“The more you read, the more things you know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” This is a famous quote by Dr Suess. And it’s 100% accurate. The importance of reading cannot be stressed enough. Reading is essential to communication, especially in an era of emails and texting. However, reading serves a number of other significant uses as well. Your English vocabulary and text comprehension will both get better as a result. You'll gain knowledge of various other places, times, and cultures. You'll come across situations that speak to you and push you to think and feel in new ways. These are issues you can relate to. You will grow empathetically and intellectually Additionally, you'll comprehend more of the pop culture allusions that surface frequently. Here’s our list of recommended books for the Diploma Programme (and for any other student who may be interested in reading these books):

Reference Books

• My Grammar Lab Advanced with Key ISBN 9781408299111

Suggested reading

Identities: Fit for Life

• The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger • Wintergirls by Laurie Haise Anderson • It’s a funny kind of Story by Ned Vizzini • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon • The Fault in Our Stars by John Green • The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen

Identities: Who we are

• God Bless You, Mr Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut • Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee • Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton • Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hose • The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson • Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. by Dorotheen Rappaport, & Bryan Collier • Rosa by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier

Experiences: Sketching our lives 

• The Joy Club by Amy Tan • Neither Here, Nor There: Travels in Europe by Bill Bryson • Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert • Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer • Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne • Brick Lane by Monica Ali

Experiences: Facing life’s challenges

• God Bless You, Mr Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut • Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee • Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton • Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice by Philip Hose • The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson • Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. by Dorotheen Rappaport, Bryan Collier • Rosa by Nikki Giovanni and Bryan Collier

Human Ingenuity: Celebrity

• The Commitments by Roddy Doyle • How to Breathe Underwater (Short Stories) by Julie Orringer • Fables for our Time by James Thurber • Fat Kid Rules the World by KL Going

Human Ingenuity: Scientific and Technological Innovation

• Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes • Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley • I, Robot by Isaac Asimov • The Chrysalids by John Wyndham • The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams • Teacher Man by Frank McCourt • Goodbye, Mr Chips by James Hilton • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark • Academy X by Andrew Trees • Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones

Social Organization: Volunteering

• The Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ by Sue Townsend • Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli • Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff • The Color Purple by Alice Walker

Social Organization: 21st-Century Learning

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe • A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft • The Help by Kathryn Stockett • Happy to be Nappy by Bell Hooks

Sharing the planet: Protecting the planet

• Lord of the Flies by William Golding • Hoot by Carl Hiaasen • Under the Weather: Stories about Climate Change ed. Tony Bras • Breathe by Sarah Crossan • Watership Down by Richard Adams • The Word for World is Forest by Ursula Leguin • Exodus by Julie Bertagna • Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce • The Last Wild Trilogy by Piers Torday