Suggested Works of “Literary Merit” from the AP Literature Exam, 1971-2016 You may choose a novel from the list below for your Independent Novel Project. If a work of literary merit is not listed, it is because I know you have likely studied it in English in years prior or we have or are going to read it this year. The point is to read something you haven’t already read.If you want to read a work that is not listed here, you must receive permission from Ms. Stokes. A Absalom, Absalomby William Faulkner (76, 00, 10, 12) Adam Bedeby George Eliot (06) The Adventures of Augie Marchby Saul Bellow (13) The Aeneidby Virgil (06) Agnes of Godby John Pielmeier (00) The Age of Innocenceby Edith Wharton (97, 02, 03, 08, 12, 14) Alias Graceby Margaret Atwood (00, 04, 08) All the King’s Menby Robert Penn Warren (00, 02, 04, 07, 08, 09, 11) All My Sonsby Arthur Miller (85, 90) All the Pretty Horsesby Cormac McCarthy (95, 96, 06, 07, 08, 10, 11, 13) America is in the Heartby Carlos Bulosan (95) An American Tragedyby Theodore Dreiser (81, 82, 95, 03) American Pastoralby Philip Roth (09) The Americanby Henry James (05, 07, 10) Angels in Americaby Tony Kushner (09) Angle of Reposeby Wallace Stegner (10) Anna Kareninaby Leo Tolstoy (80, 91, 99, 03, 04, 06, 08, 09) Another Countryby James Baldwin (95, 10, 12) Antigoneby Sophocles (79, 80, 90, 94, 99, 03, 05, 09, 11, 14) Anthony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare (80, 91) Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitzby Mordecai Richler (94) Armies of the Nightby Norman Mailer (76) As I Lay Dyingby William Faulkner (78, 89, 90, 94, 01, 04, 06, 07, 09) As You Like Itby William Shakespeare (92 05, 06, 10) Atonementby Ian McEwan (07, 11, 13) Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Manby James Weldon Johnson (02, 05) The Awakeningby Kate Chopin (87, 88, 91, 92, 95, 97, 99, 02, 04, 07, 09, 11, 14) B Belovedby Toni Morrison (90, 99, 01, 03, 05, 07, 09, 10, 11, 14, 15) A Bend in the Riverby V. S. Naipaul (03, 15) Benito Cerenoby Herman Melville (89) Billy Buddby Herman Melville (79, 81, 82, 83, 85, 99, 02, 04, 05, 07, 08, 15) The Birthday Partyby Harold Pinter (89, 97) Black Boyby Richard Wright (06, 08, 13, 15) Bleak Houseby Charles Dickens (94, 00, 04, 09, 10) Bless Me, Ultimaby Rudolfo Anaya (94, 96, 97, 99, 04, 05, 06, 08)
The Blind Assassinby Margaret Atwood (07, 11) The Bluest Eyeby Toni Morrison (95, 08, 09) Bone: A Novelby Fae M. Ng (03) The Bonesetter’s Daughterby Amy Tan (06, 07, 11) Brave New Worldby Aldous Huxley (89, 05, 09, 10) Breath, Eyes, Memoryby Edwidge Danticat (13) Brideshead Revistedby Evelyn Waugh (12) Brighton Rockby Graham Greene (79) Broken for Youby Stephanie Kallos (09) The Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoevski (90, 08) Brown Girl, Brownstonesby Paule Marshall (13) The Burgess Boysby Elizabeth Strout (16) C Candidaby George Bernard Shaw (80) Candideby Voltaire (80, 86, 87, 91, 95, 96, 04, 06, 10) The Caretakerby Harold Pinter (85) Catch-22by Joseph Heller (82, 85, 87, 89, 94, 01, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11, 15) The Catcher in the Ryeby J. D. Salinger (01, 08, 11, 13) Cat on a Hot Tin Roofby Tennessee Williams (00) Cat’s Eyeby Margaret Atwood (94, 08, 09, 13, 15) The Centaurby John Updike (81) Ceremonyby Leslie Marmon Silko (94, 96, 97, 99, 01, 03, 05, 06, 07, 09, 12) The Cherry Orchardby Anton Chekhov (71, 77, 06, 07, 09, 10) The Cider House Rulesby John Irving (13) The Chosenby Chaim Potok (08, 13) Cold Mountainby Charles Frazier (06, 08) The Color Purpleby Alice Walker (92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 05, 08, 09, 12, 13) Coming Through Slaughterby Michael Ondaatje (01) Copenhagenby Michael Frayn (09) The Country of the Pointed Firsby Sarah Orne Jewett (10) Cry, The Beloved Countryby Alan Paton (85, 87, 91, 95, 96, 07, 09) Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoevski (76, 79, 80, 82, 88, 96, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 09, 10, 11) The Crossingby Cormac McCarthy (09) D Daisy Millerby Henry James (97, 03, 12) Dancing at Lughnasaby Brian Friel (01)
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