English 1-2CP Reading List
The core reading list consists of the books we will read in class 1st and 2nd semester. I suggest buying these books for personal use. You will benefit from owning your own copy because you may write your own notes in margins and underline important passages and quotations which may help you with exams and essays.
Each student will read two outside reading books a semester. One is required reading and the others you may pick from the list.
Freshman Core Reading List
1. Lord of the Flies – Golding
2. Of Mice and Men – Steinbeck
3. Mythology – Hamilton
4. Oedipus the King – Sophocles
5. Romeo and Juliet – Shakespeare
6. Catcher in the Rye – Salinger
7. Inherit the Wind – Lawrence & Lee
8. Black Boy – Wright
Required Books:
1st semester – Oedipus the King
Outside Reading Choices - Read one a semester. Do not pick a book that you read for summer reading.
Westside Story
Ender's Game
Watership Down
House on Mango Street
The Yearling
Little Women
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Andromeda Strain
Jane Eyre
Farenheit 451
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
The Red Pony
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Hiroshima
Martian Chronicles
A Member of the Wedding
The Sound of Waves
Our Town
The Elephant Man
A Few Good Men
The Old Man and the Sea
White Oleander
The Pact
Lovely Bones
The Poisonwood Bible
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Lady in the Lake
The Big Clock
The Maltese Falcon
Eye of the Needle
The Egyptian Cross Mystery
Bleak House
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Odyssey
Franny and Zooey
Much Ado About Nothing
The Prince and the Pauper
Tortilla Flat
The Natural
A Man for All Seasons
Dandelion Wine
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Life of Pi
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Water for Elephants
Poisonwood Bible
The Kite Runner
The Davinci Code
Angels and Demons
The Time Machine
Ender's Shadow
The Secret Life of Bees
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Painted House
Little Bee
The Help
Each student will read two outside reading books a semester. One is required reading and the others you may pick from the list.
Freshman Core Reading List
1. Lord of the Flies – Golding
2. Of Mice and Men – Steinbeck
3. Mythology – Hamilton
4. Oedipus the King – Sophocles
5. Romeo and Juliet – Shakespeare
6. Catcher in the Rye – Salinger
7. Inherit the Wind – Lawrence & Lee
8. Black Boy – Wright
Required Books:
1st semester – Oedipus the King
Outside Reading Choices - Read one a semester. Do not pick a book that you read for summer reading.
Westside Story
Ender's Game
Watership Down
House on Mango Street
The Yearling
Little Women
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Andromeda Strain
Jane Eyre
Farenheit 451
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
The Red Pony
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Hiroshima
Martian Chronicles
A Member of the Wedding
The Sound of Waves
Our Town
The Elephant Man
A Few Good Men
The Old Man and the Sea
White Oleander
The Pact
Lovely Bones
The Poisonwood Bible
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Lady in the Lake
The Big Clock
The Maltese Falcon
Eye of the Needle
The Egyptian Cross Mystery
Bleak House
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Odyssey
Franny and Zooey
Much Ado About Nothing
The Prince and the Pauper
Tortilla Flat
The Natural
A Man for All Seasons
Dandelion Wine
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Life of Pi
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Water for Elephants
Poisonwood Bible
The Kite Runner
The Davinci Code
Angels and Demons
The Time Machine
Ender's Shadow
The Secret Life of Bees
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Brighton Beach Memoirs
Painted House
Little Bee
The Help