American Literature

Book List

Each student will choose a book to study every month.

Students will need to access (either purchase or borrow from library) 6 – 8 primary source books [free options on the internet will be noted].

Students and parents will confer and choose one author/book from each month on a provided chart (first come, first serve).

  • Month 1

    pre-1800

    List

  • Month 2

    1801-1865

    List

  • Month 3

    1865-1914

    List

  • Month 4

    1915-1950

    List

  • Month 5

    1951 - 1990

    List

  • Month 6

    1991-2020

    List

  • Month 7

    Choose a book from months 1-6 that hasn’t yet been chosen

    LIstt

  • Month 8

    Nominate a book by an American author not already listed, and create your own assignment questions

    List

“A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."

— Mark Twain