On February 13 2016 the Department for Education (DfE) proudly launched its “New classic books in schools initiative“.
The list of books is aimed at enriching the reading material of key stage 3 students, as Nick Gibbs makes clear in his supporting statement. “It is important that all pupils in secondary school are taught to read and enjoy challenging books from amongst the world’s greatest literature.
Penguin is offering “secondary schools classroom sets of 30 copies of each of the 100 titles for a package price of £3,000
Is there an alternative to stumping up £3,000? Yes, and it’s here for free.
Just ask your students to click on a link to download a copy onto their smartphone or tablet.
You might also be interested in 100 Primary School Books Children Should Read
| 1. JourneyToTheCentreOfTheEarth JULES VERNE |
| 2. MadameBovary GUSTAVE FLAUBERT |
| 3. Inferno DANTE ALIGHIERI |
| 4. The Epic Of Gilgamesh |
| 5. The Death Of King Arthur |
| 6. GreatExpectations CHARLES DICKENS |
| 7. Candide VOLTAIRE |
| 8. TheThirty-nineSteps JOHN BUCHAN |
| 9. ThePictureOfDorianGray OSCAR WILDE |
| 10. TalesFromTheDecameron GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO |
| 11. TheWarOfTheWorlds H.G. WELLS |
| 12. AnnaKarenina LEO TOLSTOY |
| 13. TheMillOnTheFloss GEORGE ELIOT |
| 14. TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher & OtherWritings EDGAR ALLAN POE |
| 15. The Penguin Book Of Modern African Poetry |
| 16. Tales of 1,001 Nights |
| 17. LadyAudley’sSecret MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON |
| 18. TheLadyWithTheLittleDogAndOtherStories ANTON CHEKHOV |
| 19. Alice’sAdventuresInWonderland And ThroughTheLookingGlass LEWIS CARROLL |
| 20. TheSecretAgent JOSEPH CONRAD |
| 21. TheCossacks And OtherStories LEO TOLSTOY |
| 22. Meditations MARCUS AURELIUS |
| 23. TenDaysThatShookTheWorld JOHN REED |
| 24. ThePrince NICCOLÒ MACHIAVELLI |
| 25. LettersToAYoungPoet RAINER MARIA RILKE |
| 26. FathersAndSons IVAN TURGENEV |
| 27. Untouchable MULK RAJ ANAND |
| 28. TheThreeMusketeers ALEXANDER DUMAS |
| 29. The Saga Of The Volsungs |
| 30. Selected Poems(1817) & (1820) JOHN KEATS |
| 31. ARoomWithAView E.M. FORSTER |
| 32. The Penguin Book Of Classical Arabic Literature |
| 33. Scottish Folk And FairyTales From Burns To Buchan |
| 34. TreasureIsland ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON |
| 35. Selected Poems ROBERT BURNS |
| 36. TheMayorOfCasterbridge THOMAS HARDY |
| 37. Walden HENRY DAVID THOREAU |
| 38. OnTheOriginOfSpecies CHARLES DARWIN |
| 39. TheTurnOfTheScrew HENRY JAMES |
| 40. TheTwelveCaesars SUETONIUS |
| 41. RomeoAndJuliet WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
| 42. WutheringHeights EMILY BRONTË |
| 43. RobinsonCrusoe DANIEL DEFOE |
| 44. VanityFair WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY |
| 45. TwelfthNight WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
| 46. The House Of Ulloa EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN |
| 47. TheInterestingNarrative And Other Writings OLAUDAH EQUIANO |
| 48. AgricolaAndGermania TACITUS |
| 49. LyricalBallads SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE & WILLIAM WORDSWORTH |
| 50. TheWomanInWhite WILKIE COLLINS |
| 51. The Dhammapada |
| 52. TwelveYearsASlave SOLOMON NORTHUP |
| 53. EthanFrome EDITH WHARTON |
| 54. TheBeastWithin EMILE ZOLA |
| 55. TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmes SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE |
| 56. Kim RUDYARD KIPLING |
| 57. TheAwakeningAndSelectedStories KATE CHOPIN |
| 58. AChristmasCarol CHARLES DICKENS |
| 59. MobyDick HERMAN MELVILLE |
| 60. ParadiseLost JOHN MILTON |
| 61. TheConferenceOfTheBirds FARID ATTAR |
| 62. WonderfulAdventuresOfMrsSeacoleInManyLands MARY SEACOLE |
| 63. TheOdyssey HOMER |
| 64. TheTenantOfWildfellHall ANNE BRONTË |
| 65. TravelsInWestAfrica MARY KINGSLEY |
| 66. TheAnalects CONFUCIUS |
| 67. TheGardenPartyAndOtherStories KATHERINE MANSFIELD |
| 68. Cold Comfort Farm STELLA GIBBONS |
| 69. TheNarrowRoadToTheDeepNorthAndOtherTravelSketches MATSUO BASHO |
| 70. JaneEyre CHARLOTTE BRONTË |
| 71. DavidCopperfield CHARLES DICKENS |
| 72. Landscape With Figures RICHARDJEFFERIES |
| 73. Selected Poems WILLIAM BLAKE |
| 74. Villette CHARLOTTE BRONTË |
| 75. TheCanterburyTales GEOFFREY CHAUCER |
| 76. TheLostEstate HENRI ALAIN-FOURNIER |
| 77. Dracula BRAM STOKER |
| 78. TessOfTheD’Urbervilles THOMAS HARDY |
| 79. Middlemarch GEORGE ELIOT |
| 80. Persuasion JANE AUSTEN |
| 81. TheYellowWallpaper, Herland And Selected Writings CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN |
| 82. TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE |
| 83. AParisianAffairAndOtherStories GUY DE MAUPASSANT |
| 84. RussianShortStories From Pushkin To Buida |
| 85. TheScarletLetter NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE |
| 86. LittleWomen LOUISA MAY ALCOTT |
| 87. TheMalayArchipelagoVol1 and Vol2 ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE |
| 88. NotreDameDeParis VICTOR HUGO |
| 89. Selected Tales THE BROTHERS GRIMM |
| 90. CrimeAndPunishment FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY |
| 91. Evelina FRANCES BURNEY |
| 92. Gulliver’sTravels JONATHAN SWIFT |
| 93. SonsAndLovers D.H. LAWRENCE |
| 94. 3 Poets Of The First World War IVORGURNEY, WILFREDOWEN & ISAACROSENBERG |
| 95. Beowulf |
| 96. Frankenstein MARY SHELLEY |
| 97. The Bhagavad Gita |
| 98. NorthAndSouth ELIZABETH GASKELL |
| 99. PrideAndPrejudice JANE AUSTEN |
| 100. TheManWhoWasThursday G.K. CHESTERTON |
