Recommended Reads

Such a good collection of books in a variety of genres that you're bound to find something that you will enjoy reading. 

  • Noughts and Crosses Series by Malorie Blackman / Dystopia and Race
  • How I Live Now by Meg Rossof / Dystopia, War and Romance
  • The Wordsmith by Patricia Forde / Dystopia
  • Gone Series by Micheal Grant / Dystopia and Sci-Fi
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry / Dystopia
  • The Knife of Never Letter Go by Patrick Ness / Sci-Fi
  • Oblivion by Anthony Horowitz / Dystopia, Sci-Fi and A
  • Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd (and other novels) / Coming of Age
  • A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness / Coming of Age
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobosky / Coming of Age and Friendships
  • The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen / Coming of Age and Romance
  • My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga / Coming of age
  • The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Hargrave / Coming of Age
  • The Fault in Our Stars by John Green / Coming of Age
  • Pay Attention by Carter Jones / Coming of Age
  • The Lottie Project and other novels by Jaqueline Wilson / Coming of Age
  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman (and other novels) / Fantasy and Adventure
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman / Fantasy and Adventure
  • Mortal Engines by Phillip Reeve / Fantasy and Adventure
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs / Fantasy and Adventure
  • The Golden Compass Series by Phillip Pullman / Fantasy and Adventure
  • His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman / Fantasy and Adventure
  • The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant / Adventure, Historical and Fantasy
  • The Novice (Summoner Collection) by Taran Matharu / Fantasy
  • Six of Crows Series by Leigh Bardugo / Fantasy
  • The Blood Traitor by Lynette Noni / Fantasy
  • Twister Tales Series by Disney / Fantasy
  • A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket / Adventure
  • The House at the Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes / Adventure
  • The Tower at the End of Time by Amy Sparkes / Adventure
  • Darwin’s Dragons by Lindsay Galvin / Adventure and Historical
  • Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowtiz / Adventure and Spy
  • Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan / Adventure
  • The Creakers by Tom Fletch / Adventure
  • Girl. Boy. Sea by Chris Vick / Adventure
  • The Lost Whale by Hannah Gold / Environmental and Adventure
  • The Rooftoppers/The Explorer/The Good Thieves/ by Katherine Rundall / Adventure
  • Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson / Adventure
  • The Monsters of Rookhaven by Padraig Kenny / Gothic and Adventure
  • Cogheart by Peter Bunzl / Adventure
  • The Last Bear by Hannah Gold / Environmental and Adventure
  • The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell / Adventure
  • Race to the Frozen North by Matthew Henson / Adventure
  • Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz / Adventure
  • One Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus (and other novels) / Teen Crime
  • We Were Liars and Family of Liarsby e.lockhart / Teen Crime
  • Murder Most Unlady like Series by Robin Stevens / Teen Crime
  • Face by Benjamin Zephaniah / Coming of Age and Race
  • Orangeboy by Patrice Lawrence / Gang and Race
  • The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas / Coming of Age and Race
  • Internment by Samira Ahmed / Dystopia and Race
  • The Boxer by Nikesh Shukla / Race
  • Refugee Boy by Benjamin Zephaniah / Race
  • The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater / Race and Crime
  • Born Free by Joy Adamson / Non-Fiction
  • You Can Change the World!: Everyday Teen Heroes Making a Difference Everywhere / Non-Fiction
  • Kay's Marvellous Medicine: A Gross and Gruesome History of the Human Body / Humour and Non-Fiction
  • Swing by Kwame Alexande / Sport and Friendship
  • Ultimate Football Hero Series by Matt Oldfield / Sport and Non-Fiction
  • What’s so special about Shakespeare? by Micheal Rosen / Non-Fiction and Humour
  • Angus, Thongs and Full Front Snogging Series by Louise Rennison / Friendship, Humour and Romance
  • The Amsterdam Adventure - Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang by Paul O'Grady / Adventure and Humour
  • If I Was Your Girl by Merideth Russo / LGBTQ+ and Teen Romance
  • Heartstopper by Alice Osemen / LGBTQ+ and Coming of Age
  • History Was All You Left Me by Adam Silvera / LGBTQ+
  • Welcome to St Hell: My trans teen misadventure by Lewis Hancox / LGBTQ+
  • She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick / LGBTQ+
  • One by Sarah Crossan / Siameese Twins and Friendships
  • The Boy with Wings by Lennie Henry / Friendship
  • Friends Like These by Meg Rosoff / Friendship
  • Can You See Me by Libby Scott / Mental Health and Autism
  • All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven / Mental Health
  • Everything All At Once by Steven Camden / Mental Health
  • The Saga of Darren Shan Series by Darren Shan / Teen Horror and Adventure
  • The Demonata Series by Darren Shan / Teen Horror and Adventure
  • Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy / Fantasy and Horror
  • When the Guns Fall Silent by James Riordan / Historical
  • Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls-100 tales of extraordinary women by Elena Favilli / Historical
  • Alexander Hamilton: The Graphic History of an American Founding Father by Jonathon Hennessey / Visual History
  • Blooming Books by Raymond Briggs / Historical
  • The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak / Adventure and Historical
  • The Wednesday Wars and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt / Historical and Humour
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