Recommended Reading


CLASSICS

AUSTEN, Jane                                  Emma; Pride and Prejudice

BRADBURY, Ray                             Fahrenheit 451; The Illustrated Man

BRONTE, Charlotte                         Jane Eyre

BRONTE, Emily                               Wuthering Heights

CARROLL, Lewis                             Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Alice Through the Looking Glass

COLLINS, Wilkie                             The Moonstone

DAHL, Roald                                    Skin and Other Stories

DICKENS, Charles                           Oliver Twist; Childhood of David Copperfield

DUMAS, Alexandre                         The Three Musketeers

ELIOT, George                                 Silas Marner

FRANKLIN, Miles                           My Brilliant Career

GAIMAN, Neil                                  Neverwhere

GARNER, Alan                                 Red Shift

GREENE, Graham                           Our Man in Havana; Brighton Rock

HARDY, Thomas                             Under the Greenwood Tree

HEMINGWAY, Ernest                    The Old Man and the Sea

ISHIGURO, Kazuo                           Never Let Me Go

JAMES, Henry                                 The Turn of the Screw

LEE, Harper                                      To Kill a Mocking Bird

MAUPASSANT, Guy de                  Short Stories

ORWELL, George                            Animal Farm

POE, Edgar Alan                              Tales of Mystery and Imagination

SHELLEY, Mary                               Frankenstein

SMITH, Dodie                                  I Capture the Castle

STEINBECK, John                           The Moon is Down

STEVENSON, Robert Louis           The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.                              The Lord of the Rings

WAUGH, Evelyn                              Scoop; Decline and Fall

WELLS, H.G.                                    The Time machine; War of the Worlds

WODEHOUSE, P. G.                       Summer Lightning

WYNDHAM, John                           Day of the Triffids; The Midwich Cuckoos
 

PRESENT TIMES

ALMOND, David                              A Kind of Heaven; Jackdaw Summer

ASHLEY, Bernard                           No Way to Go

BROOKS, Kevin                               Kissing the Rain; Killing God

BURGESS, Melvin                           Nicholas Dane

CASSIDY, Anne                                The Story of My Life; Just Jealous; Guilt Trip; The Dead House

CHAMBERS, Aidan                         This is All: the Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn

CROSS, Gillian                                 Where I Belong

DAVID, Keren                                  Almost True; When I Was Joe

DOGAR, Sharon                              Falling

DOHERTY, Berlie                            Dear Nobody

DOWD, Siobhan                              Solace of the Road

DOWNHAM, Jenny                        Before I Die

GIBBONS, Alan                               Caught in the Crossfire; The Edge

GRAY, Keith                                     The Fearful

GROSS, Philip                                  The Storm Garden

GROSSMAN, David                         Someone to Run With

HADDON, Mark                              The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

HARTNETT, Sonja                          What the Birds See

JAMES, Rebecca                              Beautiful Malice

LIESHOUT, Ted van                       Brothers

MALLEY, Gemma                           The Returners

NEWBERY, Linda                            The Shell House

PEARS, Tim                                      In the Place of Fallen Leaves

PICAULT, Jodi                                 My Sister’s Keeper; The Pact

RHUE, Morton                                 The Wave

ROSOFF, Meg                                  How I Live Now; What I Was; The Bride’s Farewell; There is No Dog

SEDGWICK, Marcus                       Revolver

STORK, Fransisco X                        The Last Summer of the Death Warriors

VALENTINE, Jenny                        The Ant Colony


PAST TIMES

BRESLIN, Theresa                          Prisoner of the Inquisition

CHAMBERS, Aidan                         Postcards From No Man’s Land

CHOTJEWITZ, David                     Daniel Half Human

CORNWELL, Bernard                    The Grail Quest: Harlequin; Vagabond; Heretic

GÉBLER, Carlo                                August ‘44

HARRIS, Robert                              Enigma; Imperium

HOFFMAN, Mary                            Troubadour

IGGULDEN, Conn                           The Conqueror: Wolf of the Plains; Lords of the Bow; Bones of the Hills

JENSEN, Marie-Louise                  Daughter of Fire and Ice

JOHNSTON, Tony                           Bone By Bone By Bone

NAPOLI, Donna Jo                         The Daughter of Venice

NEWBERY, Linda                            Set in Stone

OZICK, Cynthia                                The Bear Boy

PRESSLER, Mirjam                        Shylock’s Daughter

RENAULT, Mary                              The Alexander Trilogy: Fire From Heaven; The Persian Boy; Funeral Games

