# Books about suicide assigned in US schools

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

**Grade span:** 3–12
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/theme/suicide
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Authors who explore suicide

- [Eve Bunting](https://readinglist.school/author/eve-bunting)

## suicide canon

- [Backlash](https://readinglist.school/book/backlash) by Sarah Darer Littman _(Grades 3–8)_
- [Death and the King's Horseman](https://readinglist.school/book/death-and-the-kings-horseman) by Wole Soyinka _(Grades 11–12)_
- [Impulse](https://readinglist.school/book/impulse) by Ellen Hopkins _(Grades 9–12)_
- [The Face at the Edge of the World](https://readinglist.school/book/the-face-at-the-edge-of-the-world) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_
- [Thirteen Reasons Why](https://readinglist.school/book/thirteen-reasons-why) by Jay Asher _(Grades 9–12)_

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