Here are the books that you have recommended to each other this year. I’ve grouped the titles loosely into year groups and genre. Of course, the aim of any reader is to read as widely as possible, challenging themselves rather than picking literature that is a little below their level! Enjoy! Miss Epsom.
A Touch of Horror
For Year 7:
Whispers in the Graveyard by Theresa Breslin
The Demonata series by Darren Shan
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Vampires, Phantoms and Werewolves of the Night by Winifred Finlay
Breathe by Cliff McNish
The Spooks Apprentice by Joseph Delaney
Darkside by Tom Becker
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Skellig by David Almond
For Year 8 and above:
Horowitz Horror by Anthony Horowitz
The Babysitter (Point Horror Series) by R.L. Stine
Scared to Death by Alan Gibbons
Darkwater Hall by Catherine Fisher
My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
Bad Blood by Rhiannon Lassiter
For Year 9 and above:
Breaking Dawn (the Twilight series) by Stephanie Meyer
Interview with a Vampire (the Vampire Chronicles) by Anne Rice
Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The selected stories of Edgar Allan Poe
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
The Wasp Factory by Ian Banks
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Stories of H.P Lovecraft
The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
Spider by Patrick McCabe
Spies, Detectives and Special Agents
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For Year 7 Silverfin (the Young Bond series) by Charlie Higson Stormbreaker (the Alex Rider series) by Anthony Horowitz The Recruit (the Cherub series) by Robert Muchamore Hacker by Malorie Blackman The Devil’s Breath by David Gilman Lost Bullet (Traces series) by Malcolm Rose Framed by Frank Cottrell Boyce The Flight of the Silver Turtle by John Fardell Who dunnit? By Philip Pullman Stone Cold by Robert Swindells |
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For Year 8 and above Ruby in the Smoke (the Sally Lockhart series) by Philip Pullman The Conan Chronicles by Robert Howard The War of the Worlds by H.G.Wells Northern Lights by Philip Pullman The Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn Shadowmancer by G P Taylor The Owl Service by Alan Garner The Black Tattoo by Sam Enthoven The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness |
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Year 9 and above The Gunslinger (the Dark Tower series) by Stephen King Bloodsong by Melvin Burgess Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner Starmaker by Olaf Stapledon Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut 1984 by George Orwell Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham The Running Man by Stephen King Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick |
Sci-Fi and Fantasy
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Year 7 Raven’s Gate (Power of Five series) by Anthony Horowitz Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy The Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke The Weather Warden series by Rachel Caine The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams The Artimis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis Year 8 and above Northern Lights (His Dark Materials trilogy) by Philip Pullman The Dirk Gently series by Douglas Adams The Moon of Gomrath by Alan Garner The Earthsea series by Ursula Le Guin The Chaos Walking Trilogy by Patrick Ness The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien Odin’s Voice by Susan Price The Black Book of Secrets by F.E Higgins The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper Eldest by Christopher Paolini Magyk by Angie Sage Sabriel by Garth Nix Shade’s Children by Garth Nix The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud The Supernaturalist by Eoin Colfer The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve |
Historical
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Year 7 War Horse by Michael Morpurgo The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne The Diaries of Anne Frank Stravaganza by Mary Hoffman (Historical Fantasy) Arthur: The Seeing Stone by Kevin Crossley-Holland Viking by Tim Severin The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliffe Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick Once by Morris Gleitzman The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence
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Year 8 and above The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak The King of Shadows by Susan Cooper (meet Shakespeare!) Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo Crusade by Elizabeth Laird Here Lies Arthur by Phillip Reeve Auslander by Paul Dowswell Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Rebel Cargo by James Riordan Troy by Adele Geras Emperor by Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Year 9 and above The Stonehenge Legacy by Sam Christer Tamar by Mal Peet Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault Under the Eagle by Simon Scarrow The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane All Quiet on the Western Front by Eric Maria Remarque Sharpe by Bernard Cornwell Master and Commander by Patrick O’Brian Catch 22 by Joseph Heller Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally |
