Library Reading List

Mr Russell the school Librarian has produced a reading list aimed at S4-S6 pupils from a number of different genres.

Harper Lee – To catch a mockingbird (Theme- racisim)
Malorie Blackman- Noughts and crosses (Theme- love/racism)
Holly Bourne- Am I normal yet (Theme- Mental well-being)
JD Salinger- Catcher in the Rye (Theme- Mental-wellbeing/ school)
Wm Shakespeare- Othello, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (Theme- Love/romance/jelousy)
George Orwell- Nineteen eighty- four (Theme- Dystopian vision of future)
Jesse Andrews- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl- (Friendship)
Becky Albertelli- Yes, no, maybe so- (Theme- Friendship)
JoJo Moyes- Me before you- (Theme- Love/letting go)
Gayle Forman- Just one day- (Theme- Heartbreak)
Paula Hawkins- The girl on the train- (Theme- Psychological thriller)
JRR Tolkein- The hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy-Fantasy adventure/ quest)
Ross Welford- The kid who came from space (Theme- Family/friendship/ interstellar adventure)
Nick Hornby- Fever Pitch- (Theme- For all football history fans)
Khaled Hosseini- The kite runner- (Coming of age in Afghanistan)
Nicholas Sparks- Dear John- (Theme- Love)
Bram Stoker- Dracula- (Theme- Gothic)
Bernard Maclaverty- Cal (Theme- Scottish doomed love affair)
Val McDermid- Trick of the dark (Detective)
Charles Dickens- Oliver Twist/ Tale of two cities (Victorian history)
Philip Pullman- Northern Lights- (Theme- Dystopian)
Dan Brown- The Da Vinci code- (Theme- Art history and detective)
Pat Barker- Regeneration- (Theme- World War 1)
Frank Cottrell-Boyce- Runaway Robot- (Science Fiction)
Sir Alex Ferguson- Leading- (Theme- Winning in leadership)
Nelson Mandela- Long walk to freedom- (Racism/ leading/management)
Jodie Picoult- My sister’s keeper- (Theme- Genetics)
Jack Halpean- Nightfall- (Theme- Dystopian)
Michelle Obama- Becoming Michelle Obama- (Theme- Leadership)
Agatha Christie- Murder on the Orient Express- (Theme- Crime)
RL Stevenson- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde- (Theme- Personality disorders)