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Great Books for AP Literature
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items These are some books that I read in AP Literature, as well as some that I read outside of the class but still prepared for the exam. I got a 5, so I think I'm a pretty credible source :)
This is a great book. It's an account of a man's life during WW2, a man who was captured by German soldiers while serving in the American military. Throughout the story, readers hear about the man's life before and after the war, including his time b...
Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance ...
This is a very well-known book in which Dr. Frankenstein's fascination with alchemy leads him to create life from death. However, once he creates the creature he runs from the responsibilities he has towards it, causing him and his family to face dir...
Frankenstein (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions)|Paperback
This book follows the story of a shepherd boy as he becomes so much more. After experiencing a recurring dream, he decides to sell his sheep and travel to Egypt with the ultimate goal of reaching the pyramids, as the child in his dream tells him to d...
The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition) by Paulo Coelho, Paperback
This book follows a black boy named Elwood and takes place around the time of the Brown v. Board case. Elwood gets caught in the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up being sent to a reformatory school that treats the boys incredibly poorly. Year...
The Nickel Boys (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Although part of a series, this book can be read alone. A collection of... creatures roam New York City, preying on the homeless that live in the tunnels below the subways. This book explores themes of greed and the dangers of unchecked scientific ex...
Reliquary (Pendergast Series #2) - Douglas Preston
This book explores themes of fate as the lives of two people become intertwined before they ever even meet. Their mentors challenge each other to see who can raise a more powerful magician, binding their children to an eventual fight to the death whe...
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Paperback
These authors are incredibly well-researched, making everything seem more real, which definitely adds to the horror aspects! After an old building gets torn down, a collection of dead bodies is found under it, and all of the skeletons are missing the...
The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast Series #3)
This is a classic book about a man who literally just becomes rich to meet his first love again. Gatsby throws parties every night in the hopes that Daisy will eventually show up, and she finally does, when Daisy's cousin Nick, Gatsby's neighbor, inv...
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paperback
This book explores how power can pollute morals and lead people towards the path of becoming evil. In this story written by William Shakespeare, we see how ambition turned to madness as Macbeth gains more and more power.
Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Paperback