The College Board provides public access to the entire Course and Exam Description, which is the primary tool for course planning and assessment. The public can access information about the course, the exam, additional resources, etc at AP Central's page for AP English Language & Composition linked above.
CLASSICS
Othello – William Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library edition)
Hamlet – William Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library edition)
The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer (translated by Nevill Coghill, Penguin Classics edition)
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
The Crucible – Arthur Miller
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - James Joyce
Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
The Awakening – Kate Chopin
Anthem – Ayn Rand
Animal Farm – George Orwell
1984 – George Orwell
Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe
These books are in my classroom and are available to students who have free time or would like to borrow a book for personal reading.
NONFICTION & MEMOIRS
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
Dopesick – Beth Macy
Range – David Epstein
The Tipping Point – Malcolm Gladwell
Blink – Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers – Malcolm Gladwell
Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
Freakonomics – Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas - Maya Angelou
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier – Ishmael Beah
Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
CHILDREN'S, YOUNG ADULT, AND CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories - Dr. Seuss
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo
Neverwhere – Neil Gaiman
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon