Welcome to AP Literature and Composition, 2003-2004

AP Literature Suggested Summer 2017 Reading

We look forward to a challenging year of growth in reading, thinking, and writing. For those students who wish to get an early jump start on some readings that may help you on the AP Exam, listed below are suggested readings for summer 2017. AP Lit Team (Hale, Horrigan, McNalley)

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1. Summer Reading Suggestion (optional)

 How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster

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2. Summer Reading Suggestion – Classic (choose one)

 Beloved by Toni Morrison*  Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston*

 Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut  A Midsummer’s Night Dream by Shakespeare

 East of Eden by John Steinbeck  A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen  Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

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3. Summer Reading Suggestion – Contemporary (choose one)

 The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini  One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Marquez

 Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel  A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

 A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry  Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller*

 A Child Called “It” by David Pelzer  On the Road by Jack Kerouac

*This choice may be part of your AP Lit curriculum