S5/6 Intermediate 2 and Higher English
Suggested Reading List
Reading is an integral part of each Higher Still course. Students studying English beyond Standard Grade should read widely and regularly. The following list gives some suggestions of texts which are appropriate.
Achebe, C.Things Fall Apart
Adams, D. The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Ali, M. Brick Lane
Allende, I.The House of Spirits
Angelou, M. I Know why the Caged Bird Sings
Atkinson, KBehind the Scenes at the Museum
Atwood, M. The Handmaid’s Tale
Atwood, M. Cat’s Eye
Austen, J. Emma
Austen, J.MansfieldPark
Austen, J.Persuasion
Austen, J. Pride and Prejudice
Ballard, J.G.The Empire of the Sun
Banks, I. The Crow Road
Barker, P. Regeneration
Bernieres, L. de Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
Boyd, W. Restless
Bradbury, R. Fahrenheit 451
Brodrick, W. The Sixth Lamentation
Bronte, C. Jane Eyre
Bronte, E. WutheringHeights
Bryson, B. The Lost Continent
Buchan, J. The Thirty-Nine Steps
Camus, A. The Outsider
Camus, A. The Plague
Chandler, R. The Big Sleep
Chevalier, T. Girl with the Pearl Earring
Coetzee, J.M. Disgrace
Dickens, C.Great Expectations
Donnelly, J. A Gathering Light
Donovan, A. Buddha Da
Doyle, R. The Van
Doyle, R. The Woman who Walked into Doors
Doyle, R. Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Du Maurier, D. Rebecca
Dunant, S.The Birth of Venus
Eliot, G.The Mill on the Floss
Ellory, RJ.A Quiet Belief in Angels
Ellory, R.J.Candlemoth
Eugenides, J. The Virgin Suicides
Faber, M. Under the Skin
Faulks, S. The Girl at the Lion D’Or
Faulks, S.Charlotte Gray
Faulks, S.Birdsong
Fitzgerald, Scott F. The Great Gatsby
Flaubert, G. Madame Bovary
Foden, G. The Last King of Scotland
Frazier, C. ColdMountain
Galloway, J. Blood
Galloway, J.The Trick is to Keep Breathing
Garland, A.The Beach
Golden, A. Memoirs of a Geisha
Golding, W. The Lord of the Flies
Graves, R. Goodbye to all that
Guterson, D. Snow Falling on Cedars
Greene, G. Brighton Rock
Haddon, M. The Curious Incident of the Dog and the Night-time
Hammett, D. The Maltese Falcon
Hardy, T.Tess of the d’Urbervilles
Hardy, T. Jude the Obscure
Harris, J. Chocolat
Harris, R. Enigma
Harris, T. The Silence of the Lambs
Hart, J. Down River
Hartley, J.P. The Go-Between
Heller, J. Catch-22
Hemingway. E. For whom the Bell Tolls
Hemingway, E. A Farewell to Arms
Highsmith, E. The Talented Mr. Ripley
Hogg, J. The Confessions of a Justified Sinner
Hornby, N.Fever Pitch
Hornby, N. About a Boy
Hosseini, K. A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hosseini,K.The Kite Runner
Hyland, M.J.How the Light Gets In
Irving, J. A Prayer for Owen Meaney
Ishiguro, K. The Remains of the Day
Ishiguro, K.Never Let me Go
Jones, L. Mister Pip
Jourdan, H. Mudbound
Joyce, J.The Dubliners
Kennedy, A.L. Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains
Keneally, T. Schindler’s List
Keenan, B. An Evil Cradling
Kesey, K. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Kesson, J. The White Bird Passes
King,S.The Shining
Lawrence, D.H. Sons and Lovers
LeCarre, J.Tinker, Tailor, Solider Spy
Lee, H.To Kill a Mockingbird
Levi, P. If this is a Man
Levy, A.SmallIsland
McCarthy, C.All the Pretty Horses
McEwan, I. First Love
McEwan, I.Last Rites
McEwan, I.Saturday
McEwan, I.Atonement
McEwan, I.Enduring Love
McGregor, J. If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things
MacKay, S. The Orchard on Fire
McCourt, F. Angela’s Ashes
McIlvanney, W. Laidlaw
McIlvanney, W. Walking Wounded
McIlvanney, W.The Big Man
MacCall-Smith, A. The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency
MacLaverty, C. Cal
MacLaverty, C. Lamb
Marquez, G.G. Love in the Time of Cholera
Martel, Y. The Life of Pi
Meek, J. The People’s Act of Love
Mitchell, D.Black Swan Green
Mitchell, D.Cloud Atlas
Moggach, D. Tulip Fever
Murakami, N.Norwegian Wood
Niffenegger, A. The Time-Traveler’s Wife
Parson, T. Man and Boy
O’Connor, J.The Star of the Sea
O’Farrell, M. After You’d Gone
O’Hagan, A. Personality
Ondaatje, M.The English Patient
Paton, A. Cry, the Beloved Country
Peake, M. Titus Groan
Plath, S. The Bell Jar
Poe, E.A. Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Pratchett, T. Mort
Pratchett, T. Men at Arms
Proulx, A.The Shipping News
Remarque, E.M. All Quiet on the Western Front
Robertson, J. The Testament of Gideon Mack
Roy, A.The God of Small Things
Safran-Foer, J. Everything is Illuminated
Salinger, J.D.The Catcher in the Rye
Sebold, A.The Lovely Bones
Shriver, L. We Need to Talk About Kevin
Smith, A.The Accidental
Solzhenitsyn, A. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch
Spence, A. The Magic Flute
Spark, M. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Steinbeck, J. The Grapes of Wrath
Steinbeck, J.Of Mice and Men
Stoker, B. Dracula
Tan, A. One Hundred Secret Senses
Tartt, D.The Secret History
Tremain, R. The Road Home
Vonnegut, K.Slaughterhouse 5
Walker, A. The Color Purple
Waters, S. Affinity
Waugh, E. Decline and Fall
Waugh, E. A Handful of Dust
Warner, A. Morvern Callar
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine
Wells, H.G. The War of the Worlds
Winterson, J. Oranges are not the Only Fruit
Zafron, C.R.The Shadow of the Wind
Zola, E. Therese Racquin
Zusak, M. The Book Thief