International · Ages 16–19

IB English Literature Texts

Texts widely studied in IB (International Baccalaureate) English Literature courses — chosen for their complexity, cultural breadth and capacity to support comparative analysis.

Hamlet William Shakespeare · 1603 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →

King Lear William Shakespeare · 1608 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925 Essential Read Get it on Amazon →

1984 George Orwell · 1949 Editor's Choice See details →

The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood · 1985 Essential Read See details →

The Stranger Albert Camus · 1942 Essential Read See details →

The Trial Franz Kafka · 1925 Recommended See details →

The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera · 1984 Recommended See details →

One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1967 Editor's Choice See details →

Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami · 2002 Recommended See details →

Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe · 1958 Recommended See details →

Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2013 Essential Read See details →

Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro · 2005 Essential Read See details →

Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett · 1953 Essential Read See details →

The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy · 1997 Essential Read See details →

Beloved Toni Morrison · 1987 Editor's Choice See details →

The Bloody Chamber Angela Carter · 1979 Essential Read See details →

Brooklyn Colm Tóibín · 2009 Essential Read See details →

The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen · 2015 Essential Read See details →

Kindred Octavia Butler · 1979 Essential Read See details →

The Alchemist Paulo Coelho · 1988 Essential Read See details →

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