RIORDAN, Rick                               The Sniper

SAYLOR, Steven                              Roma

SCARROW, Simon                          The Eagle’s Conquest; Under the Eagle; When the Eagle Hunts

SEPETYS, Ruta                                Between Shades of Gray

TURNBULL, Ann                            No Shame, No Fear

WILSON, Rafael                               Saving Rafael


ACTION

ASHLEY, Bernard                           No Way to Go

BROOKS, Kevin                               Martyn Pig; The Road of the Dead; iboy

BUCHAN, John                                The Thirty-nine Steps

CASSIDY, Anne                                Looking For JJ

CAVE, Patrick                                   Sharp North; Blown Away; Number 99

CLANCY Tom                                   Patriot Games

CORMIER, Robert                           After the First Death; Heroes

HIGGINS, Jack                                 The Eagle has Landed

HARRIS, Robert                              Enigma; Fatherland

KELLY, Ann                                      Koh Tabu

LE CARRÉ, John                              Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

MORGAN, Nicola                            Deathwatch

MOTION, Andrew                           Silver: Return to Treasure Island

PEARSON, Mary                              The Adoration of Jenna Fox

REILLY, Matthew                            Temple

ROSE, Malcolm                                Clone

RUSHTON, Rosie                            Last Seen Wearing Trainers

VOAKE, Steve                                   Bloodhunters


CRIME AND MYSTERY

CAMILLERI, Andrea                       Inspector Montalbano Mysteries

CASSIDY, Anne                                Forget Me Not

CHANDLER, Raymond                  The Lady in the Lake; The High Window; The Little Sister

CHRISTIE, Agatha                           Cat Among the Pigeons; The Clocks; Sleeping Murder; The Sittaford Mystery; And Then There Were None; The Moving Finger

DAVIS, Lindsey                                Falco Novels

DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan             The Hound of the Baskervilles

GLOVER, Sandra                             Identity; Don’t Tell

HADDON, Mark                              The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

JAMES, P. D.                                    The Private Patient; Death Comes to Pemberley

HOROWITZ, Anthony                    The House of Silk

HOFFMAN, Mary                            The Falconer’s Knot

LEONARD, Elmore                         Get Shorty

PENNEY, Stef                                   The Tenderness of Wolves

POE, Edgar Alan                              Tales of Mystery and Imagination

SAYERS, Dorothy L.                       Hangman’s Holiday; Five Red Herrings; Strong Poison; The Nine Taylors; The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

UPDALE, Eleanor                            Montmorency Series

WEBB, Catherine                            Horatio Lyle Series

WYNNE-JONES, Tim                     The Boy in the Burning House

 

 SCIENCE FICTION

ARKSEY, Neil                                   As Good as it gets in Downtown

ASIMOV, Isaac                                 First Foundation Trilogy: Foundation; Foundation and Empire; Second Foundation

BECKETT Bernard                          Genesis

BRADBURY, Ray                             Fahrenheit 451; The Illustrated Man

CARD, Orson Scott                          Ender Saga: Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow, Ender in Exile

DICKINSON, John                          We

GRANT, Michael                              Gone; Hunger

GRIMWOOD, John Courtnay       Arabesk Trilogy: Pashazade, Effendi, Felaheen

HERBERT, Frank                            Dune Series: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, The Heretics of Dune

JEAPES, Ben                                    The Xenocide Mission; The New World Order; Time’s Chariot        

PIRIE, Madsen                                 Dark Visitor; The Waters of Andros

SCARROW, Alex                              Time Riders

THORPE, David                               Hybrids

VONNEGUT, Kurt                           Cat’s Cradle; Slaughterhouse 5

WELLS, H. G.                                   The Time Machine; The War of the Worlds

WYNDHAM, John                           The Day of the Triffids; TheChrysalids; The Midwich Cuckoos

ZELAZNY, Roger                             Lord of Light

 
FANTASY

BECK, Ian                                          Pastworld

CLARE, Cassandra                           Mortal Instruments Series: City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels; City of Lost Souls

