# Virginia 12th grade reading list

**18** books assigned or referenced for 12th grade students in Virginia schools under Virginia Standards of Learning, plus applicable national curricula (Common Core, AP, IB).

**State:** Virginia
**Grade level:** 12th grade
**Citation source:** Virginia Standards of Learning
**Lexile range:** 840L–1420L
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/state/virginia/grade/12
**Primary source (state DOE):** https://www.doe.virginia.gov/
**Primary source (Common Core ELA):** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Other Virginia grades

- [11th grade](https://readinglist.school/state/virginia/grade/11)
- [10th grade](https://readinglist.school/state/virginia/grade/10)
- [9th grade](https://readinglist.school/state/virginia/grade/9)
- [8th grade](https://readinglist.school/state/virginia/grade/8)

## Same 12th grade in other states

- [Alabama](https://readinglist.school/state/alabama/grade/12)
- [Alaska](https://readinglist.school/state/alaska/grade/12)
- [Arizona](https://readinglist.school/state/arizona/grade/12)
- [Arkansas](https://readinglist.school/state/arkansas/grade/12)
- [California](https://readinglist.school/state/california/grade/12)
- [Colorado](https://readinglist.school/state/colorado/grade/12)

## 18 books cited for Virginia 12th grade

Assignments tied directly to Virginia's Virginia Standards of Learning or national curricula with a Virginia-specific citation.

- [1984](https://readinglist.school/book/1984) by George Orwell _(1090L · Grades 9–12)_
- [A Raisin in the Sun](https://readinglist.school/book/a-raisin-in-the-sun) by Lorraine Hansberry _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Beloved](https://readinglist.school/book/beloved) by Toni Morrison _(870L · Grades 11–12)_
- [Black Boy](https://readinglist.school/book/black-boy) by Richard Wright _(950L · Grades 9–12)_
- [Brave New World](https://readinglist.school/book/brave-new-world) by Aldous Huxley _(870L · Grades 11–12)_
- [Death of a Salesman](https://readinglist.school/book/death-of-a-salesman) by Arthur Miller _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Hamlet](https://readinglist.school/book/hamlet) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Invisible Man](https://readinglist.school/book/invisible-man) by Ralph Ellison _(950L · Grades 11–12)_
- [Jane Eyre](https://readinglist.school/book/jane-eyre) by Charlotte Brontë _(890L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Macbeth](https://readinglist.school/book/macbeth) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Pride and Prejudice](https://readinglist.school/book/pride-and-prejudice) by Jane Austen _(1100L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Slaughterhouse-Five](https://readinglist.school/book/slaughterhouse-five) by Kurt Vonnegut _(850L · Grades 11–12)_
- [The Bluest Eye](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bluest-eye) by Toni Morrison _(920L · Grades 11–12)_
- [The Great Gatsby](https://readinglist.school/book/the-great-gatsby) by F. Scott Fitzgerald _(1070L · Grades 10–12)_
- [The Kite Runner](https://readinglist.school/book/the-kite-runner) by Khaled Hosseini _(840L · Grades 10–12)_
- [The Scarlet Letter](https://readinglist.school/book/the-scarlet-letter) by Nathaniel Hawthorne _(1420L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Their Eyes Were Watching God](https://readinglist.school/book/their-eyes-were-watching-god) by Zora Neale Hurston _(1080L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Things Fall Apart](https://readinglist.school/book/things-fall-apart) by Chinua Achebe _(890L · Grades 9–12)_

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