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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
Cuneus prophetarumPjeter BogdaniBilingual theological, philosophical, and scientific prose treatise1685
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Daisy MillerHenry JamesNovellaFirst published in 1878
AP FRQ 3
Dálkový výslechVáclav HavelBook-length interview, intellectual autobiography, and political reflection1986; English translation 1990
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Dakilang asalAurelio TolentinoSequence of ten didactic poems on conduct1907
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Dancing ArabsSayed KashuaComing-of-age novel and social satire2002; English translation 2004
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Dancing at the LughnasaBrian FrielMemory playFirst performed and published in 1990
AP FRQ 3
DARK GLASSESKhamsing SrinawkShort story1969; English collection 1973
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Dark MatterJuli ZehPhilosophical crime novel2007; English translation 2010
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David CopperfieldCharles DickensBildungsroman / autobiographical first-person novelSerialized May 1849–November 1850; book edition 1850
AP FRQ 3
De aanslagHarry MulischLiterary work1982
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De måske egnedePeter HøegLiterary work1994
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De ontdekking van de hemelHarry MulischLiterary work1993
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Dead at DaybreakDeon MeyerLiterary work2000
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Dear Shameless DeathLatife Teki̇nLiterary work2001
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Death and the DervishMeša SelimovićLiterary work1996
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Death Be Not ProudJohn DonneHoly sonnet1633 (posthumous)
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Death of a SalesmanArthur MillerPlay1949
AP FRQ 3
Delta WeddingEudora WeltyNovel1946
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Denier du ReveMarguerite YourcenarLiterary work1934
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Der Besuch der alten DameFriedrich DürrenmattLiterary work1956
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Der Richter und sein HenkerFriedrich DürrenmattNovel1952
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Desire Under the ElmsEugene O'NeillTragedy1924
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Devil’s ValleyAndré BrinkNovel1998
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Diary of a Blood DonorMati UntNovel1990; English translation 2008
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Diary of a Country ProsecutorTawfiq al-HakimNovel1937
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Die KlavierspielerinElfriede JelinekNovel1983
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Die LiebhaberinnenElfriede JelinekNovel1975
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Dinner at the Homesick RestaurantAnne TylerNovel1982
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?Philip K. DickScience-fiction novel1968
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good NightDylan ThomasVillanelle1951
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Doctor FaustusChristopher MarloweTragic drama1604 A-text; 1616 B-text
AP FRQ 3
Doctor ZhivagoBoris PasternakNovel with concluding poems1957
AP FRQ 3
Don QuixoteMiguel de CervantesTwo-part novel1605 and 1615
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Dover BeachMatthew ArnoldLyric poem1867
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Drummer HodgeThomas HardyPoem1899
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Dulce et Decorum EstWilfred OwenPoem1920 (posthumous)
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ElectraSophoclesGreek tragedyFifth century BCE
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Elegy Written in a Country ChurchyardThomas GrayElegy1751
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EmmaJane AustenNovel1815
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EquusPeter ShafferPlay1973
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Ethan FromeEdith WhartonNovella1911
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EvelineJames JoyceShort story1904
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly CloseJonathan Safran FoerNovel2005
AP FRQ 3
Fahrenheit 451Ray BradburyNovel1953
Fathers and SonsIvan TurgenevNovel1862
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FaustJohann Wolfgang von GoetheTwo-part dramatic poem1808; 1832
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Federigo’s FalconGiovanni BoccaccioFramed novellaFourteenth century
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FencesAugust WilsonTwo-act play1986
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Fifth BusinessRobertson DaviesNovel1970
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For Whom the Bell TollsErnest HemingwayNovel1940
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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.