Reading Lists

Are you looking for something good to read?

Listed below are some reading lists by grade level.

If you know your Lexile score and are looking for what we have in your range, choose Lexile Score as an option in our online catalog, or checkout a list of books already selected below.

Join one of our Newsletter Lists to receive regular reading suggestions in your inbox.

Contact any branch and ask to speak to a Children's Librarian.

Look up some recent book award winners, information provided by the American Library Association.

See the 2009/2010 Battle of the Books List sponsored by the North Carolina School Library Media Association.

Check out the titles selected by Jaki Shelton Green the Piedmont Poet Laureate

Reading Lists - Accelerated Readers

Preschool/Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade
Third Grade Fourth Grade Fifth Grade Sixth Grade

Reading Lists - Lexile Score

Lexile scores are a reading measurement tool that denotes both reading ability and text difficulty on the same scale. Read more. You can also search our online catalog by Lexile scores. Listed below is a lst of typical scores based on grade level.

100L 200L 300L 400L
500L 600L 700L 800L

First Grade - 200L to 400L
Second Grade - 300L to 500L
Third Grade - 500L to 700L
Fourth Grade - 650L to 850L
Fifth Grade - 750L to 950L
Sixth Grade - 850L to1050L
Seventh Grade - 950L to 1075L
Eighth Grade - 1000L to 1100 L
Ninth Grade - 1050L to 1150L
Tenth Grade - 1100L to 1200L
Eleventh / Twelfth - 1100L to 1300L

Last Update: October 6, 2009