Grade 12 - Advanced Placement Literature
Required Reading:
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Diagnosis by Alan Lightman
These texts are major components of the first semester curriculum. All the texts listed are included on the Princeton AP book list.
In addition to the mandatory readings, choose two from the list below. Students are encouraged to keep a journal for all readings.
| Novel/Play | Author |
| Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad |
| The Awakening | Kate Chopin |
| The Joy Luck Club | Amy Tan |
| Snow Falling on Cedars | David Guterson |
| Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen |
| The Things They Carried | Tim O'Brien |
| Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte |
| The Stranger | Albert Camus |
| Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy |
| Portrait of a Lady | Henry James |
| Interpreter of Maladies | Jhumpa Lahiri |
| Tracks | Louise Erdrich |
| Henrik Isben | |
| Henrik Isben | |
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Grade 12 -(Honors, College Prep, and Alternative English)
Honors - Students are required to read Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. In addition, students will select two of the following selections. One selection must be from the starred options listed below.
College Prep English- Students are required to read A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines. Also, choose one additional selection form the list below. The recommendation is that students select a starred option.
Alternative English - Students are required to read one of the options below.
| Novel | Author |
| The Joy Luck Club* | Amy Tan |
| The Kitchen God's Wife * | Amy Tan |
| The Awakening* | Kate Chopin |
| The Poisonwood Bible * | Barbara Kingsolver |
| Obasan * | Joy Kogawa |
| The Things They Carried* | Tim O'Brien |
| The Kite Runner * | Khaled Hosseini |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Ernest Gaines |
| The Hunt for Red October | Tom Clancy |
| The Color Purple | Alice Walker |
| Where the Heart Is | Billie Letts |
| Fall River Dreams | Bill Reynolds |
| Frankenstein | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley |