Reading Suggestions / Literary Merit

Looking for reading suggestions?

See the following lists for suggestions. These are not exhaustive lists, but anything found on these lists is acceptable.

Email me or ask me in person if you are unsure if your choice is of "literary merit" or not:

andrewchilton123@gmail.com

When reading your required books of "literary merit," and you're in doubt, don't risk it. Just confirm with Chilton first whether it's considered "literary merit" or not.

Chilton's Personal Recommendations to Read:

Click here

(Not all of Chilton's "recommendations" are exactly "school appropriate," so reader discretion strongly advised...)

Don't read the books listed under "AP Literature" on the sidebar of the website. We'll read those in class this year.

Undergraduate Reading Lists:

• Kings' College Cambridge University

• University of Oxford

• Columbia University

• CUNY Brooklyn

• Elon University

• Northwestern University

Novels:

• Modern Library 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

• Recommended reading

• Radcliffe's 100 Top Novels

• The Guardian's Top 100 Novels

• Great Books Guide Top 100 novels

• Telegraph 100 Novels

• Time Magazine Top 100 Novels

• New York Times Top 100 Novels

Plays:

• Goodreads Top 100 Plays

• Telegraph Top 100 Plays

• Top 50 dramas of last 100 years

Short Stories:

Read a collection (a minimum of 10 stories not one story) by any author listed above in the novel recommendations.

I would strongly recommend reading anything from your AP Literature textbook Perrine's Literature.

I also have a collection of short stories online that would a helpful starting point: Click here (scroll to the bottom of page).

Poetry:

Chilton's own favorite poet list: Click here

I would strongly recommend reading anything from your AP Literature textbook Perrine's Literature.

Any poet found these websites:

• Poetry Foundation

• Poetry Out Loud

• Poets.org

• Poetry Archive

• Top 100 Famous Poets

• New York Times List of top 10 poets