How many 1990s books are assigned in 10th grade?

53 books written between 1990 and 1999 appear on 10th grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.

What Lexile range do these 1990s books cover?

Lexile measures for the 1990s titles assigned in 10th grade run from 670L to 720L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.

Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?

8 states assign at least one 1990s title at 10th grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.

1990s books assigned in 10th grade

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US schools assign 53 books written in the 1990s to 10th grade students, across 8 states, spanning 670L–720L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.

Most widely assigned from the 1990s

Speak

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Titles: 53
Written: 1990–1999
Lexile range: 670L–720L
States assigning: 8

The list — 1990s, 10th grade

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Rewind · William Sleator
Sex Education · Jenny Davis
Shadow of the Dragon · Sherry Garland
Small Steps · Peg Kehret
Sojourner Truth · Pat McKissack
Someone Like You · Sarah Dessen
SOS Titanic · Eve Bunting
Speak · Laurie Halse Anderson
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes · Chris Crutcher
Tears of A Tiger · Sharon M. Draper
The Bomb · Theodore Taylor
The Boy's War · Jim Murphy
The Boys Start the War · Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The China Garden · Liz Berry
The Face on the Milk Carton · Caroline B. Cooney
The Great Little Madison · Jean Fritz
The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark · Rhoda Blumberg
The Long Road to Gettysburg · Jim Murphy
The Metamorphosis · Franz Kafka
The Only Alien on the Planet · Kristen D. Randle
The Perks of Being a Wallflower · Stephen Chbosky
The Silver Kiss · Annette Curtis Klause
The Taking of Room 114 · Mel Glenn
The Top of the World · Steve Jenkins
The Wright Brothers · Russell Freedman
Ties That Bind, Ties That Break · Lensey Namioka
Two Suns in the Sky · Miriam Bat-Ami
We All Fall Down · Robert Cormier
Wolf by the Ears · Ann Rinaldi

Most-assigned 1990s authors in 10th grade

Russell Freedman (4) · Eve Bunting (3) · Chris Crutcher (2) · Jim Murphy (2) · Cynthia Rylant · Jane Yolen

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How many 1990s books are assigned in 10th grade?: 53 books written between 1990 and 1999 appear on 10th grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
What Lexile range do these 1990s books cover?: Lexile measures for the 1990s titles assigned in 10th grade run from 670L to 720L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?: 8 states assign at least one 1990s title at 10th grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.

1990s books assigned in 10th grade

The list — 1990s, 10th grade

Most-assigned 1990s authors in 10th grade

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