7 - 12 Literature List

Carle Place

English Department

2022 – 2023

Grades 7 – 12 Literature List

(Full-Length Plays, Novels, & Nonfiction Texts)

A Statistical Snapshot

• Titles = 119 

• Male authors = 68

• Female authors = 38

• Classic Works (traditional, modern, and post-modern) = 51

• Works of distinguished literary merit = 20

• 21st century titles = 38

• 20th century titles = 53

• 19th century titles = 13

• 18th century titles = 1  

• 17th century titles = 3  

• 16th century titles = 3 

• Middle Ages (5th – 15th centuries) = 2

• B.C. titles = 2

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Most of the novels, plays, and works of nonfiction listed on the following pages will be covered in some fashion during the 2022 – 2023 academic year.   “Cover” means reading the work in class, assigning the work for independent reading and scheduling student conferences for periodic check-ins or requiring students to submit a journal log, etc.  “Cover” also means reading select passages in the text for instructional purposes such as identifying imagery, imitating the author’s style, providing examples of voice, teaching irony, etc.

Please note:  All titles with an asterisk (*) are books that students may choose to read.

English 7

1. The Outsiders (1967)  –  S.E. Hinton  

2. Fever 1793 (2000) – Laurie Halse Anderson 

3. Cirque Du Freak (2000) – Darren Shan  

4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1997) – J.K. Rowling 

5. City of Ember (2003) – Jeanne DuPrau  

6. Scar (2016) – J. Albert Mann 

7. Woods Runner (2010) – Gary Paulsen 

8.  Among the Hidden (1998) – Margaret Peterson Haddix 

9.  A Snicker of Magic (2014) – Natalie Lloyd 

10.  The Red Pyramid (2010) – Rick Riordan  

11.  Series of Unfortunate Events, The Bad Beginning Book 1 (1999) –    Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket)  

