,2015-16 AP Literature and Composition (Issued to Prospective Students, May 2015)
Reading List and Start Dates (Note: Start Date (Bold) in this class means you have
completed reading on specified date.)
This list is not a summer assignment. Nevertheless, if you are not a fast reader it would be a good
idea to read one or more of these this summer. Note that you don’t have to have the first novel
read until two weeks after school starts. Also note that The Poisonwood Bible and Tess of the
d’Urbervilles are quite long. The Shakespeare play you will read is dependent on the teacher you
are assigned. The Shakespeare Pestwick editions are strongly recommended. You MUST have
the Norton edition of Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien, Sept. 14
Paperback: 233 pages Publisher: Mariner Books (October 13, 2009) ISBN-10: 0618706410;
ISBN-13: 978-0618706419
Life of Pi, Yann Martel, Oct. 13
Paperback: 326 pages Publisher: Mariner Books (May 1, 2003) ISBN-10: 0156027321; ISBN13: 978-0156027328
Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy, Nov. 4
Paperback: 512 pages Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Third Edition (December 17, 1990)
ISBN-10: 0393959031; ISBN-13: 978-0393959031
She Stoops to Conquer, Oliver Goldsmith, Dec. 14
Any Version Acceptable—including online; you must have a copy for class.
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver, Jan. 11
Paperback: 576 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Reissue edition (June 10,
2008); ISBN-10: 0061577073; ISBN-13: 978-0061577079
King Lear or Othello, William Shakespeare, Feb. 29
Lear
Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Prestwick House (January 1, 2003); ISBN-10: 1580495125
ISBN-13: 978-1580495127
Othello
Paperback: 272 pages Publisher: Prestwick House, Inc. (June 1, 2005); ISBN-10: 1580495222
ISBN-13: 978-1580495226
Home, Toni Morrison, March 28
Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (January 1, 2013); ISBN10:0307740919; ISBN-13:978-0307740915
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between
the Lines, Revised Edition Thomas C. Foster
AP Lit Exam May 4, 2016
What to do this summer besides read—If you have never seen or you don’t
remember The Wizard of Oz, we recommend you watch it. We will start with
literary terms with examples illustrated by the movie.