The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers Author Title Lexile -- Beowulf n/a Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart 890 Agee, James A Death in the Family 1020 Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice 1190 Baldwin, James Go Tell It on the Mountain 1030 Beckett, Samuel Waiting for Godot n/a Bellow, Saul The Adventures of Augie March n/a Bront?, Charlotte Jane Eyre 890 Bront?, Emily Wuthering Heights 880 Camus, Albert The Stranger 880 Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop 1150 Chaucer, Geoffrey The Canterbury Tales n/a Chekhov, Anton The Cherry Orchard n/a Chopin, Kate The Awakening 960 Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness 1050 Cooper, James Fenimore The Last of the Mohicans 1350