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College Board List

This is a complete list of poetry and cultural and historical texts recommended by College Board for college-bound readers. The poetry and other texts below didn't fit neatly into the 101 Great Books list, but are worth reading again and again.

Author (Last, First Name) Title
--- The Arabian Nights
Kennedy, John F. Profiles in Courage
--- The Bible
King, Martin Luther, Jr. A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Adams, Henry The Education of Henry Adams
Malory, Sir Thomas Le Morte D'Arthur
Aesop Aesop's Fables
Machiavelli, Niccolo The Prince
Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
Marx, Karl The Communist Manifesto
Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
Paine, Thomas Common Sense
DuBois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk
Plato The Republic
Franklin, Benjamin Autobiography
Tocqueville, Alexis de Democracy in America
Hamilton, Edith Mythology
X, Malcolm with Haley, Alex The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Hamilton, John, et al. The Federalist Papers