# Realistic Fiction books about drama

**7** realistic fiction books that explore drama, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Genre:** Realistic Fiction  ·  **Theme:** drama
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Realistic Fiction drama reading list

- [A Taste of Honey](https://readinglist.school/book/a-taste-of-honey) by Shelagh Delaney _(Grades 9–10 · pub 1959)_
- [Barber Shop Chronicles](https://readinglist.school/book/barber-shop-chronicles) by Inua Ellams _(Grades 11–12 · pub 2017)_
- [Blues for an Alabama Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/blues-for-an-alabama-sky) by Pearl Cleage _(Grades 9–10 · pub 1999)_
- [Our Country's Good](https://readinglist.school/book/our-countrys-good) by Timberlake Wertenbaker _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1988)_
- [Princess & the Hustler](https://readinglist.school/book/princess-the-hustler) by Chinonyerem Odimba _(Grades 9–10 · pub 2019)_
- [Sweat](https://readinglist.school/book/sweat) by Lynn Nottage _(Grades 11–12 · pub 2017)_
- [The Rover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-rover) by Aphra Behn _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1998)_

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