Aylesbury High School English Department
Reading List for KS3
Please see below a selection of fiction and non-fiction titles, some modern,
some well-known classics, that we recommend to you. If you like the sound
of any of the titles, but are unsure what they are about, then why not look
them up on the internet, being careful to avoid any spoilers of course!
We have a lot of them in the library at school, but do ask if you can’t find any of them.
Also, do let us know if there are any titles that you think should be added.
* = considered literary ‘classics’
** = non-fiction title
Author
Title
Achebe
Chinua
Things Fall Apart*
Adams
Douglas
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Half of a Yellow Sun
Albom
Mitch
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
Alcock
Vivian
The Cuckoo Sister
Alcott
Louisa May
Little Women*
Almond
David
Skellig
Angelou
Maya
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Atwood
Margaret
Oryx and Crake
Austen
Jane
Emma*
Austen
Jane
Pride & Prejudice*
Austen
Jane
Sense and Sensibility*
Avi
The Seer of Shadows
Barker
Dominic
Sharp Shot
Barrowman
John and Carol
Hollow Earth
Bauby
Jean-Dominque
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Baum
L Frank
The Wizard of Oz*
Bowden
Nina
Carrie's War
1
Blackman
Malorie
Noughts and Crosses
Blackman
Malorie
Pig-Heart Boy
Blackwood
Gary
The Shakespeare Stealer
Booth
Martin
POW
Bowler
Tim
Storm Catchers
Cotteral- Boyce
Frank
Millions
Boyne
John
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Bradbury
Ray
Fahrenheit 451
Bragg
Melvyn
The Adventure of English**
Brennert
Alan
Molokai
Briggs
Andy
Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy
Bronte
Charlotte
Jane Eyre*
Bronte
Emily
Wuthering Heights*
Brooks
Kevin
Martyn Pig
Bryson
Bill
A Short History of Nearly Everything**
Bryson
Bill
Notes From a Small Island**
Burgess
Melvin
Junk
Cadnum
Michael
Flash
Caroll
Lewis
Alice in Wonderland*
Caroll
Lewis
Through the Looking Glass*
Carroll
Emma
The Girl Who Walks On Air
Carthew
Natasha
Winter Damage
Cassidy
Anne
Dead Time
Chambers
Aidan
Postcards From No Man's Land
Choldenko
Gennifer
Al Capone Does My Shirts
Choo
Yangsze
The Ghost Bride
Christie
Agatha
Various*
2
Clarke
Arthur C.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Colfer
Eoin
Artemis Fowl
Collins
Suzanne
The Hunger Games Trilogy
Collins
B.R.
The Broken Road
Conan Doyle
Arthur
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes*
Conan Doyle
Arthur
The Hound of the Baskervilles*
Conlon-McKenna
Marita
A Girl Called Blue
Cormier
Robert
The Chocolate War
Cottrell-Boyce
Frank
Millions
Creetch
Sharon
Love That Dog
Chang
Jung
Wild Swans
D'Adamo
Francesca
Iqbal
Dahl
Roald
Boy**
Dahl
Roald
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dashner
James
The Maze Runner
Davidson
Gina
What Treasure Did Next
De Saint-Exupery
Antoine
The Little Prince*
Defoe
Daniel
Robinson Crusoe*
Desai
Anita
The Village By the Sea
Dexter
Colin
Daughters of Cain
Dhami
Narinder
Bend it like Beckham
Dickens
Charles
Great Expectations*
Dickens
Charles
Oliver Twist*
Doherty
Berlie
Dear Nobody
Doyle
Roddy
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Du Maurier
Daphne
Rebecca*
Dunmore
Helen
The Lilac Tree
3
Durrell
Gerald
My Family and Other Animals**
Eliot
George
Silas Marner*
Emmerich
Elsbeth
Flying a Flag for Hilter: My Childhood in Nazi Germany**
Esquivel
Laura
Like Water for Chocolate
Falkner
J.M.
