PRE-AP AR Reading List by Title
Bold Text titles are
available in CKJH Library
Highlighted with Gray are
non-fiction
Books are selected for this list for many reasons including: classic literature, text or plot complexity/difficulty, cultural significance/reference, award winners, etc.
All books on this list will count for independent reading. Should you find a book you'd like to read this is NOT on the list, TALK TO YOUR TEACHER! New books are approved all the time; New AR tests are purchased on a regular basis.
CONTENT Warning: Some of these novels have material that may be offensive (obscene language, sexual issues, religious issues, racial issues, and violence.) Parents, if you have concerns about the material that your child chooses to read, please use Kitsap Regional Library, Amazon.com, or Barnes and Noble.com to read summaries and/or reviews of the novels to assist your child in finding a novel that is not offensive to your family. There are many novels on this list that do not have objectionable material.
| Author | Title | RL | Pts | |
| Orwell, George | 1984 | 8.9 | 17 | |
| Clark, Arthur C. | 2001: A Space Odyssey | 9 | 12 | |
| Clark, Arthur C. | 2010: Odyssey Two | 7.8 | 13 | |
| Clark, Arthur C. | 2061: Odyssey Three | 8.3 | 11 | |
| Clark, Arthur C. | 3001: The Final Odyssey | 8.3 | 9 | |
| Twain, Mark | Adventures of Huckleberry Fin | 6.6 | 18 | |
| Twain, Mark | Adventures of Tom Sawyer | 8.1 | 12 | |
| Wharton, Edith | Age of Innocence, The | 8.8 | 19 | |
| Carroll, Lewis | Alice in Wonderland and Thro | 7.8 | 10 | |
| Read, Piers Paul | Alive | 7.7 | 19 | |
| Herriot, James | All Creatures Great and Small | 6.8 | 26 | |
| Remarque, Erich | All Quiet on the Western Front | 6 | 10 | |
| Warren, Robert Penn | All the Kings Men | 6.8 | 36 | |
| Herriot, James | All Things Bright and Beautifu | 6.7 | 23 | |
| Herriot, James | All Things Wise and Wonderful | 6.7 | 26 | |
| Pullman, Philip | Amber Spyglass, The | 6.7 | 26 | |
| Dreiser, Theodore | American Tragedy, An | 8.5 | 65 | |
| Crichton, Michael | Andromedia Strain, The | 6.6 | 11 | |
| McCourt, Frank | Angela's Ashes | 5.9 | 23 | |
| Brown, Dan | Angels and Demons | 5.6 | 23 | |
| Orwell, George | Animal Farm | 7.3 | 5 | |
| Tolstoy, Leo | Anna Karenina | 9.6 | 69 | |
| Fast, Howard | April Morning | 6.1 | 9 | |
| Verne, Jules | Around the World in Eighty Da | 9.6 | 12 | |
| Faulkner, William | As I Lay Dying | 5.4 | 9 | |
| Gaines, Ernest | Authobiography of Miss Jane Pitm | 4.6 | 13 | |
| Franklin, Benjamin | Autobiography of Benjamin Fr | 12 | 15 | |
| Malcolm/Haley | Autobiography of Malcolm X, | 7.5 | 32 | |
| Chopin, Kate | Awakening, The | 8.5 | 12 | |
| McKinley, Robin | Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of | 6.2 | 11 | |
| King, Laurie | Beekeeper's Apprentice, The | 7 | 19 | |
| Hersey, John | Bell for Adano, A | 5.9 | 13 | |
| Plath, Sylvia | Bell Jar, The | 7.2 | 11 | |
| Morrison, Toni | Beloved | 6 | 15 | |
| Anonymous/Raffel | Beowulf | 10 | 5 | |
| Cormier, Robert | Beyond the Chocolate War | 5.4 | 10 | |
| Stevenson, Robert | Black Arrow, The | 9 | 14 | |
| Wright, Richard | Black Boy | 7.4 | 22 | |
| Griffin, John Howard | Black Like Me | 7 | 11 | |
| Pyle, Howard | Book of King Arthur | 9.4 | 21 | |
| Adamson, Joy | Born Free | 7.3 | 9 | |
| Huxley, Aldous | Brave New World | 7.5 | 11 | |
| Huxley, Aldous | Brave New World Revisited | 11 | 7 | |
| Tyler, Anne | Breathing Lessons | 6.5 | 15 | |
| Yolen, Jane | Briar Rose | 5 | 8 | |
| Wilder, Thornton | Bridge of San Luis Rey, The | 7.1 | 5 | |
| Grisham, John | Broker, The | 5.9 | 16 | |
| Dostoevsky, Fyodo | Brothers Karamazov, The | 10 | 74 | |
| Brown, Dee | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 7.9 | 27 | |
| Wouk, Herman | Caine Mutiny, The | 6.4 | 34 | |
| Steinbeck, John | Cannery Row | 6 | 8 | |
| Kipling, Rudyard | Captains Courageous | 8 | 9 | |
| Heller, Joseph | Catch-22 | 7.1 | 30 | |
| Salinger, J.D. | Catcher in the Rye, The | 4.7 | 11 | |
| Sandoz, Mari | Cheyenne Autumn | 6.9 | 20 | |
| Mah, Adeline | Chinese Cinderella: the True st | 5.7 | 8 | |
| Cormier, Robert | Chocolate War, The | 5.4 | 8 | |
| Potok, Chaim | Chosen, The | 6.6 | 15 | |
| King, Stephen | Christine | 6.6 | 30 | |
| Dickens, Charles | Christmas Carol, A | 6.7 | 5 | |
| Auel, Jean | Clan of the Cave Bear, The | 7 | 35 |