Hamilton Grammar School
S1-‐‑3 Suggested Reading List
The ‘Classic’ Classics
Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice Alcott, Louisa Little Women Atkinson, Eleanor Greyfriars Bobby Ballantyne, RM The Coral Island Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre
Burnett, Frances Hodgson The Secret Garden Collins, Wilkie The Moonstone
Cooper, James Fennimore The Last of the Mohicans Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol
Dickens, Charles Great Expectations
Doyle, Arthur Conan The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Doyle, Arthur Conan The Hound of the Baskervilles Dumas, Alexandre The Count of Monte Cristo Dumas, Alexander The Three Musketeers Haggard, H Rider King Solomon’s Mines Jerome, Jerome K Three Men in a Boat Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Books
Lewis, CS The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe London, Jack White Fang
Montgomery, LM Anne of Green Gables Orwell, George Animal Farm
Serraillier, Ian The Silver Sword Shelley, Mary Frankenstein Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped
Stoker, Bram Dracula Tolkien, JR The Hobbit
Twain, Mark The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Verne, Jules 20,000 Leagues under the Sea
Modern Classics (1900-‐1970)
Buchan, John The Thirty-‐Nine Steps Chandler, Raymond Farewell My Lovely Drabble, Margaret A Summer Bird-‐cage Du Maurier, Daphne Jamaica Inn
Forrester, C S Mr Midshipman Hornblower Forster, E M A Room with a View
Forster, Margaret Georgy Girl
Fowles, John The French Lieutenant’s Woman Golding, William Lord of the Flies
Greene, Graham The Third Man Lee, Harper To Kill a Mocking Bird Orwell, George Nineteen Eighty-‐Four Salinger, J D The Catcher in the Rye Smith, Dodie I Capture the Castle Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men Tolkien, J R R The Lord of the Rings Wells, H G The Time Machine Williamson, Henry Tarka the Otter
Contemporary Fiction
Almond, David Kit’s Wilderness Ahern, Cecelia Ps, I Love You Ballard, JG Millenium People Blackman, Malorie Noughts and Crosses Bowler, Tom Midget
Breslin, Theresa Remembrance Brown, Dan The Da Vinci Code Burgess, Melvin Junk
Chambers, Aidan Postcards from No Man’s Land Cole, Martina The Know
Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games Cormier, Robert The Chocolate War Cross, Gillian Calling a Dead Man
Darling, Julia The Taxi Driver’s Daughter Doherty, Berlie Holly Starcross
Doyle, Roddy Paddy Clark, Ha Ha Ha Fine, Anne Telling Liddy
Fine, Anne The Tulip Touch Forde, Catherine Fat Boy Swim Gaarder Jostein Sophie’s World Green, John The Fault in Our Stars Magorian, Michelle A Little Love Song Mahy, Margaret Alchemy
Meyer, Stephenie Twilight
Paolini, Christopher Eragon
Pullman, Philip Northern Lights
Riordan, Rick Percy Jackson and the Olympians Roth, Veronica Divergent
Shan, Darren ZOM-‐B
Suskind, Patrick The Story of Mr Sommer Swindwells, Robert Wrecked
Westall, Robert Futuretrack 5
Scottish Authors
Blair, Emma The Princess of Poor Street Brown, George Mackay Greenvoe
Dillon, Des Me and my Gal Gray, Keith Warehouse Hendry, Francis Mary Atlantis Hendry, Frances Mary Chains
Hunter, Mollie The Ghosts of Glencoe Jenkins, Robin The Changeling
Mackenzie, Compton Whisky Galore MacPhail, Catherine Fugitive
O’Neil, Judith So Far from Skye Silver, Norman Python Dance
Spark, Muriel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Around the World
Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart Ammanti, Niccolo I’m Not Scared Courtney, Bryce The Power of One Farmer, Nancy A Girl Named Disaster Freud, Esther Hideous Kinky
Hearn, Lian Across the Nightingale Floor Ho, Minfong Rice Without Rain
Shute, Nevil A Town Like Alice
Taylor, Mildred D Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry
Crime
Brooks, Kevin Martyn Pig
Christie, Agatha 4.50 From Paddington
Christie, Agatha Death on the Nile Cormier, Robert The Rag and Bone Shop Cornwell, Patricia Unnatural Exposure Francis, Clare Deceit
Glover, Sandra The Girl Who Knew Grisham, John The Client
Hinton, S E The Outsiders
James, P D Death of an Expert Witness Mendes, Valerie The Girl in the Attic
Nightingale, C Z Grass
Peters, Ellis A Morbid Taste for Bones Storr, Catherine The If Game
Rankin, Ian Hide and Seek
Rendell, Ruth Murder Being Once Done Walters, Minette The Ice House
Humour
Dahl, Roald The Great Automatic Grammatizator McKay, Hilary Saffy’s Angel
Milligan, Spike Puckoon Syal, Meera Anita and Me
Townsend, Sue Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years Wodehouse, P G Jeeves
Historical
Chevalier, Tracy Girl with a Pearl Earring Cornwell, Bernard Sharpe’s Eagle
Kent, Alexander Richard Bolitho – Midshipman O’Brian, Patrick Master and Commander Pope, Dudley Ramage
Reeman Douglas The Destroyers Turnbull, Ann No Shame, No Fear Turner, Nancy These is my Words
Science Fiction
Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Asimov, Isaac I, Robot
Bradbury, Ray Something Wicked this Way Comes Clarke, Arthur C 2001 – A Space Odyssey
Crichton, Michael The Lost World Halam, Ann Dr Franklin’s Island Wyndham, John The Chrysalids
Family/Friends
Anderson, Rachel Bloom of Youth
Berne, Suzanne A Perfect Arrangement Bertagna, Julie The Opposite of Chocolate Brooks, Kevin Lucas
Keaney, Brian Family Secrets Klass, David The Braves Mayfield, Sue Reckless Swallow, Mark Zero % Voigt, Cynthia Homecoming
Welford, Sue The Shadow of August Wolff, Virginia Make Lemonade Zindel, Paul The Pigman
War
Ashley, Bernard Little Soldier
Gibbons, Alan Caught in the Crossfire Higgins, Jack The Eagle has Landed
Jung, Reinhardt Dreaming in Black and White Lingard, Joan The Twelfth Day of July
Pressler, Mirjam Malka
Fantasy
Almond, David Skellig Colfer, Eoin Artemis Fowl
Cooper, Susan The Dark is Rising Donaldson, Stephen Lord Foul’s Bane Eddings, David Pawn of Prophecy Howarth, Lesley Maphead
Jaques, Brian The Castaways of the Flying Dutchman Jarvis, Robin Deathscent
Lawhead, Stephen Taliesin McCaffrey, Anne Dragonflight
Pratchett, Terry The Colour of Magic Tiernan, Cate Book of Shadows Weis, Margaret The Darksword
Thrillers
Clancy, Tom The Sum of all Fears Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage Cussler, Clive Sahara
Deighton, Len Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy Forsyth, Frederick The Day of the Jackal Harris, Thomas The Red Dragon Horrowitz, Anthony Stormbreaker
MacLean, Alastair The Guns of Navarone Marks, Graham How it Works
Saramango, Jose Blindness
Watson, James Talking in Whispers Westwood, Chris Becoming Julia
Wooding, Chris The Haunting of Alaizabel Gray
Seen on Screen
Boulle, P The Bridge over the River Kwai Braithwaite, E R To Sir, With Love
Coyle, Gerald Gregory’s Girl
Evans, Nicholas The Horse Whisperer Fleming, Ian Thunderball
Garland, Alex The Beach Groom, Winston Forrest Gump Hornby, Nick About a Boy Monsarrat, Nicholas The Cruel Sea Munro, Neil Para Handy
Biography/Travel
Bielenberg, Christabel The Past is Myself
Bitton-‐Jackson, Livia I have Lived a Thousand Years Brickhill, Paul Reach for the Sky
Bryson Bill Notes from a Small Island Dirie, Waris Desert Flower
Heyerdahl, Thor The Kon-‐Tiki Expidition Kovic, Ron Born on the Fourth of July Lee, Laurie Cider with Rosie
Mah, Adeline Yen Falling Leaves Maxwell, Gavin Ring of Bright Water Pelzer, David A Child Called It Read, Piers Paul Alive
Simpson, Joe Touching the Void Slater, Nigel Toast
Stevenson, R L Travels with a Donkey Steinbeck, John Travels with Charley
There are also lots of good web resources which can help you to choose the perfect book for you. Lots of these sites will give you a bit more information about these books or provide you with reviews from other readers.
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-‐100/100-‐best-‐novels/ http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/43.Best_Young_Adult_Books http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/2012-‐notable-‐books-‐list-‐best-‐adult-‐fiction-‐non-‐fiction-‐and-‐poetry http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-‐and-‐reading/booklists/ http://www.tvbookclub.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/qs_home_tbp?storeId=351&catalogId=353&langId=100 Happy reading!
