Year 8/9 Reading List
Arranged by genre.
All these books are available in the school library.
J=Junior Fiction
S = Senior Fiction
*** = Easy to read
FANTASY
Adams, Richards
Aidinoff, Elise V
Bray, Libba
Burgess, Melvin
Carroll, Lewis
Clare, Cassandra
Dickinson, Peter
Garner, Alan
Hardy, Janice
Harris, Joanne
Hearn, Lian
Hill, Stuart
Hoffman, Mary
Le Guin, Ursula
Mahy, Margaret
Mahy, Margaret
Mahy, Margaret
Marr, Melissa
Marr, Melissa
McCaffrey, Anne
McKinley, Robin
McKinley, Robin
Nicholson, William
Nicholson, William
Nix, Garth
Paolini, Christopher
Pierce, Tamora
Pratchett, Terry
Stroud, Jonathan
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Westerfeld, Scott
White, T H
Zevin, Gabrielle
Watership down
The garden
A great and terrible beauty (and sequels)
Bloodtide (and sequel)
Alice’s adventures in wonderland (and sequel)
City of bones (and sequels) (Mortal Instruments series)
The ropemaker (and sequel)
any title
The pain merchants Healing Wars series
Runemarks
Across the nightingale floor (and sequels) (The Otori series)
The cry of the icemark (and sequels)
Stravaganza: city of masks (and sequels) Talia series
A wizard of Earthsea (and sequels)
Alchemy
The changeover
Heriot
Ink exchange
Wicked lovely
Dragonflight (and sequels) (Dragonriderss of Pern series)
Beauty
Spindle's end
The wind singer (and sequels)
Seeker (and sequels)
Sabriel (and sequels) Old Kingdom series
Eragon (and sequels)
any title
Discworld series
Amulet of Samarkand (and sequels) (Bartimaeous series)
The Hobbit
The fellowship of the Ring (and sequels) (Lord of the
Rings series)
Leviathan (and sequels)
The once and future king
Elsewhere
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SCIENCE FICTION
Adams, Douglas
Adlington, L J
Allen-Gray, Alison
Allen-Gray, Alison
Beckett, Bernard
Bertagna, Julie
Burgess, Melvin
Burgess, Melvin
Burgess, Melvin
Dickinson, Peter
Keyes, Daniel
Lloyd, Saci
Lore, Pittacus
Lowry, Lois
Malley, Gemma
Mark, Jan
Mark, Jan
McKinley, Robin
Mills, Sam
Morgan, Nicola
Ness, Patrick
Pearson, Mary
Pfeffer, Susan
Shusterman, Neal
Swindells, Robert
Wasserman, Robin
Wells, H.G.
Wells, H.G.
Westerfeld, Scott
Wyndham, John
The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy (and sequels)
The diary of Pelly-J (and sequel)
Unique
Lifegame
Genesis
Exodus (and sequel)
Sara's face
iBoy
Blood tide (and sequels)
Eva
Flowers for Algernon
The carbon diaries (and sequels)
I am number four
The giver (and sequels)
The declaration (and sequels)
Useful idiots
Riding tycho
Sunshine
Black out
Sleepwalking
The knife of never letting go (and sequels)
The adoration of Jenna Fox
Life as we knew it (and sequels)
Unwind
Brother in the land
Skinned (and sequels)
Time Machine
The war of the worlds
Uglies (and sequels)
any title
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The stuff of nightmares
Jane Eyre
Wuthering heights
Leaving Poppy
Possessing Rayne (and sequel)
Fade
I am the cheese
Tenderness
Short stories (can be found under various titles)
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HORROR/GOTHIC
Blackman, Malorie
Bronte, Charlotte
Bronte, Emily
Cann, Kate
Cann, Kate
Cormier, Robert
Cormier, Robert
Cormier, Robert
Dahl, Roald
Garcia & Stohl
Geras, Adele
Gibbons, Alan
Hill, Susan
Hill, Susan
Hill, Susan
Joyce, Graham
Keaney, Brian
Klein, Rachel
Lassiter, Rhiannon
Maguire, Eden
Newbery, Linda
Noyes, Deborah (editor)
Poe, Edgar Allan
Ryan, Carrie
Sedgwick, Marcus
Sedgwick, Marcus
Sedgwick, Marcus
Shelley, Mary W
Singleton, Sarah
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stiefvater, Maggie
Stoker, Bram
Wooding, Chris
Wooding, Chris
Beautiful creatures (and sequel)
Lily***
The cold heart of summer***
I'm the king of the castle
Mist in the mirror, The
The woman in black
Do the creepy thing
No stone unturned***
Moth diaries, The
Bad blood
Beautiful dead series
Set in stone
Gothic! – 10 original dark tales
Short stories (can be found under various titles)
The forest of hands and teeth
My swordhand is singing
White crow
The book of dead days (and sequel)
Frankenstein
Any title
Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The
Shiver (and sequels)
Dracula
Malice (and sequel)
The haunting of Alaizabel Cray
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Down the rabbit hole: an Echo Falls mystery
Smokescreen
No way to go
Little soldier
Whistle down the wind
Noughts and Crosses (and sequels)
What I saw and how I lied
Black Rabbit Summer
The road ahead
Killing God
Martyn pig
i-boy
Johnny Delgado Private Detective (and sequel)***
I see you baby...***
Bloodline***
Twocking***
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CRIME/THRILLER
Abrams, Peter
Ashley, Bernard
Ashley, Bernard
Ashley, Bernard
Bell, Mary Hayley
Blackman, Malorie
Blundell, Judy
Brooks, Kevin
Brooks, Kevin
Brooks, Kevin
Brooks, Kevin
Brooks, Kevin
Brooks, Kevin
Brooks, Kevin
Brooks, Kevin
Brown, Eric
Buchan, John
Cassidy, Anne
Cassidy, Anne
Cassidy, Anne
Cassidy, Anne
Christie, Agatha
Collins, Suzanne
Collins, Wilkie
Collins, Wilkie
Cross, Gillian
Cross, Gillian
Cross, Gillian
David Keren
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Du Maurier, Daphne
Du Maurier, Daphne
Du Maurier, Daphne
Goobie, Beth
Grant, Helen
Grant, Helen
Grant, Michael
Green, John
Joyce, Graham
Kennen, Ally
Lovegrove, James
Mark, Jan
Muchamore, Robert
Perera, Anna
Peet, Mal
Pratchett, Terry
Pullman, Philip
Rai, Bali
Rendell, Ruth
Sedgwick, Marcus
Singer, Nicky
Smith, Alexander McCall
Swindells, Robert
Vrettos A M
Ward, Rachel
Wray, Sarah
Wray, Sarah
Zafon, Carlos Ruiz
Thirty-nine steps, The
any title
Getting away with it***
The bones room***
Witness***
any title
The hunger games (and sequels)
Moonstone, The
Woman in white, The
Calling a dead man
Tightrope
Where I belong
When I was Joe (and sequel)
any Sherlock Holmes
Jamaica Inn
My cousin Rachel
Rebecca
The lottery
The vanishing of Katharina Linden
The glass demon
Gone (and sequels)
Paper towns
TWOC
any title
Kill swap***
Eclipse of the century, The
The Recruit (and sequels) CHERUB series
Guantanamo boy
Keeper (and sequels)
Nation
The ruby in the smoke (and sequels)
The angel collector
The thief***
Revolver
The innocent's story
The no.1 Ladies` Detective agency (and sequels)
Stone Cold
Sight
Numbers (and sequels)
The forbidden room
The trap
The shadow of the wind
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HISTORICAL
Almond, David
Anderson, Laurie
Anderson, M T
Anderson, Rachel
Auel, Jean
Banks, Lynne Reid
Boyne, John
Breslin, Theresa
Breslin, Theresa
Breslin, Theresa
Burgess, Melvin
Corder, Zizou
Darke, Marjorie
Darke, Marjorie
Dogar, Sharon
Donnelly, Jennifer
Dowd, Siobhan
Dowswell, Paul
Fine, Anne
Finn, Mary
Gardner, Sally
Gardner, Sally
Geras, Adele
Geras, Adele
Geras, Adele
Glass. Linzi
Glass. Linzi
Greene, Bette
Harnett, Cynthia
Hearn, Julie
Hearn, Julie
Hearn, Julie
Hearn, Julie
Hearn, Julie
Hendry, Frances
Heyer, Georgette
Hoffman, Mary
Hooper, Mary
Hooper, Mary
Hooper, Mary
Fire eaters, The
Chains (and sequel)
The pox party (and sequels) Astonishing
life of Octavian Nothing series
Bloom of youth (and sequels)
The clan of the cave bear (and sequels)
Tiger, tiger
Boy in the striped pyjamas, The
Remembrance
The medici seal
Prisoner of the inquisition
Burning Issy
Halo
The first of midnight
Question of courage, A
Annexed
Revolution
The bog child
Auslander
The Road of bones
Anila's journey
The red necklace (and sequel)
I, Coriander
Dido
Ithaka
Troy
The year the gypsies came
Ruby Red
Summer of my German soldier
Thursday’s child
The Merrybegot
Ivy
Hazel
Rowan the strange
Follow me down
Victoria: born to be a warrior
any title
The falconer's knot
At the house of the magician (and sequels)
Newes from the dead
Remarkable life and times of Eliza Rose
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1960s/Cuban Missile Crisis
American Revolution/Slaves
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American Revolution/Slaves
1950s
Prehistoric Man
Romans
World War 2/Nazi Germany/Holocaust
World War 1
Renaissance
Spanish Inquisition
1600s/ witch hunts
Ancient Greece/mythology/Sparta
1700s/Slave trade
Suffragettes
Holocaust/Anne Frank story retold
French Revolution
1980s/Ireland "The Troubles"
World War 2 / Germany /Nazis
1940s/Russia/Stalin
1700s. India.
