common core exemplars

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,905 ratings
2.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,454 ratings
3.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,094 ratings
4.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.25 avg rating — 110,514 ratings
5.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,051 ratings
6.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,698 ratings
7.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,045 ratings
7.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 114,641 ratings
9.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,145 ratings
9.
Tartuffe
Tartuffe
by: Molière
3.66 avg rating — 42,284 ratings
11.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,759 ratings
11.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,564 ratings
13.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,847 ratings
14.
The Anaya Reader
The Anaya Reader 4.06 avg rating — 52 ratings
14.
Democracy in America
Democracy in America 4.05 avg rating — 26,630 ratings
16.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,633 ratings
17.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,400 ratings
18.
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
Diary of a Madman and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating — 21,521 ratings
19.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,524 ratings
20.
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 97,914 ratings
21.
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
by: O. Henry
4.11 avg rating — 99,706 ratings
22.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,323 ratings
23.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,583 ratings
24.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,888 ratings
25.
Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle 3.97 avg rating — 2,554 ratings
26.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,090 ratings
27.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,409 ratings
28.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating — 77,520 ratings
29.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,178 ratings
30.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,007 ratings
31.
A Doll's House
A Doll's House 3.77 avg rating — 159,025 ratings
32.
Rhinoceros and Other Plays
Rhinoceros and Other Plays 3.98 avg rating — 3,141 ratings
33.
Master Harold...and the Boys
Master Harold...and the Boys 3.78 avg rating — 6,695 ratings
34.
John Donne's Poetry
John Donne's Poetry 4.11 avg rating — 8,388 ratings
35.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.09 avg rating — 8,413 ratings
36.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,483 ratings
37.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 105,232 ratings
38.
A Shropshire Lad
A Shropshire Lad 4.01 avg rating — 2,896 ratings
39.
Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing 4.25 avg rating — 185 ratings
40.
My Soul's High Song: The Collected Writings
My Soul's High Song: The Collected Writings 4.28 avg rating — 69 ratings
41.
Auden: Poems
Auden: Poems 4.23 avg rating — 724 ratings
42.
Revolutionary Petunias (Harvest Book)
Revolutionary Petunias (Harvest Book) 4.05 avg rating — 742 ratings
43.
Immigrants in Our Own Land & Selected Early Poems (New Directions Paperbook)
Immigrants in Our Own Land & Selected Early Poems (New Directions Paperbook) 4.37 avg rating — 169 ratings
44.
Why We Can't Wait
Why We Can't Wait 4.54 avg rating — 8,975 ratings
45.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,942 ratings
46.
NOBEL LECTURES IN PEACE, VOL 5 (1981-1990) (Nobel Lectures, Including Presentation Speeches and Laureate)
NOBEL LECTURES IN PEACE, VOL 5 (1981-1990) (Nobel Lectures, Including Presentation Speeches and Laureate)
by: I. Abrams
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
47.
The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation
The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation 4.22 avg rating — 140 ratings
48.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,680 ratings
49.
Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Son of the Morning Star: General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn 4.13 avg rating — 3,203 ratings
50.
The Story of Art
The Story of Art 3.96 avg rating — 448,904 ratings
51.
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World 3.92 avg rating — 24,360 ratings
52.
Black, Blue & Gray: African Americans In The Civil War
Black, Blue & Gray: African Americans In The Civil War 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
53.
The Longitude Prize
The Longitude Prize
by: Joan Dash
3.52 avg rating — 129 ratings
54.
The Great Composers: An Illustrated Guide To The Lives, Key Works And Influences Of Over 100 Renowned Composers
The Great Composers: An Illustrated Guide To The Lives, Key Works And Influences Of Over 100 Renowned Composers 4.03 avg rating — 33 ratings
55.
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491
Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491 4.03 avg rating — 868 ratings
56.
Euclid's Elements of Geometry
Euclid's Elements of Geometry
by: Euclid
4.32 avg rating — 3,330 ratings
57.
Biography of an Atom
Biography of an Atom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
58.
Roundabout: The Physics of Rotation in the Everyday World
Roundabout: The Physics of Rotation in the Everyday World 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
59.
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus
The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus 4.16 avg rating — 119,585 ratings
60.
Life by the Numbers
Life by the Numbers 3.37 avg rating — 38 ratings
61.
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
The Race to Save the Lord God Bird 4.16 avg rating — 424 ratings
62.
The Story of Science: Newton at the Center
The Story of Science: Newton at the Center
by: Joy Hakim
4.15 avg rating — 303 ratings
63.
Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe
Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe 3.63 avg rating — 101 ratings
64.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,627 ratings
65.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,025 ratings
66.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,217 ratings
67.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,796 ratings
68.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,340 ratings
69.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,582 ratings
70.
A White Heron and Other Stories
A White Heron and Other Stories 3.75 avg rating — 204 ratings
71.
Billy Budd, Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor 3.19 avg rating — 19,174 ratings
72.
Early Short Stories, 1883-1888
Early Short Stories, 1883-1888 4.18 avg rating — 236 ratings
73.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,375 ratings
74.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,467 ratings
75.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,475 ratings
76.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
77.
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings
Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings 4.44 avg rating — 33,252 ratings
78.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
79.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,104 ratings
80.
Dreaming in Cuban
Dreaming in Cuban 3.68 avg rating — 12,207 ratings
81.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,152 ratings
82.
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman 3.79 avg rating — 5,157 ratings
83.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.25 avg rating — 24,226 ratings
84.
Gitanjali
Gitanjali 4.30 avg rating — 11,598 ratings
85.
Eliot: Poems
Eliot: Poems 4.04 avg rating — 201 ratings
86.
Poems and Translations
Poems and Translations 4.07 avg rating — 337 ratings
87.
The Poetry of Robert Frost
The Poetry of Robert Frost 4.24 avg rating — 48,973 ratings
88.
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda
The Poetry of Pablo Neruda 4.43 avg rating — 20,292 ratings
89.
The Complete Poems 1927-1979
The Complete Poems 1927-1979 4.20 avg rating — 12,966 ratings
90.
The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women
The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women 4.07 avg rating — 331 ratings
91.
Mother Love
Mother Love
by: Rita Dove
4.02 avg rating — 643 ratings
92.
Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems 4.22 avg rating — 14,195 ratings
93.
Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,566 ratings
94.
Essays and Poems
Essays and Poems 4.01 avg rating — 13,494 ratings
95.
Eyewitness to America: 500 Years of American History in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen
Eyewitness to America: 500 Years of American History in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen 4.12 avg rating — 130 ratings
96.
The Works of G.K. Chesterton
The Works of G.K. Chesterton 4.34 avg rating — 223 ratings
97.
The American Language
The American Language 4.12 avg rating — 545 ratings
98.
Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,306 ratings
99.
All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays 4.22 avg rating — 1,420 ratings
100.
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life
The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life
by: Amy Tan
3.94 avg rating — 8,651 ratings