We have compiled a list of HSC English Area of Study related texts and resources based on the theme of The Journey. This list is intended as a guide only of suggested titles for texts for the student’s choosing.
Imaginative Journeys
Fiction Novel
| 2001: A Space Odyssey |
Clarke, Arthur |
| 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea |
Verne, Jules |
| Across The Nightingale Floor |
Hearn, Lian |
| Alice ’s Adventures In Wonderland |
Carroll, Lewis |
| Around The World In Eighty Days |
Verne, Jules |
| Ashling |
Carmody, Isobelle |
| Belgariad Series |
Eddings, David |
| Big Fish: A Novel Of Mythic Proportions |
Wallace, Daniel |
| Earthsong |
Kelleher, Victor |
| Firesong |
Nicholson, William |
| The Game Of The Goose |
Dubosarsky, Ursula |
| Gulliver’s Travels |
Swift, Grahame |
| I, Robot |
Asimov, Isaac |
| Jonathan Livingstone Seagull |
Bach, Richard |
| Journey To The Centre Of The Earth |
Verne, Jules |
| The Keeping Place |
Carmody, Isobelle |
| Lirael |
Nix, Garth |
| Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe |
Lewis, C.S. |
| Lovely Bones |
Sebold, Alice |
| Market Blues |
Murray, Kirsty |
| Mr Darwin’s Shooter |
Mcdonald, Roger |
| The Northern Lights |
Pullman, Philip |
| Peter Pan |
Barrie , J.M. |
| Pobby And Dingan |
Rice, Ben |
| The Princess Bride |
Goldman, William |
| Sabriel |
Nix, Garth |
| The Shipping News |
Prouix, Annie E |
| The Subtle Knife |
Pullman, Philip |
| Tarzan Of The Apes |
Burroughs, Edgar Rice |
| The Time Machine |
Wells, H.G. |
| Treasure Island |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| Turn Of The Screw |
James, Henry |
| The Wizard Of Oz |
Baum, Frank L. |
Film
Picture Books
| The Lost Thing |
Tan, Shaun |
| An Ordinary Day |
Gleeson, Libby & Greder, Armin |
| Mr William Shakespeare’s Plays |
Williams, Marcia |
| Tempest |
Mulherin, Jennifer & Frost, Abigail |
| The Piggy Book |
Brown, Anthony |
| The Sound of Colours: A Journey Of The Imagination |
Liao, Jimmy |
| Through The Magic Mirror |
Brown, Anthony |
Poetry
Song
Other Resources
El Viaje De Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage Of Homer) (TV Series)
Episode 809 |
The Simpsons |
| Longitude (Non-Fiction Book) |
Sobel, Dava |
Inner Journeys
Fiction Novel
| Brideshead Revisited |
Waugh, Evelyn |
| A Dry White Season |
Brink, Andre |
| A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man |
Joyce, James |
| A Walk To Remember |
Sparks, Nicholas |
| By The River |
Herrick, Steven |
| The Catcher In The Rye |
Salinger, Jerome David |
| City Of The Beasts |
Allende, Isabel |
| The Collectors |
Carter, Robert |
| Deadly, Unna? |
Gwynne, Philip |
| The Divine Wind |
Disher, Garry |
| Don Quixote |
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de |
| East Of The Mountains |
Guterson, David |
| Feral Tracks |
Mitchell, Euan |
| Great Expectations |
Dickens, Charles |
| Great Gatsby |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott |
| Heart Of Darkness |
Conrad, Joseph |
| I Am David |
Holm, Anne |
| I Am The Cheese |
Cormier, Robert |
| The Infinite Plan |
Allende, Isabel |
| The Ivory Trail |
Kelleher, Victor |
| Le Morte D’Arthur |
Malory, Thomas, Sir |
| Letters From The Inside |
Marsden, John |
| Lord Of The Rings |
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| The Lovely Bones |
Sebold, Alice |