French Revolution
1600s/Puritans/Cromwell/Restoration
Ancient Greeks/Myths/Dido & Aeneas
Ancient Greeks/ Odyssey
Ancient Greeks/Trojan War
Apartheid/South Africa
Apartheid/South Africa
World War 2/prisoners of war
Great depression/poverty
1600s/Puritans/Witch hunts
1800s/London/slums/Pre-Raphelites
Suffragettes
World War Two/ mental illness
1700s London/Freak Shows
Roman Britain/Iceni/Boudicca/Gladiators
1800s/Regency Period
Middle Ages/Italy
Tudors/Elizabeth 1
Stuarts/Civil War
Stuarts/Restoration/Nell Gwyn
Hooper, Mary
Hooper, Mary
Jansen, Hanna
Johnston, Tony
Jung, Reinhardt
Kadohata Cynthia
Kidd, Sue Monk
Klein, Lisa
Landman, Tanya
Martin, S I
Magorian, Michelle
Napoli, Donna Jo
Napoli, Donna Jo
Newbery, Linda
Newbery, Linda
Newbery, Linda
Orme, David
Orme, David
Page, Jan
Pausewang, Gudrun
Peet, Mal
Peyton, K M
Peyton, K M
Provoost, Anne
Provoost, Anne
Rai, Bali
Rees, Celia
Rees, Celia
Rees, Celia
Rees, Celia
Rhue, Morton
Richter, Hans Peter
Roberts, Katherine
Rodman, Mary Ann
Rodman, Mary Ann
Rosoff, Meg
Sedgwick, Marcus
Sedgwick, Marcus
Smucker, Barbara
Spinelli, Jerry
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Taylor, Mildred D
Turnbull, Ann
Wallace, Jason
At the sign of the sugared plum (+ sequel)
Fallen Grace
Over a thousand hills I walk with you
Bone by bone by bone
Dreaming in black and white
Weedflower
The secret life of bees
Ophelia
Apache
Jupiter Williams
A litle love song
Stones in water
Daughter of Venice
Shell house, The
Sisterland
Some other war
Plague***
Fire!***
Selina Penaluna
Final journey, The
Tamar
Flambards
Small gains (and sequel)
Falling
In the shadow of the ark
City of ghosts
Pirates
Sovay
Witch child (and sequel)
The fool’s girl
Wave, The
Friedrich (and sequels)
I am the great horse
Yankee girl
Jimmy’s stars
The bride’s farewell
The Foreshadowing
Blood red snow white
Uderground to Canada
Milkweed
The eagle of the ninth (and sequels)
The sword and the circe (and sequels)
Roll of thunder, hear my cry (and sequels)
No shame, no fear (and sequel)
Out of shadows
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Stuarts/1665-1666/Plague and Great Fire
Victorians
1990s Rwandan Civil War/genocide
1950s/Civil Rights/Ku Klux Klan
World War 2/Nazis/Disability
World War 2/prisoners of war
1960s/USA Civil Rights Movement
Around 1600/ retelling of Hamlet
1800s/Native Americans/women
Regency London/race relations
World War 2/World War 1/Women
World War 2/Nazis
Renaissance /Women
World War 1
World War 2
World War 1/ Trenches
1665/The Plague
1666/The Great Fire of London
1940s/World War 2/Evacuees
World War 2/Holocaust
World War 2/Resistance Movement
Edwardians/World War 1/families
1800s/Rural life
World War 2/Holocaust/ Extreme Nationalism
Noah’s Ark retold
1919/India/Amritsar Massacre
1700s/Slave Trade
1700s/French Revolution
1600s/witchcraft/American pioneers
1601/Shakespeare’s theatre
World War 2/Nazis
World War 2/Nazi Germany/Holocaust
Ancient Greeks/Alexander the Great
1960s/USA Civil Rights Movement
World War 2/USA
1800s/Rural life/Southern England
World War 1
Russian Revolution
USA/Slaves/Plantations/Underground Railroad
World War 2/Poland/Holocaust
Roman Britain/Hadrian’s Wall
King Arthur/Camelot
1930s/Great Depression/Deep South
1600s/Quakers
1980s/ Zimbabwean Independence
Wilkinson, Lili
Wilson, Leslie
Zusak, Markus
Scatterheart
Saving Rafael
The book thief
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Early 1800s/transportation to Australia
World War 2/Berlin/Nazis/Jews
World War 2/Nazis
Does my head look big in this?
