Reading lists

Book Prizes & Promotions

• Arthur C Clarke Prize 2015
• Surrey Children's Book Award 2016
• Costa Book Awards 2014
• Desmond Elliott Prize 2015
• Folio Prize
• Green Carnation Prize 2015
• Impac Prize 2016
• Prizewinners' Collection
• Royal Society Prize
• Titles from author talks
• Wellcome Book Prize
• Wodehouse Prize 2015
• Women's Prize 2015

Reading Well

• Anger
• Anxiety
• Books to lose yourself in
• Chronic Fatigue
• Dementia
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and the Menopause
• Obsessions and Compulsions
• Pain
• Panic Attacks
• Phobias
• Pre-Menstrual Tension
• Relationships
• Self Esteem
• Shelf Help - Books for Young Adults
• Sleep
• Stress

A selection of themed junior reading lists

• Books about penguins for the under 5s
• Picture books without words
• Poems and books in rhyme for National Poetry Day
• Quentin Blake a celebration
• Story sacks - for staff use only

Domestic Abuse

• Abuse in LGBT relationships
• Books for Professionals working with victims of domestic abuse
• Domestic Abuse
• Domestic Abuse and children
• Domestic Abuse fiction for children
• Domestic Abuse fiction for teens
• Domestic Abuse non-fiction for children and teens
• Emotional Abuse
• Female Genital Mutilation
• Forced Marriage
• Honour-based violence
• Information for men who are in an abusive relationships
• Perpetrators
• Talk about domestic abuse

Dyslexia and reluctant readers - Information for parents, carers and readers

• Information about dyslexia for dyslexic readers
• Information about dyslexia for parents and carers
• Reluctant teen readers
• Little Gems - for interest ages 6-9
• Interest ages 8-12

H G Wells

• H G Wells books and influence on other writers

Alternative Histories - October: Black History Month

• Biographies and Memoirs
• Children and Young People
• Fiction titles
• Non-Fiction and Essays
• Short Stories, Poetry and Drama

Life Matters - Drugs, alcohol and gambling

• Alcohol - Fiction
• Drugs - Fiction
• Talk about alcohol
• Talk about drugs
• Talk about gambling
• Talk about smoking

Life Matters - Family and relationships

• Absent parents
• Bullying
• Dealing with manners and emotions
• Divorce and separation
• Fostering and adoption
• Guides for parents
• Health and relationships
• New baby
• Siblings
• Talk about differences
• Teen relationships

Life Matters - Grief and Bereavement

• Coping with loss
• Death of a child or young person
• Death of a Parent or Grandparent
• Death of a pet
• Grief in special situations
• Practical funeral information
• Serious Illness
• Talk about death

Life Matters - New experiences

• Health
• Moving house
• New Career
• Puberty
• Starting at school and changing schools
• Travel

Life Matters - Self harm

• Self-harm - Fiction
• Talk about self harm

Out Lit - Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender virtual collection

• Books for young adults
• Films
• New and Classic Fiction
• Non fiction and memoirs
• Talk about LGBT

Read Hear - children's story books with audio CDs

• Read Hear - for teenagers
• Read Hear - interest ages 10 -14
• Read Hear - interest ages 8 - 12
• Read Hear - interest ages 9 - 12

Reading Group suggestions

• Fiction titles with at least 25 copies for reading groups
• Reading Group Recommendations

SESDA

• South East Surrey Dyslexia Association

Spooky reads...fun stories for dark and gloomy nights

• Real life spooky reads
• Spooky reads for older children
• Spooky reads for teens
• Spooky reads for younger children

Surrey Libraries' Commemoration of the Great War

• Art from the Great War
• Children's titles from the Great War
• Drama from the Great War
• DVDs about the Great War
• Fiction from the Great War
• Non-Fiction from the Great War
• Poetry from the Great War
• Young Adult Fiction from the Great War