# Historical Fiction books about social life and customs

**3** historical fiction books that explore social life and customs, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Genre:** Historical Fiction  ·  **Theme:** social life and customs
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## Historical Fiction social life and customs reading list

- [Brooklyn](https://readinglist.school/book/brooklyn) by Colm Tóibín _(Grades 9–10 · pub 2009)_
- [Jude the Obscure](https://readinglist.school/book/jude-the-obscure) by Thomas Hardy _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1895)_
- [Mansfield Park](https://readinglist.school/book/mansfield-park) by Jane Austen _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1814)_

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