Summer Reading

IBDP Reading List Summer 2021

Dear Class of 2023 If yo u are enter ing Year 12 in August we advise you to read widely over the summ er. Ideally, you will read for pleasure and enjoy a good mix of fiction and non-fi ct ion.

Below you will find a selection of reco mmended fiction author s to enjoy.

I suggest you explore the wor ks of some of the author s and choo se some titles that int erest you.

We do not recommend that you plough through DP textbooks ahead of star ting your DP cour s es in August. However, if you really cannot resist s ee ing what is ahead of you, then both Oxfo rd and Cambr idge produce a r ange of DP textbooks. https://global.oup.com/education/secondar y/cur r icula/ibdiploma/?region=i nter national h t t p s : / / w w w. i bb o o k s h o p. c o. u k / p r o d u c t - c a t e g o r y / c a m b r i d g e - u n i ve r s i t y press / Also, below is the DP enr ichment reading list, or ganised by DP cour se , with additional readings for popular univer sity cour ses.

Dear Class of 2022 If you are looking for some fiction to read over the summer take a look at the list of suggested author s in our fiction reading list. I recommend you s earch a few of the author s and settle on some titles that interest yo u.

You w il l also find additional suggestions in our DP enr ichment readin g list, which is or ganised not just by DP cour se but also by popular uni ver si ty cour ses.

Enj oy your reading, Justine Oliver

Reading for Pleasure

Suggested Authors for Sixth Form Reading A Alder man, Naomi Ali, Monica Allende , Isabel Angelou, Maya Atkinson, Kate Atwood, Mar garet B Bar nes, Julian Bar nett, Laur a Boyd, William Bur ton, Jessie Byatt, A.S. C Chevalier, Tr acy Cusk, Rachel F Faulks, Sebastian Filer, Nathan H Har r is, Rober t Har r is, Joanne I J

Ishiguro, Kazuo Joyce , Rachel

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Lively, Penelope

M Mantel, Hillar y McEwan, Ian Mitchell, David Mor r ison, Toni Mor ton, Kate Moss, Sar ah Mosse , Kate Mur akami, Har uki N Nicholls, David R Rooney, Sally Roth, Philip Rushdie , Salman S Smith, Ali Smith, Zadie T Tan, Amy Tar tt, Donna W Water s, Sar ah Winter son, Jeanette

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nthropology

Natur e via Nur ture . Genes, Exper ience and What Makes Us Human Matt Ridley

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iosciences

The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins

The Blind Watchmaker Richard Dawkins

Human Evolutionar y Genetics Mar k Jobling, Edward Hollox, Power, Sex and Suicide Matth ew Hur les , Toomas Kivisild and Mitochondr ia and the Meaning of Chr isTyler-Smith Life Nick Lane Archi tecture Moder n Architecture Since 1900 W illiam J R Cur tis Wester n Architecture: A Sur vey from Ancient Greece to the Present Ian Su tton The Architecture of Happiness Alain de Botton The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings Marc K ushner

Advice to a Young Scientist Peter Medawar Genome - Autobiogr aphy of a Species Matt Ridley The Seven Daughter s of Eve Br yan Sykes

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hemistry

50 Architecture Ideas You Really Need to Know Philip W ilkinson

The Chemistr y Book: From Gunpowder to Gr aphene , 250 Milestones in the Histor y of Chemistr y Derek B Lowe

Architecture: A Ver y Shor t Introduction Andrew Ballantyne

The Per iodic Table Book: A Visual Encyclopedia of the Elements DK

An Introduction to Medicinal Chemistr y Graham Patr ick Chemistr y of the Elements Greenwood & Ear nshaw Mathematical Methods for Science Students G. Stephenson

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conomics

When the Money Runs Out Stephen D King

The Undercover Economist Tim Harford Why Globalisation Wor ks Mar tin Wolf The Great Cr ash J. K. Galbraith The Affluent Society J. K. Galbraith

Sex, Dr ugs and Economics Diane Co yle Freakonomics Steven Levitt

New Ideas from Dead Economists Todd G. Buchholz Whoops, Why Ever yone Owes Ever yone and No One Can Pay John Lanchester What Money Can’t Buy Michael Sandel The Road to Serfdom F. Hayek Keyne s, the Retur n of the Master R. Skidelsky

Engineering

Rust: The Longest War Waldman Sustainable Ener gy – Without the Hot Air David J.C . MacKay

The Gecko’s Foot: How Scientists are Taking a Leaf from Nature’s Book Peter Forbes Flying Buttresses, Entropy and O-Rings: The Wor ld of an Engineer James L. Adams Bebop to the Boolean Boogie: An Unconventional Guide to Electronics Clive Maxfield Invention by Design – How Engineer s get from Thought to Thing Henr y Petroski

