KS3 Recommended Reads
KS3 Recommended Reads
Objective: to encourage the reading of classic literature (especially 19th Century)
18th Century
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Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift 1726
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe 1719
19th Century
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Emma |
Jane Austen |
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Frankenstein |
Mary Shelley |
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The Tell-Tale Heart |
Edgar Allan Poe |
1843 |
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The Count of Monte Cristo |
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Fairy Tales |
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Charles Dickens |
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A Study in Scarlett (Sherlock Holmes) |
Arthur Conan Doyle |
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The Time Machine |
H.G.Wells |
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War of the Worlds |
H..G.Wells |
1897 |
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20th Century
This is just a small selection of 20th Century Classics.
Watership Down Richard Adams
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
Brave New World Aldous Huxley
1984 George Orwell
Animal Farm George Orwell
The Call of the Wild/White Fang Jack London
The Story of my Life Helen Keller
The Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
Contemporary Fiction
Writing for teenagers has never been better so there are lots of brilliant contemporary reads out there. The best way to find them is to look on the internet.
The Telegraph and Guardian also regularly publish recommended reading lists.