Moonfleet
Farrant
Natasha
After Iris
Fielding
Helena
Bridget Jones' Diary
Fine
Anne
Flour Babies
Forster
E.M
A Passage to India*
Frank
Anne
The Diary of Anne Frank**
Funke
Cornelia
The Thief Lord
Gaarder
Jostein
Sophie's World
Gaiman
Neil
Stardust
Gavin
Jamila
Coram Boy
Gibbons
Alan
Lone Wolf
Gleitzman
Morris
Overboard
Golding
William
Lord of the Flies*
Goldman
William
The Princess Bride
Grahame
Kenneth
The Wind in the Willows*
Haddon
Mark
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Hardy
Thomas
Tess of the D’Urbervilles*
Hartnett
Sonya
Thursday's Child
Hegley
John
My Dog is a Carrot
Hiaasen
Carl
Flush
Higson
Charlie
The Enemy
Hill
Susan
The Woman in Black*
Hines
Barry
A Kestral for a Knave*
4
Hinton
Nigel
Buddy
Hodgson-Burnett
Frances
The Secret Garden*
Hooper
Mary
The Remarkable Life and Times of Eliza Rose
Hosseini
Khaled
The Kite Runner
Hugo
Victor
The Hunchback of Notre Dame*
Huxley
Aldous
Brave New World
Ibbotson
Eva
Journey to the River Sea
Jansson
Tove
The Summer Book
Kerr
Judith
When Hilter Stole Pink Rabbit
Keyes
Daniel
Flowers for Algernon
Kinney
Jeff
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Kipling
Rudyard
The Jungle Book*
Kostova
Elizabeth
The Historian: A Novel
Lane
Margaret
The Tale of Beatrix Potter**
Lane
Andrew
Young Sherlock Holmes
Lawrence
Caroline
The Thieves of Ostia
Lee
Harper
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lee
Laurie
Cider With Rosie
Lewis
CS
The Chronicles of Narnia*
Lindsay
Joan
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Lingard
Joan
Natasha's Will
London
Jack
White Fang*
Lowry
Lois
The Giver
Magorian
Michelle
Goodnight Mister Tom*
Mandela
Nelson
Long Walk to Freedom*
Marshall
James Vance
Walkabout
Martel
Yann
The Life of Pi
5
McCaughrean
Geraldine
Kite Rider
McCourt
Frank
Tis
Mitchell
Margaret
Gone with the Wind*
Morpurgo
Michael
Private Peaceful
Nesbit
E
The Railway Children*
Ness
Patrick
The Knife of Never Letting Go
Nicholson
William
The Wind Singer
Ondaatje
Michael
The English Patient
Orwell
George
Animal Farm*
Orwell
George
1984*
Palin
Michael
Pole to Pole**
Paolini
Christopher
Eragon
Paterson
Katherine
Bridge to Terabithia
Picardie
Justine
Daphne: A Novel
Pierce
Tamora
The Song of the Lioness series
Pilkington
Doris
Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Poe
Edgar Allan
The Pit and the Pendulum
Poetry Collection
various
Read Me and Laugh
Poetry Collection
various
Spill the Beanz
Pratchett
Terry
Discworld
Pullman
Philip
His Dark Materials Trilogy
Ransome
Arthur
Swallows and Amazons*
Rees
Celia
Witch Child
Rhys
Jean
Wide Sargasso Sea
Riordan
Rick
The Lightning Thief
Roscoff
Meg
How I Live Now
Ross
Stewart
The Star Houses: A Story from the Holocaust**
6
Roth
Veronica
Divergent Trilogy
Rundell
Katherine
Rooftoppers
Rushdie
Salman
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Sachar
Louis
Holes
Salinger
J.D
The Catcher in the Rye*
Satrapi
Marjane
Persepolis (graphic novel)
Sewell
Anna
Black Beauty*
Shakespeare
William
A Midsummer Night’s Dream*
Shakespeare
William
Richard III*
Shakespeare
William
Macbeth*
Shakespeare
William
Romeo and Juliet*
Shakespeare
William
The Tempest*
Shearer
Alex
The Cloud Hunters
Sheldon
Dyan
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
Shelley
Mary
Frankenstein*
Sheridan
Richard Brinsley
School for Scandal
Smith
Dodie
I Capture The Castle*
Snicket
Lemony
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Solzhenitsyn
Alexandr
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Spieglelman
Art
Maus (graphic novel)
Spinelli
Jerry
Stargirl
Steinbeck
John
Of Mice and Men*
Steinbeck
John
The Grapes of Wrath*
Stevenson
Robert Louis
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde*
Stevenson
Robert Louis
Treasure Island*
Stoker
Bram
Dracula*
Stuart
Tristram
Waste**
7
Sutcliffe
Rosemary
The Eagle of the Ninth
Swift
Jonathan
Gulliver's Travels*
Swindell
Robert
Abomination
Syal
Meera
Anita and Me
Taylor
Mildred D
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Toksvig
Sandi
Hitler's Canary
Tolkien
JRR
The Lord of the Rings*
Townsend
Sue
Adrian Mole series
Trapp
Maria A
The Story of the Trapp Family Singers**
Twain
Mark
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn*
Verne
Jules
Around the World in Eighty Days*
Walter Scott
Sir
Ivanhoe*
Weatherley
Lee
Child X
Wells
HG
The Time Machine*
Westerfield
Scott
Uglies
White
EB
Charlotte's Web
Wilding
Valerie
Road to War: A First World War Girl’s Diary 1916-1917**
Williamson
Lara
A Boy Called Hope
Wyndham
John
Day of the Triffids*
Yan
Ma
The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a
Chinese School Girl**
Yen Mah
Adeline
The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter**
Zephaniah
Benjamin
Refugee Boy
Yousafzai
Malala
I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up For Education and
was shot by the Taliban**
Zusak
Markus
The Book Thief
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