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| Work | Author | Form | Published | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| An American Tragedy | Theodore Dreiser | Novel | 1925 | AP FRQ 3 |
| An Enemy of the People | Henrik Ibsen | Play in five acts | 1950 | AP FRQ 3 |
| An Essay on Criticism | Alexander Pope | Poem | 1711 | Additional classroom reference |
| An Essay on Man | Alexander Pope | Philosophical poem | 1733–1734 | Additional classroom reference |
| An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations | Adam Smith | Political economy | 1776 | |
| An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | Ambrose Bierce | Short story | 1890 | Additional classroom reference |
| Anak Semua Bangsa | Pramoedya Ananta Toer | Historical novel | 1973 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Anar kali | Imtiaz Ali Taj | Drama | 1988 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| And Other Stories (Writings from an Unbound Europe) | Georgi Gospodinov | Short-story collection | 2007 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Andorra | Max Frisch | Literary work | 1961 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Ang balabal ng Diyos | Rosario De Guzman Lingat | Novel | 2003 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Angels of the Universe | Einar Már Guðmundsson | Literary work | 2002 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner | Literary work | 1971 | AP FRQ 3 |
| Anna Karenina | Leo Tolstoy | Literary work | 1878 | AP FRQ 3 |
| Another Country | James Baldwin | Literary work | 1962 | AP FRQ 3 |
| Anthologie de la nouvelle poésie nègre et malgache de langue française | Léopold Sédar Senghor | Literary work | 1948 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Antichità della nazione albanese e sua affinità con gli Ellene i Latini | Jeronim De Rada | Historical-linguistic essay | 1864 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Antigone | Sophocles | Literary work | 1581 | AP FRQ 3IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Antologia albanese | Jeronim De Rada | Bilingual literary anthology | 1896 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Antología | Joan Salvat-Papasseit | Bilingual poetry anthology | 1972 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Antony and Cleopatra | William Shakespeare | Tragedy | 1623 (first printed in the First Folio) | AP FRQ 3IB PRL recommended author |
| Aprakāśita Mānika Bandyopādhyāẏa | Manik Bandyopadhyay | Literary work | 1976 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Araby | James Joyce | Short story | 1914 | Additional classroom reference |
| Aranyak | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay | Literary work | 2018 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Ariadna al laberint grotesc | Salvador Espriu | Literary work | 1975 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Arti i joshjes | Luljeta Lleshanaku | Short-story collection | 2005 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| As Black As Ebony | Salla Simukka | Novel | 2015 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| As I Lay Dying | William Faulkner | Novel | 1930 | AP FRQ 3 |
| As Red As Blood | Salla Simukka | Literary work | 2014 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Comedy; five-act stage play | 1734 | AP FRQ 3IB PRL recommended author |
| Atómstöðin | Halldór Laxness | Literary work | 1948 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Atonement | Ian McEwan | Novel | 2001 | AP FRQ 3 |
| Autumn Ball | Mati Unt | Novel | 1985 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Axolotl | Julio Cortázar | Short story | 1956 | Additional classroom reference |
| B. Wordsworth | V. S. Naipaul | Short story | 1959 | Additional classroom reference |
| Baʻalat ha-armon | Leah Goldberg | Drama in three acts | 1955 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Baotown | Anyi Wang | Literary work | 1989 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Barbara Allen | Anonymous | Ballad | First documented 1665/1666 | Additional classroom reference |
| Barter | Sara Teasdale | Poem | 1917 | Additional classroom reference |
| Beauty Is a Wound | Eka Kurniawan | Novel | 2015 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Bel Canto | Milada Součková | Literary work | 1944 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Bel-Ami | Guy de Maupassant | Novel | 1885 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Beloved | Toni Morrison | Literary work | 1987 | AP FRQ 3 |
| Benim Adım Kırmızı | Orhan Pamuk | Novel | 1998 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Benito Cereno | Herman Melville | Novella | 1926 | AP FRQ 3 |
| Beowulf | Anonymous | Epic poem | c. 1000 CE (surviving manuscript) | Additional classroom reference |
| Berenàveu a les fosques | Josep Maria Benet i Jornet | Play | 1972 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Berji Kristin | Latife Teki̇n | Novel | 1993 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |
| Bhagavad Gita | Traditional | Sacred philosophical poem / dialogue | Composition date debated; commonly placed between the final centuries BCE and early centuries CE | Additional classroom reference |
| Biedermann und die Brandstifter | Max Frisch | Play (drama; political parable) | 1958 | IB PRL recommended authorEditorial IB-author selection |