5 Steps to a 5 AP English Language 2019

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Selected Bibliography

The following is a select listing of both fiction and nonfiction writers, past and present,

whose works include: essays, news articles, novels, short stories, journals, biographies, his-

tories, autobiographies, diaries, satire, and political treatises. Each of these writers presents

ideas in original, thought-provoking, and enlightening ways. Our recommendation is that

you read as many and as much of them as you can. The more you read, discuss, and/or

analyze these writers and their work, the better prepared you will be for the AP English

Language and Composition exam. And, there is another wondrous benefit. You will

become much more aware of the marvelous world of ideas that surrounds you. We invite

you to accept our invitation to this complex universe.

Personal Writing: Journals, Autobiographies, Diaries

Maya Angelou Mary McCarthy

Annie Dillard Samuel Pepys

Frederick Douglass Richard Rodriguez

Lillian Hellman May Sarton

Helen Keller Richard Wright

Martin Luther King, Jr. Malcolm X

Maxine Hong Kingston

Biographies and Histories

Walter Jackson Bate Winston Churchill

James Boswell Shelby Foote

Thomas Carlyle George Trevelyan

Bruce Catton Barbara Tuchman

Journalists and Essayists

Joseph Addison Ellen Goodman

Michael Arlen Pauline Kael

Matthew Arnold Garrison Keillor

Francis Bacon John McPhee

Russell Baker N. Scott Momaday

Harold Bloom Anna Quindlen

G. K. Chesterton John Ruskin

Kenneth Clark Marjorie Sandor

Joan Didion Susan Sontag

Maureen Dowd Richard Steele