CCEA GCSE English Literature set texts 2027
The texts students choose from for CCEA GCSE English Literature exams in 2027, paper by paper, read from the board's specification. The school picks which ones its students study, so ask the English department which your child has.
GEL1Unit 1: The Study of Prose
Novel (study one)
- Lord of the Flies, William Golding
- About A Boy, Nick Hornby
- How Many Miles to Babylon?, Jennifer Johnston
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
- Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, Roddy Doyle
- Animal Farm, George Orwell
GEL2Unit 2: The Study of Drama and Poetry
Drama (study one)
- Juno and the Paycock, Sean O’CaseyPrescribed edition: Three Dublin Plays (Faber & Faber)
- An Inspector Calls, J B Priestley
- Philadelphia, Here I Come!, Brian Friel
- Blood Brothers, Willy Russell
- Journey’s End, R C Sherriff
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Simon Stephens
- Our Town, Thornton Wilder
Poetry anthology (CCEA) (study one)
- IdentityAnthology One
- RelationshipsAnthology Two
- ConflictAnthology Three
CCEA's subject pages answer a Cloudflare challenge, so a newer issue or text change could not be looked for; this is the file the catalogue's link serves on 2026-09-26. Unit 3 (Shakespeare, controlled assessment) has no set list. Unit codes are the catalogue's. Read from the specification (Version 3, 5 May 2018), pp. 7, 9-10, 26, on Saturday 26 September 2026.
Also: past papers, and other boards' GCSE set texts.
cookie is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any exam board. The lists are facts read from each board's own specification, last checked on Saturday 26 September 2026; the specification is the final word.