School Reading

The Great Gatsby

Author: F. Scott FitzgeraldPublished: 1925Genre: Jazz Age Novel / Modernist Fiction / TragedyLevel: A-Level / UniversitySetting: Long Island and New…

Lord of the Flies

Author: William GoldingPublished: 1954Genre: Allegorical Novel / Dystopian Fiction / Psychological FictionLevel: GCSE English LiteratureSetting: An uninhabited tropical island during…

Animal Farm

Author: George OrwellPublished: 1945Genre: Political Allegory / Satirical Novella / Dystopian FictionLevel: GCSESetting: Manor Farm, later renamed Animal Farm, in…

Fahrenheit 451

Author: Ray BradburyPublished: 1953Genre: Dystopian Fiction / Science Fiction / Cautionary TaleSetting: A near-future American society where books are outlawed…

Pride and Prejudice

Author: Jane AustenPublished: 1813Genre: Classic Romance / Social Satire / Comedy of MannersSetting: Rural England, late 18th to early 19th…

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Author: Robert Louis StevensonPublished: 1886Genre: Gothic Horror / Psychological Thriller / Classic FictionSetting: Victorian London ⭐ Why It Matters Dr…

The Yellow Wallpaper

Author: Charlotte Perkins GilmanPublished: 1892Genre: Short Story / Psychological Fiction / Proto-Feminist LiteratureSetting: A secluded country estate in 19th-century America…

The Lottery

Author: Shirley JacksonPublished: 1948 (in The New Yorker)Genre: Short Story / Horror / Allegory / DystopiaSetting: A small, seemingly idyllic…

All the Light We Cannot See

Author: Anthony DoerrPublished: 2014Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Conflict / Literary FictionSetting: France and Germany during World War II…

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Author: John BoynePublished: 2006Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Conflict / Holocaust LiteratureSetting: Nazi Germany and Auschwitz, during World War…