RECOMMENDED READING LIST for DR. QUESTAD’S PRE-AP STUDENTS

The AP Literature test is highly dependent on students having read a wide variety of classics.  The following Highly Recommended list includes selections from an AP record of most used novels on the AP test.  Both lists were compiled with help from members of the Skyview English Department (Special thanks to Mrs. Hensler and Ms. Gunderson).

Highly Recommended Make sure you make out a Classic Card for each book you read.  Remember to peruse the Internet and Spark’s Notes (or similar) to help guide you in your understanding.

Do Not Read The following are required reading in the current Pre-AP and AP classes.  Use your time efficiently and read other recommended books.

Anna Karenina Billy Budd Catch-22 Crime and Punishment The Crucible Cry the Beloved Country A Farewell to Arms For Whom the Bell Tolls Great Expectations Invisible Man Light in August Old Man and the Sea Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man The Scarlet Letter The Sun Also Rises

1984 Animal Farm The Awakening Brave New World Candide Death of a Salesman Frankenstein Grapes of Wrath The Great Gatsby Hamlet Heart of Darkness Huckleberry Finn Jane Erye Julius Caesar The Jungle King Lear Moby Dick The Odyssey Oedipus Rex Picture Bride The Power and the Glory Pride and Prejudice Return of the Native A Separate Peace The Stranger Tale of Two Cities Their Eyes Were Watching God To Kill a Mockingbird Wuthering Heights