Accessible Reads for Adults

Book list for adults wanting to improve their reading skills and those with English as a second language

Updated December 8, 2023
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The perfect holiday
Kelly, Cathy.
Paper Book
An exclusive short story for World Book Day from one of our bestselling authors Sometimes all we need is a relaxing holiday in the sun. For Anthony and Carole, a week in a lovely Greek hotel has helped them mend the cracks in their marriage. For widowed Jessica, it's the longest she...
The old curiosity shop
Dickens, Charles
Paper Book
The tale of Little Nell gripped the nation when it first appeared in 1841. Described as a "tragedy of sorrows", the story tells of Nell uprooted from a secure and innocent childhood and cast into a world where evil takes many shapes, the most fascinating of which is the stunted, lecherous Quilp....
Three short stories of Sherlock Holmes
Escott, John.
Paper Book
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.   Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles,...
The picture of Dorian Gray
McGovern, Kieran.
Paper Book
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.   Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles,...
Sense and sensibility
Gilchrist, Cherry.
Paper Book
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.   Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles,...
Strangers on a train
Nation, Michael.
Paper Book
The world of Patricia Highsmith has always been filled with ordinary people, all of whom are capable of very ordinary crimes. This theme was present from the beginning, when her debut, Strangers on a Train, galvanized the reading public. Here we encounter Guy Haines and Charles Anthony Bruno,...
Northanger Abbey
Bladon, Rachel
Paper Book
Catherine is spending the summer in Bath. It is a new world for Catherine, who has never left her home village before. There are dances, visits to the theatre, her new friends Isabella Thorpe and Eleanor Tilney... and Eleanor's brother Henry, who she likes at once. For Catherine, life is about love...
Not just for Christmas
Doyle, Roddy
Paper Book
Danny Murphy is going to meet his brother. On the way he remembers the good times, the bad times, the fun and fights - and the one big row that drove them apart. Will they fight again or will they become the friends they used to be?
Why didn't they ask Evans?
Christie, Agatha
Paper Book
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are...
Peril at End House
Christie, Agatha
Paper Book
Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully adapted versions are...
Amistad
Adrian-Vallance, D'Arcy
Paper Book
In 1839 a man named Cinque leads a group of Africans to take over the slave ship Amistad. They want to return to their homes in Africa, but instead they land in America and are thrown into prison for murder. Now the Africans must begin the fight for their freedom.
Tales of Horror
Stoker, Bram
Tape (Cassette, etc.)
Just one friend
Dunn, Anne E.
Paper Book
Motor bikes
Kyrillidis, Themi.
Paper Book
Robinson Crusoe
Taylor, Nancy
Paper Book
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.   Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles,...
Spare parts
Malakar, Chris.
Paper Book
The long road
Smith, Rod
Paper Book
Pearson English Active Readers present stories carefully written and graded across five levels for teachers of English who want to activate their students' language through reading, .   From original stories, classic and contemporary fiction, to film adaptations...
Stranger than fiction : urban myths
Key, Patty.
Paper Book
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.   Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles,...
Treasure Island
Ward, Ann
Paper Book
Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.   Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles,...
The book boy
Trollope, Joanna.
Paper Book
Alice is thirty-eight. She has a house, a husband, two teenage children and a part-time job. She thinks she ought to be happy. But she isn't. Instead, she feels she has vanished, that she is like something lost down the back of the sofa. Because Alice has a secret which is never spoken of in the...
The pearl
Steinbeck, John
Paper Book
"There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon."   One of Steinbeck's most taught works, The Pearl is the story of the Mexican diver Kino, whose discovery of a magnificent pearl from the Gulf beds means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His...

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