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AP Literature Reading List: 127 Great Books for Your Prep - Page 2

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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The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekhov)
The Cherry Orchard
41
Anton Chekhov
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
42
Joseph Conrad
Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser)
Sister Carrie
43
Theodore Dreiser
Murder in the Cathedral (T. S. Eliot)
Murder in the Cathedral
44
T. S. Eliot
Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
45
William Faulkner
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
46
William Faulkner
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
47
William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
48
William Faulkner
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
49
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
50
E.M. Forster
The Little Foxes (Lillian Hellman)
The Little Foxes
51
Lillian Hellman
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
52
Zora Neale Hurston
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
53
Aldous Huxley
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
54
James Joyce
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
55
Herman Melville
Major Barbara (George Bernard Shaw)
Major Barbara
56
George Bernard Shaw
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
57
John Steinbeck
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
58
Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome (Edith Wharton)
Ethan Frome
59
Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton)
The House of Mirth
60
Edith Wharton
Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
61
Virginia Woolf
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
62
Chinua Achebe
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
63
Edward Albee
Another Country
Another Country
64
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
65
Samuel Beckett
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
66
Albert Camus
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
67
Ralph Ellison
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
68
William Golding
A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
69
Lorraine Hansberry
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
70
Joseph Heller
Oregon: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Ken Kesey)
Oregon: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
71
Ken Kesey
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
72
John Knowles
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
73
Harper Lee
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
74
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
75
Arthur Miller
House Made of Dawn (N. Scott Momaday)
House Made of Dawn
76
N. Scott Momaday
Wise Blood (Flannery O'Connor)
Wise Blood
77
Flannery O'Connor
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
78
George Orwell
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
79
Alan Paton
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
80
Robert Penn Warren
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