# 10th grade Realistic Fiction books

**81** realistic fiction books commonly assigned to 10th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 10th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 10th grade  ·  **Genre:** Realistic Fiction
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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

## 10th grade Realistic Fiction reading list

- [I Must Betray You](https://readinglist.school/book/i-must-betray-you) by Ruta Sepetys _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2022)_
- [Orbiting Jupiter](https://readinglist.school/book/orbiting-jupiter) by Gary D. Schmidt _(Grades 7–10 · pub 2015)_
- [The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sisterhood-of-the-traveling-pants) by Ann Brashares _(Grades 7–10 · pub 2001)_
- [Everything, Everything](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-everything) by Nicola Yoon _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2015)_
- [The Sun is Also a Star](https://readinglist.school/book/the-sun-is-also-a-star) by Nicola Yoon _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2016)_
- [My Sister's Keeper](https://readinglist.school/book/my-sisters-keeper) by Jodi Picoult _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2004)_
- [Define "Normal"](https://readinglist.school/book/define-normal) by Julie Anne Peters _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2000)_
- [If You Come Softly](https://readinglist.school/book/if-you-come-softly) by Jacqueline Woodson _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1998)_
- [Impulse](https://readinglist.school/book/impulse) by Ellen Hopkins _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2007)_
- [Izzy, Willy-Nilly](https://readinglist.school/book/izzy-willy-nilly) by Cynthia Voigt _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1986)_
- [The Face at the Edge of the World](https://readinglist.school/book/the-face-at-the-edge-of-the-world) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1985)_
- [The Silver Kiss](https://readinglist.school/book/the-silver-kiss) by Annette Curtis Klause _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1992)_
- [Forged by Fire](https://readinglist.school/book/forged-by-fire) by Sharon M. Draper _(Grades 7–10 · pub 1997)_
- [A Door Near Here](https://readinglist.school/book/a-door-near-here) by Heather Quarles _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1998)_
- [A Sudden Silence](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sudden-silence) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1988)_
- [A Summer to Die](https://readinglist.school/book/a-summer-to-die) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1977)_
- [After](https://readinglist.school/book/after) by Francine Prose _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2003)_
- [Armageddon Summer](https://readinglist.school/book/armageddon-summer) by Jane Yolen _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1998)_
- [Bad](https://readinglist.school/book/bad) by Jean Ferris _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1998)_
- [Breaking Boxes](https://readinglist.school/book/breaking-boxes) by A. M. Jenkins _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1997)_
- [Breathing Underwater](https://readinglist.school/book/breathing-underwater) by Alex Flinn _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2001)_
- [Check & Mate](https://readinglist.school/book/check-mate) by Ali Hazelwood _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2023)_
- [Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul](https://readinglist.school/book/chicken-soup-for-the-teenage-soul) by Jack Canfield _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1997)_
- [Dairy Queen](https://readinglist.school/book/dairy-queen) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2006)_
- [Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares](https://readinglist.school/book/dash-lilys-book-of-dares) by Rachel Cohn _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2010)_
- [Faking Normal](https://readinglist.school/book/faking-normal) by Courtney C. Stevens _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2014)_
- [Five Survive](https://readinglist.school/book/five-survive) by Holly Jackson _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2022)_
- [Girl, Stolen](https://readinglist.school/book/girl-stolen) by April Henry _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2011)_
- [Hanging on to Max](https://readinglist.school/book/hanging-on-to-max) by Margaret Bechard _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2002)_
- [I Hunt Killers](https://readinglist.school/book/i-hunt-killers) by Barry Lyga _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2014)_
- [I am the Weapon](https://readinglist.school/book/i-am-the-weapon) by Allen Zadoff _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2014)_
- [Instructions for Dancing](https://readinglist.school/book/instructions-for-dancing) by Nicola Yoon _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2021)_
- [Ironman](https://readinglist.school/book/ironman) by Chris Crutcher _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1995)_
- [Jumping the Nail](https://readinglist.school/book/jumping-the-nail) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1991)_
- [Just Like Martin](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-martin) by Ossie Davis _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1992)_
- [Learning to Swear in America](https://readinglist.school/book/learning-to-swear-in-america) by Katie Kennedy _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2016)_
- [Night Kites](https://readinglist.school/book/night-kites) by M. E. Kerr _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1986)_
- [Patron Saints of Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/patron-saints-of-nothing) by Randy Ribay _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2019)_
- [Paul, Big, and Small](https://readinglist.school/book/paul-big-and-small) by David Glen Robb _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2019)_
- [Perfect Chemistry](https://readinglist.school/book/perfect-chemistry) by Simone Elkeles _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2008)_
