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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe
New Survey: AP Literature Free Response Titles List #1 (1970-2024)
I really needed a list to take me totally away from the crapola of this week in the USA.
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-ap-literature-free-response-titles-list-1
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading or a combo or whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!

DebinHawaii, Maria_Pulver, Kappadeemom, iread2much, Cuilin, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, BookNAround, catiewithac, TheLudicReader, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, Sace, Kar2b, BookwormAHN, Sleepswithbooks, WorldsOkayestStepMom, TheBookgeekFrau, jdiehr, TheSpineView, Beatlefan129, ShelleyBooksie, Blerdgal_Fenix, LA1, Patchshank, Cupcake12, cinda.marie, PageShifter, LiseWorks, KadaGul

dabbe I'll post my faves later, but for the record: I've only read 20 from this list. So many ones I still want to read! 🤩 1w

Texreader That was fun. I‘ve read 11 and probably a few more, but I just can‘t remember. Easily my favorite was Dracula. 1w

Bookwormjillk I‘ve read 19 I think, but high school was a long time ago so I‘m not 100% which Shakespeare plays I read and which I just saw. Loved Dracula and Cry, The Beloved Country blew me away when I read it in school. 1w

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thebacklistbook 12. Mostly read for lit classes. 1w

rwmg 21

I'm guessing this is a school reading list but I don't really know what AP classes are or what to expect from them. 1w

LiseWorks I read only 8, but that's because I'm a Canadian, and our schools and universities have different books. Like where was most of Shakespeare stuff like Romeo and Juliette. 1w

bthegood ❤️💙❤️ (edited) 1w

PurpleyPumpkin I read 16 on this list and have many others on my tbr shelf. Many of these reads were from when I went to university. But I‘d like to get back to some of these. Thanks for posting!👍🏽 7d

BookNAround I‘ve read 46 but I do have 2 English degrees and did take AP English way back in the day. I have quite a few of the newer (post my long ago schooling) books on my shelves tbr. Also, I have read other books by a bunch of the authors but not necessarily their works on the list. (edited) 7d

Kar2b Only 6 for me. I haven‘t read All the Light We Cannot See yet, but I own it, so that‘ll take me to 7. 🤪 7d

TheSpineView Thanks for the tag! 😍 7d

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! 7d

dabbe @Texreader Yes to DRACULA, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Still can't believe I've never read CRY. On the TBR! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

dabbe @thebacklistbook Same here. Or ones I had to teach! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

dabbe @rwmg AP stands for Advanced Placement, and it is a literature course where if seniors can pass the AP literature exam (where these titles come from), they don't have to take English 101/102 in college. These are titles that the College Board (the ones who created all AP courses) deems are “works of literary merit.“ Obviously, that thought is up for debate. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

dabbe @LiseWorks Excellent point. Most titles are British and American, which is why those two subjects are taught in a lot of American high school courses. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

dabbe @bthegood 🩶🩵🩶 7d

dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin YW! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

dabbe @BookNAround #yahooyou! I knew you'd score higher than most--and you kicked my sorry English-teacher's ass! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

dabbe @Kar2b I own it, too, and have yet to read it! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

dabbe @TheSpineView YW! 😘 7d

dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 😘 7d

BkClubCare I checked 31 but not that many were from HS but the past decade plus when I wanted to read more classics 🌟 Always fun to look at book lists 😂 7d

dabbe @BkClubCare I love book lists! It just makes the ol' TBR grow to infinity and beyond! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

LA1 Thanks for the tag! I‘m ranked #210, having read only 5 of the books. 😊 7d

dabbe @LA1 I sure found quite a few to add to my TBR; how about you? 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 7d

bibliothecarivs I don't read a lot of fiction so I've only read 4. But Don Quixote, Elmet, and Dancing at Lughnasa are on my to-read list. 7d

dabbe @bibliothecarivs What type of nonfiction do you like? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 7d

TheLudicReader 17…not a great result. Lots of unfamiliar titles, too. 7d

peaKnit Oof 9% 7d

bibliothecarivs @dabbe I'm a nonfiction librarian and have wide interests but I usually read history, biography, autobiography, literary studies, cultural analysis, poetry, religion, nature & travel writing, and books about my favouite music, visual art, and films, with some politics, philosophy, science, and folklore sprinkled in. 6d

dabbe @TheLudicReader Same here. Mostly American and British authors, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 6d

dabbe @peaKnit You're in good company! 😂 Any you want to add to your never-ending TBR? 🩵🩶🩵 6d

dabbe @bibliothecarivs And I am #gobsmacked! 🤩 I would love to read more nonfiction, especially in history. Do you have anything to recommend for Tudor or 19th century British History or Colonial/Early American history? 6d

