Free Reading List
Bethany Dobson 
Start reading ASAP to improve your IELTS & PTE score.
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies.
The 5 Finger Rule
Open a book on any page and read it. How many new words are there?
0-2 - Too easy
3-5 - Perfect
5-8 - Challenging (if the topic interests you then try it)
8-15 - Difficult (you may not enjoy or finish it)
Tips
- When beginning to read, read children’s books with pictures and easy sentence structures.
- Read books on topics that interests you.
- Highlight new vocabulary and look it up later.
- Don’t highlight every new word. Try to understand the meaning from context.
- Make reading a habit. Read a few pages every day.
- Read aloud to work on pronunciation.
- When preparing for the IELTS & PTE exam start reading ASAP. You won’t improve your reading skills only completing IELTS & PTE past test papers.
Beginner/Elementary A1
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett
The story of Dr. Doolittle John Kanzler
Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey
Pre-intermediate A2
The BFG, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda ..and many more from Roald Dahl
The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney
Sideways Stories from Wayside School Louis Sachar
How to Train Your Dragon Cressida Cowell
The Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis
Intermediate B1
Harry Potter (series) J.K. Rowling
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
Charlotte’s Web E.B. White
The Perfect Storm Sebastian Junger
The Stranger Harlan Coben
Moby Dick Herman Melville
Freckles Cecelia Ahern
The Help Kathryn Stockett
Bridget Jones’ Diary Helen Fielding
The Fault in our stars John Green
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas John Boyne
Soul Searcher Bethany Hamilton
Twilight (series) Stephenie Meyer
The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants Anne Brashares
Upper-intermediate/Advanced B2/C1
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austin
Little women Louisa May Alcott
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
1984 George Orwell
Animal Farm George Orwell
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
Extra
Graded readers are also a great place to start when you want to read a book, but it’s not your level.