Year 11 Reading List 
                   
                  Please find a reading list for various subjects to help you prepare for Post 16 studies. 
                    English 
                        •    David Crystal ‘The English Language’ 
                        •    David Crystal ‘Rediscover Grammar’  
                        •    Bill Bryson ‘The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way’ 
                        •    The Guardian ‘Mind Your Language’ https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-
                             language 
                        •    F Scott Fitzgerald ‘The Great Gatsby’ 
                        •    Emily Bronte ‘Wuthering Heights’ 
                        •    Khaled Hosseini ‘The Kite Runner’  
                        •    Charles Dickens ‘Bleak House’  
                        •    Ian McEwan ‘Atonement’  
                        •    Malala Yousafzai ‘I am Malala’ 
                     
                    Shakespeare and poetry  
                        •    Othello 
                        •    The Taming of the Shrew 
                        •    Measure for Measure 
                        •    The Winter's Tale 
                     
                        •    Jane Austen Persuasion  
                        •    Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre  
                        •    Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights  
                        •    Kate Chopin The Awakening  
                        •    Jonathan Coe The Rotters' Club  
                        •    George Eliot The Mill on the Floss  
                        •    Thomas Hardy Tess of the D’Urbervilles  
                        •    F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby  
                        •    E.M. Forster A Room with a View  
                        •    L.P. Hartley The Go-Between  
                        •    Daphne Du Maurier Rebecca  
                        •    Ian McEwan Atonement 
                     
                    Mathematics  
                        •    Measuring the World Paperback. 4 Oct 2007 - Daniel Kehlmann   
                        •    Parrots Theorem Paperback. 4 Oct 2002 - Denis Guedj  (Author), Frank Wynne  (Translator) 
                        •    The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Mark Haddon 
                        •    Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle That Confounded The World's Greatest Minds For 358 
                             Years  - Simon Singh 
                        •    The Code Book: The Secret History of Codes and Code-breaking – Simon Singh 
                        •    The Number Mysteries: A Mathematical Odyssey through Everyday Life - Marcus Du Sautoy  
                        •    Significant Figures: Lives and Works of Trailblazing Mathematicians - Professor Ian Stewart 
                        •    Seventeen Equations that Changed the World - Professor Ian Stewart 
                        •    Math Riddles for Smart Kids: 400 Math riddles and brain teasers for kids and family Paperback. 15 
                             Sep 2018 – Linda Nguyen 
                        •    Maths Games for Clever Kids (Buster Brain Games) Paperback. 8 Mar 2018 – Gareth Moore 
                              
                                                       
                    Science 
                        •    Peter Atkins- The Periodic Kingdom 
                        •    Philip Ball – Elegant Solutions 
                        •    John Emsley – Vanity Vitality and Virility  
                        •    Dick Lane – Oxygen  
                        •    Lawrence M Krauss - The Physics of Star Trek  
                        •    Richard Dawkins – How a Scientist Changes the Way we Think. 
                        •    Richard Dawkins – The Selfish Game  
                        •    Pater Macinnis – Poison  
                        •    James Gleick – Chaos 
                        •    Bill Bryson – A Short History of Everything  
                        •    Stanley Feldman – Poison Arrows  
                        •    Michael White – Leonardo The First Scientist  
                        •    RSE – The Age of the Molecule  
                        •    David Attenborough- Life on Earth 
                     
                    History 
                        •    The Cousins War series by Phillipa Gregory (7 books) 
                        •    The Tudor Court series by Phillipa Gregory (8 books) 
                     
                    Religious Education  
                        •    The Divinci code: Dan Brown 
                        •    Inferno 
                        •    Angels and Demons 
                        •    Origin 
                        •    The lost Symbol 
                        •    Deception point (All Dan Brown) 
                     
                    Geography 
                     
                    Human Geography 
                     
                    General 
                        •    Crang, P., Goodwin,M, & Cloke, P. (2014). Introducing human geographies (Third ed.) – 
                             Abingdon, Oxon, New York, Routledge 
                        •    Gregory, D., & Herod, A. (2010). The dictionary of human geography (5th ed. ed.) – 
                             Chichester, Wiley-Blackwell. 
                     
                    Geopolitics and Governance 
                        •    Boyes, B. (2009) Meltdown Iceland. Howe the Global Financial Crisis Bankrupted an Entire 
                             Country – Bloomsbury 
                        •    Dharshini D. (2018) The Almighty Dollar: Follow the Incredible Journey of Single Dollar to 
                             See How the Global Economy Really Works, Elliott and Thompson 
                        •    Dimbleby, J. (2009) Russia: a journey to the heart of a land and its people, BBC Books 
                        •    Flint, C. (2017) An Introduction to Geopolitics, 3rd Edition, Routledge 
                        •    Marshall, T. (2018) Divided: Why We’re Living in an Age of Walls, Elliot and Thompson Ltd 
                        •    Marshall, T. (2016) Worth Dying For the power and the politics of flags, Elliot and 
                             Thompson Ltd 
                        •    Marshall, T. (2015) Prisoners of Geography, Elliot and Thompson Ltd 
                    Rebranding Places and Gentrification 
                        •    Bennett, J. (2010) Hello Dubai: Skiing, Sand, and Shopping in the World’s Weirdest City – 
                             Simon & Schuster 
                        •    Bryson, B. (1996) Notes from a small island– Blackswan Books in fact anything by him 
                        •    Coates, K. and Silbur, R. (1973) Poverty: The Forgotten Englishmen–Pelican 
                        •    Florida, R. (2017) The new urban crisis gentrification, housing bubbles, growing inequality 
                             and what we can do about it – Oneworld 
                        •    Orwell, G. (2001) The Road to Wigan Pier –Penguin 
                     
