A reader asked for recommended books with certain Lexile scores. I, personally, have zero experience with Lexile, so I asked for recommendations from teacher friends. Boy did they deliver! Here’s a list of books with Lexiles all the way from 700 up to 1140, recommended by teachers. I’ve ⭐️’d the ones that were mentioned many times. Enjoy!
Psst. You can click to sort by different columns.
| ⭐️ | Title | Lexile Score |
|---|---|---|
| Out Of My Mind | 700 | |
| Wonder | 700 | |
| Little House on the Prairie | 760 | |
| Chasing Vermeer | 770 | |
| Bud Not Buddy | 780 | |
| Bridge to Teribethia | 810 | |
| Where the Mountain Meets the Moon | 810 | |
| The Invention of Hugo Cabret | 820 | |
| Frindle | 830 | |
| The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate | 830 | |
| Wonderstruck | 830 | |
| ⭐️ | Matilda | 840 |
| The Penderwicks | 850 | |
| The Witch of Blackbird Pond | 850 | |
| The Cay | 860 | |
| Narnia books | 870 | |
| Pippi Longstocking | 870 | |
| The Wright 3 | 870 | |
| Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass | 890 | |
| ⭐️ | The Mysterious Benedict Society | 900 |
| Mr. Popper’s Penguins | 910 | |
| Stuart Little | 920 | |
| The Ability | 920 | |
| The Ranger’s Apprentice | 920 | |
| Island of the Blue Dolphins | 930 | |
| The Septimus Heap | 940 | |
| The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P Figg | 950 | |
| Ginger Pye | 990 | |
| Nim’s Island | 1000 | |
| ⭐️ | The Phantom Tollbooth | 1000 |
| My Antonia | 1010 | |
| Treasure Island | 1010 | |
| Anne of Green Gables | 1020 | |
| ⭐️ | Hatchet | 1020 |
| The Hobbit | 1030 | |
| The Jungle Book | 1080 | |
| Rascal | 1140 | |
| The Wind in the Willows | 1140 |
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