This is the department reading list divided into academic tracks and divisions. The titles do not represent required reading, but rather titles available to teachers. All books are available in class sets and will be selected at teachers' discretion.
Freshmen Year
| Honors |
CP I |
CP II |
| The Frontiersmen |
A Separate Peace |
Across Five Aprils |
| Of Mice and Men |
Painting the Black |
The Old Man & the Sea |
| Romeo and Juliet |
Of Mice and Men |
Gods, Heroes, and Monsters from Greek Mythology |
| Flowers for Algernon |
Flowers for Algernon |
Painting the BBlack |
| Watership Down |
The Good Earth |
Neon Bible |
| Bless Me Ultima |
Shane |
Beware the Whale's Wake |
| Homer's Odyssey |
Watership Down |
Of Mice and Men |
| Hamilton's Mythology |
The Old Man and the Sea |
Westmark |
| Old Man & the Sea |
Hamilton's Mythology |
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| Inherit the Wind |
Bless Me, Ultima |
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| Once and Future King |
Anthem |
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Childhood's End
Anthem |
Romeo and Juliet |
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Sophomore Year
| Honors |
CP I |
CP II |
| The Scarlet Letter |
The Scarlet Letter |
Flowers for Algernon |
| Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| Red Badge of Courage |
Red Badge of Courage |
Time Machine |
| The Great Gatsby |
The Great Gatsby |
The Martian Chronicles |
| The Pearl |
The Pearl |
The Pearl |
| Grapes of Wrath |
Grapes of Wrath |
The Contender |
| To Kill a Mockingbird |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
To Kill a Mockingbird
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| Our Town |
The Glass Menagerie |
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| Douglas' Slave Diaries |
Cannery Row |
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| A Farewell to Arms |
Blue Jacket |
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| Killer Angels |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
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| Cannery Row |
Fahrenheit 451 |
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| The Martian Chronicles |
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| I KNow Why the Caged Bird Sings |
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Junior Year
| Honors |
CP I |
CP II |
| The Canterbury Tales |
The Canterbury Tales |
Raise the Titanic |
| Great Expectations |
A Tale of Two Cities |
The Invisible Man |
| Lord of the Flies |
Lord of the Flies |
Run Softly, Go Fast |
| Frankenstein |
Dracula |
Brave New World |
| Brave New World |
Brave New World |
Visions |
| Wuthering Heights |
Wuthering Heights |
We All Fall Down |
| Pride and Prejudice |
Childhood's End |
Nobody Waved Goodbye |
| 1984 |
1984 |
Welcome to the Monkey House |
| Bdeloved |
Macbeth |
Night |
| Gulliver's Travels |
Much Ado about Nothing |
Fallen Angels |
| Macbeth |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
Under the Shadow of the Dragon |
| Tess of the D'Ubervilles |
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| Heart of Darkness |
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| Dracula |
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Senior Year
| Advanced Placement |
CP I |
CP II |
| The Catcher in the Rye |
The Catcher in the Rye |
Lord of the Flies |
| Siddhartha |
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Odessa File |
| The Misanthrope |
Catch 22 |
Ordinary People |
| Arms and the Man |
Long Day's Journey into Night |
Lords of Discipline |
| Long Day's Journey into Night |
A Farewell to Arms |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
| The Stranger |
Hamlet |
The Great Santini |
| Hamlet |
In Cold Blood |
The Catcher in the Rye |
| Ghosts |
Death of a Salesman |
Animal Farm |
| The Tempest |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
The Long Walk |
| Homer's Iliad |
The Stranger |
A Farewell to Arms |
| Oedipus the King |
Something Wicked This Way Comes |
Death of a Salesman |
| One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest |
Mother Night |
1984 |
| A Doll's House |
Siddhartha |
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| Death of a Salesman |
The Power and the Glory |
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| Henry IV Part I |
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| Othello |
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