# 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 Sudden Silence](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sudden-silence) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Summer to Die](https://readinglist.school/book/a-summer-to-die) by Lois Lowry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Say Goodnight, Gracie](https://readinglist.school/book/say-goodnight-gracie) by Julie Reece Deaver _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Tears of A Tiger](https://readinglist.school/book/tears-of-a-tiger) by Sharon M. Draper _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Silver Kiss](https://readinglist.school/book/the-silver-kiss) by Annette Curtis Klause _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Truth Trap](https://readinglist.school/book/the-truth-trap) by Frances A. Miller _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [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).
- [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).
- [Pursuit](https://readinglist.school/book/pursuit) by Michael French _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of death and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Watership Down](https://readinglist.school/book/watership-down) by Richard Adams _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of open library staff picks and overlapping grades (9–12).

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