KadaGul Thank you 🫶 for the tag 🏷️. #Hello2025 🍀💜🌅💙 6d

Patchshank Thanks for the tag. I scored an 8 😂 6d

WorldsOkayestStepMom Thanks for the tag! I have read 14 of them. 6d

azulaco I scored 33. And actually I‘m embarrassed, because lots of these titles have been on my infinite TBR list for YEARS, so I should have read more of them. I did have a good high school and college education. A lot of the ones I read were assigned in class, or caught my interest after a related class discussion. I must admit that a couple, I‘ve only read excerpts of, so I kind of cheated. 6d

bibliothecarivs @dabbe yes! The Five by Rubenhold and the English Reformation by Jones. Currently enjoying Tomalin's biography of Thomas Hardy (b. 1840). If you're willing to go a little outside of the Tudor period, Dan Jones's books Summer of Blood and The Plantagenets are excellent. 6d

bibliothecarivs @dabbe

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

dabbe @KadaGul YW! 🩵🩶🩵 6d

dabbe @Patchshank You're in good company; most of us scored under a 20! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 6d

dabbe @WorldsOkayestStepMom Yay you! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 6d

dabbe @azulaco I say if you “dabbled“ in a book, it counts! Most scored under 20, so yahoo you! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 6d

dabbe @bibliothecarivs I will look into all of these! Thank you so much for your help and expertise! 🤗 6d

dabbe @bibliothecarivs Ooh, I love JtheR stuff! 🤩 6d

DGRachel I managed a whopping 7. 😂 There were several others that I tried to read and bailed (glaring at Crime & Punishment) and a little sad at the number of authors I‘ve read, but haven‘t read the “right” book. I‘ve read a lot of Dickens and Cormac McCarthy, for instance. 😮‍💨 But also, I have to recommend a different translation of Beowulf. This one is 🤩

Beowulf: A New Translation

dabbe @DGRachel This survey only went through the letters A-C, so I bet your authors and other titles will be coming! And you're in good company; most of us scored 20 or under this time around. 😂 I'll have to check out your BEOWULF suggestion; thanks! Thanks also for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 6d

DGRachel I truly hated Beowulf in high school, but Headley‘s translation was delightful (if you like modernizations). It literally had me howling with laughter. I highly recommend the audiobook. 6d

dabbe @DGRachel Now on the TBR! 🤩🩵🤩 5d

CogsOfEncouragement I‘ve read just 14 on the list. 4d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement You're in good company; most of us scored 20 or lower! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩵🩶🩵 4d

iread2much Only 6 for me 😅 1d

dabbe @iread2much We're all in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩵🩶🩵 19h

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willaful

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These are all favorites from my youth, except for When You Reach Me, which I loved as an adult.

#TBT @Dabbe

willaful Sorry, I forgot to put the original header into my image... 2w

dabbe #yahooyou! Fab score; you kicked my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩😂🤗 2w

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Melismatic

Whose Body? | Dorothy L. Sayers

Had a doctors appt today so decided to take a full “mental health” day from work, treat myself to brunch and a mani, and start in on my #AuthorAMonth pick on audio.

Peter Wimsey‘s gleeful singing about dead bodies & murder investigations is…something else. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

Soubhiville

dabbe #yahooyou! 🤩🤩🤩 2w

RowReads1 Very pretty 2w

all_4_kb Nails are fab 2w

tpixie 💜💜💜 2w

Melismatic Thanks @dabbe @RowReads1 @all_4_kb @tpixie 💖💖 2w

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Karisimo

The Eyes and the Impossible | Dave Eggers

#tlt @dabbe

I‘ve read 33 of 104. Favorites: The Eyes and the Impossible, The Last Cuentista, and The Girl Who Drank the Moon!

It is interesting to think about which books have stood the test of time and which haven‘t!

dabbe #yahooyou! I thought the same thing just looking at the covers! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩🤗🤩 2w

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SaunteringVaguelyDownwards

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Another list where teaching children's literature pays off (though I have to catch up with the newer ones!)

