Comp/Lit 9 Honors
Outside Reading List
Book TitleAuthorMC
The Zookeeper’s WifeAckerman, Diane
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the GalaxyAdams, Douglas
Watership DownAdams, Richard
For One More DayAlbom, Mitch
The Five People You Meet in HeavenAlbom, Mitch
Tuesdays with MorrieAlbom, Mitch
Little WomenAlcott, Louisa May
The High KingAlexander, Lloyd
Daughter of FortuneAllende, Isabel*
Eva LunaAllende, Isabel*
The House of the SpiritsAllende, Isabel*
Ines of My SoulAllende, Isabel
Portrait in SepiaAllende, Isabel
ZorroAllende, Isabel*
Bless Me, UltimaAnaya, Rudolfo*
FeverAnderson, Laurie
SpeakAnderson, Laurie
I Know Why the Caged Bird SingsAngelou, Maya*
Gather Together in My NameAngelou, Maya*
Go Ask AliceAnonymous
It’s Not About the BikeArmstrong, Lance
Fantastic VoyageAsimov, Isaac
The PenelopiadAtwood, Margaret
The Clan of the Cave BearAuel, Jean
The Valley of HorsesAuel, Jean
EmmaAusten, Jane
Northanger AbbeyAusten, Jane
Pride and PrejudiceAusten, Jane
Sense and SensibilityAusten, Jane
Go Tell It On the MountainBaldwin, James*
A Long Way GoneBeah, Ishmael*
Warriors Don’t CryBealls, Melba Patillo*
Lupita MananaBeatty, Patricia*
When the Legends DieBorland, Hal*
Bridge on the River KwaiBoulle, Ray
The Tortilla CurtainBoyle, T.C.*
Fahrenheit 451Bradbury, Ray
Something Wicked This Way ComesBradbury, Ray
Harriet Tubman: The Moses of Her PeopleBradford, Sarah*
Jane EyreBronte, Charlotte
Wuthering HeightsBronte, Emily
Year of WondersBrooks, Geraldine
The Good EarthBuck, Pearl*
The Pilgrim's ProgressBunyan, John
Cold Sassy TreeBurns, Olive
The Distant Land of My FatherCaldwell, Bo*
In Cold BloodCapote, Truman
Speaker for the DeadCard, Orson Scott
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandCarroll, Lewis
Through the Looking GlassCarroll, Lewis
The Education of Little TreeCarter, Forrest*
My AntoniaCather, Willa
O Pioneers!Cather, Willa
Don QuixoteCervantes, Miguel De
Burning BrightChevalier, Tracy
Girl with a Pearl EarringChevalier, Tracy
The Lady and the UnicornChevalier, Tracy
The AwakeningChopin, Kate
The Ox-Bow IncidentClark, Walter Van Tilberg
ShogunClavell, James*
FinnClinch, Jon
The AlchemistCoelho, Paulo
Not a Genuine Black ManCopeland, Brian*
The Last of the MohicansCooper, James*
The PathfinderCooper, James*
The BoggartCooper, Susan
I Am the CheeseCormier, Richard
The Chocolate WarCormier, Richard
The Red Badge of CourageCrane, Stephen
I Heard the Owl Call My NameCraven, Margaret*
Children of the RiverCrew, Linda*
Madame CurieCurie, Eve
Catherine, Called BirdyCushman, Karen
Two Years Before the MastDana, Henry R.
The Divine Comedy (or one segment)Dante
Breath, Eyes, MemoryDanticat, Edwidge*
Corelli’s MandolinDe Bernieres, Louis
Robinson CrusoeDefoe, Daniel
Moll FlandersDefoe, Daniel
The Red TentDiamente, Anita*
The Brief Wondrous Likfe of Oscar WaoDiaz, Junot*
Oliver TwistDickens, Charles
David CopperfieldDickens, Charles
A Tale of Two CitiesDickens, Charles
Pickwick PapersDickens, Charles
Out of AfricaDinesen, Isak*
The RobeDouglas, Lloyd
Narrative of the Life of an American SlaveDouglass, Frederick*
The Hound of the BaskervillesDoyle, Arthur Conan
Sister CarrieDreiser, Theodore
RebeccaDu Maurier, Daphne
House of Sand and FogDubus, Andre
The Autobiography of W.E.B. DuboisDubois, W.E.B.*
The Three MusketeersDumas, Alexandra
The Count of Monte CristoDumas, Alexandre
Joni Eareckson, Joni
The Memory Keeper’s DaughterEdwards, Kim
MiddlemarchEliot, George
Silas MarnerEliot, George
Invisible ManEllison, Ralph*
SilenceEndo, Shusaku*
Enchantress from the StarsEngdahl, Sylvia
Like Water for ChocolateEsquivel, Laura*
MedeaEuripides
The Sound and the FuryFaulkner, William
Show BoatFerber, Edna
Guests of the SheikFernea, Elizabeth Warnock*
Zlata’s DiaryFilipovik, Zlata*
White OleanderFitch, Janet
A Room with a ViewForster, E.M.
The Slave DancerFox, Paula*
Diary of a Young GirlFrank, Anne*
The AutobiographyFranklin, Benjamin
Mary, Queen of ScotsFraser, Antonia
Cold MountainFrazier, Charles
The Old GringoFuentes, Carlos*
A Lesson Before DyingGaines, Ernest*
The Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanGaines, Ernest*
Barrio BoyGalarza, Ernesto*
AutobiographyGandhi, Mohatmas*
Shadow of the DragonGarland, Sherry*
Ellen FosterGibbons, Kaye
JoshuaGirzone, Joseph
Memoirs of a GeishaGolden, Arthur*
The Princess BrideGoldman, William
July's PeopleGordimer, Nadine*
I, ClaudiusGraves, Robert
I Never Promised You a Rose GardenGreenberg, Joanne
The Boleyn InheritanceGregory, Philippa
The Constant PrincessGregory, Philippa
The Other Boleyn GirlGregory, Philippa
The Other QueenGregory, Philippa
Water for ElephantsGruen, Sara
Ordinary PeopleGuest, Judith
Death Be Not ProudGunther, John
Snow Falling on CedarsGuterson, David*
A Free LifeHa Jin*
Roots Haley, Alex*
Autobiography of Malcolm XHaley, Alex*
The Book of RuthHamilton, Jane
To Be Young, Gifted, and BlackHansberry, Lorraine*
Tess of the D'UrbervillesHardy, Thomas
Far From the Madding CrowdHardy, Thomas
Stones from the RiverHegi, Ursula*
Catch-22Heller, Joseph
A Farewell to ArmsHemingway, Ernest
For Whom the Bell TollsHemingway, Ernest
The Old Man and the SeaHemingway, Ernest
The Sun Also RisesHemingway, Ernest
Dune Herbert, Frank
All Creatures Great and SmallHerriot, James
HiroshimaHersey, John*
Out of the DustHesse, Karen
The Blessing WayHillerman, Tony*
The Shape ShifterHillerman, Tony
The Iliad Homer
BurnedHopkins, Ellen
CrankHopkins, Ellen
GlassHopkins, Ellen
IdenticalHopkins, Ellen
ImpulseHopkins, Ellen
A Thousand Splendid SunsHosseini, Khaled
The Kite RunnerHosseini, Khaled*
Farewell to ManzanarHouston, Jeanne Wakatsuki*
Les MiserablesHugo, Victor
The Hunchback of Notre DameHugo, Victor
Across Five AprilsHunt, Irene
Pay It ForwardHyde, Catherine
A Prayer for Owen MeanyIrving, John
The World According to GarpIrving, John
The Portrait of a LadyJames, Henry
Breaking ThroughJimenez, Francisco*
Thousand CranesKawabata, Yasunari*
Snow CountryKawabata, Yasunari*
The Story of My LifeKeller, Helen
On the RoadKerouac, Jack
The Secret Life of BeesKidd, Sue Monk
Animal DreamsKingsolver, Barbara*
Pigs in Heaven Kingsolver, Barbara*
The Poisonwood BibleKingsolver, Barbara*
KimKipling, Rudyard
Darkness at NoonKoestler, Arthur*
Into Thin AirKrakauer, Jon
Ishi: Last of His TribeKroeber, Theodora*
I Know This Much Is TrueLamb, Wally
She’s Come UndoneLamb, Wally
The Hour I First BelievedLamb, Wally
The Girl with the Dragon TattooLarsson, Stieg
The Earthsea TrilogyLeguin, Ursula
To Be a SlaveLester, Julius*
The Best Little Girl in the WorldLevenkron
A Wrinkle in TimeL’Engle, Madeleine
Where the Heart IsLetts, Billie
Till We Have FacesLewis, C.S.
The Screwtape LettersLewis, C.S.
Call of the WildLondon, Jack
White FangLondon, Jack
A Song I Knew By HeartLott, Bret
JewelLott, Bret
The GiverLowry, Lois
Confessions of an Ugly StepsisterMaguire, Gregory
WickedMaguire, Gregory
Not Without My DaughterMahmoody, Betty*
The NaturalMalamud, Bernard
100 Years of SolitudeMarquez, Gabriel Garcia*
ChristyMarshall, Catherine
Life of PiMartel, Yann*
Epitaph for a PeachMasumoto, David *
Kaffir BoyMathabane, Mark*
The ThornbirdsMcCollough, Maureen
Angela’s AshesMcCourt, Frank
The Heart is a Lonely HunterMcCullers, Carson
The Member of the WeddingMcCullers, Carson
Charming BillyMcDermott, Alice
AtonementMcEwan, Ian
Moby DickMelville, Herman
Gone With the WindMitchell, Margaret
House Made of DawnMomaday, M. Scott*
Anne of Green GablesMontgomery, L.M.
Anne of AvonleaMontgomery, L.M.
The Bluest Eye Morrison, Toni*
Sula Morrison, Toni*
Three Cups of TeaMortenson, Greg *
Never Cry WolfMowat, Farley
Reading Lolita in TehranNafisi, Azar*
Suite FrancaiseNemirovsky, Irene
The Time Traveler’s WifeNiffenegger, Audrey
Mutiny on the BountyNordhoff and Hall
The Black PearlO'Dell, Scott*
Sing Down the MoonO'Dell, Scott
Dreams of My FatherObama, Barack
The Scarlet PimpernelOrczy, Baroness
Animal FarmOrwell, George
1984Orwell, George
Dr. ZhivagoPasternak, Boris*
Cry, the Beloved CountryPatan, Alan*
The Sign of the ChrysanthemumPaterson, Katherine*
NightjohnPaulsen, Gary*
A Child Called ItPelzer, Dave
Freak the MightyPhilbrick, Rodman
My Sister’s KeeperPicoult, Jodi
Nineteen MinutesPicoult, Jodi
The PactPicoutl, Jodi
The Bell JarPlath, Sylvia
The Gift of Asher LevPotok, Chaim*
The PromisePotok, Chaim*
My Name is Asher LevPotok, Chaim*
AnthemRand, Ayn
The FountainheadRand, Ayn
All Quiet on the Western FrontRemarque, Eric
The Light in the ForestRichter, Conrad*
Wolf by the EarsRinaldi, Ann
In My Father's HouseRinaldi, Ann
Cyrano de BergeracRostand, Edmond
The God of Small ThingsRoy, Arundhati*
Esperanza RisingRyan, Pam*
PersepolisSatrapi, Marjane*
The ReaderSchlink, Bernhard
SybilSchreiber, F.
