There Is Creative Reading As Well As Creative Writing

“There is creative reading as well as creative writing.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Below is a list of novels and non-fiction texts which may well extend your reading horizons over the summer. Enjoy yourself. The English 1 and 2 set texts are also listed.

ENGLISH 1ENGLISH 2

The House on Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros

Lord of the Flies – William Golding

The Odyssey - Homer

The Alchemist – Paolo Coelho

Romeo and Juliet – William Shakespeare

Author Name Title Advanced Text

Abse, DannieAsh on a Young Man’s Sleeve

Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart *

Adams,DouglasDirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Adams, Richard Watership Down

Allende, Isabel Paula*

Angelou, Maya I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings*

Asirnov, Isaac Foundation

Arnim, ElizabethElizabeth and Her GermanGarden *

Atwood, Margaret The Handmaid’s Tale *

Austen, Jane ‘My Dear Cassandra’

Banks, Lynne Reid I Houdini
Bates, H.ELove for Lydia*

Benedictus, David Local Hero

Benson, Mary Nelson Mandela *

Bentine, Michael Lords of the Levels
Bowkett, Stephen Gameplayers

Boyle, Jimmy A Sense of Freedom

Bradbury, Ray Fahrenheit 451

Bradbury, Ray Golden Apples of the Sun
Braithwaite, E.R. To Sir with Love

Bronte, CharlotteJane Eyre

Brooks Terry Witches' Brew

Brown, Christy My Left Foot
Buchan John The Thirty Nine Steps
Bulgakov Mikhail The White Guard

Canning Victor The Flight of the Grey Goose
Casey Maude Over the Water

Chamberlain, Lesley Volga, Volga*

Chang, Jung The Wild Swans

Childers, Erskine The Riddle of the Sands
Christopher, John The Guardians
Clancy, Tom The Cardinal of the Kremlin
Clarke, Arthur C. The City and the Stars
Collins Wilkie The Woman in White
Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Conway, Jill Ker Written by Herself

Coppard, Yvonne Not Dressed Like That, You Don’t!

Cormier, Robert I am the Cheese

Cormier, Robert After the First Death

Cushman, Karen Catherine, Called Birdy

Dahl, Roald Kiss Kiss

Dahl, Roald Boy

Dahl, Roald Going Solo

Desai, Anita The Village by the Sea

Dickens, Charles Great Expectations

Doherty, Berlie Dear Nobody

Doyle, Roddy Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha *

du Maurier, Daphne The House on the Strand

Durrell, Gerald My Family and Other Animals

Eddings, David Demon Lord of Karanda
Eliot, George The Mill on the Floss*

Fermor, Patrick A Time for Gifts

Forrester, Helen The Latchkey Kid

Forsyth, Frederick The Day of the Jackal

Foster, John Autobiography

Fowles, John The French Lieutenant's Woman
Francis, Dick For Kicks

Frank, Anne The Diary of Anne Frank

Franklin, Miles My Brilliant Career

Gaarder, JosteinSophie’s World *

Gallico, Paul Matilda
Garfield, LeonSmith
Garner, Alan Red Shift

Geronimo Geronimo: His Own Story

Golding, William Lord of the Flies

Grossmith, George Diary of a Nobody

Guevara, Ernesto The Motorcycle Diaries

Guy, RosaThe Friends

recommended reading grade 9-10ismanila english

Hardy, Thomas Far From the Madding Crowd *

Hardy, Thomas Tess of the d’Urbervilles *

Hartley, L. P. The Go-Between

Hartley, L.P. The Hireling

Hautzig, Esther The Endless Steppe

Heller, Joseph Catch 22 *

Hemingway, Earnest The Old Man and the Sea

Herriot, James All Creatures Great and Small

Heyerdahl, Thor The Kon-Tiki Expedition

Higgins, Jack The Eagle has Landed
Hill, Susan The Woman in Black

Hill, Susan I’m the King of the Castle

Hill, Susan The Albatross and Other Stories

Hines, Barry A Kestrel for a Knave (Kes)

Hodges, C Walter Overland Launch

Holliday, LaurelChildren’s Wartime Diaries

Horwood, William Duncton Quest
Household, G A Rough Shoot

Howell, Michael The Elephant Man

Hudson, ChristopherOverlord

Hughes, Richard The Fox in the Attic

Ishigaro, Kazuo The Remains of the Day *

Jackson, AdaThe Diary of AdaJackson

Kamm Josephine Young Mother

Keenan, Brian An Evil Cradling *

Keneally, Thomas Schindler’s Ark*

Kermode, Frank The Oxford Book of Letters *

Kingsley, Mary Travels in West Africa

Lawrence, D. H. Mornings in Mexico*

Lawrence, D.H. Selected Tales

Le Carre, John The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Lee, Harper To Kill A Mockingbird

Lee, Laurie Cider With Rosie

Lee, Laurie As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning

Le Guin, Ursula The Farthest Shore
Leroux, Gaston The Phantom of the Opera
Lewis, C.S. The Cosmic Trilogy

Lingard, Joan the Kevin and Sadie series

Lively, Penelope The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
Llewellyn, Richard How Green Was My Valley
McCourt, Frank Angela’s Ashes

McCullough, C The Ladies of Missalonghi
McCutcheon, E. Summer of the Zeppelin

Marsden John So Much To Tell You

Marshall, Alan I Can Jump Puddles

Matthee, Dalene Fiela’s Child

Maugham, W. S. Collected Short Stories
Maupassant, Guy de Short Stories
Mayle, PeterHotel Pastis

Milne, Christopher The Enchanted Places

Mitford, NancyThe Pursuit of Love

Morris, Mary The Virago Book of Women Travellers

Morten, J. C. I Remain, Your Son Jack

Naipaul, V. S. A Bend in the River

Needle, Jan A Game of Soldiers

Nobbs, David Pratt of the Argus

Nolan, Christopher Under the Eye of the Clock

O’Brien, R Z for Zachariah

O’Connor, Frank My Oedipus Complex

Orwell, George Animal Farm

Orwell, George 1984 *

Paton, Alan Cry the Beloved Country *

Patten, Brian Mr Moon's Last Case

Payne, KarenBetween Ourselves

Peake, Mervyn Gormenghast
Peyton, K.M. Flambards
Poe, Edgar Allan Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Remarque, E. M. All Quiet on the Western Front

Renault, Mary The Bull From the Sea

Richter, Hans PeterI Was There

Roy, Arundhati The God of Small Things *

Salinger, J. D. Catcher in the Rye

Saro-Wiwa, Ken A Month and a Day *

recommended reading grade 9-10ismanila english

Seth, Vikram From HeavenLake

Sherman, D.R. Old Mali and the Boy

Sillitoe, Alan The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

Sillitoe, Alan Short Stories

Smith, Rukshana Salt on the Snow

Smith, Wilbur A Time to Die

Solzhenitsyn, A. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich*

Southall,Ivan Ash Road
Spark, Muriel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men

Steinbeck, John Cannery Row
Stevenson, R.L. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Stoker, Bram Dracula

Sutcliff, Rosemary The Lantern Bearers

Swindells, Robert Daz 4 Zoe

Taylor, Mildred Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Theroux, Paul The Great Railway Bazaar *

Theroux, Paul The Mosquito Coast

Thompson, Flora Lark Rise to Candleford

Tolkein, J.R.R. The Hobbit

Vine, Barbara Asta’s Book

Walker, AliceThe Colour Purple *

Ward, Glenyse Wandering Girl

Wallington, Mark 500 mile Walkies
Waterhouse, Keith Billy Liar
Watson, Colin Plaster Sinners
Watson, James Talking in Whispers
Welch, Julie Dangerous Dancing

Westall, Robert Children of the Blitz

Westall, Robert Break of Dark

White, T.H. The Sword in the Stone
Williams, NigelThey Came From SW19

White, Michael Stephen Hawking: A Life in Science

Wyndham, Joan Love Lessons*

recommended reading grade 9-10ismanila english