2010s books assigned in 4th grade
US schools assign 360 books written in the 2010s to 4th grade students, across 45 states, spanning 360L–990L. 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
- 360
- Written
- 2010–2019
- Lexile range
- 360L–990L
- States assigning
- 45
The list — 2010s, 4th grade
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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 Few Red DropsClaire Hartfield
A Green Place to beAshley Benham Yazdani
A Handful of StarsCynthia Lord
A Million Ways HomeDianna Dorisi-Winget
A Snicker of Magic (Scholastic Gold)Natalie Lloyd
A Tale Dark and GrimmAdam Gidwitz
A Visitor for BearBonny Becker
A Wolf Called WanderRosanne Parry
Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
Abigail AdamsNatalie S. Bober
Across the BayCarlos Aponte
Alchemy and Meggy SwannKaren Cushman
Aliens Are Coming!Megan McCarthy
All's Faire in Middle SchoolVictoria Jamieson
Amelia LostCandace Fleming
America is Under Attack September 11 2001Don Brown
Anna and the Swallow ManGavriel Savit
Artemis Fowl and the Last GuardianEoin Colfer
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- Arthur, For the Very First Time
- As Brave As You
- At Night
- Athlete vs. Mathlete
- Ava and Pip
- Awkward
- Backlash
- Balloons over Broadway
- Ban This Book
- Barbed Wire Baseball
- Because of Mr. Terupt
- Becoming Naomi Leon (Scholastic Gold)
- Belly Up
- Best Friends
- Better Nate Than Ever
- Between Shades Of Gray
- Big Nate: In a Class by Himself
- Big Red Lollipop
- Bink & Gollie
- Black Enough
- Black Potatoes
- Blended
- Blink and Caution
- Bloody Jack Series
- Bo at Ballard Creek
- Boats for Papa
- Borrowed Children
- Brown Girl Dreaming
- Buddy
- Building Our House
- Call of the Klondike
- Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms
- Carver
- Chickadee
- Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
- City of Ghosts
- Clayton Byrd Goes Underground
- Clever Little Witch
- Cliff-Hanger
- Close to Famous
- Counting by 7s
- Creepy Carrots!
- Crush
- Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine
- Danny Dunn on the Ocean Floor
- Dash (Dogs of World War II)
- Dead End in Norvelt
- Diego Rivera
- Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
- Dog Man
- Dogtag Summer
- Doña Flor
- Down Sand Mountain
- Dream on Amber
- Driver's Ed
- Duke
- Each Kindness
- Eagle Drums
- Eight Keys
- El Chupacabras
- El Deafo
- Eleanor & Park
- Electric Ben
- Elijah of Buxton (Scholastic Gold)
- Ellie's Story
- Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
- Enchanted Air
- Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
- Escaping the Giant Wave
- Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist
- 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!
- Found
- Framed!
- Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom
- Freedom Over Me
- Front Desk
- Full of Beans
- Funny Bones
- Funny Bones
- Fuzzy Mud
- Ghetto Cowboy
- Ghost
- Ghost Boys
- Ghost Fever/Mal de Fantasma
- Ghost Knight
- Ghost Soldier
- Ghosts
- Giants Beware
- Goblin Secrets
- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
- Gone Crazy in Alabama
- Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
- Grandma's Gift
- Grasshopper Jungle
- Guinea Dog
- Guts
- H.O.R.S.E.
- Hand in Hand
- Handbook for Dragon Slayers
- Heart and Soul
- Heart and Soul
- Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Keller
- Hello, Universe
- Help Me, Mr. Mutt!
- Her Right Foot
- Here Comes the Garbage Barge
- Hey, Kiddo: A Graphic Novel
- Humbug Mountain
- I Have a Dream
- I Know Here
- I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871
- I, Too, Am America
- I'm Dirty!
- I'm Going to Sing, Black American Spirituals, Volume Two
- If I Built a School
- In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
- Infinite Hope
- Inside Out & Back Again
- Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus
- Jake and Lily
- Jazz Day
- John F. Kennedy and PT-109
- Jordin Tootoo
- Just a Minute
- Just In Case
- Kakapo Rescue
- La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
- Last Stop on Market Street
- Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters
- Let it Shine
- Life on Mars
- Lifeboat 12
- Lily and Dunkin
- Little Little
- Locomotive
- Loot
- Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness
- Lulu's Mysterious Mission
- Macy McMillan and the Rainbow Goddess
- Made By Hand: A Crafts Sampler
- Malcolm at Midnight
- Mama, Do You Love Me? & Papa, Do You Love Me? Bundle
- Mango, Abuela, and Me
- March Book Three
- 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
- Merci Suárez Changes Gears
- Millicent Min, Girl Genius (The Millicent Min Trilogy, Book 1)
- Milo
- Monstrous Beauty
- Moon Over Manifest
- Most Dangerous
- Mr Gumpy's Outing
- Mr Tiger Goes Wild
- Muckrackers
- My Explosive Diary
- My Mama Needs Me
- Nelson Mandela
- New Kid
- Noah Webster and His Words
- Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle
- Okay for Now
- One Crazy Summer
- One for Sorrow
- Open This Little Book
- Openly, Honestly
- Operation: Dump the Chump
- Other Words for Home
- Otis and Will Discover the Deep
- Out of My Mind
- P.S. Be Eleven
- Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote
- Pax
- Pie
- Pie in the Sky
- Piecing Me Together
- Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet
- Pocketful of Posies
- Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum
- Postcards from Camp
- Prisoner B-3087
- Queen of the Falls
- Radiant Child
- Radiant Child
- Real Friends
- Redwood and Ponytail
- Restart
- Revolution
- Roller Girl
- Rotters
- Runaway Twin
- Sadie
- Sal and Gabi Break the Universe
- Saving Winslow
- Saving Zasha
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
- Scowler
- See You in the Cosmos
- Separate Is Never Equal
- Sergeant Reckless
- Sidekicks
- Sisters
- Skulduggery Pleasant
- Smack Dab in the Middle of Maybe
- Small Spaces
- Smile
- Song for A Whale
- Sophie's Squash
- Sparks!
- 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 Apothecary
- The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I
- The Bad Guys
- The Bell Rang
- The Best School Year Ever
- The Big Bad Fox
- The Black Stallion Adventures
- The Black Stallion Challenged
- The Blackbird Girls
- The Boy at the Back of the Class
- The Boy on the Porch
- The Bridge Home
- The Candymakers
- The Cardboard Kingdom
- The Christmas Boot
- The Crossover
- The Day the Crayons Quit
- The Detective's Assistant
- The Downstairs Girl
- The Dreamer
- The Evil Wizard Smallbone
- The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia
- The Farmer and the Clown
- The Fault in Our Stars
- The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook
- The Forbidden Library
- The Fourteenth Goldfish
- The Fourth Stall Part III
- The Full Moon at the Napping House
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon
- The Girl with the Ghost Machine
- The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us
- The Great Brain Does It Again
- The Great Pet Escape
- The Haunting of Falcon House
- The Incredible Journey
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- The Jigsaw Jungle
- The Last Kids on Earth
- The Last Musketeer
- The Last Straw
- The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
- The Library of Ever
- The Lie Tree
- The Lifters
- The Magic Misfits
- The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: The Wall of Fame Game
- The Notorious Benedict Arnold
- The One and Only Ivan
- The Patchwork Bike
- The Perfect Score
- The Pilgrims of Plimoth
- The Port Chicago 50
- The Princess and the Warrior
- The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
- 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 Storm in the Barn
- The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
- The Sword of Summer
- The Thing About Leftovers
- The Undefeated
- The Unwanteds
- The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
- The Village by the Sea
- The War That Saved My Life
- The Way Things Work Now
- The Wild Robot
- The Witch Boy
- The Wizards of Once
- Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer
- They Say Blue
- Thirty Minutes Over Oregon
- This Promise of Change
- Traction Man Is Here!
- Trombone Shorty
- Tucky Jo and Little Heart
- Turtle in Paradise
- Twelve Days in May
- Una niña llamada Rose / Rain Reign
- Underground
- Vincent and Theo
- Viva Frida
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
- We Will Not Be Silent
- We're Not from Here
- Wedgie & Gizmo
- Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel
- When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
- White Bird
- Wild Wings
- Wildfire
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson
- Will Rogers Immortal Cowboy
- Willa of the Wood
- Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy
- Winterhouse
- Wish
- Wishtree
- Wonder
- Wonderstruck
- Young Fredle
Most-assigned 2010s authors in 4th grade
Duncan Tonatiuh (6) · Rita Williams-Garcia (4) · Ashley Bryan (4) · Jennifer L. Holm (4) · Raina Telgemeier (4) · Victoria Jamieson (3)
Common questions
- How many 2010s books are assigned in 4th grade?
- 360 books written between 2010 and 2019 appear on 4th 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 4th grade run from 360L to 990L. 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?
- 45 states assign at least one 2010s title at 4th 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.