classics - Vasant Valley

READING LIST 2016
CLASSES 6-7
CLASSICS
1. THE JUNGLE BOOK / RUDYARD KIPLING
2. GRIMM’S COMPLETE FAIRY TALES / JACOB GRIMM
3. ANNE OF GREEN GABLES / L M MONTGOMERY
4. PETER PAN / J M BARRIE
5. THE STRANGE CASE OF Dr JEKYLL AND Mr HYDE / R L STEVENSON
6. THREE MUSKETEERS / ALEXANDRE DUMAS
7. THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS / KENNETH GRAHAME
CONTEMPORARY
1.FRINDLE / ANDREW CLEMENTS
2.WAR HORSE / MICHAEL MORPURGO
3.THE GRAVEYARD BOOK / NEIL GAIMAN
4.PENNY FROM HEAVEN / JENNIFER L
HOLM
5.WAYSIDE SCHOOL SERIES / LOIS SACHAR
SCIENCE FICTION
1.ARTEMI’S FOWL SERIES / EOIN COLFER
2.ALEX RIDER SERIES / ANTHONY HOROWITZ
3.INFINITY RING SERIES / JAMES DASHNER
4.TIME RIDERS SERIES / ALEX SCARROW
5.JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH / JULES VERNE
FANTASY / MYSTERY / CLASSICS
1. THE LAST DRAGON CHRONICLES / CHRIS D’LACEY
2. CHRONICLES OF NARNIA / C S LEWIS
3. MURDER ON THE ROGER ACKROYD / AGATHA
CHRISTIE
4. NORTHERN LIGHTS / PHILIP PULLMAN
5. THE MARVELS / BRIAN SELZNICK
6. YOUNG SAMURAI SERIES / CHRIS BRADFORD
7. SKULLDUGGERY PLEASANT SERIES / DEREK LANDY
REALISTIC FICTION
1.ISLAND OF BLUE DOLPHINS / SCOTT O’DELL
2.TIGER EYES / JUDY BLUME
3.THE THING ABOUT JELLY FISH / ALI BENJAMIN
4.GOODBYE STRANGER / REBECCA STEAD
5.SHADOW / MICHAEL MORPURGO
6. VORTEX / CHRIS RYAN
HUMOUR
1.GRANDPA’S GREAT ESCAPE / DAVID WALLIAMS
2.THE CASE OF THE MISSING SERVANT / TARQUIN
HALL
3. I FUNNY SERIES / JAMES PATTERSON
SHORT STORIES
1. RIKKI TIKKI TAVI / RUDYARD KIPLING
2. COLLECTION OF STORIES BY O.HENRY
3. THE TALES OF BEEDLE AND BARD / J K ROWLING
HISTORICAL FICTION
1. NUMBER THE STARS / LOIS LOWRY
2.PRIVATE PEACEFUL / MICHAEL MORPURGO
3.ROLL OF THUNDER,HEAR ME CRY / MILDRED D TAYLOR
4.MUGHAL HIGH NOON ; THE ASCENT OF AURANGZEB / SRINIVAS RAO ADIGE
5. FIRE THIEF / TERRY DEARY
BIOGRAPHY / AUTOBIOGRAPHY
1. BOY / ROALD DAHL
2.MOON AND I / BETSY BEARS
3. MARLEY AND ME / JOHN GROGAN
4. PLAYING IT MY WAY /SACHIN TENDULKAR
5. WINGS OF FIRE / A P J ABDUL KALAM
6. SOCCER PLAYERS BIOGRAPHIES BY LUCA CAIOLI
ADVENTURE / TRAVEL
1.39 CLUES SERIES/ RICK RIORDEN
2.BRONZE AND SUNFLOWER / CAO WENXUAN
3.FLORA AND ULYSSES / KATE DICAMILLO
4.STUART LITTLE / E B WHITE
MYTHOLOGY / LEGENDS
1. HEROS OF OLYMPUS / RICK RIORDEN
2. THE LEGEND OF THE SLEEPY HOLLOW / WASHINGTON IRVING
3. THE PUFFIN BOOK OF FOLKTALES
4. THE GITA FOR CHILDREN / ROOPA PAI
NON – FICTION
1. BACKYARD SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS / Q L PEARCE
2. HORRIBLE HISTORIES SERIES
3. HORRIBLE GEOGRAPHY SERIES
4. HORRIBLE SCIENCE SERIES
5. DEAD FAMOUS SERIES
HINDI
1. रवीन्द्रनाथ टै गोर की श्रेष्ठ बाल कहाननयााँ
2. बच्चो के सामाजिक नाटक – प्रकाश मनु
