Year 10 Wide Reading List
As part of your Wide Reading programme you are required to read at least two books on different genres each term.
Below is a recommended list of titles. You are encouraged to add to the list. You cannot include texts that you have read or studied in the past or are studying this year
| ABORIGINAL WRITING | |
| Behrendt, Larissa | Home |
| Birch, Tony | Shadowboxing |
| Lucashenko, Melissa | Killing Darcy |
| McDonald, Meme & Pryor, B.M. | Njunjul The Sun |
| Maris, Hyllus & Borg, S | Women Of The Sun |
| Morgan, Sally | My Place |
| Mudrooroo (Johnson, Colin) | Wild Cat Falling; Master Of The Ghost Dreaming |
| Pascoe, Bruce | Shark |
| Pilkington, Doris | Rabbit-Proof Fence |
| Pryor, Boori Monty | Maybe Tomorrow |
| Weller, Archie | Going Home |
| Wharton, Herb | Unbranded |
| Winch, Tara | Swallow The Air |
| AMERICAN AFRICAN AND INDIAN WRITING | |
| Alexie, Sherman | The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fistfight In Heaven |
| Angelou, Maya | I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings |
| Griffin, John H. | Black Like Me |
| Haley, Alex | Roots |
| McBride, James | The Color Of Water (Afro-American) |
| Morrison, Toni | Beloved; The Bluest Eye |
| Wright, Richard | Native Son; Black Boy |
|
X, Malcolm |
Autobiography of Malcolm X |
| ADVENTURE | |
| Chan, Kylie | White Tiger |
| Charriere, Henri | Papillon |
| Clancy, Tom | The Hunt For Red October |
| Clavell, James | Whirlwind |
| Cookman, Scott | Iceblink (919.804 COO) |
| Corris, Peter | Deal Me Out |
| Crichton, Michael | Prey ; State Of Fear |
| Cussler, Clive | Golden Buddha |
| Defoe, Daniel | The Life And Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe |
| Dumas, Alexandre | The Black Tulip |
| Forester, C.S. | The African Queen |
| Ghinsberg, Yossi | Heart Of The Amazon |
|
Jordan,Robert |
The Conan Chronicles |
| Keenan, Michael | In Search Of A Wild Brumby (636.10094 KEE) |
| Lansing, Alfred | Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage (919.8904 SHA) |
| Leigh, Julia | The Hunter |
| Ludlum, Robert | The Altman Code |
| O'Brian, Patrick | Master And Commander; Post Captain |
| Ralston, Aron | Between A Rock And A Hard Place (796.5223 RAL) |
| Reilly, Matthew | Area 7 |
| Simpson, Joe | Touching The Void |
| Swift, Jonathan | Gulliver's Travels |
| Thompson, Harry | This Thing Of Darkness |
| Twain, Mark | The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| Westall, Robert | Break Of Dark |
| Wolfe, Tom | The Right Stuff |
| CRIME/MYSTERY/THRILLER | |
| Alcunin, Boris | Leviathan |
| Amis, Kingsley | We Are All Guilty |
| Ammaniti, Niccolo | I'm Not Scared |
| Baldacci, David | Simple Genius |
| Barker, Pat | Border Crossing |
| Bradley, James | Wrack |
| Brooks, Kevin | The Road Of The Dead |
| Burke, James Lee | Cimarron Rose |
| Camilleri, Andrea | The Voice Of The Violin |
| Carter, Dean Vincent | The Hand Of The Devil |
| Cave, Patrick | Sharp North |
| Chandra, Vikram | Sacred Games |
| Child, Lee | The Visitor |
| Cleary, Jon | Bear Pit |
| Cormier, Robert | After The First Death; and others |
| Cornwell, Patricia | The Body Farm |
| Corris, Peter | The Black Prince |
| De Kretzer, Michelle | The Hamilton Case |
| Disher, Garry | Kittyhawk Down |
| Drewe, Robert | The Shark Net |
| Eco, Umberto | Foucault's Pendulum ; The Name Of The Rose |
| Elton, Ben | Dead Famous |
| Gaardner, Jostein | Sophie's World |
| Greene, Graham | The Human Factor |
| Grisham, John | The Brethren |
| Hamilton, Peter F. | A Quantum Murder |
| Harrison, Colin | Afterburn |
| Hartnett, Sonya | The Devil Latch; Of A Boy |
| Highsmith, Patricia | The Talented Mr Ripley |
| Hinton, S.E. | Hawke's Harbor |
|
Hume, Fergus |
The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab |
| King, Laurie | Justice Hall |
| Lord, Gabrielle | Lethal Factor |
| Ludlum, Robert | The Bourne Identity |
| Lynn, Elizabeth | Dragon's Winter |
| Maine , David | Fallen |
| Blackman, Mallory | Checkmate |
| Mark, Jan | Useful Idiots |
|
Mason, Daniel |
The Piano Tuner |
| McEwan, Ian | Saturday |
| McNab, Andy | Bravo Two Zero (956.704428 MCN) |
