Reading List

Maryam Fatimah has been homeschooling her children for over 13 years and has created a rich culture of reading high-quality books at home. Her children are avid readers and have an impressive library of books. Here, Maryam shares some of her favourite books and series for children from the age of 5 years all the way up to adult readers.

Do you have a favourite book that's not on this list? Or one you see that you'd highly recommend? Please leave your own suggestions and thoughts in the comments box below.

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For 5 - 8 year olds

L. Frank Baum
Wizard of Oz

Enid Blyton
Adventure series
Famous Five series
Secret series
Six Cousins

Michael Bond
Paddington Bear

Dorothy Edwards
My Naughty Little Sister

A. A. Milne
Winnie the Pooh

Beatrix Potter
The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Dick King Smith
Sophie’s Adventures

Pamela Lyndon Travers
Mary Poppins

G. C. Warner
Boxcar Children

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For 8 - 12 year olds

Louise Alcott
Eight Cousins
Little Women

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
The Chalet School series

Marguerite Henry
King of the Wind

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Little Lord Fauntleroy
A Little Princess
The Secret Garden

C. S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe series

Jack London
The Call of the Wild

Ralph Moody
Little Britches series

Edith Nesbit
The Railway Children

George Orwell
Animal Farm

Eleanor H. Porter
Pollyanna

Arthur Ransome
Swallows and Amazons series

Ian Serraillier
The Silver Sword

Anna Sewell
Black Beauty

Johanna Spyri
Heidi

J. R. R. Tolkien

Laura Ingells Wilder
Little House on the Prairie series

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For 12 - 15 year olds

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer
The Chalet School series

C. S. Lewis
The Screwtape Letters

George Orwell
Animal Farm

J. R. R. Tolkien

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For 15 year olds and beyond

Muhammad Asad
The Road to Mecca

Jane Austen

Agatha Christie

Charles Dickens

Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes series

Elizabeth Gaskell
North and South

Marmaduke Pickthall
The Early Hours
Oriental Encounters

Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
Kidnapped
Treasure Island

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For Advanced Readers

George Elliot

Thomas Hardy

George Orwell
Nineteen Eighty Four

Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace