# 12th grade Realistic Fiction books

**9** realistic fiction books commonly assigned to 12th grade students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers 12th grade, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** 12th grade  ·  **Genre:** Realistic Fiction
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## 12th grade Realistic Fiction reading list

- [Barber Shop Chronicles](https://readinglist.school/book/barber-shop-chronicles) by Inua Ellams _(Grades 11–12 · pub 2017)_
- [Our Country's Good](https://readinglist.school/book/our-countrys-good) by Timberlake Wertenbaker _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1988)_
- [Selected Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/selected-stories) by Katherine Mansfield _(Grades 11–12 · pub 2005)_
- [Sweat](https://readinglist.school/book/sweat) by Lynn Nottage _(Grades 11–12 · pub 2017)_
- [The Overstory](https://readinglist.school/book/the-overstory) by Richard Powers _(Grades 11–12 · pub 2018)_
- [The Rover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-rover) by Aphra Behn _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1998)_
- [The Yield](https://readinglist.school/book/the-yield) by Tara June Winch _(Grades 11–12 · pub 2021)_
- [Waiting for the Barbarians](https://readinglist.school/book/waiting-for-the-barbarians) by J. M. Coetzee _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1980)_
- [Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?](https://readinglist.school/book/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf) by Edward Albee _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1962)_

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