2. फुटबाल मैच – हहन्द्दी पाकेट बक्
ु स
3. बड़े भाई साहब – प्रेमचंद की कहाननयााँ
4. शशक्षाप्रद एकांकी – घमंडी लाल अग्रवाल
5. स्वगग का त्याग – कमलेश माथुर
6. बाल रामायण
7. पंचतंत्र की प्रेरक कहाननयााँ
8. तेनाली राम की अिब अनोखी कहाननयााँ
9. गिनन्द््न लाल के कारनामे – ववष्णु प्रभाकर
10. मलाला
11. मल्
ु ला नासीरु्दीन की अनोखी दनु नया – अशोक महे श्वरी
12. अनाड़ीराम और उसके साथी – एन नसीव, आत्माराम एण्ड संस
13. बच्चों के रं ग रं गीले नाटक – प्रकाश मनु
READING LIST 2016
CLASSES 8-9
CLASSICS
1. THE LITTLE PRINCE / ANTOINE de SAINT-EXUPERY
2. SIDDHARTHA / HERMANN HESSE
3. THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA / EARNEST HEMINGWAY
4. EMMA / JANE AUSTEN
5. JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL / RICHARD BACH
CONTEMPORARY
1. HOLES / LOIS SACHAR
2. THE DARK IS RISING / SUSAN COOPER
3. REDWALL SERIES / BRIAN JACQUES
4. THE ALCHEMIST / PAULO COELHO
5. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME / MARK HADDON
HISTORICAL FICTION
1.EMPIRE OF THE MOGHUL SERIES / ALEX RUTHERFORD
2. ECHO / PAM MUNOZ RYAN
3. OUT OF DUST /KAREN HESSE
4.THE RUBY IN THE SMOKE / PHILIP PULLMAN
5. THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE-DAME / VICTOR HUGO
THRILLER / MYSTERY / FANTASY
1. INHERITANCE CYCLE / CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI
2. CHERUB SERIES / ROBERT MUCHAMORE
3. DUNE CHRONICLES / FRANK HERBERT
4. HOBBIT / J R R TOLKIEN
5. LOCKWOOD & CO / JONATHAN STROUD
6. THE MAZE RUNNER / JAMES DASHNER
7. HEALING WARS TRILOGY / JANICE HARDY
REALISTIC FICTION
1. BLACK SWAN GREEN / DAVID MITCHELL
2. WITCH CHILD / CELIA REES
3. FINDING AUDREY / SOPHIE KINSELLA
4. FUZZY MUD / LOIS SACHAR
SCIENCE FICTION
1. AMERICAN GODS / NEIL GAIMAN
2. FRANKENSTEIN / MARY SHELLEY
3. A WRINKLE IN TIME / MADELEINE L’ENGLE
4. UGLIES /SCOTT WESTERFELD
5. FARENHEIT 451 / RAY BRADBURY
HUMOUR
1. THREE TIMES LUCKY / SHEILA TURNAGE
2. MIDDLE SCHOOL SERIES / JAMES PATTERSON
3. RIGHT HO , JEEVES / P G WODEHOUSE
4. I AM NOT A BUTTERCHICKEN / TARQUIN HALL
INSPIRATIONAL
1. PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER / STEPHEN CHBOSKY
2. TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE / MITCH ALBOM
3. LET IT SNOW / JOHN GREEN
4. THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN /GARTH STEIN
MEMOIR / BIOGRAPHY
1. ELON MUSK / ASHLEE VANCE
2. AMERICAN SNIPER / CHRIS KYLE
3. THE NIGHT TRILOGY / ELIE WIESEL
4. MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH / MAHATMA GANDHI
5. ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL M/ JAMES HERRIOT
ADVENTURE / TRAVEL
1. A WALK IN THE WOODS / BILL BRYSON
2. SCATT / CARL HIASIN
3.THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES / SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
INDIAN WRITERS
1.A VILLAGE BY THE SEA / ANITA DESAI
2.HOW I TAUGHT MY GRANDPA TO READ / SUDHA MURTHY
3.THE CONCH BEARER / CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI
4.FIVE POINT SOMEONE / CHETAN BHAGAT
5.SWAMI AND FRIENDS / R K NARAYAN
SHORT STORIES
1. DETECTIVE STORIES / SHERLOCK HOLMES
2.FELUDA STORIES / SATYAJIT RAY
हहन्द्दी
1. रवीन्द्रनाथ टै गोर के नाटक - भाग 1
2. ियशंकर प्रसाद की यादगार कहाननयााँ – हहन्द्द पॉकेट बक्
ु स
3. चचरस्मरणीय महान व्यजक्तत्व भाग 1 - 8 – सी बी टी प्रकाशन
4. आहद – अनाहद – चचत्रा म्
ु गल – सामनयक प्रकाशन
5. महाश्वेता – सध
ु ा मनू तग – प्रभात प्रकाशन हदल्ली
6. क्या भल
ू ाँ ू क्या याद कराँ – हररवंश राय बच्चन
7. मालती िोशी – बोलरी कटपत
ु ली
8. सय
ग ाला – अजननपंखी, प्रभात प्रकाशन
ू ब
9. मेरी वप्रय कहाननयााँ – कमलेश
10. अमत
ृ ा प्रीतम – वपंिर
11. प्रनतननचध कहाननयााँ – हहमांशु िोशी
12. मोहन राकेश – आषाढ़ का एक हदन
READING LIST 2016
CLASSES 10-12
CLASSICS
1.CRIME AND PUNISHMENT / FYODOR DOSTOVSKY
2.A TALE OF TWO CITIES / CHARLES DICKENS
3.PRIDE AND PREJUDICE / JANE AUSTEN
4.ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE / GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
5.ROOTS /ALEX HALEY
CONTEMPORARY
1.THORN BIRDS / COLLEEN McCULLOUGH
2.ATONEMENT / IAN McEVAN
3.FOUNTAINHEAD / AYN RAND
4.CATCH 22 / JOSEPH HELLER
5. THE BASTARDS OF ISTANBUL / ELIF SHAFAK
AWARD WINNING
1. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE / ANTHONY DOERR
2.A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS / MARLON JAMES
3.A STRANGENESS IN MY MIND / ORHAN PAMUK
4. SLEEPING ON JUPITER / ANURADHA ROY
5.THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH / RICHARD FLANAGAN
HISTORICAL FICTION
1. VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT / AMY TAN
2.THE DIVINERS / LIBBA BRAY
3.ARCHITECTS APPRENTICE / ELIF SHAFAK
4.THE FALL OF GIANTS / KEN FOLLETT
5.THE BOOK THIEF / MARKUS ZUSAK
6.THE COUSINS’ WAR SERIES / PHILIPA GREGORY
7. THE NAME OF THE ROSE / UBERTO ECO
REALISTIC FICTION
1. CLOUD ATLAS / DAVID MITCHELL
2.THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES / SUE MONK KIDD
3.THE GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING / TRACY CHEVALIER
4. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN / BETTY SMITH
5.THE FAULT IN OUR STARS / JOHN GREEN
THRILLER/MYSTERY / FANTASY
1.THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN / PAULA HAWKINS
2.ANOTHER DAY / DAVID LIVITHAN
3.THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO / STIEG LARSSON
4. MY SISTER’S KEEPER / JUDI PICCOULT
5.A GAME OF THRONES SERIES / GEORGE R R MARTIN
6. THRONE OF GLASS / SARAH J MAAS
7. SIX OF CROWS / LEIGH BENDUG
SCIENCE FICTION
1.THE SIXTH EXTINCTION ; AN UNNATURAL HISTORY / ELIZABETH KOLBERT
2.BEING MORTAL / ATUL GAWANDE