| Myers, Walter Dean | Monster |
| O'Brien, Tim | In The Lake Of The Woods |
| Paretsky, Sara | Tunnel Vision |
| Parry, Glyn | Monster Man |
| Patterson, James | Cross; Step On A Crack |
| Pearl , Matthew | The Dante Club |
| Perez-Reverte, Arturo | The Dumas Club |
| Pessl, Marisha | Special Topics In Calamity Physics |
| Picoult, Jodi | Nineteen Minutes |
| Pullman , Philip | The Amber Spyglass |
| Read, Michael | The Chronicle of Isaac Quirk |
|
Ridpath, Michael |
The Predator |
| Ryman, Geoff | The King's Last Song |
| Sebold, Alice | The Lovely Bones |
| Tartt, Donna | The Secret History |
| Temple , Peter | The Broken Shore; White Dog |
| Waller, Kevin | Suddenly Dead: Ten Famous Cases Through The Eyes Of The Coroner |
| Watson, James | No Surrender |
| Zimler, Richard | The Last Kabbalist Of Lisbon |
| Zusak, Marcus |
The Messenger |
| CULT FICTION | |
| Burgess, Anthony | A Clockwork Orange |
| Burgess, Melvin | Junk ; Lady: My Life As A Bitch |
| Burroughs, William | Junky |
| Camus, Albert | The Outsider |
| Capote, Truman | In Cold Blood |
| Carter, Angela | The Magic Toyshop |
| Clarke, Arthur C. | 2001 |
| Fowles, John | The Collector |
| Gibson, William | Neuromancer |
| Heller, Joseph | Catch 22 |
| Hesse, Herman | Steppenwolf |
| Hinton, S.E. | The Outsiders |
| Kerouac, Jack | On The Road |
| Kesey, Ken | One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest |
| McCarthy, Cormac | All The Pretty Horses |
| Vonnegut, Kurt | Slaughterhouse Five |
|
Waterhouse, Keith |
Billy Liar |
| FANTASY | |
| Adams, Richard | Watership Down |
| Brooks, Terry | Running With The Demons |
| Carmody, Isobelle | Darkfall; Obernewton Chronicles |
| Chan, Kylie | White Tiger |
| Donaldson, Stephen | Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant series |
| Donohue, Keith | The Stolen Child |
| Douglass, Sara | Beyond The Hanging Wall |
| Drake, David | Lord Of The Isles |
| Eaton, Anthony | Darklands trilogy |
| Eddings, David | Belgarath The Sorcerer |
| Fallon,Jennifer | The Immortal Prince |
| Feist, Raymond | Krondor: The Betrayal |
| Gemmell, David | Legend - Book 1, The Drenai Novels |
| Graham, Ian | Monument |
| Harland, Richard | Ferren And The Angel |
| Hearn, Lian | Across The Nightingale Floor and other Tales of the Otori |
| Hoban, Russell | Riddley Walker |
|
Hobb, Robin |
Fool's Errand - Book 1, The Tawny Man |
| Jacques, Brian | Martin The Warrior and others in the Redwall series |
| Jordon, Robert | The Eye Of The World ( Book 1 in Wheels Of Time Series) |
| Kerr, Katherine | Daggerspell - Book 1, Epic Deverry series |
| Lanagan, Margo | White Time |
| LeGuin, Ursula | The Earthstar Quartet |
| McCaffrey, Anne | Pegasus In Flight |
| Mieville , China | The Scar; Iron Council |
| Niven, Larry | Ringworld |
| Peake. Mervyn | Titus Groan |
| Pratchett, Terry | The Colour Of Magic |
| Rubenstein, Gilliam | Foxspell |
| Smith, Martin Cruz | Stalin's Ghost |
| Tolkein, J.R.R. | Lord Of The Rings ; The Children Of Hurin |
| Weis, Margaret | Mistress of dragons (Book 1 in The DragonVarld Trilogy) |
|
Weller, Archie |
Land Of The Golden Clouds |
| HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE | |
| Biddulph, Steve | Manhood: A Book About Setting Men Free (305.32 BID) |
| Bone, Ian | Fatboy Saves The World |
|
Brugman, Alyssa |
Finding Grace |
| Burke, J.C. | The Story Of Tom Brennan |
| Cameron, Heather | Different But The Same (305.90814 DIF) |
| Condon, Bill | No Worries |
| Courtney, Bryce | April Fools Day (362.1969792 COU) |
| Davidson, Jessica | What Does Blue Feel Like |
| Deveson, Anne | Tell Me I'm Here (616.89820092 DEV) |
| Donaghy, Bronwyn | Anna's Story (362.3917 WOO) |
| Eiper, Chris | Dieback |
| Eugenides, Jeffrey | Middlesex |
|
Goldsworthy, Peter |
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam |
| Horniman, Joanne | Mahalia |
| Kelleher, Victor | The Slow Burn |
| Lanagan, Margo | Touching Earth Lightly |
| Lindquist, Ulla-Carin | Rowing Without Oars |
| Mara, Carol | Iron Cradles |
| McLarty, Ron | The Memory Of Running |
| Orr, Wendy | Peeling The Onion |
| Shreve, Anita | Light On Snow |
| Simmons, Dorothy | Ridge |
| Stuart, Duncan | The Whole Of The Moon |
| Suzuma, Tabitha | A Note Of Madness |
|
Wolfer, Dianne |
Choices |
| HISTORICAL | |
| Baker, Alan | The Gladiator (937.06 BAK) |
| Bronte, Jane | Jane Eyre |
| Brooks, Geraldine | March |
| Byatt, A.S. | Possession |
| Charriere, Henri | Papillon |
| Chevalier, Tracey | Girl With Pearl Earring |
| Cornwell, Bernard | Stonehenge |
| Courtney, Bryce | The Potato Factory;Solomon's Song |
| Dickens, Charles | David Copperfield |
| Eco, Umberto | The Name Of The Rose |
| Gaddis, John Lewis | The Cold War |
| King, Ross | Ex Libris |
| Mah, Adeline Yen | A Thousand Pieces of Gold |
| Manfredi, Valerio Massimo | Tyrant |
| Michener, James A | The Source |
| Moggoch, Deborah | Tulip Fever |
| Morgan, Paul | The Pelagius Book |
| Napoli, Donna Jo | Daughter Of Venice |
| Netz, Reviel | The Archimedes Codex |
| O'Brian, Patrick | Master And Commander |
| Pears, Iain | An Instance Of The Fingerpost |
| Redfern, Elizabeth | Auriel Rising |
| Sinclair, Upton | The Jungle |
| Stone, Irving | The Agony And The Ecstasy |
| Tremain, Rose | Restoration |
|
Uhlman, Fred |
The Reunion |
|
Winchester , Simon |
The Map That Changed The World (550.92 SMI) |
| HISTORICAL -AUSTRALIAN | |
| Aldridge, James | My Brother Tom (1930s) |
| Alexander, Goldie | Mavis Road Medley (1930s) |
| Carey, Peter | True History Of The Kelly Gang |
| Carroll, Steven | The Art Of The Engine Driver (1960s & 1970s) |
| Carroll, Steven | The Time We Have Taken (1970s) |
| Disher, Gary | The Divine Wind (Japanese internment in Australia ) |
| Facey, Albert | A Fortunate Life (1900s) |
| Flanagan, Martin | The Call (1860s) |
| Flanagan, Richard | Gould's Book Of Fish (1800's) |
| Franklin, Miles | My Brilliant Career (1900s) |
| Garner, Helen | Monkey Grip |
| Grenville, Kate | Joan Makes History |
| Grenville, Kate | The Secret River (1800s) |
|
Jinks, Catherine |
The Gentleman's Garden (1788) |
| Johnston, George | My Brother Jack |
| Kenneally, Thomas | The Chant Of Jimmy Blacksmith |
| Malouf, David | The Conversations At Curlow Creek (1800s |
| McHugh, Evan | Shipwrecks: Australia's Greatest Maritime Disasters (910.452 MCH) |
| Park, Ruth | The Harp In The South (1940s) |
| Richardson, Henry Handel | The Fortunes Of Richard Mahoney |
| Tiffany, Carrie | Everyman's Guide For Scientific Living (1930s) |
|
White, Patrick |
Voss (inland exploration) |
| HORROR | |
| Black, Holly | Valiant |
| Borchardt, Alice | The Silver Wolf |
| Bradley, James | The Resurrectionist |
| Clark, Simon | Vampyrrhic |
| Clarke, Susanna | The Strange Story Of Jonathan Strange And Mr Norell |
|
Coulombe, Charles |
Classic Horror Stories |
| Edwards, Hazel | Stalker |
| French, Jackie | In The Blood |
| Harris, Thomas | Hannibal ; Silence Of The Lambs |
| Hartnett, Sonia |
The Devil Latch; Of A Boy ; Surrender |
| Hill, Joe | Heart-Shaped Box |
| Kelleher, Victor | Into The Dark, Born Of The Sea |
| King, Stephen | The Shining |
| Lovecraft, H.P. | The Thing On The Doorstep And Other Weird Stories |
|
Lovesey, Peter |
The Vault |
| Marcus, David ed | Irish Ghost Stories |
| Martin, George | Fevre Dream |
| Meyer, Stephanie | Twilight |
| O'Brien, Edna | In The Forest |
| Poe, Edgar Allan | The Fall Of The House Of Usher And Other Tales |
| Rice, Anne | Interview With The Vampire |
| Shelley, Mary | Frankenstein |
| Stevenson, R.L. | Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde |
| Stoker, Bram | Dracula |
| Van de Velde, Vivian | Companions Of The Night |
| Werlin, Nancy | Black Mirror |
| Westerfeld, Scott | Peeps |
|
Wilde, Oscar |
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| HUMOUR/SATIRE | |
| Adams, Douglas | Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy |
| Bryson, Bill | Down Under (994.065 BRY) |
| Burgess, Melvin | Doing It |
| Chapman, Graham | Monty Python's The Life of Brian |
| Cilauro, Santo | Phaic Tan |
| Cleese, John | The Complete Fawlty Towers (822.914 CLE) |
| Earls, Nick | 48 Shades Of Brown |
| Elton, Ben | Inconceivable; Past Mortem |
| Fforde, Jasper | The Well Of Lost Plots |
| Ford, Adam | Man Bites Dog |
| Fraser, George MacDonald | Flashman; Flashman At The Charge |
| Haynes, Simon | Hal Spacejock |
|
Hornby, Nick |
High Fidelity |
| Irving, John | The Hotel New Hampshire |
| James, Clive | Unreliable Memoirs |
| Jones, Terry | Douglas Adam's Starship Titanic |
| Madden, Justin | Real Footballers Don't Cry (796.336 MAD) |
| Maloney, Shane | Stiff |
| Milligan, Spike | The Essential Spike Milligan |
| Pratchett, Terry | The colour of magic and others |
| Sharpe, Tom | Blott On The Landscape |
| Swarup, Vikas | Q And A |
| Townsend, Sue | Adrian Mole: The Capuccino Years |
|
Waugh, Evelyn |
The Loved One |
| Wheat, Chris | Looselips |
| Wilson, Tony | Players |
| Wodehouse, P.G. | What Ho: Best Of P.G. Wodehouse |
|
Woodward, Antony |
Propellerhead (629.13092 WOO) |
| Young, Jim | Any Old Eleven (796.35862 YOU) |
| LITERARY CLASSICS | |
| Austen, Jane |
Pride And Prejudice (see also Helen Halstead's A Private
Performance, and Linda Berdoll'sDarcy And Elizabeth
- based on the characters of Pride & Prejudice
) |
| Boyd, Martin | The Cardboard Crown |
| Bronte, Emily | Wuthering Heights ; Jane Eyre |
| Carey, Peter | Oscar And Lucinda |
| Cervantes, Manual | The Adventures Of Don Quixote |
| Conrad, Joseph | Heart Of Darkness |
| Dickens, Charles | Great Expectations ; David Copperfield |
| Dostoevsky, Fyodor | Crime And Punishment |
| Fielding, Henry | Tom Jones |
| Fitzgerald, F. Scott | The Great Gatsby |
| Franklin, Miles | My Brilliant Career |
| Hardy, James | Tess Of The D'Urbervilles |
| Hemingway, Ernest | A Farewell To Arms; The Old Man And The Sea |
| Hesse, Herman | Siddhartha |
|
Joyce, James |
A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man |
| Kazantzakis, Nikos | Zorba The Greek |
| Lawrence , D.H. | Sons And Lovers |
| Lindsay, Joan | Picnic At Hanging Rock |
| Marquez, Gabriel Garcia | One Hundred Years Of Solitude |
| Melville, Herman | Moby Dick |
| Peake, Mervyn | The Gormenghast Trilogy |
| Steinbeck, John | The Grapes Of Wrath |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis | The Strange Case Of Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde |
|
Tolstoy, Leo |
War And Peace |
| LITERARY CLASSICS, AUSTRALIAN | |
| Bail, Murray | Eucalyptus |
| Carey, Peter | Oscar And Lucinda |
| Cook, Kenneth | Wake In Fright |
| Furphy, Joseph | Such Is Life |
| Lawson, Henry | The Stories Of Henry Lawson |
| Malouf, David | An Imaginary Life |
| Winton, Tim | Cloudstreet |
| MORAL DILEMMAS | |
| Ackroyd, Peter | Chatterton (plagiarism) |
| Avi | Nothing But The Truth (honesty) |
| Burke, J.C. | The Story Of Tome Brennan (manslaughter) |
| Ginibi, Ruby | Haunted By The Past (human rights) |
| Gowdy, Barbara | The White Bone (animal rights) |
| Hautman, Peter | Feeling Lucky (gambling) |
| Jones, Allan Frewin | Burning Issues (vivisection) |
| Kelleher, Victor | Slow Burn (environment) |
| Mitchell, Dee | Amnesty (human rights) |
|
Mudrooroo |
Wild Cat Falling (human rights) |
| Read, Paul Piers |
Alive: The Story Of The Andes Survivors (cannibalism) |
| Taylor, Theodore | The Bomb (nuclear weapons) |
| Walker, Alice | The Color Purple (human rights) |
| Watson, James | Talking In Whispers (human rights) |
|
Watson, Larry |
Montana 1948 (civil rights) |
| Weller, Archie | The Day Of The Dog (human rights) |
|
Wheatley, Nadia |
The Blooding (environment) |
| NOVELS IN VERSE | |
| Bateson, Catherine | A Dangerous Girl ; The Year It All Happene |
| Davidson, Jessica | What Does Blue Feel Like |
| Ford, Adam | Not Quite The Man For The Job |
| Herrick, Steven | A Place Like This ; Love, Ghosts and Nose Hair ; The Spangled Drongo; By The River |
| Hodgins, Philip | Dispossessed |
| Koertge, Ron | The Brimstone Journals |
| Merrell, Billy | Talking In The Dark |
| Taylor, Michelle A. | The Angel Of Barbican High |
| Wild, Margaret | One Night |
| OTHER COUNTRIES & CULTURES | |
| Abelove, Joan | Go And Come Back (Amazon) |
| Achebe, Chinua | Things fall apart ( Africa ) |
| Adebayo, Diran | Some Kind Of Black (West African in Britain) |
| Ali, Tariq | The Nehrus And The Gandhis: An Indian Dynasty ( India ) |
| Aslam, Nadeem | Maps For Lost Lovers (Pakistan) |
| Bell , William | Forbidden City ( China ) |
| Caswell, Brian | Only The Heart ( Vietnam ) |
| Chandra, Vikram | Red Earth And Pouring Rain ( India ) |
| Cheong, Colin | Tangerine ( Vietnam ) |
| Cheong, Fiona | The Scent Of The Gods ( Singapore ) |
|
Coetzee, J.M. |
Disgrace ( South Africa ) |
| Choy, Wayson | The Jade Peony (Chinatown in Canada ) |
| Collins, Alan | The Boys From Bondi, Going Home (Jewish/Australian) |
| Desai, Anita | Clear Light Of Day ( India ) |
| Duff, Alan | Once Were Warriors ( New Zealand ) |
| Eggers, Dave | What Is The What (Sudan) |
| Frame, Janet | The Carpathians ( New Zealand ) |
| Fusillo, Archimedes | Sparring With Shadows (Italian immigrant background) |
| Gao, Xingjian | Buying A Fishing Rod For My Grandfather ( China ) |
|
Gemmell, Nicki |
Shiver ( Antarctica ) |
|
Ghosh, Amitav |
The Glass Palace (Burma/Malaya/India) |
| Hosseini, Khaled | The Kite Runner (Afganistan) |
| Hulme, Kerri | The Bone People ( New Zealand ) |
| Jamal, Nadia | The Glory Garage: GrowingUp Lebanese Muslim In Australia (305.48697094 JAM) |
| Jiang, Ji Li | Red Scarf Girl ( China -Cultural Revolution) |
| Jooste, Pamela | Like Water In Wild Places ( South Africa ) |
| Kennedy, Cate | Sing And Don't Cry (Mexico) |
| Koch, C.J. | Across The Sea Wall ( India ) |
| Latifa | My Forbidden Face |
| Le Thi Diem Thuy | The Gangster We Are All Looking For ( Vietnam ) |
| Mah, Adeline Yen | Watching The Tree ( China ) (951.2505 MAH) |
| Malladi, Amulya | The Mango Season ( India ) |
|
Marchetta, Melina |
Looking For Alibrandi (Italian immigrant background) |
| Marquez, Gabriel Garcia | One Hundred Years Of Solitude |
| McCourt, Frank | Angela's Ashes ( Ireland ) |
| McDonald, Ian | River Of Gods ( India ) |
| Min, Anchee | Empress Orchid ( China ) |
| Moxham, Roy | The Great Hedge Of India |
| Okri, Ben | The Famished Road ( Nigeria ) |
| Palin, Michael | Himalaya |
| Potok, Chaim | The Chosen (Jewish/American) |
| Provoost, Annie | Falling ( Belgium ) |
| Pung, Alice | Unpolished Gem |
|
Rorabacher, Louise |
Two Ways Meet; Stories Of Migrants In Australia |
| Roy, Arundhati | The God Of Small Things ( India ) |
| Rushdie, Salman | Midnight's Children ( India ) |
| Rutherford, Edward | Dublin Foundation |
| Seth, Vikram | A Suitable Boy (Indian) |
| Sinha, Indra | Animal's People |
| Tan, Amy | The Joy Luck Club (Chinese/American) |
| Vassanji, M.G. | The Book Of Secrets |
| Vavere, Aina | The Blue Mountain In Mujani (Latvian) |
|
Wu, Cheng-En |
Monkey (Chinese legend) |
| France | |
| Cocteau, Jean | Les Enfants Terribles |
| Dumas, Alexandre | The Man In The Iron Mask; Louise De La Valliere |
| Hugo, Victor | Les Miserables |
| Lewis, Janet | The Wife Of Martin Guerre |
| Mantel, Hilary | A Place Of Greater Safety |
| Masson, Sophie | The Knight By The Pool |
| Mayle, Peter | A Year In Provence (914.4 MAY) |
| Meyer, Philippe | A Parisian's Paris (944.36092 MEY) |
| Sadler, Michael | An Englishman In Paris : L'Education Continentale (944.361 SAD) |
| Turnbull, Sarah | Almost French |
| Germany | |
| Boll, Heinrich | The Mad Dog |
| Fitzgerald, Penelope | The Blue Flower |
| Grass, Gunter | The Tin Drum |
| Isherwood, Christopher | Goodbye To Berlin |
| Kehlman, Daniel | Measuring The World |
| Schlink, Bernard | The Reader |
| Sheil, Graham | Christmas Trees In The Sky |
|
Wheatley, Alan |
Merchant Of Death |
| Indonesia | |
| Beyond The Horizon: Short Stories From Contemporary Indonesia | |
| Collison, Kerry |
Jakarta ; Earth Of Mankind |
| De Neefe, Janet | Fragrant Rice (959.86 DE) |
| Koch, C.J. | The Year Of Living Dangerously |
| Maher, Michael | Diverse Lives: Contemporary Stories From Indonesia |
| Milton, Giles | Nathaniel's Nutmeg (910.92 COU MIL) |
|
Pramoedya, Ananta Toer |
Indonesia : An Eyewitness Account |
| Ridden, Brian | Sweet Tea |
| Severn, Tim | The Spice Islands Voyage (910.916474 SEV) |
| Vondra, Josef | Child Of All Nations; House Of Glass; No-Name Bird |
|
|
Women's Voices (short stories) |
| Japan | |
| Carey, Peter | Wrong About Japan (915.204 CAR) |
| Clavell, James | Shogun |
| Duffy, Jennifer | Encounters With Japan (952.049 ENC) |
| Endo, Shizuku | Silence; When I Whistle |
| Golden, Arthur | Memoirs Of A Geisha |
| Hearn, Lian | Across The Nightingale Floor (Part 1 Tales Of The Otori) |
| Lomer, Kathryn | The Spare Room |
| Lustbader, Eric | The Ninja |
| Massey, Sujata | The Bride's Kimono |
|
Milan , Victor |
The Cybernetic Samurai |
| Mishima, Yukio | The Temple Of Dawn |
| Morley, John | Pictures From The Water Trade |
| Nagano , Hirokazu | One And Many |
| Oe, Kenzaburo |
Nip The Buds, Shoot The Kids; The Silent Cry |
| Kawabata, Yasunari | Palm Of The Hand Stories |
|
Say, Allen Seven Stories Of Modern Japan |
Seven Stories Of Modern Japan |
| PERSONAL JOURNEYS AND REFLECTIONS | |
| Armstrong, Lance | It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back To Life (796.62092 ARM) |
| Baker, Mark | The Fiftieth Gate (940.5318092 BAK) |
| Banville, John | The Sea |
| Bascomb, Neal | The Perfect Mile (796.420922 BAS) |
| Beckham, David | David Beckham: My Side (796.334092 BEC WAT) |
| Bird, Carmel | The Stolen Children: Their Stories (362.7089915 STO) |
| Chambers, Aidan | This Is All: The Pillow Book Of Cordelia Kenn |
| Davidson, Robyn | Tracks (919.4046 DAV) |
| Dickens, Barry | Heart And Soul: Personal Recollections Of Life In The Police Force |
| Dowling, Barry | Mudeye: An Australian Boyhood And Beyond (636.089092 DOW) |
| Easton , Carol | Jacqueline Du Pre (787.4092 DUP EAS) |
|
Eggers, Dave |
You Shall Know Our Velocity |
| Foer, Jonathon Safron | Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close |
| Hathorn, Libby | The Painter |
| Hollows, Fred | An Autobiography With Peter Corris (617.772 HOL) |
| Keenan, Brian | An Evil Cradling (364.154092 KEE) |
| Krakouer, John | Into Thin Air (796.522 KRA) |
| Li Cunxin | Mao's Last Dancer (792.8092LI) |
| Martel, Yann | Life Of Pi |
| Martin, Jesse | Lionheart (797.124092 MAR) |
| McEwan, Ian | Enduring love |
| McLarty, Ron | The Memory Of Running |
| McRobbie, David | Mad Arm Of The Y |
| Mikaelsen, Ben | Touching Spirit Bear |
| Moore , Tony | Cry Of A Damaged Man (617.103092 MOO) |
| Pascoe, Bruce | Shark |
|
Reeve, Christopher |
Still Me (791.43028 REE) |
| Rose, Peter | Rose Boys (796.358092 ROS) |
| Sallis, Eva | The Marsh Birds |
| Sijie, Dai | Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress |
| Swift, Graham | Waterland |
| Szego, George | Two Prayers To One God (940.5318092) |
| Zable, Arnold | Cafe Scheherazade |
| RELATIONSHIPS | |
| Aaron, Moses | Elijah Greenface |
|
Ammaniti, Niccolo |
Steal You Away |
| Carey, Peter | Bliss |
| Caswell, Brian | The Full Story |
| Chambers, Aidan | The Toll Bridge |
| Corbet, Robert | The Passenger Seat |
| De Goldi, Kate | Sanctuary; Closed; Stranger |
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Desai, Kiran |
The Inheritance Of Loss |
| Eng, Tan Twan | The Gift Of Rain |
| Goldsworthy, Peter | Maestro |
| Hartnett, Sonia | Wilful Blue |
| Hood, Robert | Backstreets |
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Hyland, M.J. |
Carry Me Down |
| Kelleher, Victor | Slow burn |
| Lanagan, Margo | Touching Earth Lightly |
| McCarthy, Maureen | Cross My Heart |
| McDonald, Caroline | Secret Lives |
| McEwan, Ian | Enduring Love |
| McFarlane, Peter | More Than A Game |
| Metzenthen, David | Falling Forward |
| Moloney, James | Touch Me |
| Murakami, Haruki | Kafka On The Shore |
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Pullman , Philip |
The Butterfly Tattoo |
| Robinson, Marilynne | Gilead |
| Seth, Vikram | An Equal Music |
| Simpson, Julie | Idle Hour In The Country |
| Smith, Ali | The Accidental |
| Voigt, Cynthia | David And Jonathan, A Solitary Blue |
| Wheatley, Nadia | Vigil |
| Winterson, Jeannette | Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit |
| SCIENCE FICTION & TIME TRAVEL | |
| Asimov, Isaac | The Foundation Series |
| Bear, Greg | Moving Mars |
| Bradbury, Ray | The Martian Chronicles; Something Wicked This Way Comes |
| Caswell, Brian | The View From Ararat |
| Card, Orson Scott | Ender Series |
| Catran, Ken | Running Dogs |
| Clarke, Arthur C. | 2001: A Space Odyssey; The Hammer Of God |
| Dick, Phillip K. | The Minority Report ; Dr Bloodmoney; Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep |
| Egan, Greg | Axiomatic |
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Goodman, Alison |
Singing The Dogstar Blues |
| Haldeman, Joe | Forever Free |
| Hamilton, Peter F. | The Nano Flower |
| Heinlein, Robert | The Green Hills Of Earth |
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Herbert, Frank |
Dune |
| Jinks, Catherine | The Rapture |
| Nix, Garth | Shade's Children |
| Nylund, Eric | Ghosts of Onyx |
| Price, Susan | The Sterkarm Handshake |
| Shute, Neville | On The Beach |
| Stewart, Ian | Flatterland: Like Flat Land Only More So |
| Wells, H.G. | The War Of The Worlds; The Time Machine |
| Wyndham, John | The Day Of The Triffids ; Kraken Wakes; The Chrysalids |
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Zelazny, Roger |
The Doors Of His Face |
| SHORT STORIES | |
| Baillie, Alan | Taste Of Cockroach: Stories From The Wild Side |
| Barnes, Julian | The History Of The World In 10½ Chapters |
| Buford, Bill | Biography (920.02 BIO) |
| Carter, Angela | The Bloody Chamber |
| Carver, Raymond | Will You Please Be Quiet, Please |
| Crewe, Gary | Dark House; Force Of Evil |
| Deaver, Jeffrey | Twisted |
| Gordimer, Nadine ed | Telling Tales |
| Horniman, J. | Bad Behaviour |
| Lanagan, Margo | Black Juice |
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Lennox , Gina |
In Search Of Heroes (920.094 LEN) |
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MacFarlane, Peter |
Lovebird |
| Malouf, David | Every Move You Make |
| Murray, John | A Few Short Notes On Tropical Butterflies |
| Nieuwenhuizen, Agnes | Family |
| Olson, William | Down The Breakie |
| Parry, Glynn | Radical Takeoffs |
| Pausacker, Jenny | Hide And Seek |
| Snell, Gordon | Thicker Than Water |
| Toibin, Colm | The Penguin Book Of Irish Fiction |
| Walker , Kate | Changes |
| Willams, Christine | Fathers And Sons (306.8742 WIL) |
| Westall, Robert | Love Stories |
| Willis, Clint | High: Stories Of Survival From Everest |
|
Wolff, Tobias |
The Stories Of Tobias Wolff |
| SOCIETY | |
| Ali, Monica | Alentejo Blue |
| Atwood, Margaret | The Handmaid's Tale |
| Ballard, J.G. | Kingdom Come |
| Barry, Max | Company |
| Bone, Ian | The Song Of An Innocent Bystander |
| Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451 |
| Crace, Jim | Quarantine |
| Ende, Michael | Momo |
| Golding, William | Lord Of The Flies |
| Hamid, Mohsin | The Reluctant Fundamentalist |
| Hathorn, Libby | Rift |
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Hautman, Pete |
Godless |
| Hood, Robert | Back Streets |
| Huxley, Aldous | Brave New World |
| Kenneally, Thomas | The Tyrant's Novel |
| Kennedy, Cate | Sing And Don't Cry |
| Macauley, Wayne | Blueprints For A Barbed-Wire Canoe |
| Maine, David | Fallen |
| Marsden, John | Checkers |
| McGahan, Andrew | Underground |
| Oe, Kenzaburo | Nip The Buds Shoot The Kids |
| Orwell, George | Animal Farm; 1984 |
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Perlman, Elliot |
Three Dollars |
| Pilger, John | Freedom Next Time (323.49 PIL) |
| Pryor, Michael | Blackout |
| Quart, Alissa | Branded: The Buying And Selling Of Teenagers (658.83408 QUA) |
| Quintana, Anthony | The Baboon King |
| Rhue, Morton | The Wave |
| Roth, Phillip | The Plot Against America |
| Rubenstein, Gillian | Galaxarena |
| Saramago, Jose |
Blindness; Seeing |
| Veno, Arthur | The Brotherhoods: Inside The Outlaw Motorcycle Club (364.1066VEN) |
|
Watson, Larry |
Justice |
| TEENAGERS/RITES OF PASSAGE | |
| Alain-Fournier | Le Grand Meaulnes |
| Amis, Martin | The Rachel Papers |
| Beckett, Bernard | Jolt; No Alarms |
| Behan, Brendan | Borstal Boy |
| Brooks, Kevin | Candy |
| Brugman, Alyssa | Walking Naked |
| Carroll, Steven | The Gift Of Speed |
| Cohn, Rachel & Levithan, | David Nick And Nora's Infinite Playlist |
| Condon, Bill | No Worries |
| Cormier, Robert | I Am The Cheese |
