SAT & ACT Recommended Reading List Students who read regularly tend to have the easiest time with the Reading sections of the SAT and ACT. Reading a little every day can go a long way toward boosting your verbal skills by building your fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary. The reading list below is a great place to start. Exploring the resources on this list, curated by the ArborBridge Instruction Team, will prepare you for the types of passages you’ll encounter on the SAT and ACT Reading sections. Natural Science Find and read scientific journal articles exploring a wide array of scientific fields, including biology, chemistry, Earth science, and physics. Recommended sources: • American Scientist • Science Magazine • National Geographic • Advances in Biology and Earth Sciences • Smithsonian • Journal of Proteins and Proteomics
Social Science Find and read contemporary social science journal articles and long-form newspaper articles exploring the fields of psychology, political science, economics, and sociology. Recommended sources: • Open Access Social Sciences Journal • Political Science News • International Journal of Anthropology and • The Economist Ethnology • The Guardian • Cognitive Reearch: Principles and The New York Times Implications • • The Wall Street Journal • Comparative Migration Studies • Newsela (highly recommended for English Language learners) • Open Journal of Political Science
Global Conversation (SAT Only) Find and read historical manuscripts, letters, and speeches that illustrate broad-strokes U.S. and world history themes, including American independence, federalism, abolitionism, women’s suffrage, and the Civil Rights Movement. Recommended sources: • Historical Documents of the United States • Speeches by Suffragettes • 100 Milestone Documents • Great Writings by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony • The Federalist Papers Civil Rights in America • 50 Essential Abolitionist Documents •
www.arborbridge.com | [email protected] Literary Fiction Find and read short stories and novels by reputable authors. In many cases, you can find great books available for free on your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, computer, or eReader. Recommended books: • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the • Pachinko (Min Jin Lee) Night-Time (Mark Haddon) • Life of Pi (Yann Martel) • Exit West (Mosin Hamid) • The Bonesetter’s Daughter (Amy Tan) • The Museum of Extraordinary Things • The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt) (Alice Hoffman) • The Color Purple (Alice Walker) • Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) • House of Mirth (Edith Wharton) • Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) • The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton) • The Remains of the Day (Kaguo Ishiguro) • The Book Thief (Markus Zusak) • The Namesake (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Recommended short stories: • The Veldt (Ray Bradbury) • Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger) • The Dead (James Joyce) • To Build a Fire (Jack London) • Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Recommended authors: • Jane Austen • Scott Fitzgerald • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • Aldous Huxley • Charlotte Bronte • Henry James • Albert Camus • Dinaw Mengestu • Willa Cather • Daniyal Mueenuddin • Amit Chaudhuri • George Orwell • Scott Fitzgerald • Philip Roth • Aldous Huxley • Mark Twain • Henry James
Recommended sources: • Free eBooks • Project Gutenberg
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