2010s books assigned in 10th grade
US schools assign 232 books written in the 2010s to 10th grade students, across 11 states, spanning 560L–920L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- Titles
- 232
- Written
- 2010–2019
- Lexile range
- 560L–920L
- States assigning
- 11
The list — 2010s, 10th grade
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1919 The Year That Changed AmericaMartin W. Sandler- A Boy Called ChristmasMatt Haig
- A Corner of WhiteJaclyn Moriarty
A Few Red DropsClaire Hartfield- A Light in the Dark (Dark Stars Book 2)A. K. Duboff
- A Ray of LightWalter Wick
- A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)Natalie Lloyd
- Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
- Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
- AboveLeah Bobet
- Above WorldJenn Reese
- Abraham Lincoln and Frederick DouglassRussell Freedman
- After the SnowS. D. Crockett
- Akata WitchNnedi Okorafor
- Alchemy and Meggy SwannKaren Cushman
- Amelia LostCandace Fleming
- An American PlagueJim Murphy
- Anger Is a GiftMark Oshiro
- Anna and the Swallow ManGavriel Savit
- Arabella of MarsDavid D. Levine
- Archivist WaspNicole Kornher-Stace
- Artemis Fowl and the Last GuardianEoin Colfer
- Aru Shah and the End of TimeRoshani Chokshi
- AshMalinda Lo
Show all 232 titles
- Beautiful Creatures: The Manga (A Graphic Novel) · Cassandra Jean
- Because You'll Never Meet Me · Leah Thomas
- Belle Époque · Elizabeth Ross
- Black Enough · Ibi Zoboi
- Black Heart · Holly Black
- Black Potatoes · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Black Potatoes · Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Blood Water Paint · Joy McCullough
- Bloody Jack Series · L. A. Meyer
- Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon · Steve Sheinkin
- Bone Gap · Laura Ruby
- Boots on the Ground · Elizabeth Partridge
- Butterfly Yellow · Thanhhà Lại
- Call of the Klondike · David Meissner
- Catfishing on CatNet · Naomi Kritzer
- Challenger Deep · Neal Shusterman
- Charm & Strange · Stephanie Kuehn
- Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey · Ngozi Ukazu
- Children of Blood and Bone · Tomi Adeyemi
- Chime · Franny Billingsley
- Cog · Greg van Eekhout
- Conviction · Kelly Loy Gilbert
- Copper Sun · Sharon Draper
- Court of Fives · Kate Elliott
- Creepy Carrots! · Aaron Reynolds
- Crossing the Tracks · Barbara Stuber
- Cuckoo Song · Frances Hardinge
- Cursed · Karol Ruth Silverstein
- Darius the Great Is Not Okay · Adib Khorram
- Daughter of Smoke and Bone · Laini Taylor
- Dear Martin · Nic Stone
- Dearest · Alethea Kontis
- Devils Within · S. F. Henson
- Dig · A. S. King
- Dirty Wings · Sarah McCarry
- Divergent · Veronica Roth
- Dooby Dooby Moo · Doreen Cronin
- Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets · Evan Roskos
- Dragon Pearl · Yoon Ha Lee
- Dread Nation · Justina Ireland
- Dream on Amber · Emma Shevah
- Electric Ben · Robert Byrd
- Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah · Laurie Ann Thompson
- Enchanted Air · Margarita Engle
- Enchanted Air · Margarita Engle
- Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist · Susan Wood
- Every Day · David Levithan
- Everybody Sees the Ants · A.S. King
- Exo · Fonda Lee
- Eyes Like Stars · Lisa Mantchev
- Fair Coin · E.C. Myers
- Far From The Tree · Robin Benway
- Five Flavors of Dumb · Antony John
- Five, Six, Seven, Nate! · Tim Federle
- Flora's Dare · Ysabeau S. Wilce
- Frankly in Love · David Yoon
- Gabi, a Girl in Pieces · Isabel Quintero
- Ghetto Cowboy · G. Neri
- Ghost Knight · Cornelia Funke
- Girl Mans Up · M-E Girard
- Girls Like Us · Gail Giles
- Glory O'Brien's History of the Future · A.S. King
- Greenglass House · Kate Milford
- Guardian of the Dead · Karen Healey
- H.O.R.S.E. · Christopher Myers
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows · J. K. Rowling
- Hearts Unbroken · Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword · Barry Deutsch
- Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel · Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Hold Me Closer, Necromancer · Lish McBride
- House of Purple Cedar · Tim Tingle
- Hurt Go Happy · Ginny Rorby
- Hush · Eishes Chayil
- I Shall Wear Midnight · Terry Pratchett
- I'll Give You the Sun · Jandy Nelson
- I'm Dirty! · Kate McMullan
- Ice · Sarah Beth Durst
- If I Ever Get Out of Here · Eric Gansworth
- In Darkness · Nick Lake
- In the Shadow of Blackbirds · Cat Winters
- Infinite Hope · Ashley Bryan
- Iron Hearted Violet · Kelly Barnhill
- La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One · Philip Pullman
- Long Way Down · Jason Reynolds
- Love and other Perishable Items · Laura Buzo
- Love Is the Drug · Alaya Dawn Johnson
- Lovely War · Julie Berry
- Mapping the Bones · Jane Yolen
- Marcelo in the Real World · Francisco X. Stork
- March Book Three · John Lewis
- Martina una cucarachita muy linda · Carmen Agra Deedy
- Midwinterblood · Marcus Sedgwick
- Monster Blood Tattoo: Lamplighter · D. M. Cornish
- Monstrous Beauty · Elizabeth Fama
- Most Dangerous · Steve Sheinkin
- Muckrackers · Ann Bausum
- Nimona · ND Stevenson
- Noah Webster and His Words · Jeri Ferris
- Orbiting Jupiter · Gary D. Schmidt
- Paper Covers Rock · Jenny Hubbard
- Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword · Henry Lien
- Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions · Henry Lien
- Piecing Me Together · Renée Watson
- Railhead · Philip Reeve
- Railsea · China Miéville
- Rani Patel In Full Effect · Sonia Patel
- Redwood and Ponytail · K.A. Holt
- Rocks Fall Everyone Dies · Lindsay Ribar
- Rose Under Fire · Elizabeth Wein
- Rotters · Daniel Kraus
- Sadie · Courtney Summers
- Saints and Misfits · S. K. Ali
- Salt to the Sea · Ruta Sepetys
- Salvage · Alexandra Duncan
- Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy · Scott Westerfeld
- Scott Westerfeld: Leviathan Trilogy · Scott Westerfeld
- Scowler · Daniel Kraus
- Scythe · Neal Shusterman
- September Girls · Bennett Madison
- Seraphina · Rachel Hartman
- Seriously Wicked · Tina Connolly
- Sex & Violence · Carrie Mesrobian
- Shadowshaper · Daniel José Older
- Ship Breaker · Paolo Bacigalupi
- Siberia · Ann Halam
- Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda · Becky Albertalli
- Sister Mine · Nalo Hopkinson
- Skulduggery Pleasant – Skulduggery Pleasant: Books 1 - 12 · Derek Landy
- Starfish · Akemi Dawn Bowman
- Steelheart · Brandon Sanderson
- Strange & Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender · Leslye Jo Anne Walton
- Stuck in Neutral · Terry Trueman
- Summer of the Mariposas · Guadalupe Garcia McCall
- Surviving the City · Tasha Spillett
- Tell Me Something Real · Calla Devlin
- Tess of the Road · Rachel Hartman
- The Art of Starving · Sam J. Miller
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I · M. T. Anderson
- The Boy at the End of the World · Greg van Eekhout
- The Boy from Ilysies · Pearl North
- The Candle and the Flame · Nafiza Azad
- The Carnival at Bray · Jessie Ann Foley
- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown · Holly Black
- The Diviners Free Preview Edition (The First 11 Chapters) · Libba Bray
- The Evil Wizard Smallbone · Delia Sherman
- The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia · Candace Fleming
- The Fault in Our Stars · John Green
- The Freak Observer · Blythe Woolston
- The Freedom Maze · Delia Sherman
- The Girl of Fire and Thorns Stories · Rae Carson
- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making · Catherynne M. Valente
- The Hate U Give · Angie Thomas
- The Hired Girl · Laura Amy Schlitz
- The Lion Hunters Novels · Elizabeth Wein
- The Maze Runner · James Dashner
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post · Emily Danforth
- The Notorious Benedict Arnold · Steve Sheinkin
- The Pilgrims of Plimoth · Marcia Sewall
- The Poet Slave of Cuba · Margarita Engle
- The Poet X · Elizabeth Acevedo
- The Port Chicago 50 · Steve Sheinkin
- The Race to Save the Lord God Bird · Phillip Hoose
- The Running Dream · Wendelin Van Draanen
- The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly · Stephanie Oakes
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place · Julie Berry
- The Scar Boys · Len Vlahos
- The Scorpio Races · Maggie Stiefvater
- The Serpent King · Jeff Zentner
- The Smell of Other People's Houses · Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
- The Star-Touched Queen · Roshani Chokshi
- The Story of Owen · E. K. Johnston
- The Summer Prince · Alaya Dawn Johnson
- The True Meaning of Smekday · Adam Rex
- The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B · Teresa Toten
- The Voice That Challenged a Nation · Russell Freedman
- The Wall · Peter Sís
- The Way Things Work Now · David Macaulay
- The Weight of Feathers · Anna-Marie McLemore
- The Wizards of Once · Cressida Cowell
- There Will Come a Darkness · Katy Rose Pool
- This Promise of Change · Jo Ann Allen Boyce
- Torpedoed · Deborah Heiligman
- Ultraviolet · R.J. Anderson
- Under the Mesquite · Guadalupe Garcia McCall
- Unmade (The Lynburn Legacy Book 3) · Sarah Rees Brennan
- Updraft · Fran Wilde
- Valiant · Holly Black
- Vessel · Sarah Beth Durst
- Vincent and Theo · Deborah Heiligman
- Want · Cindy Pon
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga · Traci Sorell
- We Are Okay · Nina LaCour
- We Will Not Be Silent · Russell Freedman
- We're Not from Here · Geoff Rodkey
- Weave a Circle Round · Kari Maaren
- What Girls Are Made Of · Elana K. Arnold
- What I Saw and How I Lied · Judy Blundell
- What the Night Sings · Vesper Stamper
- When We Collided · Emery Lord
- When We Wake · Karen Healey
- Where Things Come Back · John Corey Whaley
- White Cat · Holly Black
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson · John Green
- Wonder Show · Hannah Rodgers Barnaby
- You're Welcome, Universe · Whitney Gardner
- Young Fredle · Cynthia Voigt
- Zeroboxer · Fonda Lee
- Zoe's Tale · John Scalzi
Most-assigned 2010s authors in 10th grade
Holly Black (4) · Steve Sheinkin (4) · Russell Freedman (3) · Margarita Engle (3) · Natalie S. Bober (2) · Candace Fleming (2)
Common questions
- How many 2010s books are assigned in 10th grade?
- 232 books written between 2010 and 2019 appear on 10th 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 2010s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 2010s titles assigned in 10th grade run from 560L to 920L. 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?
- 11 states assign at least one 2010s title at 10th 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.