| Man’s Search For Meaning |
Frankl, Viktor E. |
| One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest |
Kesey, Ken |
| Peeling The Onion |
Orr, Wendy |
| Peter Pan |
Barrie , J. M. |
| Puberty Blues |
Lette, Kathy & Carey, Gabrielle |
| Room Of One’s Own |
Woolf , Virginia |
| Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole |
Townsend, Sue |
| The Secret River |
Grenville, Kate |
| Shadow Of The Wind |
Ruiz Zafon, Carlos |
| Starting Again |
Bouras, Gillian |
| Steppenwolf |
Hesse, Hermann |
| Story Of My Life |
Keller, Helen |
| The Tomorrow Series |
Marsden, John |
| Tirra Lirra By The River |
Anderson, Jessica |
| To Kill A Mockingbird |
Lee, Harper |
| Tuesdays With Morrie |
Albom, Mitch |
| Ulysses |
Joyce, James |
| Willow Tree And Olive |
Savvides, Irini |
Film
Non-Fiction
| The Assassin’s Cloak: Anthology Of World’s Greatest Diarists |
Taylor, Alan & Irene Taylor (eds) |
| A Fortunate Life |
Facey, A. B. |
| A Man’s Grief: Death Of A Spouse |
Thatcher, Colin |
| Australian Heroines: Stories Of Courage And Survival |
Geason, Susan |
| Between Two Worlds: A Journey Of Self-Discovery, Personal Growth And Spiritual Awakening |
Morten, Anna |
| Billy |
Stevenson, Pamela |
| Box The Pony |
Rankin, Scott |
| Broken Open |
Hamilton, Craig |
| Desert Flower, Desert Dawn |
Dirie, Warris |
| Does My Head Look Big In This? |
Abdel-Fattah, Randa |
| Holy Cow |
MacDonald, Sarah |
| In Search Of Stones: A Pilgrimage Of Faith, Reason And Discovery |
Peck, M Scott |
| Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid |
Bryson, Bill |
| The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Spiritual Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams And Reaching Your Destiny |
Sharma, Robin S. |
| More, Now, Again |
Wurtzel, Elizabeth |
| Out Of The Dark: One Woman’s Harrowing Journey To Discover Her Past |
Caine, Linda |
| Slave |
Nazer, Mende |
| The Story Of God (For Very Advanced Students!) |
Winston, Robert |
| Survival Stories (Memoirs Of Crisis) 22 Writers Combine To Tell Their Stories |
Rhett, Kathryn (ed) |
| Wandering Girl |
Ward, Glenyse |
Picture Books
| The Island |
Heffernan, John |
| Martin’s Big Words: the life of Martin Luther King Jr. |
Rappaport, Doreen & Collier, Bryan |
| Oh! The Places You’ll Go |
Dr Seuss |
| Red Tree |
Tan, Shaun |
Poetry
Song
Plays
| The Crucible |
Miller, Arthur |
| Death Of A Salesman |
Miller, Arthur |
| Glass Menagerie |
Williams, Tennessee |
| Othello |
Shakespeare, William |
| Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? |
Albee, Edward |
Other Resources
| Arrival (Graphic Novel) |
Tan, Shaun |
| Australian Story (ABC TV Documentary Series) |
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| If Only (2003) (SBS TV Documentary Series) |
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| Let It Go (Artwork) |
Leunig Cartoon |
| Seven Up (TV Documentary Series) |
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| The Scream (Artwork) |
Edvard Munch |
Physical Journeys
Fiction Novel
| 2001: A Space Odyssey |
Clark, Arthur |
| A Foreign Wife |
Bouras, Gillian |
| Across The Nightingale Floor |
Hearn, Lian |
| Adventures Of Tom Sawyer |
Twain, Mark |
| An Abundance Of Rain |
Drinkwater, Carol |
| Charlie And The Chocolate Factory |
Dahl, Roald |
| Cold Mountain |
Frazier, Charles |
| Dirt Music |
Winton, Tim |
