High School Summer Reading List

At Incarnate Word Academy High School we feel that reading is essential to the education of our students. All English teachers will require additional reading throughout the academic year. Students will receive a list by the end of the first week of school.

English IV AP
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert
How to Read Literature like a Professor – Thomas C. Foster

English IV Dual Credit
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton

English IV Regular
Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton

English III AP
Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver

English III Regular
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

English II PreAP
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King

English II Regular
The Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkien
A Separate Peace – John Knowles

English I PreAP
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Night – Elie Wiesel
Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne

English I Regular
To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – John Boyne