新SAT最重要的改革是放弃了原有的单纯词汇背诵部分，强化了阅读理解。阅读，阅读，阅读，成为新SAT的重中之重。新SAT考察的阅读内容也和老SAT有所不同。下面是和新SAT相关的阅读书目，适用于现行SAT和2016年新SAT的阅读准备。

　　1.American Literature 美国文学

　　2.A Death in the Family家中丧事（1957普利策奖）

　　Story of loss and heartbreak felt when ayoung father dies.

　　3. Winesburg, Ohio 小镇畸人

　　A collection of short stories lays bare thelife of a small townin the Midwest.

　　4. Go Tell It On the Mountain向苍天呼吁

　　Semi-autobiographical novel about a14-year-old black youth'sreligious conversion.

　　5.Looking Backward: 2000-1887回顾2000-1887

　　Written in 1887 about a young man whotravels in time to autopian year 2000, where economic security and a healthymoral environment havereduced crime.

　　6. Seize the Day只争朝夕

　　A son grapples with his love and hate foran unworthy father.

　　7. ahrenheit 451华氏四百五十一度

　　Reading is a crime and firemen burn booksin this futuristicsociety.

　　8. My Antonia我的安东妮亚

　　Immigrant pioneers strive to adapt to theNebraska prairies.

　　9. The Awakening 觉醒

　　The story of a New Orleans woman whoabandons her husband andchildren to search for love and self-understanding.

　　10. The Ox-Bow Incident黄牛惨案

　　When a group of citizens discovers one oftheir members has beenmurdered by cattle rustlers, they form an illegal posse,pursue the murderers,and lynch them.

　　11. he Chocolate War巧克力战争

　　Jerry Renault challenges the powerstructure of his school whenhe refuses to sell chocolates for the annualfundraiser.

　　12. The Red Badge of Courage 红色英勇勋章

　　During the Civil War, Henry Fleming joinsthe army full ofromantic visions of battle which are shattered by combat.

　　13. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water

　　Three generations of Native American womenrecount their searchesfor identity and love.

　　14. Invisible Man 隐形人

　　A black man's search for himself as anindividual and as a memberof his race and his society.

　　15. As I Lay Dying 在我弥留之际

　　The Bundren family takes the ripeningcorpse of Addie, wife andmother, on a gruesomely comic journey.

　　16. The Great Gatsby 了不起的盖茨比

　　A young man corrupts himself and theAmerican Dream to regain alost love.

　　17. The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman简?皮特曼小姐自传

　　In her 100 years, Miss Jane Pittmanexperiences it all, fromslavery to the civil rights movement.

　　18. The Scarlet Letter 红字

　　An adulterous Puritan woman keeps secretthe identity of thefather of her illegitimate child.

　　19. Catch-22 第二十二条军规

　　A broad comedy about a WWII bombardierbased in Italy and his effortsto avoid bombing missions.

　　20. A Farewell to Arms 永别了，武器

　　During World War I, an American lieutenantruns away with thewoman who nurses him back to health.

　　21. Their Eyes Were Watching God凝望上帝（又译他们眼望上苍）

　　Janie repudiates many roles in her questfor self-fulfillment.

　　22. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 飞跃布谷鸟巢

　　A novel about a power struggle between thehead nurse and one ofthe male patients in a mental institution.

　　23. To Kill a Mockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟

　　At great peril to himself and his children,lawyer Atticus Finchdefends an African-American man accused of raping a whitewoman in a smallAlabama town.

　　24. Main Street 大街

　　A young doctor's wife tries to change theugliness, dullness andignorance which prevail in Gopher Prairie, Minn.

　　25. Call of the Wild 野性的呼唤

　　Buck is a loyal pet dog until cruel menmake him a pawn in theirsearch for Klondike gold.

　　26. The Member of the Wedding 婚礼的成员

　　A young southern girl is determined to bethe third party on ahoneymoon, despite all the advice against it from friendsand family.

　　27. Moby-Dick 白鲸

　　A complex novel about a mad sea captain'spursuit of the WhiteWhale.

　　28. Sula 秀拉

　　The lifelong friendship of two womenbecomes strained when onecauses the other's husband to abandon her.