2017英国高中生必读书目.docVIP

　　This list is of books you will find lively and interesting. All of them have been published this century; many of them in the last few years. Do take a chance to enjoy the variety of authors, subjects, settings and styles; try to broaden your literary horizons by reading authors who are new to you. All of these titles are readily available in paperback. 　　Isabel Allende The House of the Spirits 　　Kate Atkinson Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Human Croquet 　　Pat Barker Regeneration, The Eye in the Door, The Ghost Road 　　Louis de Bernieres Captain Corelli’s Mandolin 　　J. L. Carr A Month in the Country 　　Jung Chang Wild Swans 　　Sebastian Faulkes Birdsong, Charlotte Grey 　　Jane Gardam Bilgewater, A Long Way to Verona 　　Alex Garland The Beach 　　L. P. Hartley The Go-Between 　　Susan Hill I’m the King of the Castle, Strange Meeting 　　Nick Hornby High Fidelity, Fever Pitch, About a Boy 　　Kazuo Ishiguro The Remains of the Day 　　Frank McCourt Angela’s Ashes 　　Ian McEwan Enduring Love 　　Ann Michaels Fugitive Pieces 　　Toni Morrison Beloved 　　E. Annie Proulx The Shipping News 　　Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things 　　Carol Shields Larry’s Party, The Stone Diaries 　　Zadie Smith White Teeth 　　Donna Tart The Secret History 　　Sarah Waters Affinity 　　This list is of “classics”. Don’t be put off by names of writers or works that you’ve heard and assume to be boring! Give them a try. All should be available in bookshops, and many can be found in the school library. 　　Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Emma 　　Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre 　　Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights 　　Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness 　　Charles Dickens Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Bleak House 　　George Eliot The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, Adam Bede 　　E. M. Forster Howard’s End, A Room with a View 　　Thomas Hardy The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tess of the d’Urbervilles 　　Henry James The Turn of the Screw, The Portrait of a Lady 　　James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners