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Calculus: Example Textbook List

The list below represents examples of textbooks that meet the curricular requirements of AP Calculus AB and BC. The list below is not exhaustive and the texts listed should not be regarded as endorsed, authorized, recommended, or approved by the College Board. Not using a book from this list does not mean that a course will not receive authorization. Syllabi submitted as part of the AP Course Audit process will be evaluated holistically, with textbooks considered along with supplementary, supporting resources to confirm that the course as a whole provides students with the content delineated in the curricular requirements of the AP Course Audit. For discussions of the usefulness of these texts and other teaching materials in the AP Calculus classroom, please consult the Teachers' Resources section of AP Central.
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Any edition of these texts appearing in the last ten years, supplemented where necessary, meets the AP Course Audit curricular requirements.

Adams, Robert A. Calculus: A Complete Course. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.

Anton, Howard. Calculus: A New Horizon. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Anton, Howard, Irl Bivens, and Stephen Davis. Calculus: Early Transcendentals. Hoboken, NJ:
       John Wiley & Sons.

Anton, Howard, and Albert Herr. Calculus with Analytic Geometry. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley &
       Sons.

Best, George, Stephen Carter, and Douglas Crabtree. Calculus, Concepts and Calculators.
       Andover, MA: Venture Publishing.

Cohen, David William, and James M. Henle. Calculus: The Language of Change. Sudbury, MA:
       Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Finney, Ross L., Franklin D. Demana, Bert K. Waits, and Daniel Kennedy. Calculus: A Complete Course. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Finney, Ross L., Franklin D. Demana, Bert K. Waits, and Daniel Kennedy. Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic: AP Edition. Boston: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Foerster, Paul A. Calculus: Concepts and Applications. Emeryville, CA: Key Curriculum Press.

Hughes-Hallett, Deborah, et al. Calculus: Single Variable. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Hughes-Hallett, Deborah, et al. Calculus: Calculus: Single and Multivariable. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Larson, Ron, Robert P. Hostetler, and Bruce H. Edwards. Calculus I with Precalculus. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Larson, Ron, Bruce H. Edwards, and Robert P. Hostetler. Calculus: Early Transcendental.
       Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Ostebee, Arnold, and Paul Zorn. Calculus from Graphical, Numerical, and Symbolic Points of
       View
. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Rogawski, Jon. Calculus: Early Transcendentals. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.

Rogawski, Jon. Calculus: Traditional. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.

Rogawski, Jon. Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.

Rogawski, Jon. Single Variable Calculus: Traditional. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.

Stewart, James. Calculus. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Stewart, James. Single Variable Calculus: Concepts and Contexts. Belmont, CA: Brookes/Cole.

Swokowski, Earl W., Dennis Pence, and Michael Olinick. Calculus of a Single
       Variable
. Boston: Brooks/Cole.

Thomas, George B. Thomas' Calculus Early Transcendentals. Boston: Prentice Hall.

Thomas, George B., Jr., and Ross L. Finney. Calculus with Analytic Geometry. Boston: Addison
       Wesley.

Thomas, George B., Jr., and Ross L. Finney. Elements of Calculus. Menlo Park, CA: Addison
       Wesley.

Varberg, Dale, Edwin J. Purcell, and Steven E. Rigdon. Calculus. Boston: Pearson Prentice
       Hall.



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