Seven Wonder s of the Industr ial Wor ld Deborah Cadbur y

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eography

Geogr aphies of Development in the 21st Centur y: an Introduction to the Global South S Chant and C McIlwaine Human Geogr aphy: Issues for the 21st Centur y P Daniels , M Bradshaw, P Shaw and J Sidaway (Eds)

Geogr aphies of Globalization W Mur ray Globalisation and Social Change: People and Places in a Divided Wor ld D Per rons

Geopolitics: A Ver y Shor t Introduction Global Shift: Mapping the Changing J Matthews and D Herber t Contour s of the Wor ld Economy P Dicken Landscapes and Geomor phology: A Ver y Shor t Introduction The Human Impact on the Natur al A Goudie and H V iles Wor ld: Past, Present and Future A S Goudie Inter national Migr ation: A Ver y Shor t Introduction This Changes Ever ything: K Koser Capitalism vs. the Climate N Klein

Global War ming: A Ver y Shor t Introduction M Maslin Geogr aphy: A Ver y Shor t Introduction J Matthews and D Herber t The E ar th: A Ver y Shor t Introduction M Redfer n Atmosphere , Weather and Climate R Bar r y and R Chor ley

Natasha’s Dance Or lando Figes Testament of Youth Vera Br itten Guns, Ger ms and Steel Jar red Diamond Sapiens Yuval Noah Harar i Citizens Simon Schama

Key Concepts in Geogr aphy Wild Swans N Clifford, D Holloway, S Rice and G Jung Chang Valentine (eds .)

What is Histor y?

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Wor ldly Goods Lisa Jardine istory

The Sleepwalker s: How Europe Went to War in 19 14 Chr istopher Clar k The Great Sea: A Human Histor y of the Mediter r anean David Abulafia A Histor y of the Ar ab Peoples Alber t Hourani Father s and Sons Tur genev

Black Athena Mar tin Ber nal

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Literature nternational relations

Under standing Inter national Relations Chr is Brown and Kir sten Ainsley Wor ld Politics: Progress and its Limits James Mayall Pr isoner s of Geogr aphy Tim Mar shall Hegemony or Sur vival Noam Chomsky

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Anthology of Twentieth-Centur y Br itish and Ir ish Poetr y Keith Tuma (ed.)

The Caretaker Harold Pinter Nights at the Circus Angela Car ter Or lando V ir ginia Woolf Bir thday Letter s Ted Hughes The French Lieutenant’s Woman John Fowles

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Law and Moder n Society Atiyih Lear ning the Law W illiams Under standing Public Law Ganz Under standing Cr iminal Law Clar kson The Secret Bar r ister : Stor ies of the Law and How It’s Broken Secret Bar r ister

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anagement

Or ganisational Behaviour S Robbins and T Judge

Mathematics The Foundations of Mathematics I Stewar t and D Tall Guide to Analysis M Har t Algebr a and Geometr y A Beardon

Mathematics: a Ver y Shor t Introduction T Gower s What is Mathematics?

Richard Courant and Herber t Robbins , 2nd edition revised by Ian Stewar t How Not to be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking Jordan Ellenber g

Medicine Medical School Inter views Picard and Lee The Logic of Life J Black, C Boyd, and D Noble , (editor s).

Bad Science B Goldacre The Human Br ain: A Guided Tour S Greenfield The Language of the Genes S Jones Advice to a Young Scientist P Medawar

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hilosophy

Meditations R Descar tes On Liber ty J S Mill

The Republic Plato, translated and edited by Robin Waterfield An Enquir y Concer ning Human Under standing and An Enquir y Concer ning the Pr inciples of Mor als (any editions) D Hume Philosophy of Science: a Ver y Shor t Introduction S Okasha

Politics The Science of Politics: an Introduction J Colomer The Pr ince Machiavelli A Vindication of the Rights of Women M Wollstonecraft Democr acy: A Ver y Shor t Introduction Ber nard Cr ick Wester n Political Theor y In The Face Of The Future John Dunn Histor y And Illusion In Politics Raymond Geuss

Histor y And Illusion In Politics Raymond Geuss

Psychology Cognitive Psychology: a Student’s Handbook Micha el Eysenck and Mar k Keane Essentials of Social Psychology Micha el Hogg and Graham Vaughan Atkinson and Hilgard’s Introduction to Psychology Susan Nolen-Hoeksema et al 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know: Psychology Adr ian Fur nham

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ociology

Sociology: a Shor t Introduction N Abercrombie Sociology A Giddens and P W Sutton Identity: Sociological Per spectives S Lawler Sociology: Making Sense of Society S Punch et al Questioning Identity: Gender, Class, Ethnicity K Woodward