2023-24 Reading List

“For me, Art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sorts of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction.” ~Toni Morrison

Introductory Text

1. How to Read Literature Like a Professor—Thomas C. Foster textbook 2003

Anchor Texts

2. The Awakening—Kate Chopin novel 1899

3. Antigone—Sophocles drama 441 BCE 

4. Beloved—Toni Morrison novel 1987

5. Macbeth—William Shakespeare drama 1606

Additional independent reading will be chosen from prior AP Literature exams using lists like this one or this one.