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New York school reading list

Books referenced by the Next Generation Learning Standards. Source: www.nysed.gov.

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16 books referenced

A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Beloved
Toni Morrison · 870L
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White · 680L
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 1170L
Hatchet
Gary Paulsen · 1020L
Monster
Walter Dean Myers · 670L
Night
Elie Wiesel · 590L
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut · 850L
Speak
Laurie Halse Anderson · 690L
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger · 790L
The Crucible
Arthur Miller
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank · 1080L
The Giver
Lois Lowry · 760L
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1070L
The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros · 870L

State-level reading references are sourced from published state departments of education. National references (Common Core exemplars, AP, IB) apply on top of state standards and appear on each book’s detail page.

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Data sourced from state departments of education, Common Core exemplar lists, AP Central, IB Organization, Cambridge International, and Open Library. Last verified per page.