The list below represents examples of textbooks that meet the curricular requirements of AP World History. 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 World History classroom, please consult the Teachers' Resources section of AP Central.
 Teachers' Resources
The specified editions of the following textbooks meet the AP World History AP Course Audit curricular requirements. Earlier editions of these texts or other textbooks not listed here may meet the AP Course Audit curricular requirements if supplemented with appropriate college-level instructional resources.
Adas, Michael, Marc J. Gilbert, Peter Stearns, and Stuart B. Schwartz. World Civilizations: The
Global Experience. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. All editions published from 1996
to the present.
Bentley, Jerry and Herbert Ziegler. Traditions and Encounters: A Global Perspective on the Past.
New York: McGraw-Hill. All editions published from 1999 to the present.
Bulliet, Richard, Daniel R. Headrick, David Northrup, Lyman L. Johnson, and Pamela Kyle
Crossley. The Earth and Its Peoples: A Global History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. All editions
published from 1997 to the present.
Spodek, Howard. World's History. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. All editions published
from 1998 to the present.
AP World History Supplementary Readers
The specified editions of the following supplemental readers for teaching world history meet the AP World History AP Course Audit requirements regarding the use of primary sources. Other readers or compilations of primary sources may meet the AP Course Audit requirements regarding the use of primary sources.
Andrea, Alfred J., and James H. Overfield. The Human Record: Sources of Global History.
Vols. 1 & 2. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. All editions published from 1998 to the present.
Johnson, Oliver A., and James Halverson. Sources of World Civilization. Vols. 1 & 2. Upper
Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. All editions published from 1999 to the present.
Kishlansky, Mark, and Susan Lindsey Lively. Sources of World History: Readings for World
Civilization. Vols. 1 & 2. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. All editions published from 1998
to the present.
Reilly, Kevin. Worlds of History: A Comparative Reader. Vols. 1 & 2. New York:
Bedford/St. Martin's. All editions published from 1999 to the present.
Sherman, Dennis, David Rosner, A. Tom Grunfield, Gerald Markowitz, and Linda Heywood.
World Civilizations: Sources, Images and Interpretations. Vols. 1 & 2. New York: McGraw-
Hill. All editions published from 1997 to the present.
Stearns, Peter, Stephen S. Gosch, and Erwin P. Grieshaber. Documents in World History.
Vols. 1 & 2. New York: Longman. All editions published from 1998 to the present.
Wiesner, Merry E., William Bruce Wheeler, Franklin M. Doeringer, and Melvin E. Page.
Discovering the Global Past: A Look at the Evidence. Vols. 1 & 2. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
All editions published from 1997 to the present.
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