# Books like As I Lay Dying

**10** books similar to *As I Lay Dying* by William Faulkner (Realistic Fiction · grades 11–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** american manuscripts, death, burial, open library staff picks
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## Similar books

- [A Farewell to Arms](https://readinglist.school/book/a-farewell-to-arms) by Ernest Hemingway _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of open library staff picks, both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Crime and Punishment](https://readinglist.school/book/crime-and-punishment) by Fyodor Dostoevsky _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [The Adventures of Augie March](https://readinglist.school/book/the-adventures-of-augie-march) by Saul Bellow _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [The Namesake](https://readinglist.school/book/the-namesake) by Jhumpa Lahiri _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Barber Shop Chronicles](https://readinglist.school/book/barber-shop-chronicles) by Inua Ellams _(Grades 11–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction) and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Check & Mate](https://readinglist.school/book/check-mate) by Ali Hazelwood _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Dairy Queen](https://readinglist.school/book/dairy-queen) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Everything, Everything](https://readinglist.school/book/everything-everything) by Nicola Yoon _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [I Must Betray You](https://readinglist.school/book/i-must-betray-you) by Ruta Sepetys _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Jude the Obscure](https://readinglist.school/book/jude-the-obscure) by Thomas Hardy _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of death and overlapping grades (11–12).

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