So, as you already know, the SAT Reading Test section will have the following types of passages: 1 US & World Literature; 1 Social Science; 1 US Founding Document or Great Global Conversation; and 2 Science Passages. Each passage will be about 500 – 750 words in length and will be followed by 10 or 11 questions. If you want to ace this section, it will be important to practice reading as much as you possibly can on these different passage subject areas. Below, we have compiled a list of some the best reading samples we could find. So, start as soon as you can and try to read one high quality article or passage per day.

US & World Literature

American Literature

34 Profound Excerpts From Classic Literature

The Public Domain Review

Social Sciences

Khan Academy: Psychological, Social, and Foundations Of Behaviour Passages

US Founding Documents

The Declaration of Independence

British Replies to the Declaration

The Articles of Confederation

The Constitution of the United States of America

The Bill of Rights

The Federalist Papers

Great Global Conversation

Edmund Burke: Speech on Conciliation with the Colonies

Edmund Burke: Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents

Henry David Thoreau: Resistance to Civil Government

Henry David Thoreau: Slavery in Massachusetts

Gandhi: Mind of Mahatma Gandhi

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Selected Papers

Martin Luther King Jr.: Selected Speeches

Science Passages

Khan Academy: Biological Sciences Practice Passages

This is a pretty good list of passages. Make sure to critically analyze the passages by asking yourself common questions on the SAT such as tone, main theme, stylistic methods, compare and contrast examples, etc. If you finish with most of these, then, by all means, search google for more passages – there is literally no end to amazing literature passages and quality articles that you can find to practice with.