What to Read Next?

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WHAT TO READ NEXT?


WHAT TO READ NEXT? If you are stuck as to what to read next here are just a few suggestions and ideas of books that other boys have enjoyed. For more inspiration please visit the Hampton Bookworms page on our website: www.hamptonschool.org.uk


‘I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book’ - JK Rowling

CLASSIC ADVENTURE BOOK TITLE

AUTHOR

The Coral Island

Robert Michael Ballantyne

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Lyman Frank Baum

The Ghost Behind the Wall

Melvin Burgess

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

The BFG

Roald Dahl

My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Crowstarver

Dick King-Smith

White Fang

Jack London

The Railway Children

E Nesbit

The Borrowers

Mary Norton

Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Gulliver’s Travels

Jonathan Swift

Tom Sawyer

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Charlotte’s Web

EB White

Swiss Family Robinson

Johann David Wyss

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‘The more that you read, the more things that you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go’ - Dr Seuss

FANTASY

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BOOK TITLE

AUTHOR

Skellig

David Almond

Eren

Simon P Clark

Artemis Fowl

Eoin Colfer

Lion Boy

Zizou Corder

The letter for the King

Tonke Dragt

Ingo Adventures series

Helen Dunmore

Small Change for Stuart

Lissa Evans

The Thief Lord

Cornelia Funke

The Midnight Zoo

Sonya Hartnett

The Iron Man

Ted Hughes

Redwall series

Brian Jacques

Solomon’s Tale

Sheila Jeffries

The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe

CS Lewis

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

Penelope Lively

The Nowhere Emporium

Ross Mackenzie

The Haunting

Margaret Mahy

Sabriel

Garth Nix

Wolf Brother

Michelle Paver

Amazing Morris and his Educated Rodents

Terry Pratchett

Northern Lights

Philip Pullman

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

JK Rowling

My Swordhand is Singing

Marcus Sedgwick

The Hobbit

JRR Tolkein

READ?


‘Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body’ - Joseph Addison

GROWING UP BOOK TITLE

AUTHOR

The Savage

David Almond

Just William’s Luck

Richmal Crompton

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Kate DiCamillo

The Bubble Boy

Stewart Foster

Tall Story

Candy Gourlay

The Boy who Biked the World

Alastair Humphreys

One Dog and his Boy

Eva Ibbotson

The Other Side of Truth

Beverley Naidoo

Radio Boy

Christian O’Connell

Wonder

RJ Palacio

Liar and Spy

Rebecca Stead

Goldfish Boy

Lisa Thompson

A Boy called Hope

Lara Williamson

READ?

WAR & CONFLICT BOOK TITLE

AUTHOR

Boy 87

Ele Fountain

Once

Morris Gleitzman

War Horse

Michael Morpurgo

Armistice Runner

Tom Palmer

Salt to the Sea

Ruta Sepetys

Silver Sword

Ian Serrailler

The Eagle of the Ninth

Rosemary Sutcliffe

The Machine Gunners

Robert Westall

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‘Reading is an exercise in empathy; an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while’ - Malorie Blackman

HUMOUR BOOK TITLE

AUTHOR

Cosmic

Frank Cotterell Boyce

Framed

Frank Cotterell Boyce

Millions

Frank Cotterell Boyce

Superhero Street

Phil Earle

Flour Babies

Anne Fine

Granny

Anthony Horowitz

Dragons at Crumbling Castle

Terry Pratchett

Holes

Louis Sachar

Mega-Mean Time Machine

Francesca Simon

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket

Gangsta Granny

David Walliams

Time Travelling with a Hamster

Ross Welford

READ?

THRILLER & MYSTERY

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BOOK TITLE

AUTHOR

The 39 Steps

John Buchan

Silverfin

Charlie Higson

Alex Rider series

Anthony Horowitz

Beetle Boy

MG Leonard

Kensuke’s Kingdom

Michael Morpurgo

Running Wild

Michael Morpurgo

The Explorer

Katherine Rundell

The Wolf Wilder

Katherine Rundell

The Boy Who Lied

Kim Slater

Beyond the Bright Sea

Lauren Wolk

READ?


‘Books are uniquely portable magic’ - Stephen King

HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK TITLE

AUTHOR

Empire of the Sun

JG Ballard

Carrie’s War

Nina Bawden

Arthurian Britain

Bernard Cornwell

Last Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe

Bernard Cornwell

Tulku

Peter Dickinson

The Wheel of Surya

Jamila Gavin

Ruby Red

Linzi Glass

The Star of Kazan

Eva Ibbotson

Goodnight Mr Tom

Michelle Magorian

The Kite Rider

Geraldine McCaughrean

Why The Whales Came

Michael Morpurgo

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Remarque

Eagle of the Ninth

Rosemary Sutcliffe

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

READ?

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‘That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.’ - Jhumpa Lahiri

SCIENCE FICTION BOOK TITLE

AUTHOR

Noughts and Crosses

Malorie Blackman

Cogheart

Peter Bunzl

The Weathermonger

Peter Dickinson

The Many Worlds of Albie Bright

Christopher Edge

Maggot Moon

Sally Gardner

SeaBean

Sarah Holding

The Last Wild series

Piers Torday

Time Travelling with a Hamster

Ross Welford

The First Men in the Moon

H G Wells

The War of the Worlds

H G Wells

READ?

NON-FICTION

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BOOK TITLE

AUTHOR

Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11

Brian Floca

The Brontes: Children of the Moors

Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom

Shackleton’s Journey

William Grill

The Faithful Spy: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Plot to Kill Hitler

John Hendrix

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

William Kamkwamba

A Song for Will: The Lost Gardeners of Heligan

Hilary Robinson

Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved Mystery that Baffled All of France

Mara Rockliff

The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight for Civil Rights

Steve Sheinkin

READ?


‘Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well.’ - Mark Haddon

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