"I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."-Voltaire
"Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it."-Charles Dickens
The works listed below are selected to enrich the student's literary background, supplementing those works taught within the curriculum. Students who are taking AP U.S. History or AP English may use the required books as part of their gold or platinum awards. This list is to be used ONLY by students who have completed the Silver Award. In addition, students may select from the Silver Award reading list.
| Allende | The Stories of Eva Luna | McCourt | Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 'Tis |
| Alvarez | How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent | McMurty | Dead Man's Walk |
| Atwood | The Handmaid's Tale | McMurty | Streets of Laredo |
| Chopin | The Awakening | McMurty | Lonesome Dove |
| Christie | And Then There Were None | Morrison | The Bluest Eye |
| Cisneros | The House on Mango Street | Morrison | Jazz |
| Conrad | Victory | Mukherjee | The Holder of the World |
| Conrad | The Secret Sharer | Nalpaul | A House for Mr. Biswas |
| DeTrevino | I, Juan de Pareja | O'Brien | Going After Cacciato |
| Doctorow | World's Fair | O'Neil | Long Day's Journey into Night |
| Flaubert | Madame Bovary | Pasternak | Dr. Zhivago |
| Fox | Slave Dancer | Rand | Anthem |
| Gardner | Grendel | Rhys | The Wide Sargasso Sea |
| Gordimer | July's People | Richter | A Country of Strangers |
| Gurganis | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Scot | The Towers of Silence |
| Guterson | Snow Falling on Cedars | Scot | A Division of Spoils |
| Harrison | My Sister the Moon | Shields | The Stone Diaries |
| Hijuelos | The Mambo Kings | Song | The Picture Bride |
| Hijuelos | Our House in the Last World | Soyinka | Ake |
| Ilosa | The Storyteller | Stegner | Angle of Repose |
| Kennedy | Profiles in Courage | Stevenson | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| Kingsolver | The Bean Trees | Stoppard | Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead |
| Kinsella | Shoeless Joe | Styron | The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| Kogarva | Obasan | Taylor | Let the Circle Be Unbroken |
| LaForge | Laughing Boy | Tyler | Breathing Lessons |
| Lawrence | Inherit the Wind | Uris | Redemption |
| Letts | Where the Heart Is | Vonnegut | Cat's Cradle |
| Malmud | The Natural | Warren | All The King's Men |
| Marquez | One Hundred Years of Solitude | Wilson | Fences |
| Marshall | Praise Song for the Widow | Wilson | Joe Turner's Come and Gone |
"I have nothing to declare, except my genius."-Oscar Wilde
"Call me Ishmael."-Herman Melville