| Feeling The Heat |
Lowe, Pat |
| Forest |
Hartnett, Sonya |
| Gallipoli |
Bennett, Jack |
| Girl From The South |
Trollope, Joanna |
| Grapes Of Wrath |
Steinbeck, John |
| Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy |
Adams, Douglas A |
| Homecoming |
Voigt, Cynthia |
| Infinite Plan |
Allende, Isabel |
| Jane Eyre |
Bronte, Charlotte |
| Journey To The River Sea |
Ibbotson, Eva |
| Kidnapped |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| Life Of Pi: A Novel |
Martel, Yann |
| Master Georgie |
Bainbridge, Beryl |
| Moby Dick |
Melville, Herman |
| Parvana’s Journey |
Ellis, Deborah |
| Picnic At Hanging Rock |
Lindsay, Joan |
| Pobby And Dingan |
Rice, Ben |
| Secret Life Of Bees |
Kidd, Sue Monk |
| Shipping News |
Proulx, Annie E |
| Silver Sword |
Serraillier, Ian |
| Songs Of The Suitcase |
Dell’oso, Anna-Maria |
| Starting Gain |
Bouras, Gillian |
| Tales From A Suitcase : The Afghan Experience |
Will Davies & Andrea Dal Bosco |
| The Poseidon Adventure |
Gallico, Paul |
| The True History Of The Kelly Gang |
Carey, Peter |
| The Two Towers |
Tolkien, J. R. R |
| The Wizard Of Oz |
Baum, Frank |
| Treasure Island |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
| Willow Tree And Olive |
Savvides, Irini |
Film
Non-Fiction
| Almost French |
Turnbull, Sarah |
| Amazon Beaming |
Popescu, Petru |
| Angela’s Ashes |
Mccourt, Frank |
| Atlas Of The Human Heart |
Gore, Ariel |
| Australian Heroines: Stories Of Courage And Survival |
Geason, Susan |
| Between Extremes |
Keenan, Brian & John McCarthy |
| City Of Falling Angels |
Berendt, John |
| Down Under |
Bryson, Bill |
| From The Holy Mountain |
Dalrymple, William |
| Going Bush: Adventures Across Indigenous Australia |
Freeman, Cathy & Deborah Mailman |
| Journey From Venice: A Memoir |
Cracknell, Ruth |
| Lonely Planet Guides |
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| Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across The World |
Mcgregor, Ewan & Charley Boorman |
| Reflections From An Indian Diary |
Murray, John B. |
| Route 66 Ad |
Perrottet, Tony |
| Soldier Boy |
Hill , Anthony |
| Stranger On A Train |
Diski, Jenny |
| Tapestry |
Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria |
| The Dreamtime Voyage: Around Australia Kayak Odyssey |
Caffyn, Paul |
| The Motorcycle Diaries : Notes On A Latin American Journey |
Guevara, Ernesto “Che” |
| The Perfect Storm |
Junger, Sebastian |
| The Snow Geese |
Fiennes, William |
| The Voyage Of The Endeavour |
Frost, Alan |
| Travels With My Aunt |
Green, Graham |
| West With The Night |
Markham , Beryl |
| When You See The Emu In The Sky: My Journey Of Self-Discovery In The Outback |
Fuller, Elizabeth |
| Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance |
Persig, Robert |
Picture Books
| Where The Wild Things Are |
Sendak, Maurice |
| Belonging |
Baker, Jeannie |
| The Rabbits |
Marden, John & Shaun Tan |
| Refugees |
Miller, David |
Poetry
Song
Websites
Other Resources
| Mr. Curly Transports Wayfaring Pilgrims Away (Cartoon) |
Leunig |
| National Geographic (Magazine) |
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| Time (Magazine) |
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| Sydney Morning Herald, Australian Travel Sections (Newspaper Article) |
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