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AP Literature Reading List: 127 Great Books for Your Prep

A lot of students wonder if there's a specific AP English reading list of books they should be reading to succeed on the AP Literature and Composition exam. While there's not an official College-Board AP reading list, there are books that will be more useful for you to read than others as you prepare for the exam.
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Medea (Euripides)
Medea
1
Euripides
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
2
Homer
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
3
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex (Sophocles)
Oedipus Rex
4
Sophocles
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
5
Miguel De Cervantes
Tom Jones (Henry Fielding)
Tom Jones
6
Henry Fielding
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
7
William Shakespeare
Julius Caesar (William Shakespeare)
Julius Caesar
8
William Shakespeare
King Lear (William Shakespeare)
King Lear
9
William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream (William Shakespeare)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
10
William Shakespeare
The Merchant of Venice (William Shakespeare)
The Merchant of Venice
11
William Shakespeare
Othello (William Shakespeare)
Othello
12
William Shakespeare
The Tempest (William Shakespeare)
The Tempest
13
William Shakespeare
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
14
Voltaire
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
15
Jane Austen
Mansfield Park (Jane Austen)
Mansfield Park
16
Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
17
Jane Austen
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
18
Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
19
Emily Bronte
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
20
Kate Chopin
The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage
21
Stephen Crane
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
22
Charles Dickens
David Copperfield (Charles Dickens)
David Copperfield
23
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
24
Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)
Oliver Twist
25
Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities (Charles Dickens)
A Tale of Two Cities
26
Charles Dickens
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
27
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Madame Bovary (Gustave Flaubert)
Madame Bovary
28
Gustave Flaubert
Jude the Obscure (Thomas Hardy)
Jude the Obscure
29
Thomas Hardy
The Mayor of Casterbridge (Thomas Hardy)
The Mayor of Casterbridge
30
Thomas Hardy
Tess of the D'urbervilles (Thomas Hardy)
Tess of the D'urbervilles
31
Thomas Hardy
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
32
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen)
A Doll's House
33
Henrik Ibsen
The American
The American
34
The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
The Portrait of a Lady
35
Henry James
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
36
Herman Melville
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
37
Mary Shelley
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
38
Leo Tolstoy
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
39
Mark Twain
My Ántonia
My Ántonia
40
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