Reading books on Engineering...

Engineering Mathematics by K. A. Stroud
Mechanical Engineering Principles
An introduction to mechanical engineering: Part 1
Thermodynamic and Transport properties of Fluids
Invention by Design: How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing
Mechanical Engineering Principles
Mechanical Engineering Science
Mechanical Engineering 101: The TextVook
Engineering Formulas
Manual of Engineering Drawing: Technical product specification and Documentation to British and International Standards
The last one may seem a bit useless, but it can be a good read, and will definitely become handy by the time you're @ uni.
They're a few popular ones.

is that way too advanced for someone still in school?

Not if you follow it from page 1. You also have the internet at your disposal, if you don't understand something in the book, google it.

is that way too advanced for someone still in school?

Its the A-level syllabus, Further Maths and then a bit more.

The advanced book then goes onto more advanced calculus and advanced topics which is normally taught in your second year or after you've gone through the basics at least.

Textbooks are definitely the way to go. Don't forget:

-Control
-Structures and Materials
-Electronics
-Fluid Dynamics

These are all major parts of an engineering syllabus that will be tailored to whatever engineering field you do study. I wouldn't recommend the engineering drawing book. It'll probably bore you half to death!

I'd strongly recommend getting a hold of Matlab and messing around with that. Its very simple and has built in help commands and functions. Learning C/C++ will be a huge advantage too. You'll probably use CAD too or some similar 3D package so watch a few videos I guess - you can download that for free as a student too. You can try using FEA (I think thats a free download as well) for structures, but I'd wait on that one to be honest.

Thanks

That does seem a bit beyond my area of knowledge - are you sure there aren't any simpl(ish) books I can read to stem my interest in the subject?

...particularly Mechanical.
Hi, I’m about to join Year 13 and decided about 4 years ago that I wanted to study Mechanical Engineering. I have read bits and pieces on the web about Mechanical Engineering and I find it incredibly interesting but I do not have any books that I can just read to get a further taste for the subject. I don’t want to read anything technical – just general basics maybe talking about things like thermodynamics.
I’ve tried finding the right books but have not had much success. Could anyone suggest a book/books to me?
Thanks

I honestly wouldn't recommend reading university level textbooks since you're probably not going to get much out of them. They're designed to help university students with their studies, not function as reading material to pique interest in the subject.

Instead I would recommend that you try and do some sort of practical project, since that'll be pretty unique (anyone can claim to have read such and such book, but very few people can claim to have tried their own individual project), and will also help when it comes to interviews for placements or a year in industry.

I honestly wouldn't recommend reading university level textbooks since you're probably not going to get much out of them. They're designed to help university students with their studies, not function as reading material to pique interest in the subject.

Instead I would recommend that you try and do some sort of practical project, since that'll be pretty unique (anyone can claim to have read such and such book, but very few people can claim to have tried their own individual project), and will also help when it comes to interviews for placements or a year in industry.

Not if you follow it from page 1. You also have the internet at your disposal, if you don't understand something in the book, google it.

Are there any parts of the degree level stuff you would reccomend for someone who has just finished AS maths (and would be possible to do)? I just want to get a feel for higher level maths but obviously it is a 1200 page book so i dont know where to start in the higher section.