Book recommendations please

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I will shamefully admit to not reading for pleasure anywhere near as much as I should, ok never, but I have spent the last few years reading for work/uni.

I want to finish the Child Called It series, however I need to change my genre of reading.

I am a new teacher this year, and want to introduce reading for pleasure in the class, and will have a “What I am reading” display so it is only right that I display my books on there too. This is where I need help.

What books would you recommend for a teacher who could display in class and potentially talk to the children about?

I am not into Harry Potter/LOTR style books.

I do like autobiographies and those that really pull on heart strings.

The last book I tried to read was Girl on a train, I struggled so much getting into it so gave up in the end. That was 4 years ago, I haven’t read a book since. 😕

I think this would be a great series to display in a classroom. They are a fun read too although a bit repetitive after a while.

Morris Gleitzman's Once series
The Book Thief
The Hunger Games trilogy

Fiona Gibson, Jenny Colgan,Sophie Kinsella, Anita Faulkner, Katie Ginger- all rom coms and the kids will appreciate the pretty covers!!

I think all the PP are brave, suggesting titles to someone who hasn’t read a book in 4 years and last enjoyed misery memoirs that they don’t want to mention to their 7 and 8 year old pupils 😂

How about a collection of essays with some style and wit - you can dip in an out of, like Nora Ephron’ s I Feel Bad About My Neck

I would suggest reading some really good quality children's fiction aimed at year 5/6/7 - it's an easier way back into reading for you and also gives recommendations for your class to look out for in a couple of years.

• anything by Katherine Rundell
• Matt Haig's children's books
• The Final Year - Matt Goodfellow
• Anything by Ross Welford
• The Cogheart series

I could go on! I read a lot of adult fiction but also love great kids' books (year 4,5,6 teacher)

Anything by Michael Rosen