More information about about outside reading texts can be found below in our book rationale list.
- 1984
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Animal Dreams
- Antigone
- The Bean Trees
- Behind the Burqa
- Beloved
- Bless Me, Ultima
- The Bookseller of Kabul
- Brave New World
- Catcher in the Rye
- Ceremony
- Crossing the River
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Death of a Salesman
- Dracula
- Dubliners
- A Farewell to Arms
- Fences
- The Forever War
- Frankenstein
- Finding Chika
- The Grapes of Wrath
- Grendel
- The Great Gatsby
- Hamlet
- Heart of Darkness
- The House on Mango Street
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Introduction to Literature
- A Lesson Before Dying
- Long Way Down
- Lord of the Flies
- Lost Names
- Macbeth
- Middlesex
- The Old Man and the Sea
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- Persepolis
- The Road
- A Room with a View
- The Scarlet Letter
- Sold
- Speak
- Sula
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
- Things Fall Apart
- This American Life
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Waterland
The Parent/Guardian Outside Reading sign-off is available here.
QUESTIONS & CONCERNS
Outside Reading Books are central to the English Department’s coursework. Each has been carefully selected to encourage creative and critical thinking around cultures, beliefs, and ideas. If you have questions, our philosophy and objectives are outlined here, and our book evaluation form is also publicly available here.
If you have questions or concerns about a book, it is standard procedure to contact your student’s teacher. We encourage you to discuss the matter, and to make mutually agreeable arrangements should you still have concerns.
If you do not know your student’s teacher or have further questions, please contact Wyoming High School English Department Chair Angie Edmonds at edmondsa@wyomingcityschools.org.