In your first semester of study you will, depending on your degree programme, take one or both of the following modules:

Single subject English, joint English and American Studies and joint English and History students will take:

EN1010: Reading English

Single subject English and joint English and American Studies students (but not joint English and History students) will also take:

EN1020 A Literary Genre: The Novel

Under this link you will find a list of 9 novels that students study on the course. You'll study 7 of these texts in seminars and attend lectures on all 9. Exactly which of these you'll study in detail in seminars will depend upon your seminar group but you are encouraged to read all 9 during the course of the term.  The first text studied is usually 'The Turn of the Screw' which every group reads.

Don't feel you have to buy any of these books until you have met with your seminar tutor -- but if you can borrow copies or lay hands on a cheap second hand copies it's a good idea to get some reading in early.