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Reading Lists
Students: I have had a few inquiries about novels to read for the AP exam. I wanted to clarify that the AP Language and Composition (Junior year) test is different than AP Literature and Composition test (Senior year). The AP Language and Composition focuses on non-fiction. Focus on reading as many of this articles and novels as you can! Here is a list of readings that are recommended by the AP Language and Composition Readers: Argument "On Self-Respect" by Joan Didion "Whistleblowing and Professional Responsibility" by Sissela Bok "Future Schlock" by Neil Postman "Why Blame T.V." by John Leonard "Save the Whales, Screw the Shrimp" by Joy Williams from "The End of Nature" by Bill McKibbin "Is Business Bluffing Ethical?" by Albert Carr "Pornography" by Margaret Atwood "A Proposal to Abolish Grading" by Paul Goodman "Why Not a Football Degree?" by William F. Shurhart II Style: Schemes and Tropes "Marrying Absurd" by Joan Didion "I Want a Wife" by Judy Brady "Assorted Speeches" by Spiro Agnew "Guys vs. Men" by Dave Barry "Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln "Nobel Prize Award Speech" by William Faulkner "A Small Place" by Jamaica Kincaid Rhetorical Analysis "An End to Audience" by Margaret Atwood "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell "What High School Is" by Ted Sizer "Killing Me Microsoftly" by Julia Keller "Distancing the Homeless" by Jonathon Kozol "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" by Mary Wollstonecraft Classic Novels and Poets
Suggested Novels IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot INTO THE WILD by John Krakauer AMAZING GRACE by Jonathon Kazol THE RIGHT STUFF by Tom Wolfe FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA by Barbara Ehrenreich OVERACHIEVERS: THE SECRET LIVES OF DRIVEN KIDS by Alexandra Robbins THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE by Alex Kotlowitz KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL: AN AMERICAN WOMAN GOES BEHIND THE VEIL by Deborah Rodriguez THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky BLACK HAWK DOWN by Mark Bowden SHE SAID YES: THE UNLIKELY MARTYRDOM OF CASSIE BERNALL by Misty Bernall CATCH ME IF YOU CAN by Frank Abagnale THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE: A WAR STORY by Diane Ackerman READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN by Azar Nafisi DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM by David Sedaris HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE: A SON OF PRIVILEGE LEARNS TO LIVE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE by Michael Gates Gill ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls BEAUTIFUL BOY: A FATHER’S JOURNEY THROUGH HIS SON’S ADDICTION by David Sheff PROZAC NATION by Elizabeth Wurtzel SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham FREAKONOMICS by Malcolm Gladwell THE PERFECT STORM by Sebastian Junger Five Recommended Plays:
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Suggested Novels
IN COLD BLOOD by Truman Capote THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS by Rebecca Skloot INTO THE WILD by John Krakauer AMAZING GRACE by Jonathon Kazol THE RIGHT STUFF by Tom Wolfe FAST FOOD NATION by Eric Schlosser NICKEL AND DIMED: ON (NOT) GETTING BY IN AMERICA by Barbara Ehrenreich OVERACHIEVERS: THE SECRET LIVES OF DRIVEN KIDS by Alexandra Robbins THERE ARE NO CHILDREN HERE by Alex Kotlowitz KABUL BEAUTY SCHOOL: AN AMERICAN WOMAN GOES BEHIND THE VEIL by Deborah Rodriguez THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky BLACK HAWK DOWN by Mark Bowden SHE SAID YES: THE UNLIKELY MARTYRDOM OF CASSIE BERNALL by Misty Bernall CATCH ME IF YOU CAN by Frank Abagnale THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE: A WAR STORY by Diane Ackerman READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN by Azar Nafisi DRESS YOUR FAMILY IN CORDUROY AND DENIM by David Sedaris HOW STARBUCKS SAVED MY LIFE: A SON OF PRIVILEGE LEARNS TO LIVE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE by Michael Gates Gill ESCAPE by Carolyn Jessop THE GLASS CASTLE by Jeannette Walls BEAUTIFUL BOY: A FATHER’S JOURNEY THROUGH HIS SON’S ADDICTION by David Sheff PROZAC NATION by Elizabeth Wurtzel SEABISCUIT: AN AMERICAN LEGEND by Laura Hillenbrand THE INNOCENT MAN by John Grisham FREAKONOMICS by Malcolm Gladwell THE PERFECT STORM by Sebastian Junger Five Recommended Plays:
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