2015-2016 AS English II Book List
Title
Candide
Macbeth
A Thousand Splendid
Suns
Approximate
Date Needed
October 13, 2015
Author
Publisher & ISBN-13
Voltaire
December 18,
2015
(Winter Break)
March 8, 2016
William Shakespeare
Barnes & Noble
Classics
978-1-59308-028-0
Folger
0-7434-7710-3
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Books
978-1594483851
I always encourage students to have their own copy of each text, however it is by no means
required. Texts can also be borrowed from M-A or a community library. Please let me know
if you have any issues obtaining a required text.
Other texts we read in class will be provided to students as handouts or small readers, and
do not need to be acquired ahead of time. If you’re curious, we’ll also be reading (subject to
change):

“Sashimi Cashmere” by Carolyn Forde

“A Good Man Is Hard To Find” by Flannery O’ Connor

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson

“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula Le Guin

“The War Prayer” by Mark Twain

“War is Kind” by Stephen Crane

“The Pardoner’s Tale” by Geoffrey Chaucer

“The Tale of the Three Brothers” by J.K. Rowling

Selected classic fairy tales and fables

Selected contemporary media texts
Keigher AS English II