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Browse complete, independently researched study guides. AP and IB markers record curriculum relevance; unfinished research never appears as a public guide.

311 completed study guides
WorkAuthorFormPublishedReferences
A Book of MemoriesPéter NádasLiterary work1998
IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection
A Child of the NortheastKhamphun BunthawiNovel1988
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A Doll’s HouseHenrik IbsenLiterary work1889
AP FRQ 3
A Dry White SeasonAndré BrinkNovel1979
IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection
A Farewell to ArmsErnest HemingwayLiterary work1929
AP FRQ 3
A Gathering of GhostsRoy LewisLiterary work1989
AP FRQ 3
A Gathering of Old MenErnest J. GainesLiterary work1983
AP FRQ 3
A Gesture LifeChang-rae LeeNovel1999
AP FRQ 3
A Journal of the Plague YearDaniel DefoeNovel1722
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A Lesson Before DyingErnest J. GainesNovel1993
AP FRQ 3
A Man Said to the UniverseStephen CranePoem1899
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A Midsummer Night’s DreamWilliam ShakespeareLiterary work1600
AP FRQ 3IB PRL recommended author
A Modest ProposalJonathan SwiftEssay1729
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A Passage to IndiaE. M. ForsterNovel1924
AP FRQ 3
A Poison TreeWilliam BlakePoem1794
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young ManJames JoyceNovel1916
AP FRQ 3
A Prayer for Owen MeanyJohn IrvingLiterary work1989
AP FRQ 3
A Raisin in the SunLorraine HansberryLiterary work1959
AP FRQ 3
A Red, Red RoseRobert BurnsPoem1794
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A Room of One’s OwnVirginia WoolfEssay1929
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A Separate PeaceJohn KnowlesLiterary work1959
AP FRQ 3
A strange attachmentBibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayLiterary work1984
IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection
A strange attachment and other storiesBibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayLiterary work1984
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A Streetcar Named DesireTennessee WilliamsPlay1947
AP FRQ 3
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles DickensHistorical novel1859
AP FRQ 3
A Thousand AcresJane SmileyNovel1991
AP FRQ 3
A Thousand Splendid SunsKhaled HosseiniNovel2007
AP FRQ 3
A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty SmithNovel1943
AP FRQ 3
A Valediction: Forbidding MourningJohn DonnePoem1633
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A Vindication of the Rights of WomanMary WollstonecraftEssay1792
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A Yellow Raft in Blue WaterMichael DorrisNovel1987
AP FRQ 3
AbigélMagda SzabóLiterary work1973
IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection
Absalom, Absalom!William FaulknerLiterary work1936
AP FRQ 3
Acquainted with the NightRobert FrostPoem1928
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Adler und EngelJuli ZehNovel2001
IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection
African ProverbsTraditionalProverbs2000
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AgaatMarlene Van NiekerkNovel2004
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Agnes of GodJohn PielmeierLiterary work1982
AP FRQ 3
Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?Thomas HardyPoem1913
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Aku ini binatang jalangChairil AnwarLiterary work1986
IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection
Alas RotasGibran Khalil GibranLiterary work2015
IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection
Algjört frelsiAuður JónsdóttirLiterary work2001
IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection
Alias GraceMargaret AtwoodLiterary work1996
AP FRQ 3
All My SonsArthur MillerLiterary work1947
AP FRQ 3
All the King’s MenRobert Penn WarrenNovel1946
AP FRQ 3
All the Pretty HorsesCormac McCarthyNovel1992
AP FRQ 3
Alphabet (International Poetry Series, No 3)Inger ChristensenBook-length poem / poetry collection1981
IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection
Alpine BalladVasil BykaŭLiterary work1966
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Amoretti: Sonnet 30Edmund SpenserSonnet1595
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Amoretti: Sonnet 75Edmund SpenserSonnet1595
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AP markers show works named in historical Question 3 prompts; they are not a required AP reading list. IB markers identify recommended authors, while the titles here are independent reading suggestions rather than works prescribed by the IB.