A-Level Reading
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
Author: Ray BradburyPublished: 1953Genre: Dystopian Fiction / Science Fiction / Cautionary TaleSetting: A near-future American society where books are outlawed…
Pride and Prejudice
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
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
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
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
All the Light We Cannot See
Author: Anthony DoerrPublished: 2014Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Conflict / Literary FictionSetting: France and Germany during World War II…
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
Author: Emily BrontëPublished: 1847Genre: Gothic Fiction / Tragedy / RomanceSetting: Yorkshire moors, late 18th to early 19th century ⭐ Why…
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Author: Mary ShelleyPublished: 1818Genre: Gothic Novel / Science Fiction / RomanticismSetting: 18th-century Europe, including Switzerland, Germany, the Arctic ⭐ Why…
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Author: George OrwellPublished: 1949Genre: Dystopian Fiction / Political Sci-Fi / TotalitarianismSetting: Airstrip One (formerly Britain), a bleak, totalitarian future ⭐…
The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale
Author: Margaret AtwoodPublished: 1985Genre: Dystopian Fiction / Feminist Sci-Fi / Political AllegorySetting: Near-future totalitarian America, renamed Gilead ⭐ Why It…