10th (or 11th) Grade Reading List - American Literature

I recommend the following titles to maintain fluency and reading level and to encourage independent reading. These are a sampling of the titles that often appear on high-school reading lists for 10th grade (or 11th) American literature study. Literature programs vary by high school. The books on this list are important introductions to American literature--regardless of your age and/or skill level.

• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
• Autobiography - Benjamin Franklin
• The Crucible - Arthur Miller
• Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller
• For Whom The Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
• Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
• The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Moby Dick - Herman Melville
• My Antonia - Willa Cather
• Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - Frederick Douglass
• Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
• Our Town - Thornton Wilder
• The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen Crane
• The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
• To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
• Walden - Henry David Thoreau