AP English Literature & Composition
College Board AP Literature course. Students read representative works from multiple genres and time periods in the AP Course Audit reading list.
Primary source: apcentral.collegeboard.org
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24 books referenced
1984George Orwell · 1090L
A Raisin in the SunLorraine Hansberry
Animal FarmGeorge Orwell · 1170L
BelovedToni Morrison · 870L
Brave New WorldAldous Huxley · 870L
FrankensteinMary Shelley · 1170L
HamletWilliam Shakespeare
I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsMaya Angelou · 1070L
Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë · 890L
Lord of the FliesWilliam Golding · 770L
MacbethWilliam Shakespeare
NightElie Wiesel · 590L
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen · 1100L
Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut · 850L
The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMark Twain · 990L
The Bluest EyeToni Morrison · 920L
The Catcher in the RyeJ.D. Salinger · 790L
The CrucibleArthur Miller
The Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald · 1070L
The Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini · 840L
The Scarlet LetterNathaniel Hawthorne · 1420L
Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston · 1080L
Things Fall ApartChinua Achebe · 890L
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee · 870L