# Come help the grading system! Request for Benchmark Books, Movies & TV Shows **URL:** \ **Category:** English\ **Created:** [June 14, 2026, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234 "2026-06-14T10:13:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
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**English Benchmarks — Books, Movies & TV (Working List)** \*This post is a **wiki** — please edit it directly to add a title * * * **Status key:** ✅ Enacted · ⚪ Proposed **Notes on projections from other languages:** Some language ratings consitently are higher than other languages. Namely, JPN is +3, KOR +1/+2, ESP/ENG are the same level. When projecting from other languages, I alter the level accordingly. #### Books | Status | Level | Title | CEFR | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ✅ | 22 | [_Little House on the Prairie_ (series)](https://learnnatively.com/series/8d3de86031/) | B1 | Series suggestion — [mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/3) | | ✅ | 22 | [_The Wind in the Willows_](https://learnnatively.com/book/48efd0b560/) | B1 | [mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/3) | | ✅ | 24 | [_The Giver_](https://learnnatively.com/book/a249f55513/) | B1 | Recommended to learners around that level — [cat](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/4) | | ✅ | 25 | [_The Jungle Book_](https://learnnatively.com/book/a5d281f322/) | B1 | [mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/3) | | ✅ | 26 | [_Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone_ (Book 1)](https://learnnatively.com/book/adfcf1980e/) | B1 | Slightly more difficult with each volume — [mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/3) | | ✅ | 26 | [_Holes_ (series)](https://learnnatively.com/series/f3c5188178/) | B1 | Taught in upper elementary / early middle school — [cat](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/4) | | ✅ | 30 | [_His Dark Materials_ (series)](https://learnnatively.com/series/3ecf4200cd/) | B2 | Series suggestion — [mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/3) | | ✅ | 34 | [_This Is How You Lose the Time War_](https://learnnatively.com/book/d6c1d60630/) | C1 | Popular book; vocab stretch and grammatical complexity — [cat](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/4) | | ✅ | 35 | [_Darkness Visible_](https://learnnatively.com/book/4b7b22714d/) | C1 | [mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/3) | | ✅ | 35 | [_Rites of Passage_](https://learnnatively.com/book/b31613d5d7/) | C1 | [mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/3) | | ✅ | 38 | [_A Clockwork Orange_](https://learnnatively.com/book/839b5b2be3/) | C1–C2 | Full of nonsense words and unusual ways of saying things — [cat](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/4) | | ✅ | 40 | [_Moby-Dick_](https://learnnatively.com/book/6ccbcd04a9/) | C1–C2 | Basic story not that hard, but complex plot deviations and allusions — [mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/3) | | ✅ | 50 | [_Ulysses_](https://learnnatively.com/book/dc055f85d5/) | C2 | Extensive amount of vocab necessary — [mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234/3) | | ✅ | 25 | [_The House in the Cerulean Sea_ (Book 1)](https://learnnatively.com/book/d7efc9b6e8/) | B1 | Graded same as Harry Potter 1, easier than Northern Lights — projected from community gradings | | ✅ | 25 | [_The Midnight Library_](https://learnnatively.com/book/8bab3eb5f0/) | B1 | Graded same as Harry Potter 1, easier than Northern Lights — projected from community gradings | | ✅ | 25 | [_The Travelling Cat Chronicles_](https://learnnatively.com/book/cfbb446f44/) | B1 | Graded same as Harry Potter 1, easier than Northern Lights; translation from Japanese — projected from community gradings | | ✅ | 25 | [_Podkin One-Ear_ (Book 1)](https://learnnatively.com/book/d4f22ba53c/) | B1 | Graded same as Harry Potter 1, easier than Northern Lights — projected from community gradings | | ✅ | 28 | [_Howl’s Moving Castle_](https://learnnatively.com/book/6334def9db/) | B2 | Bracketed between Harry Potter 1 and Northern Lights; fills the 27–29 gap — projected from community gradings | | ✅ | 32 | [_A Game of Thrones_ (Book 1)](https://learnnatively.com/book/9e9e81f7b2/) | B2 | Bracketed between Northern Lights and This Is How You Lose the Time War — projected from community gradings | | ✅ | 32 | [_The Lord of the Rings_ (3-in-1 edition)](https://learnnatively.com/book/9c7d15a6df/) | B2 | Bracketed between Northern Lights and This Is How You Lose the Time War — projected from community gradings | | ✅ | 8 | [_The Very Hungry Caterpillar_](https://learnnatively.com/book/b1d70e0784/) | A1 | Projected from Japanese L10 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/69cf8b94d0/) | | ✅ | 16 | [_Dinosaurs Before Dark_ (Magic Tree House 1)](https://learnnatively.com/book/9796753b67/) | A2 | Projected from Korean 16 / Spanish 17 / German 18 / Japanese 19 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/69cf8b94d0/) | | ✅ | 19 | [_Diary of a Wimpy Kid_ (Book 1)](https://learnnatively.com/book/28cd0a8ff9/) | A2 | Projected from Spanish 19 / Korean 22 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/69cf8b94d0/) | | ✅ | 23 | [_Matilda_](https://learnnatively.com/book/42dc0e3594/) | B1 | Projected from Spanish 23 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/69cf8b94d0/) | | ✅ | 25 | [_Coraline_](https://learnnatively.com/book/b2bc0b57c2/) | B1 | Projected from Spanish 25 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/69cf8b94d0/) | | ✅ | 25 | [_The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe_](https://learnnatively.com/book/02f914d94f/) | B1 | Projected from German 25 / Spanish 26 / Japanese 29 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/69cf8b94d0/) | | ✅ | 28 | [_The Hobbit_](https://learnnatively.com/book/bc00a4594a/) | B2 | Projected from Spanish 28 / Japanese 31 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/69cf8b94d0/) | | ✅ | 30 | [_Anne of Green Gables_](https://learnnatively.com/book/7dc50dd82c/) | B2 | Projected from Spanish 30 / Japanese 32 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/69cf8b94d0/) | | ✅ | 31 | [_1984_](https://learnnatively.com/book/34a07e70cc/) | B2 | Projected from Japanese 34 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/69cf8b94d0/) | | ⚪ | 33 | [_Lord of the Flies_](https://learnnatively.com/book/7e254f7e9b/) | B2 | (no gradings yet, on hold) literary vocabulary requiring a glossary even for natives, dense syntax, dialect, symbolism - chibi-native | | ⚪ | 30 | [The Metamorphosis](https://learnnatively.com/book/1f622c7dc7/) | B2 | (no gradings yet, on hold) Feels like it’s around L30 - HopeWaterfall | #### Movies & TV | Status | Level | Title | CEFR | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | ✅ | 20 | [_SpongeBob SquarePants_ (S1)](https://learnnatively.com/season/3dcb5dfe3b/) | B1 | Projected from Spanish 21 / Japanese 19 / Korean 18 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 20 | [_Pokémon Indigo League_](https://learnnatively.com/season/faeb4a6257/) | B1 | Projected from Japanese 23 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 21 | [_Kung Fu Panda_](https://learnnatively.com/movie/40e1863235/) | B1 | Projected from Spanish 21 — catalog tmdb sweep | | ✅ | 21 | [_Avatar: The Last Airbender_ (Book One)](https://learnnatively.com/season/a421b1f5f6/) | B1 | Projected from Spanish 21 / Japanese 25 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 22 | [_Spirited Away_](https://learnnatively.com/movie/37435dc09b/) | B1 | Projected from Japanese 24 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 23 | [_Naruto_ (S1)](https://learnnatively.com/season/dfcbb6c5bd/) | B1 | Projected from Spanish 22 / Japanese 27 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 24 | [_Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone_ (film)](https://learnnatively.com/movie/3d40511ca5/) | B1 | Projected from Spanish 24 / Japanese 29 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 25 | [_The Simpsons_ (S1)](https://learnnatively.com/season/27cfe5202e/) | B1 | Projected from Spanish 25 / German 25 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 25 | [_Alice in Borderland_ (S1)](https://learnnatively.com/season/a3f5487ab3/) | B1 | Projected from Japanese 28 (49 graders) — catalog tmdb sweep | | ✅ | 26 | [_Jurassic Park_](https://learnnatively.com/movie/d24deedf18/) | B1 | Projected from Japanese 29 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 27 | [_Friends_ (S1)](https://learnnatively.com/season/1b9a0a5e7c/) | B2 | Projected from Japanese 30; fast colloquial dialogue — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 27 | [_Solo Leveling_](https://learnnatively.com/season/c918e67b05/) | B2 | Projected from Japanese 30 (50 graders) — catalog tmdb sweep | | ✅ | 29 | [_Breaking Bad_ (S1)](https://learnnatively.com/season/046f3b0d35/) | B2 | Projected from Japanese 32 — catalog tmdb sweep | | ✅ | 30 | [_Attack on Titan_ (S1)](https://learnnatively.com/season/9f20f5752c/) | B2 | Projected from Japanese 33 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 31 | [_Akira_](https://learnnatively.com/movie/80ca24c700/) | B2 | Projected from Japanese 34 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | | ✅ | 32 | [_Neon Genesis Evangelion_ (S1)](https://learnnatively.com/season/91e42c2b6f/) | B2 | Projected from Japanese 35 — [gillianfaith’s list](https://learnnatively.com/list/e275332786/) | * * * --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/come-help-the-grading-system-request-for-benchmark-books-movies-tv-shows/20234)._