"AP Level" Books - Pre-AP Students

All Pre-AP students must select ONE "AP Level" book to read this summer. For the AP Literature test, you will be required to respond to essay prompts using evidence from books of "literary merit." Reading widely and well is the only sure way to prepare for this question.

Use the lists provided below to find an "AP Level" selection. If you are interested in a book not on one of these lists, run it by me in an email first (akalmar@mountstmary.org).

Sample AP Literature Free Response Questions (Scroll Down for Book List): apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap_2012_frq_eng_lit.pdf

List of Books Referenced on the AP Literature Exam since 1971: wandohigh.ccsdschools.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_2879574/File/department-documents/Media_Center/ReadingList.APLitandComp.Schatmeyer.Wando.pdf

Goodreads.com Books Labelled "Popular AP Literature": www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/ap-literature?page=1

Ms. Kalmar's Recommendation's from These Lists (i.e., Even High School Students Often Enjoy These):

Lord of the Flies - This title is also Ms. Kalmar's Book Club selection this summer!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Wuthering Heights
Huckleberry Finn
The Catcher in the Rye
The House on Mango Street
Miss Lonelyhearts
Things Fall Apart
Of Mice and Men
Slaughterhouse Five (weird but good)
To Kill a Mockingbird