11th Grade Reading List

All College Prep students are required to read one (1) book from the approved Summer Reading list cited below. Students may select any book from titles listed for 11th grade. College Prep students will be required to complete an assessment assignment upon their return to school.

All Honors students will be required to read two (2) books from the approved Summer Reading list. Students are to select one (1) book from the twelve titles listed and one (1) book from the four (4) authors listed. During the first week of school, Honors students will be required to complete a written assessment based on their reading from the Honors list.

 

College Prep

1. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy--Douglas Adams

2. The Prince and the Pauper-- Mark Twain

3. Cat’s Cradle--Kurt Vonnegut

4. Black Boy-- Richard Wright

5. Timeline--Michael Crichton

6. Isaac’s Storm-- Erik Larson

7. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter--Carson McCullers

8. In Country--Bobbie Ann Mason

9. Rumors of Peace--Ella Leffland

10. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood--Rebecca Wells

11. Junction Boys--Jim Dent

 

Honors

1. Into Thin Air--Jon Krakauer

2. The Sun Also Rises--Ernest Hemingway

3. Tender Is the Night--F. Scott Fitzgerald

4. Middle Passage--Charles R. Johnson

5. Rocket Boys--Homer Hickam

6. Timeline--Michael Crichton

7. Slaughterhouse 5--Kurt Vonnegut

8. Silent Spring--Rachel Carson

9. The Deerslayer--James Fenimore Cooper

10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest's--Ken Kesey

11. Warriors Don’t Cry--Melba Patillo Beals

12. The Killer Angels--Michael Shaara

 

Honors Authors

  • Ken Follet
  • Sue Grafton
  • Kurt Vonnegut
  • Isaac Asimov