CROGGON, Alison                          Pellinor Series: The Gift, The Riddle, The Crow, The Singing

DELANEY, Joseph                           The Spook’s Series

EDDINGS, David                             Belgariad Series: Pawn of  Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician’s Gambit, Castle of Wizardry, Enchanter’s End Game. Elenium Series: The Diamond Throne; The Ruby Knight; The Sapphire Rose

ELLIOT, Patricia                              Murkmere; Ambergate

FEIST, Raymond                             The Riftwar Saga: Magician; Silver Thorn; A Darkness at Sethanos

GARNER, Alan                                 Red Shift

HEARN, Lian                                    Tales of the Otori Series: Across the Nightingale Floor, Grass for his Pillow, Brilliance of the Moon, The Harsh Cry of the Heron

HILL, Stuart                                     The Icemark Chronicles: The Cry of the Icemark, Blade on                                                                Fire, The Last Battle of the Icemark

HOFFMAN, Paul                             The Left Hand of God; The Last Four Things               

JORDAN, Robert                             The Wheel of Time Series

LUKYANENKO, Sergei                   The Night Watch; The Day Watch; The Twilight Watch

MEYER, Stephenie                          Twilight; New Moon; Eclipse; Breaking Dawn

NESS, Patrick                                   Chaos Walking Trilogy; The Knife of Never Letting Go, the Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men

TOLKIEN, J. R. R.                            Lord of the Rings

WEBB, Catherine                            Waywalkers; Timekeepers

WESTERFIELD, Scott                    The Midnighters Series: The Secret Hour, Touching Darkness, Blue Moon

ZAFON, Carlos Ruiz                                    The Prince of Mists; The Shadow of the Wind

 

HUMOUR

ADAMS, Douglas                             The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long and Thanks for All the Fish; Mostly Harmless

COLFER, Eoin                                  And Another Thing…. Douglas Adam’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: part Six of Three

FFORDE, Jasper                              The Last Dragonslayer

FOER, Jonathan Safran                 Everything is Illuminated

LEVER, James                                  Me Cheeta

PRATCHETT, Terry                                    Discworld Series

SMITH, Alexander McCall             The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency; Tears of the Giraffe; Morality For Beautiful Girls; The Kalahari Typing School For Men; The Full Cupboard of Life

TOWNSEND, Sue                            Adrian Mole Series

WODEHOUSE, P. G.                       Jeeves and Wooster Series; Blanding’s Castle and Elsewhere; Laughing Gas; Summer Lightning; Summer Moonshine

ALMOND, Steve                              Candyfreak: confessions of a Chocaholic (664.153 ALM)

BRYSON, Bill                                   Notes From a Small Island (914.4 BRY); Notes From a Big Country (917.3 BRY)

BIOGRAPHY

AINSLIE, Ben                                   Close to the Wind: the Autobiography of Britain’s Greatest

& TOWNSEND, Nick                       Sailor (797.124092 AIN)

AL-WINDAWI, Thura                    Thura’s Diary (956.70443 AL-W)

BRYSON, Bill                                   The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (910092 BRY)

CHANG, Jung                                   Wild Swans 951.05 CHA)

DAHL, Roald                                     Boy: Going Solo (920 DAH)

DURRELL, Gerald                           The Corfu Trilogy: My Family and Other Animals, Birds, Beasts and Relatives, The Garden of the Gods (920 DUR)

FILIPOVIC, Zlata                             Zlata’s Diary 920 FIL)

FLINTOFF, Freddie                         Being Freddie; My Story so Far (796.358 FLI)

FRANK, Anne                                   The Diary of Anne Frank (920 FRA)

GRYLLS, Bear                                  Facing Up: a Remarkable Journey to the Summit of Everest (796.52 GRY)

HORNBY, Nick                                 Fever Pitch (796.33 HOR)

LEE, Laurie                                       Cider With Rosie (920 LEE)

MCCOURT, Frank                           Angela’s Ashes; Tis (920 McC)

MAH, Adeline Yen                          Falling Leaves (920 MAH)

MOTSON, John                               Being Motty (796.334 MOT)

SIMPSON, Joe                                  Touching the Void; The Beckoning Silence; Dark Shadows Falling (796.522 SIM)

SLATER, Nigel                                 Toast: the Story of a Boy’s Hunger (641.5092 SLA)

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