CBSE Recommended Reading List
Here is the list of books recommended by CBSE under CCE to promote reading habit among children.
Class V to VI
- TheNoddy Series – Enid Blyton
- Talesfrom Panchtantra
- KaradiTales
- TheYoung Visitors- Daisy Ashford
- Thewind in the Willows-Kenneth Graham
- TheTale of Mr. Tod- Beatrix Potter
- Gulliver’sTravels- Jonathan Swift
- TheFamous Five Series - Enid Blyton
- TheHappy Prince – Oscar Wilde
- Charlie and theChocolate Factory- RoaldDahl
For classes VII and VIII:
4. Around the World in 80 Days – Jules Verne
5. The Time Machine – H.G. Wells
6. Harry Potter – The Series – J K Rowling
7. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the sea – H.G. Wells
8. Books by James Herriott
9. The Curious Case of a Dog in the Nighttime – Alexander McCall Smith
For classes IX and X
1. Books by Agatha Christie
2. Books by Arthur Conan Doyle
4. Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
5. The Call of the Wild – Jack London
6. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
– Kate Douglas Wiggin
7. The Canterville Ghost – Oscar Wilde
8. The Great Grammatizator and other Stories – Roald Dahl
9. Snappy Surprises – Ruskin Bond
10. Moby Dick – Herman Melville
11. Artemis Fowl series - Eoin Colfer
12. Daddy Long Legs - Jean Webster
13. School Stories by P.G. Wodehouse
For classes XI and XII
1. Father Brown – GK Chesterton
3. Uncle Tom’s cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe
4. To kill a Mocking Bird – Harper Lee
5. Animal Farm – George Orwell
6. Nineteen eighty four-George Orwell
7. Short Story Collections By Indian Authors
8. Books by Jane Austen
9. Books by George Elliot
10. Books by Charlotte Bronte
11. Books by Emily Bronte
12. Pickwick Papers
- Charles Dickens
13. The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
14. Three men in a Boat - Jerome K Jerome
15. My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
16. Rosie is My Relative
- Gerald Durrell
Other Books and Authors suggested by the Committee:
2. RK Narayan
3. Sudha Murthy
6. APJ Abdul Kalam
7. Mark Twain
9. O’Henry
Sir
ReplyDeleteI have a doubt. Under books for VI-VIII, S.No.8. Books by George Herriott is mentioned. Shouldnt it be Books by James Herriot ? Please clarify. Thank you !
Geetha C
PGT English
KV-OF ,Medak, Hyderabad Region
Yes Madam
DeleteYou are right. Thank you for pointing it out!
Here is the link to CBSE original circular. http://cbse.nic.in/circulars/cir54-2009.pdf
Deletecan you give a book of class 5 for pdf download?
ReplyDeleteplease send for grade 1 to 3 recommended story books
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