3.BRAVE NEW WORLD / ALDUS HUXLEY
4. ENDER’S GAME / ORSON SCOTT CARD
5. THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING / J R R TOLKIEN
INSPIRATIONAL
1. A CURIOUS MIND / BRIAN GRAZER
2. REJECTION PROOF / JIA JIANG
3. SKY BURIAL / XINRAN
4. WILD / CHERYL STRAYED
5. TO SIR WITH LOVE / E R BRAITHWAITE
PHILOSOPHICAL
1.BIG MAGIC / ELIZABETH GILBERT
2.ROOM / EMMA DONOGHUE
3.THE INVENTION OF WINGS / SUE MONK KIDD
4. ZEN AND THE ART OF MOTORCYCLE MAINTENANCE / ROBERT PIRSIG
5. THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED / M SCOTT PECK
HUMOUR
1. THE ROSIE PROJECT / GRAEME SIMSION
2. THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY / DOUGLAS ADAMS
3. ME AND EAR AND THE DJINN GIRL / JESSE ANDREWS
4. GRASSHOPPERS JUNGLE / ANDREW SMITH
MEMOIR
1.I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRDS SING / MAYA ANGELOU
2.EAT,PRAY,LOVE / ELIZABETH GILBERT
3.ANGELA’S ASHES / FRANK McCOURT
4.THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS / CHRIS GARDNER
5.THE GLASS CASTLE / JEANNETTE WALLS
INDIAN WRITERS
1. INCARNATIONS;INDIA IN 50 LIVES /SUNIL KHILNANI
2.TWO YEARS EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY EIGHT NIGHTS / SALMAN RUSHDIE
3.IN OTHER WORDS/ JHUMPA LAHIRI
4.THE IMMORTALS / AMIT CHAUDHURY
5.SELECTION DAY / ARVIND ADIGA
6. FLOOD OF FIRE / AMITAV GHOSH
7. MAXIMUM CITY / SUKETU MEHTA
8. SHIVA TRILOGY / AMISH TRIPATHI
ADVENTURE / TRAVEL
1. CLOCKWISE ANGEL / CASSANDRA CLARE
2. NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND / BILL BRYSON
SHORT STORIES
1. GREAT STORIES OF MODERN INDIA / SURESH KOHLI ed.
2. THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS / STEPHEN KING
3. HALF A RUPEE / GULZAR
4. THE NEW COLLECTED SHORT STORIES / JEFFREY ARCHER
5. COLLECTION OF STORIES BY SOMERSET MAUGHAM
BEST SELLERS 2015
1. THE STORY OF LOST CHILD / ELENA FERRANTE
2. GO SET AWATCHMAN / HARPER LEE
3. A GOD IN RUINS / KATE ATKINSON
4. THE BURIED GIANT / KUZUO ISHIGURO
5. THE MARTIAN / ANDY WEIR
6. CAREER OF EVIL / ROBERT GALBRAITH
7. RED QUEEN / VICTORIA AVEYARD
8. THE SELECTION SERIES / KIERA CASS
9. COMETH THE HOUR / JEFFREY ARCHER
10. 1Q84 / HARUKI MURAKAMI
हहन्द्दी
1. नीड़ का ननमागण फफर - (हररवंश राय बच्चन)
2. मेरी वप्रय कहाननयााँ - (रािेन्द्र यादव)
3. रसीदी हटकट – (अमत
ृ ा प्रीतम)
4. पचपन ख्म्बे लाल दीवार - (उषा वप्रयंवदा)
5. न आने वाला कल – (मोहन राकेश)
6. खखलौना गाड़ी - (महे न्द्र चगल्ल)
7. सच होते-होते - (मोहमद अरशद खान)
8. भारतरत्न - (अनीता गोड़)
9. प्रेरक लघु कथाएाँ - (मनीष खन्द्ना)
10. फकतने पाफकस्तान - (कमलेश्वर)
11. भीष्म साहनी की कहाननयााँ
12 गीतांिशल (रवीन्द्रनाथ ठाकुर)
13. कच्ची सड़क (अमत
ृ ा प्रीतम)
14. यह कलम, यह कागज़, यह अक्षर (अमत
ृ ा प्रीतम)
15. मालती िोशी की कहाननयााँ (मालती िोशी)