Ten things I hate about me
Absolutely true diary of a p/t Indian
Claiming Georgia Tate
Speak
Wintergirls
This strange new life
Hard luck***
13 reasons why
Playing against the odds
Massive
Dirty work
Star Sullivan***
Fighting back***
The oppposite of chocolate
Boys don’t cry
Going bovine
Lucas
Candy
Sugar rush
Billy Eliot
Loving April
Junk
Nicholas Dane
Diving in (and sequels)
Breaking up
Crow girl (and sequel) ***
Text game***
Postcards from no man`s land
This is all - pillow book of Cordelia Kenn
My brother Johnny
The truth about forever
Along for the ride
Walking with rainbows*** (also called Briggsy)
Waves
Falling
Dear nobody
Gathering light, A
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Cultural differences
Cultural differences
Cultural differences/disability/outcasts
Child abuse
Outcasts
Eating disorders
M.E.
Children in Public Care/Homelessness
Suicide/bullying
Friends/relationships
Eating disorders
Child exploitation
Families, relationships
Race relations
Teenage pregnancy
Teenage fathers
BSE, death
Outcasts
Runaways/streetlife/relationships
Same sex relationships
Gender roles
Outcasts
Drugs/homelessness
Children in Public Care/Child abuse
Relationships
Relationships
Bullying
Relationships/Stalking
Growing up/identity
Relationships
Identity
Families/relationships
Families/relationships
Friends/Relationships
Families/death
Relationships
Teenage pregnancy
Identity/gender roles
REAL LIFE/TEENAGE
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Alexie, Sherman
Amateua, Gigi
Anderson, Laurie
Anderson, Laurie
Anderson, Rachel
Arrigan, Mary
Asher, Jay
Ashley, Bernard
Bell, Julia
Bell, Julia
Binchy, Maeve
Bird, Helen
Bertagna, Julie
Blackman, Malorie
Bray, Libba
Brooks, Kevin
Brooks, Kevin
Burchill, Julie
Burgess, Melvin
Burgess, Melvin
Burgess, Melvin
Burgess, Melvin
Cann, Kate
Cann, Kate
Cann, Kate
Cann, Kate
Chambers, Aidan
Chambers, Aidan
D'Adamo, Francesco
Dessen, Sarah
Dessen, Sarah
Dewar, Isla
Dogar, Sharon
Dogar, Sharon
Doherty, Berlie
Donnelly, Jennifer
Dowd, Siobhan
Dowd, Siobhan
Downham, Jenny
Downham, Jenny
Earle, Phil
Forde, Catherine
Foreman, Gayle
French, Viv
French, Viv***
Gibbons, Alan
Gibbons, Alan
Green, Julia
Green, Julia
Haddon, Mark
Hanika, Teresa Beate
Hines, Barry
Hinton, S.E.
