In literature, there is an interesting old saying, which involves many aspects such as history and language, and it is not too thick. This is a new book by Zhonghua Book Company. In terms of poetry, we can look at Mr. Yu Guanying's works, three Cao's poems, Yuefu's poems and Han, Wei and Six Dynasties' poems, all of which are classic titles with excellent annotations.
If it's only for the college entrance examination, you can read Mr. Lu's History of China Vernacular Literature, which is a general history book. Or the Outline of National History by Mr. Qian Mu, who is also a great historian. In fact, I personally think that Lu Lao's General History of China is very good, but it contains a lot of his personal summary of ancient China culture, which is not necessarily the same as the standard answer of the college entrance examination. I strongly recommend this book if you are interested in it in the future.
In addition, people in the Qing Dynasty wrote a set of "Compendium Easy to Know", which is a set of historical books with the nature of chronological compendium.
Lx said it very well. If lz wants to buy, it must buy Zhonghua Bookstore or Shanghai ancient books, and other publishers should not buy them. However, if lx said this, it is estimated that he can also graduate from college.