HSC English Area of Study: Discovery (2015 - 2018)

Suggestions for related texts:

Includes: Adult, Young Adult and Junior fiction, non-fiction, picture books, graphic
novels, songs, film & television

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Adult Fiction

Title Author
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams
Floundering Romy Ash
Emma Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
Wrack James Bradley
Lola Bensky Lily Brett
Jane Eyre Emily Bronte
Caleb’s Crossing Geraldine Brooks
The House of Special Purpose John Boyne
The Absolutist John Boyne
Remarkable Creatures Tracy Chevalier
Questions of Travel Michelle De Kretser
The Isle of Youth Laura Van Den Berg
Room Emma Donoghue
Good to a Fault Marina Endicott
Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Mark Haddon
Night-Time
About a Boy Nick Hornby
The Island Aldous Huxley
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
On the Road Jack Kerouac
To Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee
Blood and Ice Robert Masello
The Road Cormac McCarthy
The Children Act Ian McEwan
Moby Dick Herman Melville
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Deborah Moggach
1984 George Orwell
Bel Canto Ann Pratchett
Everything is Illuminated Jonathan Safran Foer
Catcher in the Rye JD Salinger
We need to talk about Kevin Lionel Shriver
Jasper Jones Craig Silvey
The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion
Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien

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Journey to the Centre of the Earth Jules Verne
The Time Machine H.G. Wells
The Prayer Box Lisa Wingate
The Book Thief Markus Zusak

Young Adult & Junior Fiction

Title Author
The Secret Side of Empty Maria E. Andreu
Hate is Such a Strong Word Sarah Ayoub
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas John Boyne
Sandy Feet Nikki Buick
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett
Bird Crystal Chan
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky
Graffiti Moon Cath Crowley
The Maze Runner James Dashner
Boy Overboard Morris Gelitzman
Are You Seeing Me? Darren Groth
The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Melissa Keil
Girl
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis
The Invisible Hero Elizabeth Fensham
Survive Alex Morel
The Year of the Rat Clare Furniss
The Dead I Know Scot Gardner
An Abundance of Katherines John Green
The Accident Kate Hendrick
The Bridge Jane Higgins
Poppy Mary Hooper
Butter Erin Lange
The Giver Lois Lowry
So Much To Tell You John Marsden
Tomorrow, When the War Began John Marsden
Looking for Alibrandi Melina Marchetta
More Than This Patrick Ness
Before I Fall Lauren Oliver
Wonder R.J. Palacio
Past the Shallows Favel Parrett
Divergent Veronica Roth
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J.K. Rowling
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
Where Things Come Back John Corey Whaley
Wildlife Fiona Woods

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 Picture Books

Title Author
The Tunnel Anthony Browne
Into the Forest Anthony Browne
Whoever You Are Mem Fox
A Bear and a Tree Stephen Michael King
Lost & Found Oliver Jeffers
The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness Colin Thompson
The Sound of the Sea Jacqueline Harvey
To the Top End: Our Trip Across Roland Harvey
Australia
My Grandad Marches on Anzac Day Catriona Hoy
Ziba Came on a Boat Liz Lofthouse
Once there was a Boy Dub Leffler
Home and Away John Marsden & Matt Ottley
The Rainbirds David Metzenthen and Sally Rippin
Isabella’s Garden Glenda Millard & Rebecca Cool
Water Witcher Jan Ormerod
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
The Arrival Shaun Tan
The Rabbits Shaun Tan
Tales from Outer Suburbia Shaun Tan
Ride With Me Jane Tanner
Fox Margaret Wild
Jenny Angel Margaret Wild
My Mother’s Eyes: The Story of a Boy Mark Wilson
Soldier
Jesse Tim Winton
Luke’s Way of Looking Matt Ottley & Nadia Wheatley

Non-Fiction

Title Author
The Endeavor Journal of Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Banks
Mr Stuart’s track : the forgotten life of John Bailey
Australia’s greatest explorer
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Ishmael Beah
Soldier
Marie Curie Beverley Birch
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson

The discovery of the tomb of Howard Carter

Tutankhamen
Moving Among Strangers: Randolph Gabrielle Carey
Stow and My Family
The Peasant Prince Li Cunxin
The Complete World of the Dead Sea Phillip Davies
Scrolls
The Happiest Refuge: A Memoir Anh Do
The Crossroad Mark Donaldson
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The French explorers and the Aboriginal Colin Dyer
Australians 1772-1839
Terra Australis: Matthew Flinders' great Tim Flannery
adventures in the circumnavigation of
Australia
The Camel who crossed Australia Jackie French
The lost city of Z: a tale of deadly David Grann
obsession in the Amazon
The dead sea scrolls: the essential guide Stephen Hodge
to their origin, meaning and significance
Explorers of the Nile : the triumph and Tim Jeal
the tragedy of a great Victorian adventure
Into the Wild Jon Krakauer
1606, an epic adventure Evan McHugh
Boys who Rocked the World: Heroes Michelle Roehm McCann
from King Tut to Bruce Lee
Girls who Rocked the World: Heroines Michelle Roehm McCann
from Joan of Arc to Mother Teresa
Meet Captain Cook Rae Murdie
Tsunami and the single girl: one woman's Krissy Nicholson
journey to become an aid worker and find
love
The Legend of the Seven Sisters: a May O’Brian
traditional Aboriginal story from Western
Australia
Boy, Lost: A Family Memoir Kristina Olsson
Voyages of Discovery Anthony Rice
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot
Wild: From Lost to Found Cheryl Strayed
Longitude : the true story of a lone genius Dava Sobel
who solved the greatest scientific
problem of his time
The Glass Castle: A Memoir Jeanette Walls
The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar Wilde & Kathryn Del Barton
Maralinga: The Anangu Story Yalata and Oak Valley Communities
I am Malala : the girl who stood up for Malala Yousafzai & Christina Lamb
education and was shot by the Taliban

Graphic Novels

Title Author
Coraline Neil Gaiman
The Girl Who Owned a City Dan Jolley
Persepolis Marjane Satrapi
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien

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 Films

Title Title
The Abyss Never Let Me Go
Avatar Once Upon a Time in Punchbowl
The Black Balloon Persepolis
The Count of Monte Cristo Prometheus
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Sapphires
Divergent Saving Mr Banks
Everything is Illuminated The Secret Garden
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Finding Neverland Shackleton
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Shutter Island
Into the Wild Silver Linings Playbook
The Island Tangled
Journey to the Centre of the Earth Ten Canoes
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe The Truman Show
Little Miss Sunshine Up
The Matrix White Oleander
The Maze Runner The Wizard of Oz

Songs

Title Author
Wake Me Up Avicii
After the Storm Mumford & Sons
At Seventeen Janis Ian
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking U2
For
Landslide Stevie Nicks
Let it Go Soundtrack of Frozen
A Whole New World Soundtrack of Aladdin
Vincent Don McLean
You Found Me The Fray

Poems

Title Author
The One Who Goes Away Sujata Bhatt
Journey to the Interior Margaret Atwood
Invictus William Ernest Henley
Americanised Bruce Dawe
Discovery Wislawa Symborkska