IvanhoeScott, Sir Walter
The Almost MoonSebold, Alice
The Lovely BonesSebold, Alice
Snow Flower and the Secret FanSee, Lisa *
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel SocietyShaffer and Barrows
A Midsummer Night's DreamShakespeare, William
Much Ado about NothingShakespeare, William
The TempestShakespeare, William
Twelfth NightShakespeare, William
Henry VShakespeare, William
Richard IIIShakespeare, William
The Taming of the ShrewShakespeare, William
Antony and CleopatraShakespeare, William
Love's Labour's LostShakespeare, William
FrankensteinShelley, Mary
The JungleSinclair, Upton
One Day in the Life of Ivan DenisovichSolzhenitsyn, Alexander*
Nisei DaughterSone, Monica*
AntigoneSophocles
ElectraSophocles
The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieSpark, Muriel
HaveliStaples, Suzanne*
Shabanu: Daughter of the WindStaples, Suzanne*
The PearlSteinbeck, John
Travels with CharleySteinbeck, John
Cannery RowSteinbeck, John
Tortilla FlatSteinbeck, John
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeStevenson, Robert Louis
Treasure IslandStevenson, Robert Louis
KidnappedStevenson, Robert Louis
DraculaStoker, Bram
The Agony and the EcstasyStone, Irving
Lust for LifeStone, Irving
Uncle Tom's CabinStowe, Harriet Beecher*
The Confessions of Nat TurnerStyron, William*
The Twentieth WifeSundaresan, Indu*
Gulliver's TravelsSwift, Jonathan
Cane RiverTademy, Lalita*
Red RiverTademy, Lalita
The Kitchen God's WifeTan, Amy*
Some Prefer NettlesTanizaki, Junichiro*
Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryTaylor, Mildred*
Let the Circle Be UnbrokenTaylor, Mildred*
The CayTaylor, Theodore*
The Hiding PlaceTen Boom, Corrie*
The HobbitTolkien, J.R.
The Lord of the Rings (any section) Tolkien, J.R.
War and PeaceTolstoy, Leo*
Anna KareninaTolstoy, Leo*
The Samurai’s GardenTsukiyama, Gail
The Prince and the PauperTwain, Mark
Life on the MississippiTwain, Mark
Adventures of Tom SawyerTwain, Mark
Pudd'nhead WilsonTwain, Mark
Around the World in Eighty DaysVerne, Jules
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaVerne, Jules
The AeneidVirgil
Slaughterhouse FiveVonnegut, Kurt
The Color PurpleWalker, Alice*
JubileeWalker, Margaret*
Ben HurWallace, Lew
Up From SlaveryWashington, Booker T.*
The Time MachineWells, H.G.
War of the WorldsWells, H.G.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya SisterhoodWells, Rebecca
Ethan FromeWharton, Edith
The Age of InnocenceWharton, Edith
Dawn Wiesel, Elie*
Night Wiesel, Elie*
The Picture of Dorian GrayWilde, Oscar
FencesWilson, August*
Fifth Chinese DaughterWong, Jade Snow*
Biko: Cry FreedomWoods, Donald*
Make LemonadeWolff, Virgnia Euwer*
To the LighthouseWoolf, Virginia
Native SonWright, Richard*
The Story of Edgar SawtelleWroblewski, David
DragonwingsYep, Lawrence*
Bread GiversYezierska, Anzia*
Briar RoseYolen, Jane*
The Devil’s ArithmeticYolen, Jane *
The ShackYoung, William
The PigmanZindel, Paul
The Book ThiefZusak, Markus*
Additional Notes:
You must read a total of 1500 pages per semester to earn an “A” in Outside Reading. If you do not reach 1500 with the five outside books per semester that you will need to read, you can read additional books for page credits. You must turn in a synopsis and possibly answer additional questions to earn credit for these books. You may earn up to ten extra credit points per semester by reading additional pages (2 points per 100 pages over 1500).
Outside Reading books will be reported on in a variety of ways, including analytical essays, reading logs, group panels, and personal reflections.
During the first semester, two of your Outside Reading Books are required: either A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or The Chosen (whichever you did not read over the summer) and The Bean Trees.
During the Second semester, only one book is required: Black Like Me. However, you will also be required to read at least one Multicultural book (MC) of your choosing during the second semester.
You may not read books that are not on the reading list unless you receive prior approval from the teacher. You must ask for this approval at least TWO WEEKS before the due date for an outside reading assignment.
Books written in poetry form (ie. those by Ellen Hopkins) will count for HALF in their page total.