Georgia 9th grade reading list

Books with a Georgia citation for 9th grade include The Hate U Give, All My Rage and Between Shades Of Gray. This list has 622 total books, 30 of them with a Georgia-specific citation. Each book shows its reading level and a cited source. Lexile levels on the list run from 530L to 1170L.

Top Georgia 9th grade pick: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas — on 1 Georgia list

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Total books622Lexile530L–1170LSourceGeorgia Standards of Excellence✓ sources cited per book

Most-assigned on state lists: across every US state’s official reading and award lists, the High (9–12) titles appearing in the most states are The Hate U Give (4 states), Their Eyes Were Watching God (3 states), and The Great Gatsby (2 states). From our 2026 study of 13,258 source-cited assignments (as of 2026-07-13).

Full curriculum guides: Common Core State Standards (ELA) · IB Diploma Programme — English A: Literature · Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) · AP English Language & Composition · AP English Literature & Composition · AP European History · AP Psychology

Our pick to start — most-cited for Georgia 9th grade

These are the 30 titles named in Georgia’s own curriculum documents for this grade — everything below is the wider national list. Read against the Common Core Appendix A complexity band; reading level is not thematic maturity, and several sit below the band because they are assigned for discussion.

  1. The Hate U Give

    Angie Thomas

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 4 national references, taught from grade 9 to 12. Covers police violence, race and code-switching. At 590L it reads well below the 1050–1335L band for this grade.

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  2. All My Rage

    Sabaa Tahir

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 3 national references, taught from grade 9 to 12.

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  3. Between Shades Of Gray

    Ruta Sepetys

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 2 national references, taught from grade 4 to 9.

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  4. Children of Blood and Bone

    Tomi Adeyemi

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 2 national references, taught from grade 5 to 12.

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  5. Eleanor & Park

    Rainbow Rowell

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 2 national references, taught from grade 4 to 9.

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  6. The Fault in Our Stars

    John Green

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 2 national references, taught from grade 9 to 12. Covers mortality, grief and love. At 850L it sits just under the 1050–1335L band for this grade.

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  7. Ace of Spades

    Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 9 to 12.

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  8. Clap When You Land

    Elizabeth Acevedo

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 3 to 10.

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  9. Dear Martin

    Nic Stone

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 9 to 12.

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  10. Divergent

    Veronica Roth

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 8 to 12. Covers identity, choice and courage.

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  11. I'll Give You the Sun

    Jandy Nelson

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 9 to 12.

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  12. Shiver (Shiver, Book 1)

    Maggie Stiefvater

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 9 to 12.

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  13. The Hunger Games

    Suzanne Collins

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 6 to 9. Covers authoritarianism, survival, media and spectacle. At 810L it reads well below the 1050–1335L band for this grade.

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  14. The Maze Runner

    James Dashner

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 7 to 12. Covers survival, memory and friendship.

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  15. When We Collided

    Emery Lord

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document and 1 national reference, taught from grade 9 to 12.

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  16. Acceleration

    Graham McNamee

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 8 to 12.

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  17. Bloody Jack

    L.A. Meyer

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 8 to 12.

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  18. Good Girl's Guide to Murder

    Holly Jackson

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 9 to 12. Covers murder--fiction., mystery and detective stories., murder, fiction.

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  19. I Must Betray You

    Ruta Sepetys

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 9 to 12.

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  20. Impulse

    Ellen Hopkins

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 9 to 12. Covers suicide, psychiatric hospitals and mental illness.

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  21. Legendborn

    Tracy Deonn

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 8 to 12.

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  22. Scythe

    Neal Shusterman

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 7 to 12. Covers mortality, power and ethics.

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  23. Six of Crows

    Leigh Bardugo

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 8 to 12.

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  24. Steelheart

    Brandon Sanderson

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 7 to 12. Covers power, revenge and heroism.

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  25. That's Not My Name

    Megan Lally

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 9 to 12. Covers mystery, identity and survival.

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  26. The Book of Ivy

    Amy Engel

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 8 to 12.

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  27. The First Part Last

    Angela Johnson

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 4 to 8.

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  28. Twilight

    Stephenie Meyer

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 9 to 12. Covers series:luz_e_escuridão, series:twilight and new york times bestseller.

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  29. We Were Liars

    E. Lockhart

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 8 to 12.

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  30. With the Fire on High

    Elizabeth Acevedo

    Cited in 1 Georgia curriculum document, taught from grade 8 to 12.

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30 books cited for Georgia 9th grade

Assignments tied directly to Georgia’s Georgia Standards of Excellence with a Georgia-specific citation.

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592 additional grade-appropriate books for 9th grade readers

The 622-book total above includes 30 titles with direct Georgia citation; these 592 additional titles cover 9th grade in the broader canon. They don't have a Georgia-specific citation yet but are commonly taught at this level.

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About the Georgia 9th grade reading list

This list combines books cited in Georgia Standards of Excellence with books from national sources that list titles for 9th grade: Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) and the Common Core State Standards (ELA), plus awards such as the Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and the William C. Morris YA Debut Award. ReadingList currently tracks 622 titles for 9th grade in Georgia, of which 30 carry a direct Georgia citation and 592 are grade-appropriate titles whose reading level overlaps 9th grade. Across the list, Lexile measures span 530L–1170L.

9th grade sits in the 9-12 grade band, where students are high-school readers. At this stage the emphasis is on close reading, literary analysis, rhetoric, and preparing for AP, IB, and college coursework. Assigned reading skews toward canonical literature, drama, poetry, and AP/IB set texts, with text complexity that, per Common Core’s Appendix A reading bands, typically falls around roughly 900L to 1300L. Measured against that 1050–1335L range, of the 24 titles here with a Lexile score 3 are grade-level, 21 are more accessible (often assigned for theme over challenge), and 0 are stretch texts that may need scaffolding. Because readers in a single 9th grade classroom can span several hundred Lexile points, this list is best read as a starting point rather than a fixed requirement.

Georgia’s English Language Arts requirements are set by Georgia Standards of Excellence (gadoe.org). Most states pair their own standards with the Common Core text-complexity framework. The 9th grade list below blends Georgia-specific assignments with widely taught national titles. Every title links to its primary source on the book’s detail page, so you can confirm exactly where and why it is assigned.

How to use this list:match a title to your child’s most recent Lexile or guided-reading level rather than to the grade alone. Teachers building a 9th grade unit can pair a Georgia-cited core text with a grade-appropriate companion novel; parents previewing summer or supplemental reading can check each book’s content notes and challenge history before assigning it.

Common questions

What books do 9th grade students read in Georgia?
Books with a Georgia-specific citation for 9th grade include The Hate U Give, All My Rage, Between Shades Of Gray, Children of Blood and Bone and Eleanor & Park. Individual schools and districts choose their own titles, so check with your child's teacher for the exact list.
How many books are assigned to 9th grade students in Georgia?
This list has 622 books for 9th grade students in Georgia. 30 of them have a Georgia-specific citation; the other 592 are grade-appropriate titles from national reading lists and awards.
What's the Lexile range for 9th grade reading in Georgia?
Lexile measures across the 9th grade Georgia reading list range from 530L to 1170L. Books without a published Lexile (poetry, drama, picture books) are not included in this range.
Where does this reading list come from?
Georgia-specific entries reference Georgia Standards of Excellence (published at www.gadoe.org). The other books come from national sources that list books for 9th grade: Cambridge IGCSE English Literature (0475) and the Common Core State Standards (ELA), plus awards such as the Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and the William C. Morris YA Debut Award. Each book's page links the primary source for every listing.

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