# Books about memory assigned in US schools

**6** books in the US-school assigned-reading canon explore _memory_. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 730L–1010L
**Grade span:** 5–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/memory
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore memory

- [Lois Lowry](https://readinglist.school/author/lois-lowry)
- [Tennessee Williams](https://readinglist.school/author/tennessee-williams)

## memory canon

- [My Ántonia](https://readinglist.school/book/my-antonia) by Willa Cather _(1010L · Grades 10–12)_
- [Our Town](https://readinglist.school/book/our-town) by Thornton Wilder _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Devil's Arithmetic](https://readinglist.school/book/the-devils-arithmetic) by Jane Yolen _(730L · Grades 5–8)_
- [The Giver](https://readinglist.school/book/the-giver) by Lois Lowry _(760L · Grades 6–8)_
- [The Glass Menagerie](https://readinglist.school/book/the-glass-menagerie) by Tennessee Williams _(Grades 11–12)_
- [The Things They Carried](https://readinglist.school/book/the-things-they-carried) by Tim O'Brien _(880L · Grades 11–12)_

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