Mansfield Independent
School District
High School Approved
Reading Lists
2015-16
Revised 6/2015
Mansfield Independent School District
English I Approved Reading
Students may participate in class studies from the district approved reading list. In
addition, they may participate in independent book studies or literature circle study
groups. Other whole class book studies require parent permission.
English I
Anthem
Banner in the Sky
The Chosen
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
Dance Hall of the Dead
Deathwatch
Full Tilt
House on Mango Street
Monster
My Antonia
October Sky
The Odyssey
Speak
To Kill a Mockingbird
Waiting for the Rain
Walkabout
Whirligig
Pre-AP English I
Anthem
Bless Me Ultima
Great Expectations
House on Mango Street
Lord of the Flies
The Princess Bride (copyright 1998 or
newer)
The Odyssey
The Old Man and the Sea
To Kill a Mockingbird
(SpringBoard book study-excerpts required)
Plays
The Merchant of Venice
Romeo and Juliet
FOE
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Revised 6/2015
Mansfield Independent School District
English II Approved Reading
Students may participate in class studies from the district approved reading list. In
addition, they may participate in independent book studies or literature circle study
groups. Other whole class book studies require parent permission.
English II
Pre-AP English II
1984
Alas, Babylon
All Quiet on the Western Front
Animal Farm
The Bean Trees
Black Like Me
Ethan Frome
Fahrenheit 451
Farewell to Manzanar
Jurassic Park
Kiss Me Kate
Night
Of Mice and Men
A Separate Peace
1984
All Quiet On the Western Front
Animal Farm
Ethan Frome
Fahrenheit 451
Joy Luck Club
Mayor of Caster Bridge
Metamorphosis
Night
Rebecca
A Separate Peace
A Tale of Two Cities
Things Fall Apart (SpringBoard book study)
Plays
Antigone (SpringBoard drama study)
Julius Caesar (excerpts)
Taming of the Shrew
Twelve Angry Men
Revised 6/2015
Mansfield Independent School District
English III Approved Reading
Students may participate in class studies from the district approved reading list. In
addition, they may participate in independent book studies or literature circle study
groups. Other whole class book studies require parent permission.
English III
AP English III
The Blythedale Romance
The Bridges of Toko-Ri
The Catcher in the Rye
The Crucible
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the
Nighttime
Death of a Salesman
Ender’s Game
Fallen Angels
The Glass Menagerie
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
A Lesson Before Dying
Our Town
A Raisin in the Sun
The Scarlett Letter
The Secret Life of Bees
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
As I Lay Dying
The Awakening
Catch 22
The Catcher in the Rye
The Devil’s Highway
Fast Food Nation
Freakonomics
The Grapes of Wrath
The Great Gatsby
In Cold Blood
Into the Wild
Letter From the Birmingham City Jail
Outliers: The Story of Success
Poisonwood Bible
Their Eyes Were Watching God
(SpringBoard book study)
The Scarlet Letter
The Sun Also Rises
The Things They Carried
Play
The Crucible (SpringBoard drama study)
Revised 6/2015
Mansfield Independent School District
English IV Approved Reading
Students may participate in class studies from the district approved reading list. In
addition, they may participate in independent book studies or literature circle study
groups. Other whole class book studies require parent permission.
English IV
AP English IV
A Doll’s House
And Then There Were None
All the Pretty Horses
Brave New World
Canterbury Tales
Cry, The Beloved Country
The Crystal Cave
Emma
The Fountainhead
Frankenstein
Life of Pi
Lord of the Flies
Murder in Grub Street
Pride and Prejudice
A Tale of Two Cities
Tarzan
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Things Fall Apart
Wuthering Heights
All the Pretty Horses
Brave New World
Canterbury Tales
Crime and Punishment
Cry, The Beloved Country
Emma
Frankenstein
Grendle
Heart of Darkness
How To Read Literature Like a Professor
Invisible Man
Jane Eyre
Jude the Obscure
The Kite Runner
Madame Bovary
Pride and Prejudice
The Arrival (SpringBoard graphic novel study)
The Stranger
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Things Fall Apart
Wuthering Heights
Short Stories by A.C. Doyle
Plays
As You Like It
Beowulf
Hamlet
King Lear
Macbeth
Oedipus Rex
Othello (SpringBoard drama study)
Pygmalion (SpringBoard drama study)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Revised 6/2015