KS4 and KS5 suggested reading
Action, Mysteries, Horror & Thrillers
Famous Last Words or Bad Girls Don’t Die by Katie Alender
Bodyguard: Hostage (& sequels) by Chris Bradford
Dead Time (& sequels) by Anne Cassidy
Mortal Chaos, Speed Freaks, The Everest Files or Lie, Kill, Walk Away by Matt Dickinson
The Enemy (& sequels) by Charlie Higson
House of Silk or Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz
Sawbones (& sequel) by Catherine Johnson
The Long Weekend by Savita Kalhan
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
One of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus
The New Recruit or Dropzone by Andy McNab
I Am Still Alive by Kate Marshall
Blame or Itch (& sequels) by Simon Mayo
The Recruit (Cherub), The Escape (Henderson’s Boys) or Rock War (& sequels) by Robert Muchamore
Daniel X, Maximum Ride or Confessions of Murder Suspect series by James Patterson
13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
Remade or TimeRiders (& sequels) by Alex Scarrow
The Monsters We Deserve by Marcus Sedgwick
Murder Most Unladylike (& sequels) by Robin Stevens
Autobiographies/Memoirs
A Street Cat Named Bob by James Bowen
Hope in a Ballet Shoe by Michaela & Elaine DePrince
Wave: Life After the Tsunami by Sonali Deraniyagala
One Dog at a Time (& sequels) by Pen Farthing
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
In Real Life by Joey Graceffa
Marley & Me by John Grogan
Mud, Sweat and Tears by Bear Grylls
Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Finding Gobi by Dion Leonard
Nothing to Envy (North Korea) by Barbara Demick
Today Everything Changes by Andy McNab
Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (graphic novel)
Touching the Void by Joe Simpson
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Night by Elie Wiesel
Classics & Modern Literature
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Pride and Prejudice or Emma by Jane Austen
Great Expectations or Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
1984 or Animal Farm by George Orwell
The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by R.L. Stevenson
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain
The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Complex/Difficult Issues
Change is Gonna Come – various BAME authors
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Booked, Rebound or Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Noughts & Crosses or Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman
Tiger Eyes or anything by Judy Blume
Am I Normal Yet? (Spinster Club series) by Holly Bourne
The Bunker Diary by Kevin Brooks
Junk or The Hit by Melvin Burgess
Looking for JJ or Moth Girls by Anne Cassidy
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Stolen by Lucy Christopher
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
One or The Weight of Water by Sarah Crossan
Before I Die by Jenny Downham
Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper
Heroic, Being Billy or Saving Daisy by Phil Earle
Mockingbird or Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine
The Universe versus Alex Woods by Gavin Extence
If I Stay & Where She Went by Gayle Forman
Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska or Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
After the Fire by Will Hill
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
I Am Thunder by Muhammed Khan
Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nichols
We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielson
All the Bright Places (+ others) by Jennifer Niven
Before I Fall or Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver
My Sister’s Keeper or Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Extraordinary Means by Robin Schneider
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Stone Cold by Robert Swindells
Anita and Me by Meera Syal
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini
My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal
Liccle Bit (& sequels) by Alex Wheatle
The Art of Being Normal by Lara Williamson
Teacher’s Dead, Face or Terror Kid by Benjamin Zephaniah
Dystopian & Science Fiction
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
iBoy by Kevin Brooks
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey
City of Bones (& sequels) by Cassandra Clare
Matched (& sequels) by Ally Condie
The Maze Runner (& sequels) by James Dashner
Cell 7 (& sequels) by Kerry Drewery
The Gender Game by Bella Forrest
Gone (& sequels) by Michael Grant
Department 19 (& sequels) by Will Hill
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
I Am Number Four (& sequels) by Pittacus Lore
Legend (& sequels) by Marie Lu
The Knife of Never Letting Go (& sequels) by Patrick Ness
MetaWars: Fight for Future (& sequels) by J. Norton
Replica or Delirium (& sequels) by Lauren Oliver
Only Ever Yours by Louise O’Neill
Divergent (& sequels) by Veronica Roth
Lord Loss or Zom-B (& sequels) by Darren Shan
Scythe or Unwind (& sequels) by Neal Shusterman
Contagion or Slated (& sequels) by Teri Terry
Uglies or Zeroes (& sequels) by Scott Westerfeld
The 5th Wave (& sequels) by Rick Yancey
Humorous Books
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Swim the Fly (& sequels) by Don Calame
The Private Blog of Joe Cowley by Ben Davis
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks
Hellbent or Henry Tumour by Anthony McGowan
Don’t Even Think About It by Sarah Mylnowski
A Midsummer Tights Dream by Louise Rennison
The Rosie Project (& sequel) by Graeme Simsion