Home You Are Here: Home » Learning » Recommended Reads Recommended Reads 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. Dystopia / Sci-Fi 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 Coming of Age 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 Fantasy 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 Adventure 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. 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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 Crime 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 Race 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 Non-Fiction 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 Sport Swing by Kwame Alexande / Sport and Friendship Ultimate Football Hero Series by Matt Oldfield / Sport and Non-Fiction Humour 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 LGBTQ+ 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+ Friendships One by Sarah Crossan / Siameese Twins and Friendships The Boy with Wings by Lennie Henry / Friendship Friends Like These by Meg Rosoff / Friendship Mental Health 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 Horror 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 Historical 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 Recommended Reads for KS3