Senior Advanced Placement English
Summer Reading List
To prepare for the AP literature test, we will cover a number of works. Over the summer you will be required to read and annotate the following two novels:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
You will write an essay, which will encompass both pieces, the first week of class.
The following books will be read and taught in class. Since we will annotate or take notes on these books, you may want to purchase them. Reading them in advance may be helpful to you. Half.com, Alibris.com, and Amazon.com are excellent sites for discount books.
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
No Exit by Jean-Paul Satre
The Stranger by Albert Camus
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Hamlet (the Barron's annotated edition) by William Shakespeare
Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The following novels or plays are recommended reading for the AP test, but may not be taught in class:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
If you did not read the following American novels or plays during your junior year, you may want to read these:
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Death Of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
A Raisin In the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams