Reading+for+pleasure+(B2)

The classics

__More modern writers__

(Books with an asterisk can be found in the school library- EOI Cádiz)

Here you are a list of writers' web pages and books I recommend to enjoy yourself reading interesting stories. You can also try reading other books by the same authors. Some of them have also been turned into films.

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 * Short stories collections**
 * -** //Oscar Wilde (Short stories with CD)*//

- //From the cradle to the grave*// []

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 * -** //Crime never pays*//


 * Adams, Douglas**

http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/bio.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbGNcoB2Y4I

- //The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy//*


 * Albon, Mitch**

http://mitchalbom.com/books http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFH5_9RP2Ik (interview with the writer)

- //For one more day// - //The five people you meet in Heaven// //- Tuesdays with Morrie//


 * Boyne, John**

http://www.johnboyne.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3KSMS-3Nk4 (interview about the book //The boy in striped pyjamas//)

- //The boy in the striped pyjamas*//


 * Cisneros, Sandra**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_on_Mango_Street http://www.sandracisneros.com/index.php

- //The house on Mango Street//


 * Coetzee, J.M.**

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2003/coetzee-or.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Coetzee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disgrace_(novel)

//- Disgrace//


 * Dahl, Roald**

http://www.roalddahl.com/

- //The witches// - //Charlie and the chocolate factory// - //Matilda*// - //Boy// - //Going solo// - //Completly unexpected tales// //- The collected short stories*// //- Edward the conqueror and other stories*//


 * Doyle, Roddy**

http://www.roddydoyle.ie/

- //Paddy Clark ha ha ha// //- The Snapper*//

- //Eat, Pray and Love*//
 * Gilbert, Elisabeth**
 * Gordimer, Nadine**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadine_Gordimer http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1991/gordimer-interview.html (information and interview) http://www.elboomeran.com/video/139/nadine-gordimer/ (interesting interview about her life in South Africa) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncAl-qQgmmk&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30iSPwcLiRo&feature=related

- //My son's story// - //The Late Bourgeois World//


 * Grisham, John**

http://www.jgrisham.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8S7C-hdKR4 (interview with the writer)

- //The associate// - //The chamber//


 * Glass, Suzanne**

http://www.indiebound.org/author-interviews/glasssuzanne

- //The interpreter//


 * Haddon, Mark**

http://www.markhaddon.com/Home.htm

- //The curious incident of the dog in the night-time*// http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/curious/


 * Harris, Joanne**

http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk/v3site/books/index.html (__This web page is less commercial and more personal.__ __The writer explains what made her write the stories and teaches you how to write them)__

Interviews with the writer (with interesting parts about her life and how it influenced her writing) [] []

- //Chocolat// - //Jigs & Reels//

- //Ripley's game//*
 * Highsmith, Patricia**


 * Hornby, Nick**

http://www.nicksbooks.com/index.php/archives/category/news/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iy3DztEFhw (interview about //Slam///hilarious) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRHBxf7YkTE&feature=related (interview about //Slam//) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdnbJU271Kw&feature=related (a trailer made by students)

- //A long way down*// //- About a boy*// //- Slam// - //An education//


 * Hosseini, Khaled**

http://www.khaledhosseini.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Hosseini http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kite_Runner

//- The kite runner// //- A thousand splendid suns*//


 * Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer**

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- //Heat and Dust//*


 * Kerr, Judith**

http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/judith-kerr-on-hitler-stole-pink-rabbit/-1TuTsp1n84XoNkSqS-OhA (Video to listen to the writer reading a book extract and talking about her experiences) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Hitler_Stole_Pink_Rabbit http://www.readingmatters.co.uk/book.php?id=76


 * -** //When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit*//


 * Läckberg, Camilla**

http://www.camillalackberg.com/ (__This web page is less commercial and more personal.__ __The writer explains what made her write the stories and teaches you how to write them)__ She is a Swedish writer so her books have been translated into English.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2QeyklgTc&feature=related (interview in English) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNoLcqvic5c&feature=related (her favourite writers) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5kK3ECqdnU&feature=related (what she is afraid of) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWgiSGE3Hmg&feature=related (views from Fjällbacka)

- //The ice princess// - //The preacher// - //The stone cutter// - //The gallows bird//


 * Leon, Donna**

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Interviews with the writer (hilarious parts) [] (Part 1) [] (Part 2) [] (Part 3) [] (Part 4)

- //About face*//


 * Lodge, David**

http://literature.britishcouncil.org/david-lodge http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changing_Places http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Far_Can_You_Go%3F

- Changing places* - How far can you go?


 * McCall Smith, Alexander**

http://www.alexandermccallsmith.co.uk/books/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l37Ypq-Q4NY (interview with the writer) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czs4oN8ASjY&feature=related (BBC TV series about the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency) __The Nº1 Ladies' Detective Agency series__ - //The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency// //- The Full cupboard of life*// __//The 44 Scotland Street series//__ //- The world according to Bertie*//


 * McCarthy, Cormac**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_Pretty_Horses_%28novel%29

- //All the pretty horses//*


 * Mikes, George**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikes

- //How to be an alien*//


 * Morrison, Tony**

http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Toni-Morrison-on-Writing (interview) http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1993/morrison-lecture.html (Nobel prize) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUr_XoMCPFA (interview) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bluest_Eye //-The bluest eye//
 * Nicholls, David**

[] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nicholls_%28writer%29

//- One day*//
 * Russell, Willy**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willy_Russell http://www.willyrussell.com/playwright.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educating_Rita http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Valentine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Brothers_%28musical%29

- //Educating Rita//* - //Shirley Valentine//* - //Blood brothers//


 * Shaffer, Mary Ann**

http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey/ http://www.anniebarrows.com/otherbooks/

//- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society*//
 * Sharpe, Tom**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sharpe

- //Wilt*// - //Wilt on high//*


 * Steinbeck, John**

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steinbeck http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grapes_of_Wrath

- //The Grapes of Wrath//*