Recommended Summer Reading Forms V—VIII Fiction American 19th Century James Fenimore Cooper (1826) The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1821) The Spy Nathaniel Hawthorne (1851) of the Seven Gables Henry James (1877) The American Herman Melville (1924) Budd Harriet Beecher Stowe (1851) Uncle Tom’s Cabin Henry David Thoreau (1854) Walden; Or, Life in the Woods American: 20th Century Rudolfo Anaya (1972) Bless Me, Ultima James Baldwin (1953) Go Tell it on the Mountain Frederick Buechner (1980) Godric Ray Bradbury (1957) Dandelion Wine Willa Cather (1918) My Ántonia Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1940) The Ox-Bow Incident Ralph Ellison (1952) Invisible Man William Faulkner (1962) The Reivers Ernest Hemingway (1929) A Farewell to Arms Joseph Heller (1961) Catch-22 Zora Neale Hurston (1937) Their Eyes Were Watching God Sinclair Lewis (1922) Babbitt Cormac McCarthy (1992) All the Pretty Horses Carson McCullers (1940) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter Alice McDermott (1998) Charming Billy McMurtry (1985) Lonesome Dove Toni Morrison (1987) Beloved Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall (1936) The Bounty Trilogy Flannery O’Connor (1952) Wise Blood Walker Percy (1961) The Moviegoer J.D. Salinger (1951) The Catcher in the Rye John Steinbeck (1952) East of Eden (1939) The Grapes of Jean Toomer (1923) Cane Ann Tyler (1991) Saint Maybe Robert Penn Warren (1946) All the King’s Men Owen Wister (1902) The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains Regional Texas Writers Elizabeth Crook (1991) The Raven's Bride: A Novel of Eliza Allen and Sam Houston Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey (1978) A Woman of Independent Means William Humphrey (1965) The Ordways Elmer Kelton (1973) The Time it Never Rained
Recommended Summer Reading Forms V—VIII Fiction American 19th Century James Fenimore Cooper The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) The Spy (1821) Nathaniel Hawthorne of the Seven Gables (1851) Henry James The American (1877) Herman Melville Budd (1924) Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1851) Henry David Thoreau Walden; Or, Life in the Woods (1854) American: 20th Century Rudolfo Anaya Bless Me, Ultima (1972) James Baldwin Go Tell it on the Mountain (1953) Frederick Buechner Godric (1980) Ray Bradbury Dandelion Wine (1957) Willa Cather My Ántonia (1918) Walter Van Tilburg Clark The Ox-Bow Incident (1940) Ralph Ellison Invisible Man (1952) William Faulkner The Reivers (1962) Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms (1929) Joseph Heller Catch-22 (1961) Zora Neale Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) Sinclair Lewis Babbitt (1922) Cormac McCarthy All the Pretty Horses (1992) Carson McCullers The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1940) Alice McDermott Charming Billy (1998) McMurtry Lonesome Dove (1985) Toni Morrison Beloved (1987) Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall The Bounty Trilogy (1936) Flannery O’Connor Wise Blood (1952) Walker Percy The Moviegoer (1961) J.D. Salinger The Catcher in the Rye (1951) John Steinbeck East of Eden (1952) The Grapes of (1939) Jean Toomer Cane (1923) Ann Tyler Saint Maybe (1991) Robert Penn Warren All the King’s Men (1946) Owen Wister The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains (1902) Regional Texas Writers Elizabeth Crook The Raven's Bride: A Novel of Eliza Allen and Sam Houston (1991) Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey A Woman of Independent Means (1978) William Humphrey The Ordways (1965) Elmer Kelton The Time it Never Rained (1973)