · Grades 9–12)_
- [Beloved](https://readinglist.school/book/beloved) by Toni Morrison _(870L · Grades 11–12)_
- [Black Boy](https://readinglist.school/book/black-boy) by Richard Wright _(950L · Grades 9–12)_
- [Death of a Salesman](https://readinglist.school/book/death-of-a-salesman) by Arthur Miller _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Fences](https://readinglist.school/book/fences) by August Wilson _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Great Expectations](https://readinglist.school/book/great-expectations) by Charles Dickens _(1150L · Grades 9–12)_
- [Hamlet](https://readinglist.school/book/hamlet) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Heart of Darkness](https://readinglist.school/book/heart-of-darkness) by Joseph Conrad _(1070L · Grades 11–12)_
- [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings](https://readinglist.school/book/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings) by Maya Angelou _(1070L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Jane Eyre](https://readinglist.school/book/jane-eyre) by Charlotte Brontë _(890L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Julius Caesar](https://readinglist.school/book/julius-caesar) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–11)_
- [King Lear](https://readinglist.school/book/king-lear) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Macbeth](https://readinglist.school/book/macbeth) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Much Ado About Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/much-ado-about-nothing) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave](https://readinglist.school/book/narrative-of-the-life-of-frederick-douglass) by Frederick Douglass _(1080L · Grades 8–12)_
- [Othello](https://readinglist.school/book/othello) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 10–12)_
- [Pride and Prejudice](https://readinglist.school/book/pride-and-prejudice) by Jane Austen _(1100L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Purple Hibiscus](https://readinglist.school/book/purple-hibiscus) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie _(920L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Pygmalion](https://readinglist.school/book/pygmalion) by George Bernard Shaw _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Slaughterhouse-Five](https://readinglist.school/book/slaughterhouse-five) by Kurt Vonnegut _(850L · Grades 11–12)_
- [The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](https://readinglist.school/book/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn) by Mark Twain _(980L · Grades 10–12)_
- [The Awakening](https://readinglist.school/book/the-awakening) by Kate Chopin _(960L · Grades 11–12)_
- [The Bluest Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bluest-eye) by Toni Morrison _(920L · Grades 11–12)_
- [The Color Purple](https://readinglist.school/book/the-color-purple) by Alice Walker _(670L · Grades 9–12)_
- [The Crucible](https://readinglist.school/book/the-crucible) by Arthur Miller _(Grades 10–12)_
- [The Handmaid's Tale](https://readinglist.school/book/the-handmaids-tale) by Margaret Atwood _(750L · Grades 11–12)_
- [The Odyssey](https://readinglist.school/book/the-odyssey) by Homer _(1130L · Grades 9–12)_
- [The Scarlet Letter](https://readinglist.school/book/the-scarlet-letter) by Nathaniel Hawthorne _(1420L · Grades 10–12)_
- [The Tempest](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tempest) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Things They Carried](https://readinglist.school/book/the-things-they-carried) by Tim O'Brien _(880L · Grades 11–12)_
- [Their Eyes Were Watching God](https://readinglist.school/book/their-eyes-were-watching-god) by Zora Neale Hurston _(1080L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Things Fall Apart](https://readinglist.school/book/things-fall-apart) by Chinua Achebe _(890L · Grades 9–12)_
- [Twelfth Night](https://readinglist.school/book/twelfth-night) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–12)_

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