My favorite 3:
- Holes
- A Wrinkle in Time (though I actually preferred Many Waters growing up)
- From The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

#ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe #yahooyou! The 17 books I read were ones I read while teaching middle school in the 90s! 😂 I missed everything before and after those years! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩🤗🤩 2w

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Butterfinger

Rifles for Watie | Harold Keith

I read 32. A lot came from my childhood. A few from reading for Battle of the Books. And, I love children's lit. A few that are memorable, besides the tagged,are Kira-Kira, Bud, Not Buddy, and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Excellent literature. So many I still need to read.

#TLT @dabbe

@CoffeeK8 @megnews

dabbe #yahooyou! You kicked my butt! Love your choices, too. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩😂🤗 2w

CoffeeK8 Oh wow, I‘ve only read 12 of these. I‘ll have to get on them. 2w

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S3V3N

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#goodreads #yearinreview
I slacked o lot this year on my reading. I‘m going to try and pick it back up in 2025.

dabbe You are NOT a slacker! You read books! #yahooyou! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

S3V3N @dabbe Thank you for that! I need to continue to speak positively. 🙌🏽 1mo

dabbe @S3V3N I know exactly how you feel. 😘 1mo

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Texreader

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I missed last week again! #5joysFriday

1-2) I attended the dinner & received the cornerstone award and flowers from Operation Homefront
3) I finished lots of cards and mailed out most of them
4) Tree decorated!
5) & most importantly son made it home safely from the long drive from north Arizona for Christmas break and it‘s just the best thing ever to have my whole family home
Bonus) I had an ablation yesterday on my lower back-fingers crossed

DebinHawaii

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝💝💝🙏🙏. 1mo

TheBookHippie 🤍❄️🤍♥️🤞🏻🎄💌 1mo

LiseWorks Congratulations on your award 1mo

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kspenmoll Congratulations!!!!❤️ 1mo

dabbe #yahooyou! Hope your back heals, too! 💙❄️💙 1mo

DebinHawaii Thanks for joining in & spreading the joy! 🤗 A lovely joys list—congrats on your award—it‘s very cool! 😎🎉 1mo

Gissy Congratulations! 🎉🎊 👏👏👏Closing 2024 with amazing achievements and goals👌❤️ 1mo

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TrishB

Blue Sisters | Coco Mellors

I‘ve finished for Christmas….I survived this semester.
Meeting friends for tea but I‘m early, so reading it is.

dabbe #yahooyou! 🤩🤩🤩 1mo

Ruthiella Fantastic! 🥳 Four more days for me. 1mo

AmyG 🙌🏻 1mo

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Cathythoughts Looks relaxing. I have this one stacked. 1mo

LeahBergen Enjoy that much deserved beer! 🍻 1mo

squirrelbrain Enjoy! ❤️ 1mo

Tamra Yay!!! Sigh & sip of relief. 😃 1mo

sarahbarnes 🎉🎉🎉 1mo

Leftcoastzen I liked this one a lot! 1mo

BarbaraBB You did it! A well deserved rest 🤍 1mo

TrishB @dabbe @Ruthiella @AmyG @Cathythoughts @LeahBergen @squirrelbrain @Tamra @sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB thanks all 😘 1mo

TrishB @Leftcoastzen I‘m enjoying a lot so far too. 1mo

julesG 🎉🎉🎉 1mo

CarolynM Enjoy you break💕 1mo

arlenefinnigan All the best! 1mo

TrishB @arlenefinnigan you too ❤️ 1mo

TrishB @CarolynM thank you for the card 😘 very much appreciated.Have a good Christmas 🎄 1mo

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Read4life

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#TLT @dabbe

Thanks for the tag, @TheSpineView

I got 91. I LOVE Christmas/Holiday music. 70 of the 91 are on the playlist I was listening to while doing the survey. ☺️

For the sake of choosing from this list…

All Michael Bublé
Josh Groban O Holy Night
The Christmas Shoes — I‘ll need tissues
I‘m a sucker for Last Christmas! It was on the list a few times but I‘m going with Wham!

TheSpineView Yw! 2mo

dabbe #yahooyou! It seems the entire Michael Bublé album was on the list! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙❄️💙 2mo

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