11+ Workbooks and Reading Lists
Below is a comprehensive list of books and collections we recommend for our 11+ students to work through and read. The links are clickable and direct you to Amazon to purchase through our shop.
The aim is to develop your child's vocab, attention span and imagination as well as provide a lifelong love of reading. Use factual books if they prefer these. Any reading is better than none! Praise whenever they read and try to build a 15 - 20 minute 'quiet time' into the day
after dinner or before bed when the only activity that they are allowed is a book.
If your child is a reluctant reader you may need to start small, with interesting comics such as National Geographic Junior or the excellent children's newspaper, First News. Let them read whatever they want though - the cereal box contains plenty of challenging words and
information! The best way to reward your child for reading is by discussing it with them. They may well be extremely reluctant the first time
Workbooks
11+ GL Workbooks and Test Bundle (age 7-8)
1+ GL Workbooks and Test Bundle (age 8-9)
11+ GL Workbooks and Test Bundle (age 9-10)
11+ GL Workbooks and 10 Minute Test Bundle (age 10-11)
11+ GL Practice Books and Assessment Tests (ages 10-11)
11+ GL 10-Minute Maths Word Problems Tests (age 10-11)
11+ GL 10-Minute Maths Mental Arithmatic (age 10-11)
11+ Collins Non-Verbal Reasoning for GL Assessment
RSL Creative Writing (Age 9 Upwards)
Fiction
Jules Verne - Journey to the Centre of the Earth
Frances Hodgson Burnett - The Secret Garden
Jeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Lemony Snicket - A Series of Unfortunate Events
E Nesbit - Five Children and It
E Nesbit - The Railway Children
Anthony Horowitz - Alex Rider Series
Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol
Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island
JK Rowling - Harry Potter Series
Hans Christian Andersen - Complete Fairy Tales
CS Lewis - Alice in Wonderland
CS Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia
Jonathan Swift - Gulliver’s Travels
Frank Cottrell Boyce - Millions
Mark Haddon - Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
James Dashner - Maze Runner Series
William Golding - Lord of the Flies
Joan Aiken - Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Katherine Paterson - Bridge to Terabithia
RC O’Brien - Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
• Louis Sachar – Holes Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Ian Serraillier – The Silver Sword Waterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Orson Scott Card – Ender's Game Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Nina Bawden – Carrie's WarWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Robert Swindells – Blitzed Waterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Michael Morpurgo – Kensuke's Kingdom ! Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Morton Rhue – The WaveWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• John Boyne – The Boy in the Striped PyjamasWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
War Stories:
• Anne Frank – The Diary of Anne FrankWaterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Anne Holm – I Am DavidWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Ian Serraillier – The Silver SwordWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Jackie French – Hitler's DaughterWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Nina Bawden – Carrie's WarWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Robert Swindells – BlitzedWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Michael Morpurgo – WarhorseWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Zlata Filipovic – Zlata's DiaryWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• Morton Rhue – The WaveWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
• John Boyne – The Boy in the Striped PyjamasWaterstones ↗ Amazon↗
Murder Mystery and Detective Stories:
• Caroline Lawrence – The Thieves of OstiaWaterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• M.G. Leonard – The Highland Falcon Thief Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Anthony Horowitz – The Falcon's Malteser Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Carolyn Keene – Nancy Drew Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Agatha Christie – And Then There Were None Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Cornelia Funke – The Thief Lord Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Erich Kästner – Emil and the Detectives Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Darren Shan – Cirque du Freak Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• James Dashner – The Maze Runner Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Siobhan Dowd – The London Eye Mystery Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• A.M. Howell – The House of 100 Clocks Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Agatha Christie – Murder on the Orient Express Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Arthur Conan Doyle – Sherlock Holmes Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Trenton Lee Stewart – The Mysterious Benedict Society Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
Fantasy & Science Fiction:
• Alan Gibbons – Shadow of the Minotaur Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Lois Lowry – The Giver Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Ross MacKenzie – The Nowhere Emporium Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Celia Rees – Witch Child Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Malorie Blackman – Hacker Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Michael Ende – The Neverending Story Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Anthony Horowitz – Stormbreaker Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• David Almond – Skellig Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Eva Ibbotson – The Secret of Platform 13 Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• John Wyndham – The Day of the Triffids Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Sophie McKenzie – The Medusa Project Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Kenneth Oppel – Airborn Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Michelle Paver – Wolf Brother Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Nicky Singer – Feather Boy Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Ali Sparkes – Frozen in Time Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• J.R.R. Tolkien – The Hobbit Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Douglas Adams – The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Kevin Brooks – Martyn Pig Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Orson Scott Card – Ender's Game Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Garth Nix – Sabriel Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Jules Verne – Around the World in Eighty Days Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Robert Westall – The Kingdom by the Sea Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
Books about Animals:
• Anna Sewell – Black Beauty Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Brian Jacques – Redwall Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Betsy Byars – The Midnight Fox Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• E.B. White – Charlotte's Web Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Enid Bagnold – National Velvet Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Gerald Durrell – My Family and Other Animals Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Richard Adams – Watership Down Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Zizou Corder – Lionboy Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Benjamin Zephaniah – Refugee Boy Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
Books with a Female Protagonist:
• Philip Pullman – Northern Lights Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Nizrana Farook – The Girl Who Stole an Elephant Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Kiran Millwood Hargrave – The Girl of Ink and Stars Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Eva Ibbotson – Journey to the River Sea Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Nina Bawden – Carrie's War Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Annet Schaap – Lampie Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Malorie Blackman – Noughts and Crosses Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
Poetry:
• Various – Favourite Poems: 101 Children's Classics Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Alfred Noyes – The Highwayman Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Allie Esiri – Shakespeare for Every Day of the Year Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Edward Lear – The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Karl Nova – Rhythm and Poetry Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Carol Ann Duffy – New and Collected Poems for Children Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
Adventure Stories:
• Zizou Corder – Halo Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Eoin Colfer – The Wish List Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Rosemary Sutcliffe – Beowulf: Dragonslayer Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Robert Louis Stevenson – Treasure Island Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• J. Meade Faulkner – Moonfleet Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Michael Morpurgo – Kensuke's Kingdom Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Jamila Gavin – Coram Boy Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Louis Sachar – Holes Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• C.S. Forester – Hornblower Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Chris Ryan – Alpha Force: Survival Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Jemma Hatt – The Adventurers Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Kevin Crossley-Holland – Arthur and the Seeing Stone Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Philip Reeve – A Web of Air, Mortal Engines Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Amanda Mitchison – Mission Telemark Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Elizabeth Laird – Crusade Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Brian Keaney – Nathaniel Wolfe & the Bodysnatchers Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Robert Harris – Will Shakespeare & the Pirate's Fire Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Hans Magnus Enzensberger – The Number Devil Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Roddy Doyle – Wilderness Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Roald Dahl – Going Solo Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Lian Hearn – Across the Nightingale Floor Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Sally Gardner – I, Coriander Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Neil Gaiman – Coraline Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Deborah Ellis – The Prison Runner Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Marianne Curley – The Named Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Robert Westall – The Machine Gunners Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Robert Swindells – Abomination Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Beverley Naidoo – Burn my Heart Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Geraldine McCaughrean – Stop the Train Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
• Thomas Hughes – Tom Brown's Schooldays Waterstones ↗ Amazon ↗
NON-FICTION
First Aid In English (Illustrated)
Sarah Albee Historical Collections