Summer Reading List
Below is the 2025 Summer Reading List for De La Salle High School. The reading assignments are to be completed by the first day of class for the 2025-26 school year, which is scheduled for August 13, 2025.
Note: Not every student will have summer reading. Please review this list carefully to know what is required of your student.
Students must purchase their own summer reading books, they are not included in the textbook fee.
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English 1 Honors |
DLS |
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane |
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English 2 |
DLS |
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry |
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English 2 Honors |
DLS |
Lord of the Flies by William Golding |
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English 3 |
DLS |
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer |
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English 3 |
CHS |
All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven |
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AP Language & Composition |
DLS |
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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CHS |
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human -Centered Planet by John Green |
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| AP Literature & Composition | DLS | The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (ISBN: 9780486278070) The Odyssey by Homer (ISBN: 9780140268867) |
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CHS |
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde |
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The Short Story |
DLS |
Short Story Reader |
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The Culture of Storytelling |
DLS |
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula LeGuin |
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Shakespeare |
DLS |
The World as Stage by Bill Bryson |
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Dystopian Fiction |
DLS/CHS |
Choose One to Read |
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Classics of Horror |
DLS |
Carrie by Stephen King |
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| Psychology in Literature | CHS |
Create a copy of this document and write the responses on the document to each question. |
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Social Studies |
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| World History - Honors | DLS | A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage (ISBN: 9780802715524) Summer Assignment Document |
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| AP European History | DLS |
Please read and complete both the summer reading assignment and the supplemental work. |
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AP U.S. History |
DLS |
The American Pageant: AP Edition |
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CHS |
The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People |
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| AP Human Geography | CHS |
Read and take notes on Unit 1 Modules 1-6. |
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AP Psychology |
CHS |
Myers’ Psychology for the AP® Course 4eTEXTBOOK PROVIDED TO ALL |
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Science |
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AP Biology |
DLS |
Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem with J. Prince |
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AP Chemistry |
DLS |
Chemistry: The Central Science: |
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Honors Chemistry |
DLS |
The Elements by Theodore Gray |
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Health |
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Title and Author |
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Health |
DLS |
Beautiful Boy by David Sheff |
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Updated May 20, 2025