Suggested Reading
Adventure Stories
Troy Adele Geras Chinese Cinderella Adeline Yen Mah Survival – Alpha Force 1 Chris Ryan Hornblower CS Forester Journey to the River Sea Eva Ibbotson One Thousand-and-One Arabian Nights Geraldine McCaughrean Coram Boy Jamila Gavin Stratford Boys Jan Mark The 39 Steps John Buchan Moonfleet John Meade Faulkner Around the World in 80 Days Jules Verne The God Beneath the Sea Leon Garfield Holes Louis Sachar The Great Pyramid Robbery Margaret Mahy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Kensuke’s Kingdom Michael Morpurgo Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson The Adventures of Robin Hood Roger Lancelyn Green Beowulf, Dragonslayer Rosemary Sutcliff Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie King of Shadows Susan Cooper Stormbreaker Anthony Horowitz Noughts and Crosses Malorie Blackman The General Robert Muchamore
Fantasy Stories and Science Fiction
The Owl Service Alan Garner The Weirdstone of Brisingamen Alan Garner Shadow of the Minotaur Alan Gibbons Aquila Andrew Norris Dragonquest Anne McCaffrey Witch Child Celia Rees The Doomspell Cliff McNish Skellig David Almond The Secret of Platform 13 Eva Ibbotson Sabriel Garth Nix Harry Potter JK Rowlings The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aitken The Box of Delights John Masefield The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham The Lord of the Rings JRR Tolkein Children of the Dust Louise Lawrence Hacker Malorie Blackman The Book of Dead Days Marcus Sedgewick The Changeover Margaret Mahy The Neverending Story Michael Ende His Dark Materials Philip Pullman Mortal Engines Philip Reeve Tom’s Midnight Garden Phillippa Pearce Z for Zachariah Robert C O’Brien Brother in the Land Robert Swindells The Dark is Rising Series Susan Cooper The Sterkarm Handshake Susan Price The Earthsea Trilogy Ursula Le Guin Earthfasts William Mayne The Wind Singer William Nicholson Skulduggery Pleasant Series Derek Landy The Killables Gemma Malley The Declaration Gemma Malley Percy Jackson Series Rick Riordan Artemis Fowl Series Eoin Colfer The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents Terry Pratchett The Wind Singer William Nicholson Stone Heart Charlie Fletcher My Sword Hand is Singing Marcus Sedgewick Firestorm David Sherman and Dan Cragg The Fire Eaters David Almond The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Penelope Lively Johnny and the Bomb Terry Pratchett
War Stories
The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank I Am David Anne Holm Little Soldier Bernard Ashley The Endless Steppe Esther Hautzig The Silver Sword Ian Serraillier Hitler’s Daughter Jackie French Across the Barricades Joan Lingard When Hitler Stole The Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr POW M Booth The Wave Morton Rhue Carrie’s War Nina Bawden Blitzed Robert Swindells The Machine Gunners Robert Westall Zlata’s Diary Zlata Filipovic Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo
Murder Mystery and Detective Stories
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie The Falcon’s Malteser Anthony Horowitz The Roman Mysteries Caroline Lawrence Nancy Drew Carolyn Keene The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke Emil and the Detectives Erich Kastner Harriet the Spy Louise Fitzhugh The Ruby in the Smoke Trilogy Philip Pullman The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Shadow of the North Philip Pullman
Horror Stories
Goodbye Tommy Blue Adele Geras Marianne Dreams Catherine Storr The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray Chris Wooding Cirque du Freak Darren Shan The Clock Tower Ghost Gene Kemp Moondial Helen Cresswell The Haunting Margaret Mahy The Ghost Behind the Wall Melvin Burgess The Hounds of the Morrigan Pat O’Shea The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Penelope Lively Goosebumps RL Stine Room 13 Robert Swindells The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral Robert Westall The Whitby Witches Robin Jarvis The Boggart Susan Cooper Lord Loss Darren Shan The Shadow on the Stairs Ann Halam
Books about People
The boy Who Lost His Face Louis Sachar Wonder R.J. Palacio Martyn Pig Kevin Brooks Ways to Live Forever Sally Nicholls I am David Anne Holm The Tulip Touch Anne Fine Bend it Like Beckham Narinder Dhami Going Solo R Dahl Boy R Dahl Pig Heart Boy Malorie Blackman The Pigman Paul Zindel Lionboy Zizou Corder Postcards From No Man’s Land Aidan Chambers The Village by the Sea Anita Desai Flour Babies Anne Fine Madame Doubtfire Anne Fine Refugee Boy Benjamin Zephaniah Dear Nobody Berlie Doherty The 18th Emergency Betsy Byars The Other Side of Truth Beverley Naidoo Heaven Eyes David Almond A Child Called It David Peltzer The Crowstarver Dick King Smith Jake’s Tower Elisabeth Laird Wolf Gillian Cross The Story of Tracey Beaker Jacqueline Wilson Junk Melvyn Burgess I Am the Cheese Robert Cormier The Outsiders SE Hinton Ruby Holler Sharon Creech All Creatures Great and Small J Herriott
Books about animals
Black Beauty Anna Sewell The Midnight Fox Betsy Byars Redwall Brian Jacques The Animals of Farthing Wood Colin Dann The Sheep Pig Dick King Smith Charlotte’s Web EB White National Velvet Enid Bagnold My Family and Other Animals Gerald Durrell Tarka the Otter Henry Williamson Doctor Doolittle Hugh Lofting The Peppermint Pig Nina Bawden Jennie Paul Gallico Watership Down Richard Adams The Deptford Mice Trilogy Robin Jarvis The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
Books to make you laugh out loud
How to Write Really Badly Anne Fine Notes From a Small Island Bill Bryson Hoot Carl Hiaasen The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams The Series of Unfortunate Events Lemony Snickett Two Weeks with the Queen Morris Gleitzman Wicked Paul Jennings The Battle of Bubble and Squeak Philippa Pearce The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Sue Townsend Mort Terry Pratchett
KS3 Author list Michael Lawrence Jeff Kinney, Andrew Lane (Young Sherlock) Alex Scarrow (Time Riders) Michael Morpurgo, Sally Nichols, Michelle Magorian, Garth Nix, Anthony Horowitz, Phillip Pullman.
KS4 Author List Suzanne Collins, Robert Muchamore's Cherub series, Charlie Higson, Louise Rennison, Sue Limb. Sara Manning, Chris Bradford's Young Samurai series Rachel Ward.