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Every Book Ever Listed on the AP English Literature Exam (Updated 2018)

The AP English Literature exam suggests great books for a free response prompt. This is every novel, epic, and play ever listed. Updated to include the May 2018 exam.
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Absalom, Absalom! (William Faulkner)
Absalom, Absalom!
1
William Faulkner
Adam Bede (George Eliot)
Adam Bede
2
George Eliot
The Adventures of Augie March (Saul Bellow)
The Adventures of Augie March
3
Saul Bellow
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
4
Mark Twain
The Aenied (Virgil)
The Aenied
5
Virgil
Agnes of God (John Pielmeier)
Agnes of God
6
John Pielmeier
The Age of Innocence (Edith Wharton)
The Age of Innocence
7
Edith Wharton
Alias Grace (Margaret Atwood)
Alias Grace
8
Margaret Atwood
All the King's Men (Robert Penn Warren)
All the King's Men
9
Robert Penn Warren
All My Sons (Arthur Miller)
All My Sons
10
Arthur Miller
All the Light We Cannot See (Anthony Doerr)
All the Light We Cannot See
11
Anthony Doerr
All the Pretty Horses (Cormac McCarthy)
All the Pretty Horses
12
Cormac McCarthy
America Is in the Heart (Carlos Bulosan)
America Is in the Heart
13
Carlos Bulosan
An American Tragedy (Theodore Dreiser)
An American Tragedy
14
Theodore Dreiser
American Pastoral (Philip Roth)
American Pastoral
15
Philip Roth
The American
The American
16
Angels in America (Tony Kushner)
Angels in America
17
Tony Kushner
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
18
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
19
Leo Tolstoy
Another Country
Another Country
20
Antigone (Sophocles)
Antigone
21
Sophocles
Anthony and Cleopatra (William Shakespeare)
Anthony and Cleopatra
22
William Shakespeare
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Mordecai Richler)
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
23
Mordecai Richler
The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
The Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer
24
As I Lay Dying (William Faulkner)
As I Lay Dying
25
William Faulkner
As You Like It (William Shakespeare)
As You Like It
26
William Shakespeare
Atonement (Ian McEwan)
Atonement
27
Ian McEwan
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (James Weldon Johnson)
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
28
James Weldon Johnson
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
29
Kate Chopin
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
30
Toni Morrison
A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul)
A Bend in the River
31
V.S. Naipaul
Benito Cereno
Benito Cereno
32
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
33
Herman Melville
The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter)
The Birthday Party
34
Harold Pinter
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
35
Richard Wright
Bleak House (Charles Dickens)
Bleak House
36
Charles Dickens
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolfo Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
37
Rudolfo Anaya
The Blind Assassin (Margaret Atwood)
The Blind Assassin
38
Margaret Atwood
The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
The Bluest Eye
39
Toni Morrison
Bone (Fae Myenne Ng)
Bone
40
Fae Myenne Ng
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