None of these books are compulsary to read, but if you are stuck for a book hopefully they will help guide you into reading a book that is suitable for your level. They are all classics, whether traditional or contemporary, and so if you are reading these, you know you are benefiting enormously!
Also, I would try an alternate between reading two fiction books to one non fiction because this exam is going to test you almost equally with both types of writing.
I have included the amazon page so you can scroll down and have a look at the summary and reviews to decide which one is best for you.
Also, I would try an alternate between reading two fiction books to one non fiction because this exam is going to test you almost equally with both types of writing.
I have included the amazon page so you can scroll down and have a look at the summary and reviews to decide which one is best for you.
Fiction (writing to describe/entertain)
Beloved
Captain Corelli's Mandolin The French Lieutenant's Woman Small Island Brick Lane About a Boy Girl with a Pearl Earring Lord of the Flies The Great Gatsby To Kill a Mockingbird Animal Farm Of Mice and Men The Lovely Bones |
Toni Morrison
Louis de Berniere John Fowles Andrea Levy Monica Ali Nick Hornby Tracey Chevalier William Golding F. Scott Fitzgerald Harper Lee George Orwell John Steinbeck Alice Sebold |
Non fiction (writing to inform/persuade)
Himalaya
Geldolf in Africa Paula: My Life so far Around the World in 80 Treasures An Idiot Abroad Billy Connolly's Route 66 The Tent, the Bucket and Me |
Michael Palin
Bob Geldof Paula Radcliffe Dan Cruickshank Karl Pilkington Billy Connolly Emma Kennedy |