The Ultimate SAT Reading List
In assembling our “Ultimate SAT Reading List”, we identified those books that 1) the College Board has explicitly recommended in the past, 2) have been featured in previous paper SATs, or 3) are currently featured in the Digital SAT sample tests. We also cross-referenced several other published lists to compile the most diverse, hyper-linked guide to supplementary reading to date.
The list is organized by Reading passage topic, so you can target the types of texts which challenge you most. We will also be sharing — and adding to — this list, one title a week, on Instagram. Follow us for additional recommendations and tips.
Fiction / Narrative Prose
Metamorphosis and Other Short Stories
Natural Science
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for Hat
Storm in a Teacup: The Physics of Everyday Life
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World
Social Science
Gods, Graves and Scholars: A Story of Archaeology
Founding Documents / Great Global Conversation
Great Issues in American History, Volumes I-III
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Reflections on the Revolution in France
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration