Richard Montgomery High School
June 1, 2008
IB English Summer Reading List
Grade 11 (IB 1)
REQUIRED SUMMER READING: As I Lay Dying and Hamlet
(These texts should be completed prior to the start of school.)
RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING: Invisible Man (It would be helpful to have completed a
preliminary reading prior to the start of school.)
READING LIST FOR COURSE:
As I Lay Dying
Faulkner, Vintage
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Garcia-Marquez (translated by Rabassa), Ballantine
Hedda Gabler
Ibsen (translated by Fjelde)
Hamlet
Shakespeare, Folger
Invisible Man
Ellison, Vintage
Medea
Euripedes (translated by Jeffers), Samuel French
The Visit
Durrennmatt (translated by Valency), Samuel French
(note: these Samuel French translations may not be available in retail stores. They will be issued in
class.)
Selected poetry by Donne and Walcott
Grade 12 (IB 2)
REQUIRED SUMMER READING: Death in Venice and Madame Bovary (Both of these works are used for
the IB external assessment in October. “Death in Venice” from Death in Venice will be discussed in class
and is the only required reading from this text.)
RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING: A Farewell to Arms and To the Lighthouse. (It is highly
recommended that students complete a preliminary reading of these texts during the summer.)
READING LIST FOR COURSE:
Death in Venice
A Farewell to Arms
A Room of One’s Own
Heart of Darkness
Madame Bovary
The River Between
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
To the Lighthouse
Mann (translated by HT Lowe), Vintage
Hemingway
Woolf
Conrad
Flaubert (translated by L. Bair), Bantam Books
Ngugi, Heinemann African Writers Series
Stoppard, Grove
Woolf, Harvest
NOTE: The translations and editions listed above are those used in the classroom. Students will need to
be able to cite text and page numbers from the correct translations in class.
Nancy Shay, English Resource Teacher: _______________________________
Approved for Distribution by Jennifer Hoover, IB Coordinator: ____________________________
Approved for Distribution by Moreno Carrasco, Principal: ______________________________