12th 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 the 12th grade titles. 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 ten 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. Sleeping Murder--Agatha Christie

2. Siddhartha--Hermann Hesse

3. Grendel--John Gardner

4. The Crystal Cave-- Mary Stewart

5. The Five People You Meet in Heaven--Mitch Albom

6. Da Vinci Code--Dan Brown

7. Great Expectations--Charles Dickens

8. Angela’s Ashes--Frank McCourt

9. Kitchen God’s Wife--Amy Tan

10. A Separate Peace--John Knowles

Honors

1. A Doll’s House--Henrik Ibsen

2. Siddhartha--Hermann Hesse

3. One Hundred Years of Solitude--Gabriel Garcia Marquez

4. No Exit and Three Other Plays--Jean-Paul Sartre

5. The Fellowship of the Ring--J. R.R. Tolkein

6. House of Spirits--Isabelle Allende

Honors Authors

  • Charlotte Bronte
  • Emily Bronte
  • Charles Dickens
  • Henry James
  • Amy Tan (excluding Joy Luck Club)