| D'Ath, Justin | Hunters And Warriors |
|
Davis, Terry |
Vision Quest |
| Dawe, Ted | Thunder Road |
| Donnelly, Barry | Boys By The Sea |
| Doyle, Roddy | Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha |
| Drewe Robert |
Shark Net |
| Earls, Nick |
Forty-Eight Shades Of Brown; Monica Bloom |
| Gardner, Scot | White Ute Dreaming |
| Hartley, L.P. | The Go-Between |
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Hartnett, Sonya |
All My Dangerous Friends |
| Hines, Barry | Kes |
| Hinton, S.E. | The Outsiders |
| Howell, Simmone | Notes From The Teenage Underground |
| Hyland, M.J. | Carry Me Down ; How The Light Gets In |
| Irving, John | The World According To Garp |
| Joyce, James | A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man |
| Katz, Jon | Geeks: How Two Boys Rode The Internet Out Of Idaho |
| Koch, C.J. | The Boys In The Island |
| Koertge, Ron |
The Arizona Kid; Where The Kissing Never Stops |
| Levithan, David | Boy Meets Boy |
Lyga, Barry |
The Astonishing Adventures Of Fan Boy And Goth Girl |
|
Makine, Andrei |
Once Upon The River Love |
| Malouf, David | Johnno |
| Marchetta, Melina |
Looking For Alibrandi; Saving Francesca |
| Marsden, John | So Much To Tell You |
| Martel, Yann | Life Of Pi |
| Maxwell, William | The Folded Leaf |
| McCarthy, Maureen |
Chain Of Hearts; Queen Kat, Carmel And St Jude : Rose By Any Other Name |
| McCullers, Carson | The Member Of The Wedding |
| McRobbie, David | Mad Arm Of The Y |
|
Monk, Scott |
Boys' R' Us; The Never Boys |
| Mitchell, David | Black Swan Green |
| Mudrooroo (Colin Johnston) | Wild Cat Calling |
| Pierre , D.B.C. | Vernon God Little |
| Plath, Sylvia | The Bell Jar |
| Pung, Alice | Unpolished Gem |
| Rai, Bali | The Last Taboo |
| Rosoff, Meg | Justin Case ; What I Was |
| Sallis, Eva | Fire, Fire |
| Savvides, Irini | Sky Legs |
| Sherborne, Craig | Muck |
| Sittenfeld, Curtis | Prep |
| Stevens, Leonie | Eat Well And Stay Out Of Jail |
| Van Loon, Julienne | Road story |
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Walters, Celeste |
The Killing Of Mud-Eye |
| Waterhouse, Keith | Billy Liar |
| Wheatley, Nadia |
The Blooding; Vigil |
| Winch, Tara | Swallow The Air |
| Wolff, Tobias | Old School |
| Yeldham, Peter | The Murrumbidgee Kid |
|
Zurbo, Matt |
Flyboy And The Invisible |
| WAR STORIES | |
| Anderson, Scott | Triage |
| Ballard, J.G. | Empire Of The Sun |
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Bao Ninh |
The Sorrow Of War |
| Barker, Pat | The Regeneration Trilogy |
| Beah, Ishmael | A Long Way Gone: Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier |
| Brooks,Geraldine | March |
| Chambers, Aidan | Postcards From No Man's Land |
| Crist-Evans, Craig | Amaryllis |
| Dear, Ian | Escape And Evasion (940.5472 DEA) |
| Disher, Garry | The Divine Wind |
| Eggers, Dave | What Is The What |
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Faulks, Sebastian |
Birdsong |
| Flanagan, Arch & Martin | The Line |
| Harrison , Charles | Generals Die In Bed |
| Heard, Barry | Well Done, Those Men |
| Hemingway, Ernest | A Farewell To Arms |
| Jackson, Livia E. Bitton | Elli |
| Jones, James | The Thin Red Line |
| Judd, Alan | A Breed Of Heroes |
| Keneally, Thomas | Schindler's Ark |
| Lobel, Anita | No Pretty Pictures: A Child Of War (940.5318092 LOB) |
| Marsden, John | Tomorrow Series |
| Mason, Bobbie | In Country |
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Morpurgo, Michael |
Private Peaceful |
| O'Brien, Tim | The Things They Carried |
| Ondaatje, Michael | The English Patient |
| Remarque, Erich Maria | All Quiet On The Western Front |
| Rosoff, Meg | How I Live Now |
| Rowe, Alick | Voices Of Danger |
| Sajer, Guy | The Forgotten Soldier (940.5421 SAJ) |
| Walker, Brenda | The Wing Of Night |
| Waugh, Evelyn | Men At Arms; Officers And Gentlemen; Unconditional Surrender |
| Wiesel, Elie | Night (940.531503 WIE) |
| Wouk, Herman | The Caine Mutiny |
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Zusak, Marcus |
The Book Thief |
Marie Buckland,
Melbourne High School Library
12th December, 2006
