Classic Book & 1000 Lexile Info

Looking for a classic but not sure where to begin? You're in the right spot. Below you will find an extensive list of classics that we currently have in our collection at CBHS. Please note the vast majority of classics are High School Only. Happy Reading!


*Looking for books with a Lexile score of 1000? Please scroll down.


1. To Kill a Mockingbird ( F-LEE )

2. The Great Gatsby ( F-FIT )

3. Pride and Prejudice ( F-AUS )

4. Animal Farm ( F-ORW )

5. Jane Eyre ( F-BRO )

6. The Catcher in the Rye ( F-SAL )

7. Brave New World ( F-HUX )

8. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ( F-TWA )

9. Lord of the Flies ( F-GOL )

10. Hamlet ( 822.3 BLO )

11. Macbeth ( 822.3 MAC )

12. The Scarlet Letter ( F-HAW )

13. Romeo and Juliet ( 822.3 SHA )

14. A Tale of Two Cities ( F-DIC )

15. Catch-22 ( F-HEL )

16. The Crucible ( 812 MIL )

17. The Red Badge of Courage ( F-CRA )

18. Robinson Crusoe ( F-DEF )

19. Wuthering Heights ( F-BRO )

20. The Stranger ( F-CAM )

21. The Odyssey ( 880 HOM )

22. The Canterbury Tales ( 821.1 CHA )

23. The Grapes of Wrath ( F-STE )

24. Slaughterhouse-Five ( 813 VON, F VON )

25. Treasure Island ( F-STE )

26. The Glass Menagerie ( 812 WIL )

27. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation ( 829 BEO )

28. Frankenstein ( F-SHE, 823 BLO )

29. A Midsummer Night's Dream ( 822.33 SHA )

30. All Quiet on the Western Front ( F-NAP, F-REM )

31. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich ( F-SOL )

32. The Awakening ( F-CAR )

33. Crime and Punishment ( F-DOS )

34. Heart of Darkness ( F-CON )

35. Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) ( F-ACH )

36. The Metamorphosis ( F-KUP )

37. Gulliver's Travels ( F-GRE )

38. Uncle Tom's Cabin ( F-STO )

39. The Last of the Mohicans - The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales #2) ( F-COO )

40. Madame Bovary ( F-FLA )

42. Vanity Fair ( F-THA )

43. Walden ( 818.3 THO )

44. Antigone ( 882 SOP )

45. The Color Purple ( F-WAL )

46. The Sound and the Fury ( F-FAU )

47. Oedipus Rex ( 882 SOP )

48. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories ( F-OCO )

49. Pygmalion ( 822 SHA )

50. Selected Tales by Edgar Allen Poe ( F-DEA, F-POE )

51. Invisible Man ( F-GEA )

52. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass ( B-DOU )

53. Tess of the D'Urbervilles ( F-HAR )

54. The Call of the Wild ( F-LON )

55. A Farewell to Arms ( F-HEM )

56. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ( F-JOY )

57. Waiting for Godot ( 842.91 BEC )

58. The Iliad ( 880 HOM )

59. Don Quixote ( F-CER )

60. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling ( F-FIE )

61. One Hundred Years of Solitude ( F-GAR )

62. The Three Musketeers ( F-DUM )

63. As I Lay Dying ( F-FAU )

64. War and Peace ( F-TOL )

65. A Doll's House ( F-IBS )

66. Cyrano de Bergerac ( 842 ROS )

67. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale ( F-EIS, F-MEL )

68. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame ( F-HUG, F-SYM ))

69. Inferno ( F-BRO )

70. The Mill on the Floss ( F-ELI )

71. 1984 ( F-ORW )

72. The Cherry Orchard ( 891.72 CHE )

73. The Picture of Dorian Gray ( F-WIL )

74. Candide ( 843 VOL )

75. Their Eyes Were Watching God ( F-HUR )

77. Doctor Zhivago ( F-PAS )

78. Long Day's Journey Into Night ( 812 ONE )

79. The House of Mirth ( F-WHA )

80. Selected Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson ( 814 EME )

81. Leaves of Grass (811 WHI )

82. The Good Soldier ( F-FOR )

83. Faust: First Part ( 832 GOE )

84. Call it Sleep ( F-ROT )

85. Fathers and Sons ( F-TUR )

86. The Portrait of a Lady ( F-JAM )

87. The Adventures of Augie March ( F-BEL )

88. A Death in the Family ( F-AGE )

89. The Turn of the Screw ( F-JAM )

90. The Magic Mountain ( F-MAN )

91. Go Tell It on the Mountain ( F-BAL )

92. Death Comes for the Archbishop ( F-CAT )

93. To the Lighthouse ( 823.91 KEL )

94. Native Son ( F-WRI )

95. The Crying of Lot 49 ( F-PYN )

96. The Woman Warrior ( F-KIN )

97. Swann's Way ( F-PRO)

98. Ceremony ( F-SIL )


Looking for books with a Lexile score of over 1000? Below you will find a list of books we currently have in our collection at CBHS. Happy Reading!

*It is highly recommended that before you pick from the list below for a class assignment/project you discuss your book section with your teacher. Not all of the books listed below are middle school-level reading material.


1. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir – F Tah (High school only)


2. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery – Classics F Mon


3. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Vernes – Classics F Ver


4. Beowulf by Seamus Heaney – 821 Beo (High school only)


5. Bomb: The Race to Build by Steve Sheinkin – 623.4 She (High school only)


6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne – F Boy


7. Brisinger by Christopher Paolini – F Pao


8. Call of the Wild by Jack London – Classics F Lon


9. The Case of the Missing Marquess: an Enola Holmes Mystery (Book 1) by Nancy Springer – F Spr


10. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan: An Enola Holmes Mystery (Book 4) by Nancy Springer – F Spr


11. Chew on This: Everything you don't want to know about fast food by Eric Schlosser - 394.1 SCH


12. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Classics – F Dic (High school only)


13. Dracula by Bram Stoker – Classics F Sto (High school only)


14. Emma by Jane Austen – Classics F Aus (High school only)


15. Evolution Revolution by Winston, Robert M. L - 576.8 WIN


16. Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them by JK Rowling – F Row


17. Fever Crumb (Fever Crumb Trilogy, Book 1) by Reeve, Philip – F Cru


18. The Flint Heart: a fairy story by Paterson, Katherine – F Pat


19. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley – Classics F She (High school only)


20. Freedom Walkers by Russell Freedman – 323 Fre


21. Go Ask Alice by Anonymous – F Ano (High school only)


22. Golden Compass by Philip Pullman – F Pul


23. Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald – Classics F Fit (High school only)


24. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by JK Rowling – F Row


25. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen – F Pau


26. Hidden Figures by Margot Shetterly – 510.92 SHE (High school only)


27. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams – F Ada (High school only)


28. Hobbit by JRR Tolkien – Classics F Tol (High school only)


29. Homer Price by McCloskey, Robert – F McC


30. I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai – B You


31. I am Number Four by Lore Pittacus – F Pit


32. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini – F Pao (High school only)


33. Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell – F O’De


34. Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling – Classics – F Kip


35. Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freddman – B Lin


36. Lockdown: Escape from Furnace (Book 1) by Smith, Alexander Gordon – F Smi


37. Marley & Me by John Grogan – B Gor (High school only)


38. Milo: Sticky Notes & Brain Freeze by Silberberg, Alan – F Sil


39. The Mysterious Howling (Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 1) by Wood, Maryrose – F Woo


40. Nothing by Teller, Janne – F Tel


41. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens – Classics F Dic (High school only)


42. The Ordinary Princess by Kaye, M. M – F Kay


43. The Phantom Tollbooth by Justin Norton - F Jus


44. Power of One by Bryce Courtenay – F Cou (High school only)


45. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin – Classics F Aus (High school only)


46. Rule of the Bone: a novel by Banks, Russell – F Ban (High school only)


47. Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket – F Sni


48. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey – 158 Cov (High school only)


49. Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conon Doyle – Classics F Doy


50 Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Differently by Karen Blumenthal – B Job


51. Sword in the Stone by TH White – Classics F Whi


52. The Tales of Beedle the Bard by Rowling, J. K – F Row


53. Treasure Island by Robert Stevenson – Classics F Ste (High school only)


54. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Vernes – Classics F Ver (High school only)


55. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand – F Hil (High school only)


56. War Horse by Morpurgo, Michael – F Mor


57. War of the Worlds by HG Wells – Classics F Wel (High school only)


58. Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K LeGuin – F LeG (High school only)


59. Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Aiken, Joan – F Aik


60. The Wonderful World of Oz by Baum, L. Frank- Classics F Bau (High school only)


61. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig – B Pir (High school only)