AP English III Extra Credit Reading List
1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The by Mark Twain
2. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
3. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
4. Billy Budd by Herman Melville
5. Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
6. Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
7. Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
8. Cimarron by Edna Ferber
9. Color Purple, The by Alice Walker
10. Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
11. Crucible, The by Arthur Miller
12. Death in the Family by James Agee
13. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
14. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
15. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
16. Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
17. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
18. Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
19. Great Gatsby, The by F. Scott Fitzgerald
20. Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The by C. McCullers
21. House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
22. House on Mango Street, The by S. Cisneros
23. Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
24. In Dubious Battle by John Steinbeck
25. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
26. Joy Luck Club, The by Amy Tan
27. Jungle, The by Upton Sinclair
28. Last of the Mohicans by James F. Cooper
29. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
30. Member of the Wedding by C. McCullers
31. Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
32. My Antonia by Willa Cather
33. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
34. Native Son by Richard Wright
35. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
36. Our Town by Thornton Wilder
37. Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
38. Scarlet Letter, The by Nathaniel Hawthorne
39. Sound and the Fury, The by William Faulkner
40. Sun Also Rises, The by Ernest Hemingway
41. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Z. N. Hurston
42. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Note: Selections in bold are required reading for 2016-2017, and may not be read for extra credit.