English:

Be a KS3 English scholar by reading:

• Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman

• The Wordsmith by Patricia Forde Skellig

• David Almond The Garbage King by Elizabeth Laird

• Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy

• Framed by Frank Cottrell

• Boyce Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin

• Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

• Wonder by R.J. Palacio

• The Maze Runner by James Dashner

• The FireEaters by David Almond

• I Am David by Anne Holm

• Gods and Warriors by Michelle Paver

• The Amazing Maurice by Terry Pratchett

• I, Coriander by Sally Gardner

• The Fault in our Stars by John Green

• One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ by Sue Townsend

 

Be a KS4 English scholar by reading:

• A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess

• Catch 22 by Joseph Heller

• Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey

• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

• Dune by Frank Herbert

• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

• Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

• After the Fire by Will Hill

• Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

• Catcher in the Rye by J.D.Salinger

• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

• Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard

• Grow by Luke Palmer

• Carrie by Stephen King

• American Gods by Neil Gaimen

• Paddy Clarke Ha,Ha,Ha by Roddy Doyle

• Maus by Art Spiegelman

• The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan

• A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

 

Be a KS5 English scholar by reading:

 

The Children Act by Ian McEwan

The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

It by Stephen King

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Timeline by Michael Critchton

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimanmanda Ngozi Adichie

City of Glass by Paul Auster

The Rotter’s Club by Jonathan Coe

The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Beloved by Toni Morrison

White Teeth by Zadie Smith