IBDP Reading List Summer 2020
Dear Class of 2022 If you are enter ing Year 12 in August we advise you to read widely over the summer. Ideally, you will read for pleasure and enjoy a good mix of fiction and non-fict ion. Below you will find a selection of recommended fiction author s to enjoy. I suggest you explore the wor ks of some o f the author s and choose some titles that interest you. We do not recommend that you plough through DP textbooks ahead of star ting your DP cour ses in August. However, if you really cannot resist seeing what is ahead of you, then both Oxford and Cambr idge produce a r ange of DP textbooks. https://global.oup.com/education/secondar y/curricula/ibdiploma/?region=inter national h t t p s : / / w w w. i bb o o k s h o p. c o. u k / p r o d u c t - c a t e g o r y / c a m b r i d g e - u n i ve r s i t y press/ Also, below is the DP enr ichment reading list, or ganised by DP cour se , with additional readings for popular univer sity cour ses. Dear Class of 2021 If you are looking for some fiction to read over the summer take a look at the list of suggested author s in our fiction reading list. I recommend you search a few of the author s and settle on some titles that interest you. You will also find additional suggestions in o ur DP enr ichment reading list, which is or ganised not just by DP cour se but also by popular univer sity cour ses. Enjoy your reading, Justine Oliver
Reading for Pleasure
Suggested Authors for Sixth Form Reading A Alder man, Naomi Ali, Monica Allende , Isabel Angelou, Maya Atkinson, Kate Atwood, Mar garet B Bar nes, Julian Bar nett, Laur a Boyd, William Bur ton, Jessie Byatt, A.S. C Chevalier, Tr acy Cusk, Rachel F Faulks, Sebastian Filer, Nathan H Har r is, Rober t Har r is, Joanne I J
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M Mantel, Hillar y McEwan, Ian Mitchell, David Mor r ison, Toni Mor ton, Kate Moss, Sar ah Mosse , Kate Mur akami, Har uki N Nicholls, David R Rooney, Sally Roth, Philip Rushdie , Salman S Smith, Ali Smith, Zadie T Tan, Amy Tar tt, Donna W Water s, Sar ah Winter son, Jeanette
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nthropology
Nature via Nur ture . Genes, Exper ience and What Makes Us Human Matt Ridley
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iosciences
The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins The Blind Watchmaker Richard Dawkins
Human Evolutionar y Genetics Mar k Jobling, Edward Hollox, Power, Sex and Suicide Matth ew Hur les , Toomas Kivisild and Mitochondr ia and the Meaning of Chr isTyler-Smith Life Nick Lane Archi tecture Moder n Architecture Since 1900 W illiam J R Cur tis Wester n Architecture: A Sur vey from Ancient Greece to the Present Ian Su tton The Architecture of Happiness Alain de Botton The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings Marc K ushner
Advice to a Young Scientist Peter Medawar Genome - Autobiogr aphy of a Species Matt Ridley The Seven Daughter s of Eve Br yan Sykes
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50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know Philip W ilkinson
The Chemistr y Book: From Gunpowder to Gr aphene , 250 Milestones in the Histor y of Chemistr y Derek B Lowe
Architecture: A Ver y Shor t Introduction Andrew Ballantyne
The Per iodic Table Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Elements DK
An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistr y Graham Patr ick Chemistr y of the Elements Greenwood & Ear nshaw Mathematical Methods for Science Students G. Stephenson
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When the Money Runs Out Stephen D King The Undercover Economist Tim Harford Why Globalisation Wor ks Mar tin Wolf The Great Cr ash J. K. Galbraith The Affluent Society J. K. Galbraith
Sex, Dr ugs and Economics Diane Coyle Freakonomics Steven Levitt
New Ideas from Dead Economists Todd G. Buchholz Whoops, Why Ever yone Owes Ever yone and No One Can Pay John Lanchester What Money Can’t Buy Michael Sandel The Road to Serfdom F. Hayek Keyne s, the Retur n of the Master R. Skidelsky
Engineering
Rust: The Longest War Waldman Sustainable Ener gy – Without the Hot Air David J.C . MacKay
The Gecko’s Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature’s Book Peter Forbes Flying Buttresses, Entropy and O-Rings: The Wor ld of an Engineer James L. Adams Bebop to the Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics Clive Maxfield Invention by Design – How Engineer s get from Thought to Thing Henr y Petroski
Seven Wonder s of the Industr ial Wor ld Deborah Cadbur y
