Reading List

To be a good writer you have to be aware of other writers. The most effective way of doing this is by reading as much as possible.

I will use this page to suggest books that you will find on this course or that I have enjoyed reading. I hope you will enjoy some of them too!

Current Year 11 (English Language)

Plays

• Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare

Novels

• A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

Poetry

• Vultures - Chinua Achebe
• Nothing's Changes - Tatamkulu Afrika
• Blessing - Imtiaz Dharker
• Night of the Scorpion - Nissim Ezekiel
• Limbo Edward Brathwaite
• What Were They Like? - Denise Levertov
• Island Man - Grace Nichols
• Two Scavengers in a Truck... Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Current Year 11 (English Literature)

Plays

• Blood Brothers - Willy Russell

Novels

• Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

Poetry

• Carol Ann Duffy 
• Simon Armitage
• Ben Jonson
• William Shakespeare
• WB Yeats
• Thomas Hardy 

Books that I have enjoyed:

• Harry Potter - JK Rowling
• Noughts and Crosses - Malorie Blackman
• Heroes - Robert Cormier
• Lord of the Flies - William Golding 

 

If you have any other suggestions, leave your comments below!