                    Cities and Urban Geography 
                        •    Ali, S. (2010) Dubai: Gilded Cage – Yale University Press 
                        •    Brugmann, J. (2010) Welcome to the Urban Revolution. How Cities are Changing the 
                             World 
                        •    Davis, M. (1998) City of Quartz – Pimlico 
                        •    Davis, M. (1998) Ecology of Fear – Vintage 
                        •    Davis, M. (2004) Dead Cities – The New Press 
                        •    Davis, M. (2007) Planet of Slums – Verso 
                        •    Franz, F. & Collins, C. (2000) Celebration, U.S.A.: Living in Disney’s Brave New Town – Owl 
                             Books 
                        •    Hall, P. (2002) Cities of Tomorrow: An Intellectual History of Urban Planning and Design in 
                             the Twentieth History – Blackwell 
                        •    Ross, A. (2000) The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Value 
                             in Disney’s New Town – Verso Books 
                        •    Tatchell, J. (2010) A Diamond in the Desert: Behind the Scenes in the World’s Richest City 
                             – Sceptre 
                     
                    Development Geographies  
                        •    Allen, T. and Thomas, A. (eds) (2000) Poverty and development: into the 21st century, 
                             Oxford: OUP. 
                        •    Collier, P. (2010) Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity With Nature – Oxford 
                             University Press 
                        •    Collier, P. (2007) The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can 
                             Be Done About It – Oxford University Press 
                        •    Dorling, D. (2015) Inequality and the 1% - Verso 
                        •    Hickel, J. (2017) The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions – William 
                             Heinemann 
                        •    Monbiot, G. (2008) Bring on the Apocalypse: Six Arguments for Global Justice - Atlantic 
                             Books 
                        •    Moyo, D. (2009) Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa 
                             – Farrar, Straus & Giroux 
                        •    Squires, G. & Hartman, C. (2006) There is no such thing as a natural disaster 
                     
                    Food Geographies and Consumption Supply Chains 
                        •    Abbott, E. (2010) Sugar: A Bittersweet History – Gerald Duckworth 
                        •    Berners-Lee, M. (2010) How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything – 
                             Profile Book 
                        •    Blay-Palmer, A. (2008) Food fears : from industrial to sustainable food systems – Oxford: 
                             Ashgate 
                        •    Ellis, H. (2007) Planet Chicken. The Shameful Story of the Bird on Our Plate – Sceptre 
                        •    Griffitth, G. (2007) Tea: The Drink That Changed the World – Andre Deutsch 
                        •    Kurlansky, M. (1998) Cod. The Biography of the Fish that Changed the World – Penguin 
                        •    McMahon, P. (2013) Feeding Frenzy: The New Politics of Food – Profile 
                        •    Ming Lee, S. (2019). Hungry For Disruption: How Tech Innovations Will Nourish 10 Billion 
                             By 2050 - New Degree Press 
                        •    Pearce, F. (2009) Confessions of an Eco Sinner: Travels to Where My Stuff Comes From – 
                             Eden Project Books 
                        •    Reader, J. (2009) The Untold Story of the Potato –Vintage 
                        •    Rivoli, P. (2009) The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines 
                             the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade – John Wiley & Sons. 
                        •    Schlosser, E. (2002) Fast Food Nation: What the All American Meal is Doing to the World – 
                             Penguin 
                        •    Timmerman, K. (2010) Where am I Wearing? A Global Tour to the Counties, Factories, and 
                             People that Make Our Clothes – John Wiley & Sons 
                     
                    Globalisation 
                        •    Auletta, K. (2010) Googled: The End of the World As We Know It – Virgin 
                        •    Beattie, A. (2009) False Economy. A Surprising Economic History of the World -Penguin 
                        •    Harvey, D. 1989. The Condition of Postmodernity – Oxford: Blackwell 
                        •    Klein, N. (2010) No Logo, Fourth Estate 
                        •    Rouke,PJO. (2008) On the Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith’s Book that Changed the World 
                             -Atlantic Books 
                        •    Stross, R. (2010) Planet Google: How One Company Is Changing Our Lives-Atlantic Book 
                        •    Bernstein, W. (2009) A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World – Atlantic Books. 
                     
                    Race, ‘The Other’ and Identity 
                        •    Ali, M. (2003) Brick Lane, Transworld Publishers 
                        •    Christopher, A.J. (1994). The Atlas of Apartheid – London: Routledge  
                        •    Dwyer, C., Bressey, C. (2009). New geographies of race and racism. 
                        •    Gilroy, P. (1986) There ain’t no black in the Union Jack: the cultural politics of race and 
                             nation – Hutchinson 
                        •    Kundnani, Arun (2007), The End of Tolerance: Racism in the 21st Century – London, Pluto 
                             Press 
                        •    Rose, G (1993) Feminism and Geography: The Limits of Geographical Knowledge – Polity 
                             Press 
                        •    Said, E. (1978) Orientalism – Random House 
                     
                    Energy Futures  
                        •    Dennis, K. & Urry, J. (2009) After the car – Cambridge: Polity 
                        •    Pickerill, J. (2016) Eco-Homes: People, Place and Politics. 
                        •    Rubinyi, K. (2013). The car in 2035 : Mobility planning for the near future – Los Angeles, 
                             Civic Projects Foundation 
                        •    Smil, V. (2005). Energy at the crossroads: Global perspectives and uncertainties – 
                             Piscataqay, New Jersey, MIT Press. 
                        •    Urry, J. (2007) Mobilities – Cambridge: Polity