Consolidated List of Recommended
Books for BS English Program
S. No. Title Author(s) Edition / Relevant
Publisher Course
1 A Glossary of M.H. Abrams & 11th Edition Intro to English
Literary Terms Geoffrey Literature
Harpham
2 An Introduction Andrew 5th Edition Intro to English
to Literature, Bennett & Literature
Criticism and Nicholas Royle
Theory
3 The Norton Stephen Latest Intro to English
Anthology of Greenblatt (Ed.) Literature
English
Literature
4 Beginning Peter Barry 4th Edition Intro to English
Theory Literature /
Literary Theory
5 An Introduction Fromkin, 11th Edition Introduction to
to Language Rodman & Linguistics
Hyams
6 Contemporary William 7th Edition Introduction to
Linguistics O’Grady & John Linguistics
Archibald
7 Linguistics: An Andrew Cambridge Introduction to
Introduction Radford et al. Linguistics
8 An Introduction Ronald 7th Edition Sociolinguistics
to Wardhaugh &
Sociolinguistics Janet Fuller
9 Sociolinguistics Peter Trudgill Reprint Sociolinguistics
10 Language and Andrew Latest Sociolinguistics
Society Simpson
11 Introducing Paul Warren Latest Psycholinguisti
Psycholinguisti cs
cs
12 The Articulate Jean Aitchison Latest Psycholinguisti
Mammal cs
13 Psycholinguisti Lise Menn Latest Psycholinguisti
cs: Introduction cs
and
Applications
14 Discourse Gillian Brown & Cambridge Discourse
Analysis George Yule Analysis
15 An Introduction James Paul Gee 4th Edition Discourse
to Discourse Analysis
Analysis
16 Discourse and Celce-Murcia & Cambridge Discourse
Context in Olshtain Analysis
Language
Teaching
17 Style in Fiction Geoffrey Leech 2nd Edition Literary
& Mick Short Stylistics
18 Exploring the Mick Short Latest Literary
Language of Stylistics
Literature
19 The Language Marcello Latest Literary
of Literature Giovanelli Stylistics
20 A Course in Peter 7th Edition Phonetics and
Phonetics Ladefoged & Phonology
Keith Johnson
21 English Peter Roach 4th Edition Phonetics and
Phonetics and Phonology
Phonology
22 Gimson’s Alan 8th Edition Phonetics and
Pronunciation Cruttenden Phonology
of English
23 Syntax: A Andrew Carnie 3rd Edition Syntax
Generative
Introduction
24 English Syntax: Andrew Cambridge Syntax
An Introduction Radford
25 Syntactic Noam Chomsky Reprint Syntax
Structures
26 Understanding Haspelmath & 2nd Edition Morphology
Morphology Sims
27 English Word Laurie Bauer Cambridge Morphology
Formation
28 Morphology Francis Latest Morphology
Katamba
29 The Critical David H. 3rd Edition Literary Theory
Tradition Richter
30 A History of M.A.R. Habib Blackwell Literary Theory
Literary
Criticism
31 A Student’s Huddleston & Cambridge Grammar
Introduction to Pullum
English
Grammar
32 Practical Michael Swan Oxford Grammar
English Usage
33 Understanding Martha Kolln 8th Edition Grammar
English
Grammar
34 Research Zoltán Dörnyei Oxford Research
Methods in Methodology
Applied
Linguistics
35 A Handbook for Ram Avtar Local Research
Research in Agnihotri Methodology
Literature
36 Research Ranjit Kumar 4th Edition Research
Methodology: A Methodology
Step-by-Step
Guide