Core Novels List by Grade
2022-2023 Beckman High School Core Novels (by Grade)
Freshman Honors
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
- Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- Animal Farm - George Orwell
Freshman CP
- To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
- Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- Animal Farm - George Orwell
Sophomore Honors
- A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
- The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka (Bantam Classic publication)
- Macbeth - William Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library)
- Migrations - Charlotte McConaghy
Sophomore CP
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
- The House in the Cerulean Sea - TK Klune
- Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Junior Honors
- The Crucible - Arthur Miller
- Narrative of a Slave – Frederick Douglass
- The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Junior CP
- Twelve Angry Men - Reginald Rose
- The Crucible – Arthur Miller
- Narrative of a Slave – Frederick Douglass
- The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Senior English Literature AP
- The Awakening - Kate Chopin (Prestwick House)
- Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austin (Prestwick House)
- Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (Prestwick House)
- The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien
- King Lear - William Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Senior English ERWC
- 1984 - George Orwell
- Brave New World - Aldous Huxley