2010s books assigned in 3rd grade
US schools assign 300 books written in the 2010s to 3rd grade students, across 43 states, spanning 390L–820L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 2010s
Wonder
R.J. Palacio · on 31 reading lists
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- Titles
- 300
- Written
- 2010–2019
- Lexile range
- 390L–820L
- States assigning
- 43
The list — 2010s, 3rd grade
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A Ball for DaisyChris Raschka
A Band of AngelsDeborah Hopkinson
A Boy Called BatElana K. Arnold
A Boy Called ChristmasMatt Haig
A Boy Named QueenSara Cassidy
A Dance Like StarlightKristy Dempsey
A Dog Called HomelessSarah Lean
A Friend for Lakota: The Incredible True Story of a Wolf Who Braved BullyingJim Dutcher
A Green Place to beAshley Benham Yazdani
A Handful of StarsCynthia Lord
A Sick Day for Amos McGeePhilip C. Stead
A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)Natalie Lloyd
A Visitor for BearBonny Becker
A Wolf Called WanderRosanne Parry
Across the BayCarlos Aponte
Alchemy and Meggy SwannKaren Cushman
Aliens Are Coming!Megan McCarthy
America is Under Attack September 11 2001Don Brown
Anna and the Swallow ManGavriel Savit
Are You Scared, Darth Vader?Adam Rex
Artemis Fowl and the Last GuardianEoin Colfer
At NightJonathan Bean
Athlete vs. MathleteW. C. Mack
Ava and PipCarol Weston
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- Awkward
- Baby Monkey, Private Eye
- Backlash
- Balloons over Broadway
- Ban This Book
- Barbed Wire Baseball
- Because of Mr. Terupt
- Belly Up
- Best Frints in the Whole Universe
- Big Red Lollipop
- Bink & Gollie
- Blended
- Bloody Jack Series
- Bo at Ballard Creek
- Boats for Papa
- Bowwow Powwow
- Buddy
- Building Our House
- Can I Be Your Dog?
- Cat Secrets
- Chester
- Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
- Clever Little Witch
- Counting by 7s
- Crash, Splash, or Moo!
- Creepy Carrots!
- Dandy
- Dave the Potter
- Dead End in Norvelt
- Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library!
- Diego Rivera
- Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
- Dog Man
- Dogtag Summer
- Doña Flor
- Dragons Love Tacos
- Drawn Together
- Dream on Amber
- Duke
- Each Kindness
- Eagle Drums
- El Chupacabras
- El Deafo
- Ellie's Story
- Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
- Escaping the Giant Wave
- Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist
- Even Monsters Need Haircuts
- Evil Librarian
- Extra Yarn
- Finding Winnie: The Story of the Real Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh
- Firebird
- Fish in a Tree
- Five, Six, Seven, Nate!
- Framed!
- Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom
- Freedom Over Me
- Front Desk
- Fry Bread
- Fry Bread
- Funny Bones
- Funny Bones
- Fuzzy Mud
- Gaston
- Ghetto Cowboy
- Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma
- Ghost Knight
- Ghosts
- Giants Beware
- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
- Good Dog
- Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
- Grandma's Gift
- Guinea Dog
- H.O.R.S.E.
- Heart and Soul
- Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller
- Hello Lighthouse
- Hello, Universe
- Help Me, Mr. Mutt!
- Her Right Foot
- Here Comes the Garbage Barge
- Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel
- I Have a Dream
- I Know Here
- I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871
- I Yam a Donkey
- I, Too, Am America
- I'm Dirty!
