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PreAP Independent Reading Booklist Prairie Grove High School
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TitleAuthorGenre/Subject
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1984George OrwellDystopian Science Fiction
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2001: A Space OdysseyArthur C. ClarkeScience Fiction
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Absalom, AbsalomWilliam FaulknerSouthern Gothic, Family Saga
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Across Five AprilsIrene HuntHistorical Fiction- Civil War
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Adam BedeGeorge EliotSocial Drama, English Provincial Life, Romance, Morality/Sympathy
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, TheMark TwainSatire, Southern Thinkiing, Adventure
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AeneidVirgilEpic Poem, Warfare, Journey
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African QueenC.S. ForesterRomantic Adventure
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Age of InnocenceEdith WhartonSocial Drama
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Agnes of GodJohn PielmeierTheatre Drama: Catholic Nuns, Miracles, Illegitimate Children, Sanity
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Agony and the EcstasyIrving StoneHistorical Fiction- Michelangelo
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Alas, BabylonPat FrankScience Fiction- Apocalyptic
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Alias GraceMargaret AtwoodHistorical Fiction, Murder
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All Creatures Great and SmallJames HerriotMemoirs- Veterinary
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All My SonsArthur MillerTheatre Drama: WWII
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All Quiet on the Western FrontErich RemarqueHistorical Fiction- WWII
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All the King's MenRobert Penn WarrenPolitical Fiction
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All the President's MenBob WoodwardPolitical Fiction- Watergate
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All the Pretty HorsesCormac McCarthyComing of Age- Western
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America is in the HeartCarlos BulosanAutobiography- Immigrant
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American TragedyTheodore DreiserMurder Mystery
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American, TheHenry JamesSocial Drama/Comedy, Novel of Manners, Romance
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AnchorwomanJessica SavitchAutobiography- Women in Media
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And Then There Were NoneAgatha ChristieMurder Mystery
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Angela's AshesFrank McCourtMemoirs- Irish Immigrants
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Animal FarmGeorge OrwellAllegory of Soviet Russia; Social Commentary
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Anna and the King of SiamMargaret LandonBiography- S.E. Asia
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Anna KareninaLeo TolstoyRussian Literature, Marriage, Adultery
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Another CountryJames BaldwinFiction- Interracial Relations; Homosexuality
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Anthony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareTheatre Drama: Historical Tragedy
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AntigoneSophoclesAncient Greek Drama
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Apprenticeship of Dubby KravitzMordicai RichlerComing of Age, Jewish Canadian, Antihero, Humor
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April MorningHoward FastHistorical Fiction- Revolutionary War
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Armies of the NightMorman MailerHistorical Fiction, Antiwar Movement 1960's
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Arsenic and Old LaceJoseph KesseiringTheatre Drama: Humor; Murder
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As I Lay DieingWilliam FaulknerSouthern Gothic, Death, Journey
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As You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareTheatre Drama: Romantic Comedy
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AtonementIan McEwanHistorical Fiction- WWII
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Auntie MameJerome LawrenceTheatre Drama: Comedy
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Autobiography of an Ex-Colored ManJames Weldon JohnsonHistorical Fiction- Interracial Issues
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Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanGaines, Ernest J.Historical Fiction- African American Experience
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Awakening, TheKate ChopinEarly Feminism, Social Commentary
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BabbittSinclair LewisSatire- Modern Man
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Babe Didrikson: Woman AthleteGene SchoorHistorical Fiction- Women in Sports
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Babe : The Legend Comes to LifeRobert W. CreamerBiography- Babe Ruth
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Bear, TheWilliam FaulknerSouthern Short Story; Hunting; Coming of Age
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BecketJean AnouilhHistorical Fiction- Religion and State
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Bell JarSylvia PlathAutobiographical Fiction- Mental Breakdown
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BelovedToni MorrisonHistorical Fiction-African American Expierience
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Beloved InvadorEugenia PriceHistorical Romance
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Bend in the River, AV. S. NaipaulCentral Africa; Social Upheaval
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Benito CerenoHerman MelvilleSuspense, Mutainy, Slave Ship
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Beverly: An AutobiographyBeverly SillsAutobiography- Opera
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Billy BudHerman MelvilleHistorical Fiction- Sailors
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Birthday Party, theHarold PinterTheatre Drama: Murder, Fate
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Black BeautyAnna SewallFiction- Horses
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Black BoyRichard WrightAutobiography- African American Experience
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Black Like MeJohn Howard GriffenBiography- Racial Understanding
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Bleak HouseCharles DickensSocial Satire; Coming of Age; Secrets
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Bless Me, UltimaRudolfo AnayaComing of Age; Magical Realism; Hispanic American Culture
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Blind AssassinMargaret AtwoodHistorical/ Science Fiction/ Social Class
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Bluest EyeToni MorrisonComing of Age - Tragedy; African American
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Bone: A NovelFae M.NgChinese American Family Drama; Dealing with Suicide
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Bonesetter's DaughterAmy TanAsian American Culture
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Born FreeJoy AdamsonMemoirs - Africa; Lions
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Brave New WorldAldous HuxleyDystopian Science Fiction; Society
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Bridge of San Luis ReyThornton WilderPhilosophical Fiction
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Brighton RockGraham GreeneMurder Thriller; 1930's England; Morality
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Brothers Karamazov, theFyodor DostoevskyPhilosophical Suspence; Ethics; God; Freewill
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Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeDee BrownHistorical Fiction - Native American Experience
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Call It SleepHenry RothHistorical Fiction - Jewish Immigrants
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Call of the WildJack LondonAnimal Adventure
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CandidaGeorge Dernard Shaw
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CandideVoltaire
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Cannery RowJohn SteinbeckAmerican Fiction - Great Depression Era California
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Canterbury Tale, theGeoffrey Chaucer
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Canticle for LeibowitzWalter M. MillerScience Fiction - Apocalyptic
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Captains and the KingsTaylor CaldwellHistorical Family Saga - Romance; Irish American
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Caretaker, TheHarold Pinter
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CarrieStephen KingHorror - Paranormal Abilities; Revenge
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Cat on a Hot Tin RoofTennessee WilliamsTheatre Drama: Family Conflict
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Catch 22Joseph HellerSatire - War
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Catcher in the RyeJ.D. SalingerComing of Age
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Cat's EyeMargaret Atwood
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Centaur, TheJohn Updike
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CeremonyLeslie Marmon SilkoNative American Tradition
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Cheaper by the DozenFrank Gilbreth Jr.Humor - Family
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Cherry OrchardAnton ChekhovTheatre Drama: Society
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Chocolate WarRobert CormierComing of Age - Peer Pressure; Gangs
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ChosenChaim PotokComing of Age - Jewish Cultures
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ChristyCatherine MarshallRomance - Appalachian Culture
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CimarronEdna FerberHistorical Fiction - Frontier Life
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Clouds of WitnessDorothy L. SayersBritish Mystery
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Cold MountainCharles Frazier
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Cold Sassy TreeOlive Ann BurnsHistorical Fiction - Small Southern Town
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Color PurpleAlice WalkerAfrican American Experience
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Coming Into the CountryJohn McPheeMemoirs-Alaska