Title: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Author: Mark Haddon
Blurb: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other....
13 May 2012
8 May 2012
Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Title: The Virgin Suicides
Author: Jeffrey Eugenides
Blurb: The shocking thing about the girls was how nearly normal they seemed when their mother let them out for the one and...
A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Title: A Long Way Down
Author: Nick Hornby
Blurb: For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple: he has in his own words, "pissed his life away". And on New...
7 May 2012
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Title: The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Blurb: Here is a small fact: You are going to die.
1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been...
6 May 2012
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Title: Howl's Moving Castle
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Blurb: In the land of Ingary, where seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, Sophie Hatter attracts the...
5 May 2012
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collings
Title: Catching Fire
Author: Suzanne Collins
Blurb: Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are still alive. Katniss should be relieved, but now there are whispers...
4 May 2012
This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. Homes
Title: This Book Will Save Your Life
Author: A.M. Homes
Blurb: Trading stocks and shares out of his beautiful LA home, Richard Novak sees no one except his trainer, housekeeper...
3 May 2012
We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Title: We Need to Talk about Kevin
Author: Lionel Shriver
Blurb: Shortly before his sixteenth birthday, Kevin Khatchadourian kills seven of his fellow high-school students, a...
2 May 2012
Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
Title: Northern Lights
Author: Philip Pullman
Blurb: When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she her her daemon, Pantalaimon, determine to find him. The ensuing quest leads them...
School's Out by Christopher Dufosse
Title: School's Out
Author: Christophe Dufosse
Blurb: When a fellow teacher at his school is found dead, Pierre Hoffman assumes responsibility for class 9F and finds himself tutor...
1 May 2012
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collings
Blurb: Winning will make you famous. Losing means certain death.
In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve...
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Title: Juliet, Naked
Author: Nick Hornby
Blurb: Annie's put fifteen years into safe, slightly obsessive Duncan, and now she'd like her money back, please. It's time to move on....
Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland
Title: Girlfriend in a Coma
Author: Douglas Coupland
Blurb: It's 15 December 1979, and Richard's girlfriend Karen has entered a deep coma. She only took a couple of valium washed...
29 April 2012
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Title: Peter Pan
Author: J.M. Barrie
Blurb: Do you believe in fairies? One night Peter Pan flies into the home of the Darling children, and so begins a magical adventure with...
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Title: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Author: Rachel Cohn and David Levithan
Blurb: Nick's just seen the girl who dumped him walk in with a new guy. What else can he do but...
Being Elizabeth Bennet by Emma Campbell Webster
Title: Being Elizabeth Bennet: Create Your Own Jane Austen Adventure
Author: Emma Campbell Webster
Blurb: Elizabeth Bennet is the wittiest and most attractive heroine in English...
26 April 2012
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
Title: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Author: John Boyne
Blurb: Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties...
Return to Labyrinth by Jake T Forbes
Title: Return to Labyrinth
Author: Jake T. Forbes
Artwork: Chris Lie
Blurb: The Goblin King has kept a watchful eye on Toby: his minions secretly guiding and protecting the child...
Legions...
Pay it Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde
Title: Pay It Forward
Author: Catherine Ryan Hyde
Blurb: It all started with a school project:
Think of an idea for world change and put it into action.
Whilst this proved a...
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young
Title: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Author: Toby Young
Blurb: In 1995 high-flying British journalist Toby Young left London for New York to become a contributing editor...
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
Title: Rebecca
Author: Daphne Du Maurier
Blurb: Working as a lady's compnaion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Her future looks bleak until, on a trip to the South of...
25 April 2012
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Title: The Lovely Bones
Author: Alice Sebold
Blurb: My name is Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was...
