2000s books assigned in 12th grade
US schools assign 87 books written in the 2000s to 12th grade students, across 13 states, spanning 530L–1090L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 2000s
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins · on 23 reading lists
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- Titles
- 87
- Written
- 2000–2009
- Lexile range
- 530L–1090L
- States assigning
- 13
The list — 2000s, 12th grade
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A Curse Dark as GoldElizabeth C. Bunce
A Hat Full of SkyTerry Pratchett
AfterFrancine Prose
American Born ChineseGene Luen Yang · 530L
Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal SnoggingLouise Rennison
AshMalinda Lo
Breathing UnderwaterAlex Flinn
City of BonesCassandra Clare
Copper SunSharon Draper
Dairy QueenCatherine Gilbert Murdock
Day of TearsJulius Lester
Define "Normal"Julie Anne Peters
DevilishMaureen Johnson
Fat Kid Rules The WorldK L Going
Flash BurnoutL. K. Madigan
Flora SegundaYsabeau S. Wilce
Full TiltNeal Shusterman
Going BovineLibba Bray
GracelingKristin Cashore
Hanging on to MaxMargaret Bechard
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsJ. K. Rowling
Hold StillNina LaCour
Hope Was HereJoan Bauer
How I Live NowMeg Rosoff
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- Ice
- Impulse
- Into the Wild
- Jellicoe Road
- Life as We Knew It
- Life of Pi
- Looking for Alaska
- Madapple
- Marcelo in the Real World
- Me, the Missing, and the Dead
- Midnighters #2: Touching Darkness
- My Sister's Keeper
- Peaches
- Peeps
- Perfect Chemistry
- Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
- Purple Hibiscus
- Savvy
- Selected Poems
- Selected Poetry
- Selected Stories
- Shattering Glass
- Shiver (Shiver, Book 1)
- Sold
- Son of the Mob
- Stormwitch
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
- The Adoration of Jenna Fox
- The Amethyst Road
- The Boxes
- The Brimstone Journals
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- The Everafter
- The First Part Last
- The Glass Castle
- The Hotel Under the Sand
- The House Next Door
- The Hunger Games
- The King of Attolia
- The Kite Runner
- The Knife of Never Letting Go
- The Land
- The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
- The Lovely Bones: A Novel
- The Maze Runner
- The Namesake
- The River Between Us
- The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
- The Secret Life of Bees
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
- The Surrender Tree / El ábol de la rendición
- The Tequila Worm
- The True Meaning of Smekday
- The Underground Railroad
- The White Darkness
- Thirteen Reasons Why
- Twilight
- Uglies
- Unwind
- Vintage
- What I Saw and How I Lied
- Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror
- Zoe's Tale
Most-assigned 2000s authors in 12th grade
Scott Westerfeld (3) · Neal Shusterman (2) · Sarah Beth Durst (2) · Ann Brashares (2) · Terry Pratchett · Louise Rennison
Common questions
- How many 2000s books are assigned in 12th grade?
- 87 books written between 2000 and 2009 appear on 12th grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- What Lexile range do these 2000s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 2000s titles assigned in 12th grade run from 530L to 1090L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 13 states assign at least one 2000s title at 12th grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.