Hooper, Mary
Hooper, Mary
Hooper, Mary
Hornby, Nick
Hornby, Nick
Howell, Simmone
Johnson, Harriet M
Kadohata Cynthia
Kenrick, Joanna
Kenrick, Joanna
Kenrick, Joanna
Kenrick, Joanna
Kenrick, Joanna
Kenrick, Joanna
Kerr, M E
Kuipers, Alice
Levithan, David
Le Vann, Kate
Limb, Sue
Long, Hailey
Manning, Sarra
Manning, Sarra
Manning, Sarra
McGowan, Anthony
Mendes, Valerie
Morgan, Nicola
Morgan, Nicola
Morgan, Nicola
A swift pure cry
Solace of the road
Before I die
You against me
Being Billy
Bad wedding***
If I stay
Baby baby***
Staying awake
Caught in the crossfire
Edge, The
Blue moon (and sequel)
Breathing underwater
The curious incident of the dog--------Learning to scream
A kestrel for a knave (also called Kes)
any title
Megan (and sequels)
Amy
Zara
Slam
About a boy
Everything beautiful
Accidents of nature
Outside beauty
Red tears
Babyfather***
Mine***
Mind set***
Perfect***
Out***
Deliver us from Evie
Life on the refrigerator door
Boy meets boy
any title
Girl 15 charming but insane (and sequels)
Lotte Biggs is not mad (and sequel)
Let’s get lost
Nobody’s girl
Pretty things
The knife that killed me
any title
Mondays are red
Wasted
The passion flower massacre
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Dysfunctional families/teenage pregnancy
Children in care/Identity
Cancer/Death
Dysfunctional families/Relationships/Rape
Children in care/neglect
Families/Step-sisters
Death
Teenage mother
Drugs
Race relations
Race relations/dysfunctional families
Teenage pregnancy
Death
Asperger’s Syndrome
Child abuse
Outcasts, poverty
Gangs
Teenage pregnancy
Online relationships
Friends
Relationships/teenage pregnancy
Relationships, single parents, growing up
Outcasts/Disability/Religion
Disability
Dysfunctional families
Self harm
Teenage pregnancy
Relationships, rape
Race relations
Love, relationships
Same Sex Relationships
Same Sex Relationships/Outcasts
Cancer, Death
Relationships/homosexuality
Growing up/Relationships
Friends/relationships
Mental illness
Death/friends/relationships
Identity
Relationships
Peer pressure/knife crime
Dysfunctional families
Synaesthesia
Dysfunctional families/relationships
Cults
Moriarty, Jaclyn
Nicholson, William
Oates, Joyce Carol
Oates, Joyce Carol
Paterson, Anna
Philip, Gillan
Rai, Bali
Rai, Bali
Rai, Bali
Rai, Bali
Rai, Bali
Rai, Bali
Rees, Celia
Rennison, Louise
Rennison, Louise
Robert, Na’ima B
Robert, Na’ima B
Rosoff, Meg
Rosoff, Meg
Rosoff, Meg
Rushton, Rosie
Salinger, J. D
Smith, Dodie
Spinelli, Jerry
Stone, Tanya Lee
Stratton, Allan
Suzuma, Tabitha
Suzuma, Tabitha
Suzuma, Tabitha
Valentine, Jenny
van Lieshout, Ted
Vrettos, A M
Wilkinson, Lili
Wolff, Virginia E
Woodson, Jacqueline
Ye, Ting-Xing
Zei, Alki
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Zephaniah, Benjamin
Zephaniah, Benjamin
any title
Rich and mad
Big mouth and ugly girl
Freaky green eyes
Running on empty
Life of the party***
The Crew (and sequel)
The last taboo
Rani and Sukh
(Un)arranged marriage
Dream on***
Two timer
The wish house
Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging
(and sequels) Georgia Nicholson series
Withering tights
From Somalia with love
Boy vs girl
How I live now
Just in case
What I was
21st century Austen series
Catcher in the rye, The
I capture the castle
Stargirl (and sequel)
A bad boy can be good for a girl
Chanda’s secrets
From where I stand
A note of madness (and sequels)
Forbidden
Any title
Brothers
Skin
Pink
Make lemonade (and sequel)
If you come softly
Throwaway daughter
Tina's web
Refugee boy
Teacher’s dead
Gangsta rap
Face
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Families/Relationships
Relationships
Outcasts
Dysfunctional families/Domestic Violence
Eating Disorders
Alcohol abuse
Gangs/Crime/Drugs
Relationships/Racism
Forbidden Relationships
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Friends, relationships
Friends/relationships
Cultural differences
Cultural differences
Identity, relationships
Outcasts, identity
Identity, relationships
Relationships
Identity
Identity, outcasts
Outcasts
Relationships
Africa / HIV-AIDS
Mental illness/bullying/self-harm
Mental illness/bipolar disorder
Incest
Identity, families, relationships
Brothers/Death/Homosexuality
Eating disorders
Outcasts
Poverty, teenage mothers
First love, culutral differences
Cross-cultural adoption
Drugs
Cultural differences, refugees
Gangs
Gangs
Disability
Identity/Cultural differences/Arranged marriages
Families
Relationships
Dysfunctional families
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