- I'm Going to Sing, Black American Spirituals, Volume Two
- I'm Trying to Love Spiders
- If I Built a School
- In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
- Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
- Jake and Lily
- Jazz Day
- Jordin Tootoo
- Juana and Lucas
- Just a Minute
- Just In Case
- Knock Knock
- La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
- Last Stop on Market Street
- Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters
- Let it Shine
- Library Mouse
- Life on Mars
- Lifeboat 12
- Lily and Dunkin
- Lion vs. Rabbit
- Little You / kiya kâ-apisîsisiyan
- Locomotive
- Loot
- Lulu's Mysterious Mission
- Made By Hand: A Crafts Sampler
- Madeline Finn and the Library Dog
- Malcolm at Midnight
- Mama, Do You Love Me? & Papa, Do You Love Me? Bundle
- Mango, Abuela, and Me
- Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita
- Mario and the Hole in the Sky
- Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
- Marvelous Cornelius
- Max and the Midknights
- Maxi’s Secrets: (Or, What You Can Learn from a Dog)
- Me and Momma and Big John
- Memoirs of a Goldfish
- Merci Suárez Changes Gears
- Millicent Min, Girl Genius (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 1)
- Milo
- Monstrous Beauty
- Moon Over Manifest
- Mother Bruce
- Mr Gumpy's Outing
- Mr Tiger Goes Wild
- My Explosive Diary
- My Mama Needs Me
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea
- Nelson Mandela
- New Kid
- Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle
- Okay for Now
- Open This Little Book
- Openly, Honestly
- Otis and Will Discover the Deep
- Out of Wonder
- Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote
- Pax
- Pie
- Pie in the Sky
- Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet
- Pocketful of Posies
- Poor Louie
- Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum
- Postcards from Camp
- Press Here
- Prisoner B-3087
- Queen of the Falls
- Radiant Child
- Radiant Child
- Real Friends
- Redwood and Ponytail
- Restart
- Roller Girl
- Rotters
- Runaway Twin
- Sadie
- Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
- Saving Winslow
- Saving Zasha
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
- Scowler
- See You in the Cosmos
- Separate Is Never Equal
- Sergeant Reckless
- Shark vs. Train
- Sidekicks
- Sisters
- Sitting Bull
- Skulduggery Pleasant
- Small Spaces
- Smile
- Sophie's Squash
- Stella Díaz Has Something to Say
- Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen
- Sunny Side Up
- Teddy Mars Book #3: Almost an Outlaw
- Ten Rules You Absolutely Must Not Break If You Want to Survive the School Bus
- The 13-Story Treehouse
- The Adventures of Beekle
- The Apothecary
- The Bad Guys
- The Bear and the Piano
- The Bell Rang
- The Best School Year Ever
- The Big Bad Fox
- The Blackbird Girls
- The Boy at the Back of the Class
- The Boy on the Porch
- The Bridge Home
- The Candymakers
- The Christmas Boot
- The Christmas Coat
- The Crossover
- The Day the Crayons Quit
- The Detective's Assistant
- The Downstairs Girl
- The Farmer and the Clown
- The Forbidden Library
- The Fourth Stall Part III
- The Full Moon at the Napping House
- The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon
- The Girl with the Ghost Machine
- The Great Pet Escape
- The Haunting of Falcon House
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- The Jigsaw Jungle
- The Last Kids on Earth
- The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
- The Library of Ever
- The Lifters
- The Magic Misfits
- The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: The Wall of Fame Game
- The Monkey Goes Bananas
- The One and Only Ivan
- The Patchwork Bike
- The Perfect Score
- The Princess and the Warrior
- The Rain Came Down
- The Red Pyramid
- The Remember Balloons
- The Sasquatch Escape
- The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
- The Scorpio Races
- The Screaming Staircase
- The Season of Styx Malone
- The Skydiving Beavers
- The Snowman: The Book of the Classic Film
- The Stonekeeper: A Graphic Novel (Amulet #1)
- The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
- The Sword of Summer
- The Undefeated
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
- The Wild Robot
- The Wizards of Once
- They Say Blue
- Thirty Minutes Over Oregon
- This is My Book
- Traction Man Is Here!
- Trombone Shorty
- Tucky Jo and Little Heart
- Underground
- Underground
- Viva Frida
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!
- We Forgot Brock!
- We're Not from Here
- Wedgie & Gizmo
- Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel
- What Do They Do with All That Poo?
- When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
- Who Wet My Pants?
- Wildfire
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson
- Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy
- Winterhouse
- Wish
- Wishtree
- Wolf in the Snow
- Wonder
- You are (not) Small
- Young Fredle
- Zombies Don't Eat Veggies!
Most-assigned 2010s authors in 3rd grade
Duncan Tonatiuh (6) · Ashley Bryan (3) · Raina Telgemeier (3) · Yuyi Morales (3) · Kwame Alexander (3) · Jonathan Bean (2)
Common questions
- How many 2010s books are assigned in 3rd grade?
- 300 books written between 2010 and 2019 appear on 3rd 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 3rd grade run from 390L to 820L. 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?
- 43 states assign at least one 2010s title at 3rd 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.