# Books about social life and customs assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** K–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/social-life-and-customs
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore social life and customs

- [Carmen Lomas Garza](https://readinglist.school/author/carmen-lomas-garza)
- [Jane Austen](https://readinglist.school/author/jane-austen)
- [M. E. Kerr](https://readinglist.school/author/m-e-kerr)

## social life and customs canon

- [Brooklyn](https://readinglist.school/book/brooklyn) by Colm Tóibín _(Grades 9–10)_
- [Family Pictures](https://readinglist.school/book/family-pictures) by Carmen Lomas Garza _(Grades K–1)_
- [Jude the Obscure](https://readinglist.school/book/jude-the-obscure) by Thomas Hardy _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Mansfield Park](https://readinglist.school/book/mansfield-park) by Jane Austen _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Master Harold...and the Boys](https://readinglist.school/book/master-harold-and-the-boys) by Athol Fugard _(Grades 9–10)_
- [Middlemarch](https://readinglist.school/book/middlemarch) by George Eliot _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Night Kites](https://readinglist.school/book/night-kites) by M. E. Kerr _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Selected Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/selected-stories) by Katherine Mansfield _(Grades 11–12)_

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