Fiction Suggestions for Advanced Higher English Dissertations - By Theme - Reading List

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A curated senior fiction reading list for Advanced Higher English dissertations, organized by major thematic strands such as autobiography/memoir, ageing, adolescence, country and society. It includes recommended titles across genres including crime and detective, future and science fiction, mental state and depression, relationships, substance abuse, supernatural gothic, and war narratives. Each theme is paired with notable authors and works, supporting comparative essay planning and text selection.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages30

Reading Time46 min

AccessFree to download

By Theme

Autobiography/Memoir

Ageing

Countries

Crime and Detective

Feminism

Future

Mental State

Relationships

Society

Substance Abuse

Supernatural

War

Coming-of-Age

The Elderly

Fiction Suggestions (Senior Fiction)

Shetland Library Fiction Suggestions for Advanced Higher English SENIOR FICTION SUGGESTIONS FOR ADVANCED HIGHER ENGLISH DISSERTATIONS By Theme Autobiography/Memoir Ageing: Children, Teenagers, Young Adult, Adolescence, School Coming-of-Age, The Elderly Countries: African, American, Russian, Scottish Crime and Detective: Literary Crime & Detective, Journalism Feminism Future: Future Societies, Science Fiction Mental State: Self Discovery, Perplexed by Life, Emotionally Ill-At-Ease, One The Edge of Sanity, Madness, Depression & Psychiatry Relationships: Literary Romance, Modern Relationships, Gay/Lesbian Fiction, Society: Terrorists/Freedom Fighters, Religion, Race Relations, Brain Washing/Control/Government, Politics, Social Class Substance Abuse: Alcohol, Drugs Supernatural: Gothic Fiction/Ghost Stories War: Front Line, Behind the Lines, Aftermath of War, Napoleon and Napoleonic Wars Others: Autism, ‘Jocyean’Novels, Revenge, Scandal, ‘Plotless’ Narratives Autobiography/Memoir A Sense of Freedom. Jimmy Boyle A Heart Breaking Work of Staggering Genius. Dave Eggers A Moveable Feast. Ernest Hemingway A Reading Diary. Alberto Manguel An Autobiography. Janet Frame An Evil Cradling. Bryan Keenan Angela’s Ashes. Frank McCourt Basil Street Blues. Michael Holroyd Cancer Ward. Alexander Solzhenitsyn Confessions. Saint Augustine Experience. Martin Amis Father and Son. Edmund Gosse If This Is a Man. Primo Levi I Know Why Caged Birds Sing. Maya Angelou Istanbul: Memories of a City. Orhan Pamuk Living to Tell the Tale. Gabriel Garcia Marquez My Family and Other Animals. Gerald Durrell Memoirs. Kingsley Amis Narrative of the Life of an American Slave. Douglass Frederick On Writing: A Memoir on the Craft. Stephen King Paula. Isabel Allende Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books: Azar Nafisi Roaring Boys. Edward Blishen Roughing It. Mark Twain Running With Scissors: A memoir. Augusten Burroughs Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited. Vladimir Nabokov Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life. CS Lewis Surely You’re Joking, Mr Feynman. Richard Fenyman Testament of Youth. Vera Brittain The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Jeannette Walls The Periodic Table. Primo Levi The Woman Warrior. Maxine Hong Kingston The Words. Jean-Paul Sartre This Boy’s Life. Tobias Wolff Tis, a Memoir. Frank McCourt Wild Swans. Jung Chang Ageing Children About a Boy. Nick Hornby A High Wind in Jamaica. Richard Hughes Behind the Scenes at the Museum. Kate Atkinson Cat’s Eye. Margaret Atwood Eustace and Hilda. LP Hartley Eve Green. S Fletcher Hideous Kinky. Emma Freud Lord of the Flies. William Golding Me and Ma Gal. Des Dillion Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Roddy Doyle Swann’s Way. Marcles Proust The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain The Blessing. Nancy Mitford The Orchard on Fire. Shena Mackay To Kill a Mockingbird. Harper Lee What Maisie Knew. Henry James Teenagers A Buddha of Suburbia. Hanif Kureishi A Prayer for Owen Meany. John Irving Metroland. Julian Barnes The Catcher in the Rye. JD Salinger The Outsiders. SE Hinton The Sopranos. Alan Warner The Virgin Suicides. Jeffrey Eugenides Oranges are not the Only Fruit. Jeanette Winter Young Adult The Apprenticeship of Wilhelm Meister. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe A Sport of Nature. Nadine Gordimer Goodbye, Columus. Philip Roth Kinflicks. Lisa Alther Parade’s End. Ford Maddox Ford The Graduate. Charles Webb Within a Budding Grove. Marcel Proust Ageing (cont) Adolescence A Boy’s Own Story. Edmund White A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. James Joyce A Separate Peace. John Knowles A Quiet Life. Beryl Bainbridge Bilgewater. Jane Gardam Demien. Herman Hesse Digging to Australia. Lesley Glaister Frost in May. Antonia White Le Grande Meaulnes. Alain-Fournier My Brilliant Career. Miles Franklin Now You See Me. Lesley Glaister Plainsong. Kent Haruf That Was Then, This Is Now. SE Hinton The Member of the Wedding. Carson McCullers The Ripening Seed. Co

FAQs

How is the fiction reading list organized for Advanced Higher English dissertations?

The list is organized by themes such as Autobiography/Memoir, Ageing, Countries, Crime and Detective, Future, Mental State, Relationships, Society, Substance Abuse, Supernatural, and War.

What types of themes and genres are included?

Themes cover personal and social identity (e.g., self-discovery, feminism, race relations), genre areas (crime, supernatural, science fiction), and major life stages (children, teenagers, young adult, adolescence, the elderly).

Where can a student find specific book recommendations within each theme?

Within each thematic heading, the document lists suggested titles paired with authors, for example under Autobiography/Memoir and under Countries such as Africa, American, Russian, and Scottish.

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