向昆老师推荐给SAT考生的阅读书目American Literature 美国文学 Agee, James 詹姆斯艾吉A Death in the Family家中丧事（1957普利策奖）Story of loss and heartbreak felt when a young father dies. Anderson, Sherwood舍伍德安德森Winesburg, Ohio 小镇畸人A collection of short stories lays bare the life of a small town in the Midwest. Baldwin, James詹姆斯鲍德温Go Tell It On the Mountain向苍天呼吁Semi-autobiographical novel about a 14-year-old black youths religious conversion. Bellamy, Edward爱德华贝拉米Looking Backward: 2000-1887回顾2000-1887Written in 1887 about a young man who travels in time to a utopian year 2000, where economic security and a healthy moral environment have reduced crime. Bellow, Saul索尔贝娄Seize the Day只争朝夕A son grapples with his love and hate for an unworthy father. Bradbury, Ray雷布莱柏利Fahrenheit 451华氏四百五十一度Reading is a crime and firemen burn books in this futuristic society. Cather, Willa威拉凯瑟My Antonia我的安东妮亚Immigrant pioneers strive to adapt to the Nebraska prairies. Chopin, Kate凯特肖邦The Awakening 觉醒The story of a New Orleans woman who abandons her husband and children to search for love and self-understanding. Clark, Walter Van Tilburg沃尔特凡蒂尔伯格克拉克The Ox-Bow Incident黄牛惨案When a group of citizens discovers one of their members has been murdered by cattle rustlers, they form an illegal posse, pursue the murderers, and lynch them. Cormier, Robert罗伯寇米耶The Chocolate War巧克力战争Jerry Renault challenges the power structure of his school when he refuses to sell chocolates for the annual fundraiser. Crane, Stephen 史蒂芬克莱恩The Red Badge of Courage 红色英勇勋章During the Civil War, Henry Fleming joins the army full of romantic visions of battle which are shattered by combat. Dorris, Michael 迈克尔多里斯A Yellow Raft in Blue Water Three generations of Native American women recount their searches for identity and love. Ellison, Ralph 拉尔夫埃里森Invisible Man 隐形人A black mans search for himself as an individual and as a member of his race and his society. Faulkner, William 威廉福克纳As I Lay Dying 在我弥留之际The Bundren family takes the ripening corpse of Addie, wife and mother, on a gruesomely comic journey. Fitzgerald, F. Scott斯科特菲茨杰拉德The Great Gatsby 了不起的盖茨比A young man corrupts himself and the American Dream to regain a lost love. Gaines, Ernest欧内斯特盖恩斯The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman简皮特曼小姐自传In her 100 years, Miss Jane Pittman experiences it all, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Hawthorne, Nathaniel 纳撒尼尔霍桑The Scarlet Letter 红字An adulterous Puritan woman keeps secret the identity of the father of her illegitimate child. Heller, Joseph 约瑟夫海勒Catch-22 第二十二条军规A broad comedy about a WWII bombardier based in Italy and his efforts to avoid bombing missions. Hemingway, Ernest厄内斯特海明威A Farewell to Arms 永别了，武器During World War I, an American lieutenant runs away with the woman who nurses him back to health. Hurston, Zora Neale佐拉尼尔赫斯顿Their Eyes Were Watching God凝望上帝（又译他们眼望上苍）Janie repudiates many roles in her quest for self-fulfillment. Kesey, Ken肯克西One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest 飞跃布谷鸟巢A novel about a power struggle between the head nurse and one of the male patients in a mental institution. Lee, Harper 哈珀李To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟At great peril to himself and his children, lawyer Atticus Finch defends an African-American man accused of raping a white woman in a small Alabama town. Lewis, Sinclair 辛克莱刘易斯Main Street 大街A young doctors wife tries to change the ugliness, dullness and ignorance which prevail in Gopher Prairie, Minn. London, Jack 杰克伦敦Call of the Wild 野性的呼唤Buck is a loyal pet dog until cruel men make him a pawn in their search for Klondike gold. McCullers, Carson卡森麦卡勒斯The Member of the Wedding 婚礼的成员A young southern girl is determined to be the third party on a honeymoon, despite all the advice against it from friends and family. Melville, Herman赫尔曼梅尔维尔Moby-Dick 白鲸A complex novel about a mad sea captains pursuit of the White Whale. Morrison, Toni 托尼莫里森Sula 秀拉The lifelong friendship of two women becomes strained when one causes the others husband to abandon her. OConnor, Flannery弗兰纳里奥康纳A Good Man is Hard to Find 好人难寻Social awareness, the grotesque, and the need for faith characterize these stories of the contemporary South. Parks, Gordon 乔丹帕克斯The Learning Tree 知识树A fictional study of a black family in a small Kansas town in the 1920s. Plath, Sylvia 西尔维亚普拉斯The Bell Jar 钟形罩The heartbreaking story of a talented young womans descent into madness. Poe, Edgar Allan 爱德华阿伦波Great Tales and Poems Poe is considered the father of detective stories and a master of supernatural tales. Potok, Chaim The Chosen 抉择Friendship between two Jewish boys, one Hasidic and the other Orthodox, begins at a baseball game and flourishes despite their different back