The 13 lists have titles that grow in difficulty from the easiest to the hardest to read. They are not based on grade level, but on the difficulty of the text as determined by it's Lexile measurement. A typical interest level is included to help you choose the most appropriate book.

Achebe, Chinua Anthills of the Savannah. 10 High School (9-12)  
Ada, Alma Flor Under the Royal Palms: a childhood in Cuba. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Adams, Douglas Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Adan, Martin Cardboard House, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Akutagawa, Ryunosuke Rashomon, and Other Stories. 10 High School (9-12)  
Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 10 High School (9-12)  
Armstrong, Jennifer Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: the extraordinary true story of Shackleton and the Endurance. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Atkinson, Linda In Kindling Flame: the story of Hannah Senesh. 10 High School (9-12)  
Austen, Jane Emma. 10 High School (9-12)  
Baker, Russell Growing Up. 10 High School (9-12)  
Baldwin, James A. Go Tell It On The Mountain. 10 High School (9-12)  
Bash, Barbara Urban Roosts: where birds nest in the city. 10 Primary (K-2)  
Baum, L. Frank Wizard of Oz, The. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Bausum, Ann Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: a photobiography of explorer Roy Chapman Andrew. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Beals, Melba Patillo Warriors Don't Cry. 10 High School (9-12)  
Beil, Karen Magnuson Fire in Their Eyes: wildfires and the people who fight them. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Bernhard, Emery Prairie Dogs. 10 Primary (K-2)  
Bosveld, Jane While a Tree Was Growing. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Bredeson, Carmen Gus Grissom: a space biography. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Bruchac, Joseph Lasting Echoes. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Buchan, John Thirty-Nine Steps, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Burciaga, Jose Antonio Drink Cultura: Chicanoismo. 10 High School (9-12)  
Butler, Robert Olen Good Scent From a Strange Mountain, A. 10 High School (9-12)  
Calabro, Marian Perilous Journey of the Donner Party, The. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Camus, Albert Plague, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Canada, Geoffrey Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun. 10 High School (9-12)  
Cather, Willa My Antonia. 10 High School (9-12)  
Cha, Dia Dia's Story Cloth. 10 Primary (K-2), Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness. 10 High School (9-12)  
Conrad, Joseph Secret Agent: a simple tale, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Cooper, Susan Boggart, The. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Cooper, Susan King of Shadows. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Cormier, Robert Heroes: a novel. 10 High School (9-12)  
Criddle, Joan D. To Destroy You Is No Loss The Odyssey of a Cambodian Family. 10 High School (9-12)  
Cummings, Pat (Compiler/Editor) Talking With Adventurers. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Curlee, Lynn Rushmore. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Curtis, Christopher Paul Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Curtis, Jamie Lee Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born. 10 Primary (K-2)  
Cushman, Karen Ballad of Lucy Whipple. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
D'Aulaire, Edgar P.;DAulaire, Ingri D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Dahl, Roald Boy: tales of childhood. 10 High School (9-12)  
Davies, Robertson Cornish Trilogy: The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, the Lyre of Orpheus. 10 High School (9-12)  
Davies, Robertson Deptford Trilogy: Fifth Business/The Manticore/World of Wonders, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
de Maupassant, Guy Best Short Stories. 10 High School (9-12)  
Denenberg, Barry American Hero: the true story of Charles A. Lindbergh, An. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Dickinson, Peter Eva. 10 High School (9-12)  
Dickinson, Peter Time and the Clockmice Etcetera. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Dingle, Derek T. First in the Field: baseball hero Jackie Robinson. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Donoughue, Carol Mystery of the Hieroglyphs: the story of the Rosetta Stone and the race to decipher Egyptian hierogl 10 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Brothers Karamazov, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Douglass, Frederick Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass. 10 High School (9-12)  
Emecheta, Buchi Bride Price, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Emecheta, Buchi Slave Girl, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Erdrich, Louise Bingo Palace, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Facklam, Margery Big Bug Book. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Finney, Jack Time and Again. 10 High School (9-12)  
Fitzgerald, F. Scott Great Gatsby, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Flagg, Fannie Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle-Stop Cafe. 10 High School (9-12)  
Flaubert, Gustave Madame Bovary. 10 High School (9-12)  
Fox, Paula One-Eyed Cat. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Frank, Anne Diary of a Young Girl, The. 10 Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Frasier, Debra On the Day You Were Born. 10 Primary (K-2)  
Freedman, Russell Babe Didrikson Zaharias: the making of a champion. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Freedman, Russell Children of the Wild West. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Freedman, Russell Immigrant Kids. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Freedman, Russell Indian Chiefs. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Freedman, Russell Out of Darkness: the story of Louis Braille. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Gandhi, Mohandas K. Autobiography: the story of my experiments with truth, An. 10 High School (9-12)  
Garcia, Cristina Aguero Sisters, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Gibson, Aliona Nappy: growing up black and female in America. 10 High School (9-12)  
Gilman, Dorothy Incident at Badamya. 10 High School (9-12)  
Gogol, Nikolai Vasilevich Diary of a Madman and Other Stories. 10 High School (9-12)  
Golden, Arthur Memoirs of a Geisha. 10 High School (9-12)  
Gordimer, Nadine Jump and Other Stories. 10 High School (9-12)  
Gordimer, Nadine My Son's Story. 10 High School (9-12)  
Gray, Elizabeth Janet Adam of the Road. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Gray, Libba Moore My Mama Had a Dancing Heart. 10 Primary (K-2)  
Gunther, John Death Be Not Proud. 10 High School (9-12)  
Guterson, David Snow Falling on Cedars. 10 High School (9-12)  
Hamilton, Edith Mythology. 10 High School (9-12)  
Hampton, Wilborn Kennedy Assassinated! The World Mourns: a reporter's story. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Hardy, Thomas Jude the Obscure. 10 High School (9-12)  
Hardy, Thomas Mayor of Casterbridge, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Hart, George Ancient Egypt. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Heaney, Seamus (Translator) Beowulf. 10 High School (9-12)  
Hesse, Hermann Siddhartha. 10 High School (9-12)  
Hockenberry, John Moving Violations: war zones, wheelchairs, and declarations of independence. 10 High School (9-12)  
Hodges, Margaret (Adaptor) Saint George and the Dragon: a golden legend. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Homer Odyssey, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Hoobler, Thomas;Hoobler, Dorothy African American Family Album, The. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Houston, James;Houston, Jeanne W. Farewell to Manzanar. 10 Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Hunter, Mollie Stranger Came Ashore, A. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God. 10 High School (9-12)  
Huynh, Quang Nhuong Land I Lost: adventures of a boy in Vietnam, The. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Ibuse, Masuji Black Rain. 10 High School (9-12)  
Irving, John Prayer for Owen Meany, A. 10 High School (9-12)  
Isaacs, Anne Swamp Angel. 10 Primary (K-2), Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Juster, Norton Phantom Tollbooth, The. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Keller, Helen A. Story Of My Life, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Kellogg, Steven (Retold) Paul Bunyan. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Kesey, Ken Sometimes a Great Notion. 10 High School (9-12)  
King-Smith, Dick Babe, The Gallant Pig. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Kipling, Rudyard Just So Stories. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Lawson, Robert Ben and Me: a new and astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin as written by His Good Mouse Amos. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Lawson, Robert Rabbit Hill. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Lester, Julius To Be a Slave. 10 Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Lewis, Sinclair Main Street. 10 High School (9-12)  
Ling, Bettina Maya Lin, Architect. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Locker, Thomas Land of Gray Wolf, The. 10 Primary (K-2)  
MacDonald, Betty Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. 10 Primary (K-2)  
Malamud, Bernard Natural, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Martinez, Victor Parrot in the Oven: mi vida. 10 Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Mathabane, Mark Kaffir Boy: the true story of a black youth's coming of age in Apartheid South Africa. 10 High School (9-12)  
Mayer, Mercer Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp. 10 Primary (K-2)  
McCaffrey, Anne Black Horses for the King. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
McCloskey, Robert Homer Price. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
McPhee, John Coming Into the Country. 10 High School (9-12)  
Meltzer, Milton Dorothea Lange: a photographer's life. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Meyer, Carolyn Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: the story of Cynthia Ann Parker. 10 High School (9-12)  
Moeri, Louise Save Queen of Sheba. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Mosel, Arlene Tikki Tikki Tembo. 10 Primary (K-2)  
Murphy, Claire Rudolf Children of the Gold Rush. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Myers, Walter Dean Now is Your Time! The African-American Struggle for Freedom. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Neihardt, John G. Black Elk Speaks Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux. 10 High School (9-12)  
Oe, Kenzaburo Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids. 10 High School (9-12)  
Orwell, George 1984 10 High School (9-12)  
Orwell, George Down and Out in Paris and London. 10 High School (9-12)  
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich Doctor Zhivago. 10 High School (9-12)  
Paulsen, Gary Christmas Sonata. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Paulsen, Gary Hatchet. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Paulsen, Gary Soldier's Heart: being the story of the enlistment and due service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the 10 Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Petry, Ann Harriet Tubman: conductor on the Underground Railroad. 10 Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Philbrick, Rodman Fire Pony, The. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Philbrick, Rodman Freak the Mighty. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Pyle, Howard Bearskin. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Pynchon, Thomas Crying of Lot 49, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Reeder, Carolyn Across the Lines. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Reich, Susanna Clara Schumann: piano virtuoso. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Rubin, Susan Goldman;Bourke-White, Margaret Margaret Bourke-White: her pictures were her life. 10 Middle School (6-8), High School (9-12)  
Ryden, Hope Wild Horses I Have Known. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Schlissel, Lillian Black Frontiers: a history of African American heroes in the Old West. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Simon, Seymour Lightning. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Simon, Seymour Muscles: our muscular system. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5), Middle School (6-8)  
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley Egypt Game, The. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Snyder, Zilpha Keatley Gib Rides Home. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Sola, Michele Angela Weaves a Dream: the story of a young Maya artist. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Sophocles Antigone. 10 High School (9-12)  
Stanley, Diane Bard of Avon: the story of William Shakespeare. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Stanley, Diane Leonardo da Vinci. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Stanley, Fay Last Princess: the story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawaii. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Staples, Suzanne Fisher Haveli. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Stegner, Wallace Angle of Repose. 10 High School (9-12)  
Steinbeck, John Pearl, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Stevenson, Robert Louis Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Uncle Tom's cabin. 10 High School (9-12)  
Swinburne, Stephen R. Once a Wolf: how wildlife biologists fought to bring back the gray wolf. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Szabo, Corinne Sky Pioneer: a photobiography of Amelia Earhart. 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Tanaka, Shelley Graveyards of the Dinosaurs: what it's like to discover prehistoric creatures (I was there). 10 Upper Elementary (3-5)  
Tanaka, Shelley Secrets of the Mummies: uncovering the bodies of ancient Egyptians. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Thurber, James My World and Welcome to It. 10 High School (9-12)  
Tolkien, J.R.R. Hobbit, The. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Tolstoy, Leo Anna Karenina. 10 High School (9-12)  
Twain, Mark Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A. 10 High School (9-12)  
van der Rol, Ruud;Verhoeven, Rian Anne Frank-Beyond the Diary: a photographic remembrance. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Verne, Jules Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. 10 High School (9-12)  
Viramontes, Helena Maria Under the Feet of Jesus. 10 High School (9-12)  
Walker, Margaret Jubilee. 10 High School (9-12)  
Washington, Mary Helen (Editor) Black-Eyed Susans: classic stories by and about black women. 10 High School (9-12)  
Wiener, Jon Come Together: John Lennon in his time. 10 High School (9-12)  
Wilder, Thornton Bridge of San Luis Rey, The. 10 High School (9-12)  
Wright, David Arthur Ashe: breaking the color barrier in tennis. 10 Middle School (6-8)  
Yates, Elizabeth Amos Fortune, Free Man. 10 Middle School (6-8)