- [Romiette and Julio](https://readinglist.school/book/romiette-and-julio) by Sharon M. Draper _(Grades 7–10 · pub 1999)_
- [Room](https://readinglist.school/book/room) by Emma Donoghue _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2010)_
- [Say Goodnight, Gracie](https://readinglist.school/book/say-goodnight-gracie) by Julie Reece Deaver _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1988)_
- [Shadow of the Dragon](https://readinglist.school/book/shadow-of-the-dragon) by Sherry Garland _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1993)_
- [Shattering Glass](https://readinglist.school/book/shattering-glass) by Gail Giles _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2003)_
- [Sold](https://readinglist.school/book/sold) by Patricia McCormick _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2006)_
- [Someone Like You](https://readinglist.school/book/someone-like-you) by Sarah Dessen _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1998)_
- [Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes](https://readinglist.school/book/staying-fat-for-sarah-byrnes) by Chris Crutcher _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1993)_
- [Stuck in Neutral](https://readinglist.school/book/stuck-in-neutral) by Terry Trueman _(Grades 7–10 · pub 2001)_
- [Tears of A Tiger](https://readinglist.school/book/tears-of-a-tiger) by Sharon M. Draper _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1994)_
- [The Brimstone Journals](https://readinglist.school/book/the-brimstone-journals) by Ron Koertge _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2004)_
- [The China Garden](https://readinglist.school/book/the-china-garden) by Liz Berry _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1994)_
- [The Girls I've Been](https://readinglist.school/book/the-girls-ive-been) by Tess Sharpe _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2021)_
- [The House Next Door](https://readinglist.school/book/the-house-next-door) by Richie Tankersley Cusick _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2002)_
- [The Killer's Cousin](https://readinglist.school/book/the-killers-cousin) by Nancy Werlin _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2025)_
- [The Late Great Me](https://readinglist.school/book/the-late-great-me) by Sandra Scoppettone _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1977)_
- [The Lovely Bones: A Novel](https://readinglist.school/book/the-lovely-bones-a-novel) by Alice Sebold _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2009)_
- [The Only Alien on the Planet](https://readinglist.school/book/the-only-alien-on-the-planet) by Kristen D. Randle _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1995)_
- [The Pact: Three Young Men Make a Promise and Fulfill a Dream](https://readinglist.school/book/the-pact-three-young-men-make-a-promise-and-fulfill-a-dream) by Davis Sampson _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2014)_
- [The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich](https://readinglist.school/book/the-princess-and-the-grilled-cheese-sandwich) by Deya Muniz _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2023)_
- [The Second Summer of the Sisterhood](https://readinglist.school/book/the-second-summer-of-the-sisterhood) by Ann Brashares _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2003)_
- [The Truth Trap](https://readinglist.school/book/the-truth-trap) by Frances A. Miller _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1980)_
- [The Year of Secret Assignments](https://readinglist.school/book/the-year-of-secret-assignments) by Jaclyn Moriarty _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2010)_
- [Those Who Wish Me Dead](https://readinglist.school/book/those-who-wish-me-dead) by Michael Koryta _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2015)_
- [Ties That Bind, Ties That Break](https://readinglist.school/book/ties-that-bind-ties-that-break) by Lensey Namioka _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1999)_
- [We All Fall Down](https://readinglist.school/book/we-all-fall-down) by Robert Cormier _(Grades 9–12 · pub 1991)_
- [What If It's Us](https://readinglist.school/book/what-if-its-us) by Becky Albertalli _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2018)_
- [Wolf Rider: A Tale of Terror](https://readinglist.school/book/wolf-rider-a-tale-of-terror) by Avi _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2000)_
- [Written in the Stars](https://readinglist.school/book/written-in-the-stars) by Aisha Saeed _(Grades 9–12 · pub 2015)_
- [A Taste of Honey](https://readinglist.school/book/a-taste-of-honey) by Shelagh Delaney _(Grades 9–10 · pub 1959)_
- [Blues for an Alabama Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/blues-for-an-alabama-sky) by Pearl Cleage _(Grades 9–10 · pub 1999)_
- [Fathers and Sons](https://readinglist.school/book/fathers-and-sons) by Ivan Turgenev _(Grades 9–10 · pub 2007)_
- [Fire on the Mountain](https://readinglist.school/book/fire-on-the-mountain) by Anita Desai _(Grades 9–10 · pub 1977)_
- [I'm the King of the Castle](https://readinglist.school/book/im-the-king-of-the-castle) by Susan Hill _(Grades 9–10 · pub 1970)_
- [Master Harold...and the Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/master-harold-and-the-boys) by Athol Fugard _(Grades 9–10 · pub 1982)_
- [Princess & the Hustler](https://readinglist.school/book/princess-the-hustler) by Chinonyerem Odimba _(Grades 9–10 · pub 2019)_
- [The Honorable Prison](https://readinglist.school/book/the-honorable-prison) by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins _(Grades 6–10 · pub 1988)_
- [The Metamorphosis](https://readinglist.school/book/the-metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka _(Grades 9–10 · pub 1996)_
- [Two Suns in the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/two-suns-in-the-sky) by Miriam Bat-Ami _(Grades 6–10 · pub 1999)_
- [What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/what-it-means-when-a-man-falls-from-the-sky) by Lesley Nneka Arimah _(Grades 9–10 · pub 2017)_
- [When We Were Birds](https://readinglist.school/book/when-we-were-birds) by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo _(Grades 9–10 · pub 2022)_

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