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Recommended Reading List... St. Gerard’s Senior School Library
Senior
h Yr.
r./6t Y h t 5 / Y T
All of these titles are available in the school library. In addition there are hundreds of Penguin Classics available. If you are looking for a particular title please ask Mr.Carr, your English class teacher or the Library Monitors.
The Cove Ron Rash
It’s Not Yet Dark Simon Fitzmaurice
Out of Shadows Jason Wallace
The Next Step In the Dance
The Lauras Sara Taylor
Tim Gautreux
Educated Tara Westover.
If This Is A Man Primo Levi
Behind the Scenes at the
Star of the Sea Joseph O Connor
Museum Kate Atkinson
1984 George Orwell
Miss Emily Nuala O’Connor
Small Island Andrea Levy
Into the Grey Celine Kiernan
The Sound of Things Falling
The Dare John Boyne
Juan Gabriel Vasquez
The Weight of Water
The Song of Achilles
Sarah Crossan
Madeline Miller
Shadows on Our Skin
The Gamal Ciaran Collins
Jennifer Johnston
The Ocean at the End of the
Americanah
Lane Neil Gamal
Nzogi Chimimanh Adiche
Death and Nightingales
The Great Gatsby
Eugene McCabe
F Scott Fitzgerald
Winter’s Bone Daniel Woodrell
The Beautiful Lie Helen Schulman
No Great Mischief Alistair McLeod
Noah’s Compass Anne Tyler
Mister Pip Lloyd Jones
The Little Stranger Sarah Walters
The Panther in the Basement
Why be Happy When
Amos Oz
you Could Be Normal
The Grass is Singing
Jeanette Winterson
Doris Lessing
Red Dust Road by Jackie Kay
The Life of Pi Yann Martel
The Sailor in the Wardrobe
Pompeii Robert Harris
Hugo Hamilton
Bel Canto Ann Patchett
Shipwrecks Akita Yoshimura
The Last September
Fasting,Feasting Anita Desai
Elizabeth Bowen
Spies Michael Frayn
Boyhood JM Coetzee
Old School Tobias Wolff
Unless Carol Shields
How I Live Now Meg Rosoff
Out Stealing Horses
Disgrace JM Coetzee
Per Petterson
The White Tiger Aravind Adiga
An Evil Cradling Brian Keenan
New Town Soul Dermot Bolger
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan
My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult
From a Low and Quiet Sea
I’m Not Scared Niccolo Ammaniti
Donal Ryan
The Children of Men PD James
The Thing About December Donal Ryan
All We Shall Know Donal Ryan Strange Flowers Donal Ryan Ghost Light Joseph O Connor. The Blackwater Lightship Colm Toibin
The Story of Lucy Gault William Trevor
Recommended Reading List... St. Gerard’s Senior School Library
Junior
r. Yr./3rd Y d n 2 / . r 1st Y
All of these titles are available in the school library. This is by no means an exhaustive list of titles in the library so feel free to browse for a title or author you might enjoy. Please ask Mr.Carr, your English class teacher or the Library Monitors for help in selecting a book.
The following by Frances Hardinge
Journey to the River Sea
Cuckoo Song
Which Witch
A Face Like Glass. The Lie Tree.
The following by Philip Reeve
Deeplight
Mortal Engines series.
A Skinful of Shadows
Here Lies Arthur.
Gullstruck Island
No Such Thing as Dragons.
Verdigris Deep Twilight Robbery
Millions Frank Cottrell Boyce
Orbiting Jupiter Gary D Schmidt
The following by Patrick Ness A Monster Calls.
The following by Eva Ibbotson
The Rest of us Live Here.
The Dragonfly Pool
Chaos Walking Trilogy.
The Star of Kazan The Great Ghost Rescue.
Invisible in a Bright Light
Secrets of Platform 13
Sally Gardner
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas
Fly on the Wall’ Family of Liars’
The following by E.Lockhart
(prequel to ‘We Were Liars’)
We Were Liars. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
s e t i r u o v a F y r a Libr The following by Derek Landy
The following by Morris Gleitzman
Skulduggery Pleasant
Once
Playing With Fire
Then
The Faceless Ones
After
Dark Days
Soon
Mortal Coil
Maybe
Death Bringer
Now
Kingdom Of The Wicked
Always
Last Stand Of Dead Men The Dying Of The Light Resurrection Midnight Bedlam Seasons of War Dead or Alive Until the End. Demon Road trilogy
n o i t c i F l a r e n e G The Perks of Being a
You Should See Me in a Crown
Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
Leah Johnson
Noughts and Crosses
The Explorer Katherine Rundell
Malorie Blackman
Becoming Jo Sophie McKenzie
Aristotle and Dante Discover
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo
the Secrets of the Universe
Paper Towns John Green
Benjamin Alire Sánez
Not My Problem Ciara Smyth
All the Bright Places
Boy Underwater Adam Baron
Jennifer Nixon
Moxie Jennifer Mathieu
Diary of a Confused Feminist
Every Little Piece of My Heart
Kate Weston
Non Pratt
The Fault in our Stars
The Outsiders S E Hinton
John Green
The Wind Singer William Nicholson
Wonder R. J. Palacio
Tuck Everlasting Nicola Babbit
Holes Louis Sachar
The Real Rebecca Anna Carey
Holding Up the Universe
Night John Gary Paulsen
Jennifer Nixon
Skellig David Almond
Everyday David Levithan
Wilderness Roddy Doyle
Not Here to Be Liked
Night John-Gary Paulsen
Michelle Quach
Private Peaceful Michael Morpurgo
The Gifted, the Talented, and
True Grit Charles Portis
Me William Sutcliffe
My Antonia Willa Cather
Simone Breaks All the Rules
Chalkine Jane Mitchell
Debbie Rigaud
Half the Man,Twice the Lawyer
Goodbye, Perfect Sara Barnard
John Grisham
Girl Stolen April Henry
Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda
Coraline Neil Gaiman
Girl from the North Country
The Scarecrow and HIs
Conor McPherson.
