A Reading List for the 11 Plus English Exams

It is essential to have a 11+ reading list when preparing for English and verbal reasoning exams.

Below is a list of fiction books and authors that have been recommended for 11+ coaching at our centres

• Alan Gibbons – Caught in the Crossfire
• Alan Gibbons – Caught in the Crossfire
• Alex Shearer – The Invisible Man’s socks
• Angie Sage – Septimus Heap series
• Anne Fine – A Pack of Liars
• Anne Holm – I Am David
• Anthony Horowitz – Stormbreaker
• Anthony Horowitz – Stormbreaker
• Arthur Ransome – Swallows and Amazons series
• Barbara Leonie Picard (translator) – The Odyssey
• Barbara Sleigh – Carbonel series 1 and 2
• Brian Jacques – Redwall series
• S. Lewis – The Chronicles of Narnia
  Book 1 – The Magicians Nephew
  Book 2 – The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  Book 3 – The Horse and His Boy
  Book 4 – Prince Caspian
  Book 5 – The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
• Caroline Lawrence – Roman Mysteries series:
  The Thieves of Ostia
  The Secrets of Vesuvius
  The Pirates of Pompeii
• Carolyn Keene – Nancy Drew mysteries: The Mystery at Lilac Inn
• Cathy Cassidy – Scarlett
• Cathy Cassidy – Scarlett
• Charles Ashton – Dragon’s Fire
• Charles Kingsley – The Water Babies
• Charmian Hussey – The Valley of Secrets
• Chris d’Lacey – Fire series:
  Book 1 – The Fire Within
  Book 2 – Icefire
  Book 3 – Firestar
  Book 4 – The Fire Eternal
  Book 5 – Dark Fire
• Christopher Paolini – Eldest series
• Cliff McNish
  Doomspell trilogy 1 – Doomspell
  Doomspell trilogy 2 – The Scent Magic
  Doomspell trilogy 3 – The Wizards promise
• Clive King – Stig of the Dump
• Cornelia Funke – Inkheart Trilogy
• Cornelia Funke – Inkheart Trilogy and Thief Lord
• Daniel Defoe – Robinson Crusoe
• Daniel Defoe – Robinson Crusoe
• Darren Shan – Demonata series
• Debbi Gilori – Pure Dead Magic
• Debbi Gilori – Pure Dead Magic
• Derek Landy – Skulduggery Pleasant series: Book 1
• Nesbit – The Phoenix and the Carpet & others
• L. Konigsburg – From the Mixed up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler
• Elise Broach – Shakespeare’s Secret
• Elizabeth Kay – The Divide series
• Enid Blyton
• Enid Blyton – The Secret Island
• Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl
• Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl
• Erin Hunter – Warrior series:Shadow of The Clans
• Eva Ibbotson – The Dragonfly Pool
• Frances Hardinge – Fly by Night
• Gail Carson Levine – Fairest
• Gail Carson Levine – Fairest
• Garth Nix The Seventh Tower Series
• Geraldine McCaughrean – The Death Defying Pepper Roux
• Graham Marks – Snatched
• Hans Christian Andersen – Fairy Tales
• Hans Christian Andersen – The Complete Fairy Tales
• Holly Black – Beyond The Spiderwick Chronicles: A Giant Problem
• Holly Black – The Spiderwick Chronicles
• K. Rowling – Harry Potter series
• R.R. Tolkien – The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings series
• Jacob Grimm – Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales
• Jacob Grimm – Complete Grimms Fairy Tales
• Jacqueline Wilson Series
• Jenny Nimmo – Charlie Bone series
• Joan Aiken – Wolves of Willoughby Chase series
• Joan Aiken – Wolves of Willoughby Chase series
• Jonathan Stroud – The Bartimaeus Trilogy
• Julia Golding – The Glass Swallow
• Julie Lee – The Mysterious Adventures of Clemency Wrigglesworth
• Karen McCombie – Marshmallow Magic and the Wild Rose Rouge
• Laura Ingalls Wilder – Little House on the Prairie series
• Lemony Snicket – A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Louis Sachar – Holes
• Lucy Daniels – Animal Ark series
• Lucy Daniels – Animal Ark series
• Lucy Montgomery – Anne of Green Gables
• Lynne Reid Banks – The Indian in the Cupboard trilogy
• Malorie Blackman – Noughts and Crosses Trilogy
• Malorie Blackman – Noughts and Crosses Trilogy
• Mark Twain – Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn
• Michael Carroll – New Heroes series
• Michael Morpurgo – The Butterfly Lion
• Michelle Paver – Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Series
• Nina Bawden – Carrie’s War
• Norman Hunter – The Incredible adventures of Professor Branestawm
• Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell – The Edge Chronicles series
• Philip Pullman
• Philip Reeve – Infernal Devices
• Philip Ridley – Scribbleboy
• Richmal Crompton – Just William
• Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson series
• Roald Dahl
• Roald Dahl – The Witches
• Silvana De Mari – The Last Elf
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Lost World
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – The Lost World
• Susan Coolidge – What Katy Did Next
• Susan Coolidge – What Katy Did series
• H. White – The Once and Future King
• Terry Pratchett Series
• William Golding – Lord of the Flies
• William Golding – Lord of the Flies
• William In Trouble
• William Nicholson – Wind on Fire Trilogy
• William The Bad
• William The Conqueror
• William The Outlaw