High School Suggested District Reading List
Key:
LL – Lexile Level (CCSS expectations for grades 9-10 - 1080-1305)
CCSS – Meets the Common Cores State Standards suggested Lexile Level
X – Text Complexity Level was confirmed using the CCSS Text Complexity Rubric posted on the district
web page or found at:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/CommonCore/Documents/Text%20Complexity%20Rubric%20instructions%20and%20inventory%20sheet.pdf
District Expectations: Novels used for instruction should come from the district suggested list.
Teachers should strive to choose at least one novel that meets the CCSS LL expectations. If a teacher
wishes to use a novel that is not on the list, the rubric in the link above should be submitted to the
Department Chair for approval.
9th Grade Novels
Trimester A
The Hound of The Baskerville
The Miracle Worker
The Odyssey
The Pearl
Sherlock Holmes Mysteries
House on Mango Street
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Trimester B
Animal Farm
The Book Thief
David Copperfield
Ivanhoe
Prince and the Pauper
A Doll’s House
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
A Tale of Two Cities
LL
1090
1130
1010
870
1040
1370
730
1070
1410
520
1380
1130
CCSS
X
X
X
-
10th Grade Novels
Trimester A
1984
The Good Earth
Lord of the Flies
The Old Man and the Sea
The Scarlet Pimpernel
To Kill a Mockingbird
Warriors Don’t Cry
Fahrenheit 451
Hiroshima
The Count of Monte Cristo
Trimester B
Anthem
Cold Sassy Tree
Night
Oliver Twist
The Once and Future King
The Grapes of Wrath
The Glass Menagerie
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
LL
CCSS
1090
1530
770
940
1140
870
1000
890
1190
830
X
X
-
880
930
570
990
1080
680
X
X
-
High School Suggested District Reading List
Key:
LL – Lexile Level (CCSS expectations for grades 11-12 - 1215-1355)
CCSS – Meets the Common Cores State Standards suggested Lexile Level
X – Text Complexity Level was confirmed using the CCSS Text Complexity Rubric posted on the district
web page or found at:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/CommonCore/Documents/Text%20Complexity%20Rubric%20instructions%20and%20inventory%20sheet.pdf
District Expectations: Novels used for instruction should come from the district suggested list.
Teachers should strive to choose at least one novel that meets the CCSS LL expectations. If a teacher
wishes to use a novel that is not on the list, the rubric in the link above should be submitted to the
Department Chair for approval.
11th Grade Novels
Trimester A
Billy Budd
The Crucible (Play)
Kindred
The Scarlet Letter
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Walden
The Way to Rainy Mountain
Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Trimester B
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Bean Trees
The Great Gatsby
My Antonia
Of Mice and Men
Black Boy
Ethan Frome
Out of the Dust
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
LL
1450
580
1420
1050
1340
890
990
900
1070
1010
630
950
1160
1070
CCSS
X
X
X
-
X
X
-
12th Grade Novels
Trimester A
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
Grendel
Gulliver’s Travels
The Tragedy of Hamlet
Dracula
The Iliad
Life of Pi
Pride and Prejudice
Robinson Crusoe
Sense and Sensibility
The Tragedy of Othello
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
are Dead
Trimester B
Frankenstein
Great Expectations
Les Miserables
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Wuthering Heights
The Importance of Being Earnest
Heart of Darkness
Jane Eyre
The Metamorphosis
Old Possum’s Book of Practical
Cats
Pygmalion
Things Fall Apart
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Crime and Punishment
Don Quixote
LL
1000
920
1370
1330
830
770
930
1180
770
1170
1200
800
1390
1380
1390
1050
890
1320
1340
890
990
1500
CCSS
X
X
X
-
X
X
X
X
X
X