Servant Philip Pullman
Children of Eden Joey Graceffa
The Boy Who Lost HIs Face
Beauty Sleep Cameron Dokey
Louis Sachar.
Ready Player One Ernest Cline
Trash Andy Mulligan
The Haunting of Sunshine Girl
Bog Child Siobhan Dowd
(Book One) Paige McKenzie
The Book of Lost Things
The Maze Runner series
John Connolly
James Dashner
Washington Black Esi Edugyan
(Maze Runner/Scorch Trials/
Call for the Dead John Le Carre
Death Cure/Kill Order/Fever
Hombre Elmore Leonard
Code) 5 books
The Call Peadar O Guilin
Jellicoe Road Melina Marchetta
Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card
The Secrets Act Alison Weatherby
Family Life Akhil Sharma
Hachet Gary Paulsen
The 14th Tale Inua Ellams
Truly Devious Maureen Johnson
Stones in his Pocket Marie Jones
Liccle Bit Alex Wheatle
The Wheelchair on my Face
Chameleon Dad Debbie Thomas
Sonya Kelly
If you like...
Mystery/Crime
Try these...
Fantasy
Mystery/Crime Girl Missing series
Percy Jackson series
Sophie McKenzie
Rick Riordan
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
The Mortal Instruments series
Holly Jackson
Cassandra Clare
All Your Twisted Secrets
His Dark Materials series
Diana Urban
Phillip Pullman
The Boyband Murder Mystery
Summoner series Taran Matharu
Ava Eldred
Queen of Coin and Whispers
Alex Rider series
Helen Corcoran
Anthony Horowitz
Defy the Night Brigid Kemmerer
The Girls I’ve Been Tess Sharpe
All Our Hidden Gifts
This Book Kills Ravena Guron
Caroline O’Donoghue
I Know You Did It Sue Wallman
Spellbook of the Lost and
The Magpie Society series
Found Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch
The Cruel Prince series Holly
Lies Like Poison Chelsea Pitcher
Black
One of Us is Lying series
A Winter’s Promise
Karen McManus
Christella Dabos
Ruby Redfort Lauren Child
Lockwood and Co.
Truly Devious Maureen Stock
Jonathan Stroud
Running Girl Simon Mason
The Wordsmith Patricia Forde
Splinters of Sunshine
Divergent Veronica Roth
Patrice Lawrence
Miss Peregrine’s Home for
The Cheerleaders Kara Thomas
Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs
The Cherub series
The Ballad of the Songbirds
Robert Muchamore
and Snakes Suzanne Collins
Such a Good Liar Sue Wallman
Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan
Magnus Chase Series
The Hobbit J.R.R Tolkien
Rick Riordan
Hunger Games series Suzanne
Four Dead Queens Astrid Scholte
Collins ~ Hunger Games/
The Harry Potter series J.K
Catching Fire/Mockingjay/
Rowling ~ Philosopher’s Stone/
The Ballad of Songbird and
Chamber of Secrets/Prisoner
Snakes(prequel).
of Azkaban/Goblet of Fire/
Twilight series Stephanie Meyer
Order of the Phoenix/Half-
~ Twilight/New Moon/Eclipse/
Blood Prince/Deathly Hollows.
Breaking Dawn/The Short
Lord of the Rings J.R.R Tolkien
Second Life of Bree Tanner/
Romance
Midnight Sun
Geek Girl series Holly Smale
Paper & Hearts Society
Louise Rennison books
Lucy Powrie
Somewhere Only We Know
The Start of Me and You
Maurene Goo
Emery Lord
Super Fake Love Song
The Names They Gave Us
David Yoon
Emery Lord
The Way You Make Me Feel
The Agency of Scandal
Maurene Goo
Laura Wood
Kate in Waiting Becky Albertalli
Love is For Losers by Wibke Bruegemann
Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon
The Sun is Also a Star Nicola Yoon
Perfect On Paper Sophie Gonzales
If you like...
Fanta sy
Try these...
Historical A Gathering Light Jennifer Donnelly
I Must Betray You Ruta Septys The Dictionary of Lost Words Pip Williams
The Davenports Krystal Marquis The Apothecary Maile Meloy Auslander Paul Dowswell Wolf Children Paul Dowswell The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne A Night Divided Jennifer A. Nielsen The Silent Stars Go By Sally Nicholls
A Separate Peace John Knowles Never Forget You Jamila Gavin The Skylarks’ War Hillary McKay The Making of Mollie Anna Carey When the World Was Ours Liz Kessler
The Help Kathryn Stockett Under the Hawthorn Tree Marita Conlon McKenna
Biography
The Hungry Road by
Becoming - Adapted for
Marita Conlon McKenna
Younger Readers’ Michelle Obama
Through the Barricades by
Butterfly Yusra Mardini
Denise Deegan
I Am Malala Malala Yousafzai