12.  I Survived the American Revolution (2017) – Lauren Tarshis  

English 7 Honors

1. The Outsiders (1967)  –  S.E. Hinton  

2. The Giver (1993)  –  Lois Lowry 

3. The Hobbit (1937)  –  J.R.R. Tolkien 

4. Chains (2008) – Laurie Halse Anderson 

5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1997) – J. K. Rowling  

6. The Maze Runner (2009) – James Dashnerb 

7. Ender’s Game (1985) – Orson Scott Card 

8. Among the Hidden (1998) – Margaret Peterson Haddix 

9.  Fever 1793 (2000) – Laurie Halse Anderson 

10.  The Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan (2004) – John Flanagan  

11.  Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2011) – Ransom Riggs 

12.  Delirium (2011)—Lauren Oliver 

13.  Anya’s Ghost (2011) – Vera Brosgol  

English 8

1. The Hunger Games (2008) – Suzanne Collins 

2. Hidden Talents (1999) – David Lubar  

3. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998) – J.K. Rowling 

4. The Giver (1993) – Lois Lowry 

5. The Maze Runner (2009) – James Dashner 

6. Letters from Rifka (1992) – Karen Hesse 

7. The King of Mulberry Street (2005) – Donna Jo Napoli 

8. A House of Tailors (2004) – Patricia Reilly Giff 

9.  Ashes of Roses (2002) – Mary Jane Auch  

10.  Notes from the Midnight Driver (2006) – Jordan Sonnenblick 

11.  Harris & Me (1993) – Gary Paulsen 

12.  Freak the Mighty (1993) – Rodman Philbrick 

13.  Unbroken: Young Reader’s Edition (2014) – Lauren Hillenbrand 

14.  I Am Malala: Young Reader’s Edition (2012) – Malala Yousafzai  

15.  Romeo and Juliet (1597) – William Shakespeare 

16.  Touching Spirit Bear (2001) -- Ben Mikaelsen 

17.  If You Come Softly (1998) – Jacqueline Woodson  

English 8 Honors

1. The Hunger Games (2008) – Suzanne Collins 

2. I Am Number Four (2010) – James Frey & Jobie Hughes (aka Pittacus Lore) 

3. Divergent (2011) – Veronica Roth

4. The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008) – Patrick Ness 

5. Ashes of Roses (2002) – Mary Jane Auch 

6. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1943) – Betty Smith 

7. Notes from the Midnight Driver (2006) – Jordan Sonnenblick 

8.  The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007) – Sherman    Alexie 

9.  Unbroken (2010) – Lauren Hillenbrand 

10.   I Am Malala (2012) – Malala Yousafzai 

11.  Romeo and Juliet (1597) – William Shakespeare 

12.  The Secret Life of Bees (2001) – Sue Monk Kidd 

13.  The Help (2009) – Kathryn Stockett               

14.  The Maze Runner (2009) – James Dashner 

15.  Instructions for Dancing (2021) – Nicola Yoon 

16.  The Sun is Also A Star (2016) – Nicola Yoon 

17.  Take Me With You When You Go (2021) – David Levithan 

18.  Dear Evan Hansen (2018) – Val Emmich 

19.  The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999) – Stephen Chbosky 

20.  The Fault in Our Stars (2012) – John Green

English 9 

1. The Odyssey (circa 750 – 650 B.C.)  –  Homer

2. To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)  –  Harper Lee

3. The Taming of the Shrew (1592)  –  William Shakespeare

4. The Pearl (1947) – John Steinbeck 

5. Night (1967) – Elie Wiesel

6. Lord of The Flies (1954) -- William Golding

7. Rite of Passage (1994) - Richard Wright

English 9 Honors

1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)  –  Harper Lee

2. Greek Myths (1949) – Olivia Coolidge

3. The Odyssey (circa 750-650 B.C.) – Homer 

4. The Taming of the Shrew (1592) – William Shakespeare

5. Hiroshima (1946) -- John Hersey

6. A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) – Tennessee Williams

7. Hurricane Katrina: Aftermath of Disaster(2007) – Barb Palser 

8. Twelve Angry Men (1954) – Reginald Rose

English 10

1. The Catcher in the Rye (1951)  –  J.D. Salinger 

2. Speak (1999)  –  Laurie Halse Anderson 

3. The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003) – Mitch Albom

4. Julius Caesar (1599) – William Shakespeare 

5. Fahrenheit 451 (1953) – Ray Bradbury 

6. The House on Mango Street (1984) - Sandra Cisneros 

7. Dear Evan Hansen (2018) - Val Emmich

English 10 Honors

1. The Great Gatsby (1925)  –  F. Scott Fitzgerald  

2. The Catcher in the Rye (1951)  –  J.D. Salinger 

3. Julius Caesar (1599)  –  William Shakespeare 

4. The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003) – Mitch Albom 

5. 1984 (1949) – George Orwell 

6. Fahrenheit 451 (1953) – Ray Bradbury 

English 11

1. The Great Gatsby (1925)  –  F. Scott  Fitzgerald 

2. Macbeth (1604)  –  William Shakespeare  

3. Of Mice and Men (1937)  –  John Steinbeck  

4. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption  (1982) - Stephen King 

5. The House on Mango Street (1984)  –  Sandra Cisneros 

6. Animal Farm (1945) - George Orwell  

English 11 EI

1. Of Mice and Men (1937)  –  John Steinbeck  

2. Macbeth (1604)  –  William Shakespeare 

3. The Great Gatsby (1925)  –  F. Scott  Fitzgerald  

4. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982) - Stephen King 

11 AP Language & Composition

1. The Scarlet Letter (1850)  –  Nathaniel Hawthorne 

2. A Raisin in the Sun (1959)  –  Lorraine Hansberry 

3. Inherit the Wind (1955) – Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

4. All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)  –  Erich Maria Remarque 

5. A Farewell to Arms (1929) – Ernest Hemingway 

6. The Awakening (1893) – Kate Chopin 

7. To Kill a Mockingbird  (1960)  - Harper Lee 

8.  The Hobbit (1937) – J. R. R. Tolkien 

9.  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) – Mark Twain

10.  A Tale of Two Cities (1859) – Charles Dickens 

11.  Walden (1854) – Henry David Thoreau 

12.  Wuthering Heights (1847) – Emily Bronte 

13.  Cyrano De Bergerac (1897) – Edmond Rostand 

14.  King James Bible (1611) 

15.  Death of a Salesman (1949) – Arthur Miller 

16.  Hard Times (1854) – Charles Dickens 

17.  Hamlet (1601) – William Shakespeare 

18.  Julius Caesar (1599) - William Shakespeare 

19.  War of the Worlds (1898) – H.G. Wells 

20.  The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) – Thomas Hardy 

21.  Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (1970) – Dee Brown 

22.  The Story of My Life (1903) – Helen Keller 

23.  Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) – Zora Neal Hurston 

24.  The Sound and the Fury (1929) – William Faulkner 

25.  The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) – Alex Haley 

26.  Down These Mean Streets (1967) – Piri Thomas 

27.  Life on the Mississippi (1883) – Mark Twain 

28.  The Bluest Eye (1970) – Toni Morrison 

29.  Brave New World (1932) – Aldous  Huxley 

30.  Antigone (circa 441 B.C.) - Sophocles 

31.  Macbeth (1604) – William Shakespeare

32.  Cannery Row (1945) – John Steinbeck 

33.  Romeo and Juliet (1597) - William Shakespeare 

34.  Beowulf (circa 725 A.D.) 

35.  Gulliver’s Travels (1726) – Jonathan Swift 

36.  The Invisible Man (1897) – H.G. Wells 

37.  House on Mango Street (1983) – Sandra Cisneros 

38.  The Crucible (1953) – Arthur Miller 

39.  Moby-Dick (1851) – Herman Melville 

40.  The Catcher in the Rye (1951) – J.D. Salinger 

41.  A Christmas Carol (1843) – Charles Dickens 

42.  The Canterbury Tales (circa 1400) – Geoffrey Chaucer 

43.  The Jungle (1906) – Upton Sinclair 

44.  The Odyssey (circa 750 – 650 B.C.) - Homer 

45.  Fahrenheit 451 (1953) – Ray Bradbury 

English 12

1. The Things They Carried (1990)  --  Tim O’Brien

2. Fences (1986) --  August Wilson 

12 AP Literature & Composition

1. Catch-22* (1961)  –  Joseph Heller 

2. The Kite Runner* (2003)  –  Khaled Hosseini 

3. Death of a Salesman* (1949)  –  Arthur Miller 

4. The Bluest Eye* (1970) – Toni Morrison 

5. The Namesake* (2004) – Jhumpa Lahiri 

6. Snow Falling on Cedars* ( 1994) – David Guterson 

7.  Dreaming in Cuban* (1992) – Cristina Garcia 

8.  Never Let Me Go* (2005) – Kazuo Ishiguro 

9.  Purple Hibiscus* (2003) – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 

10.  Push* (1996) – Ramona Lofton (aka Sapphire)