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eography
Geogr aphies of Development in the 21st Centur y: an Introduction to the Global South S Chant and C McIlwaine Human Geogr aphy: Issues for the 21st Centur y P Daniels , M Bradshaw, P Shaw and J Sidaway (Eds)
Geogr aphies of Globalization W Mur ray Globalisation and Social Change: People and Places in a Divided Wor ld D Per rons
Geopolitics: A Ver y Shor t Introduction Global Shift: Mapping the Changing J Matthews and D Herber t Contour s of the Wor ld Economy P Dicken Landscapes and Geomor phology: A Ver y Shor t Introduction The Human Impact on the Natur al A Goudie and H V iles Wor ld: Past, Present and Future A S Goudie Inter national Migr ation: A Ver y Shor t Introduction This Changes Ever ything: K Koser Capitalism vs. the Climate N Klein
Global War ming: A Ver y Shor t Introduction M Maslin Geogr aphy: A Ver y Shor t Introduction J Matthews and D Herber t The E ar th: A Ver y Shor t Introduction M Redfer n Atmosphere , Weather and Climate R Bar r y and R Chor ley
Natasha’s Dance Or lando Figes Testament of Youth Vera Br itten Guns, Ger ms and Steel Jar red Diamond Sapiens Yuval Noah Harar i Citizens Simon Schama
Key Concepts in Geogr aphy Wild Swans N Clifford, D Holloway, S Rice and G Jung Chang Valentine (eds .) What is Histor y? E H Car r
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Wor ldly Goods Lisa Jardine istory
The Sleepwalker s: How Europe Went to War in 19 14 Chr istopher Clar k The Great Sea: A Human Histor y of the Mediter r anean David Abulafia A Histor y of the Ar ab Peoples Alber t Hourani Father s and Sons Tur genev
Black Athena Mar tin Ber nal
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Literature nternational relations
Under standing Inter national Relations Chr is Brown and Kir sten Ainsley Wor ld Politics: Progress and its Limits James Mayall Pr isoner s of Geogr aphy Tim Mar shall Hegemony or Sur vival Noam Chomsky
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Anthology of Twentieth-Centur y Br itish and Ir ish Poetr y Keith Tuma (ed.) The Caretaker Harold Pinter Nights at the Circus Angela Car ter Or lando V ir ginia Woolf Bir thday Letter s Ted Hughes The French Lieutenant’s Woman John Fowles
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Law and Moder n Society Atiyih Lear ning the Law W illiams Under standing Public Law Ganz Under standing Cr iminal Law Clar kson The Secret Bar r ister : Stor ies of the Law and How It’s Broken Secret Bar r ister
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anagement
Or ganisational Behaviour S Robbins and T Judge
Mathematics The Foundations of Mathematics I Stewar t and D Tall Guide to Analysis M Har t Algebr a and Geometr y A Beardon
Mathematics: a Ver y Shor t Introduction T Gower s What is Mathematics? Richard Courant and Herber t Robbins , 2nd edition revised by Ian Stewar t How Not to be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking Jordan Ellenber g
Medicine Medical School Inter views Picard and Lee The Logic of Life J Black, C Boyd, and D Noble , (editor s).
Bad Science B Goldacre The Human Br ain: A Guided Tour S Greenfield The Language of the Genes S Jones Advice to a Young Scientist P Medawar
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hilosophy
Meditations R Descar tes On Liber ty J S Mill
The Republic Plato, translated and edited by Robin Waterfield An Enquir y Concer ning Human Under standing and An Enquir y Concer ning the Pr inciples of Mor als (any editions) D Hume Philosophy of Science: a Ver y Shor t Introduction S Okasha
Politics The Science of Politics: an Introduction J Colomer The Pr ince Machiavelli A Vindication of the Rights of Women M Wollstonecraft Democr acy: A Ver y Shor t Introduction Ber nard Cr ick Wester n Political Theor y In The Face Of The Future John Dunn Histor y And Illusion In Politics Raymond Geuss
Histor y And Illusion In Politics Raymond Geuss
Psychology Cognitive Psychology: a Student’s Handbook Micha el Eysenck and Mar k Keane Essentials of Social Psychology Micha el Hogg and Graham Vaughan Atkinson and Hilgard’s Introduction to Psychology Susan Nolen-Hoeksema et al 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Psychology Adr ian Fur nham
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ociology
Sociology: a Shor t Introduction N Abercrombie Sociology A Giddens and P W Sutton Identity: Sociological Per spectives S Lawler Sociology: Making Sense of Society S Punch et al Questioning Identity: Gender, Class, Ethnicity K Woodward