The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami

Short stories (Review by Jo Herbert)
Once you read one Murakami, you're hooked! This is a great collection of short stories to really get your imagination Read more

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Battles (Review by )
Life of Pi continually pits one against another. Martel's Booker Prize winner is a story of battles throughout Read more

The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

Enjoyed by children and adults alike (Review by )
I first heard of this book when my parents got me the audio tape to listen to on a road trip around America aged 8. I Read more

Pride and Prejudice: (Oxford World's Classics) by Jane Austen

Unforgettable and truly brilliant (Review by Hannah Lewis)
Not only a love story, Pride and Prejudice's mixture of humour, social critique and scandal, all through... Read more

Bad Monkeys by Matt Ruff

Exciting and dark (Review by Shaun Ryan)
An awesome read; funny, dark and extremely hard to put down.

It's a psychological thriller about a young Read more

On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Live in the moment (Review by Sian Willetts)
The novel that inspired a generation of hippies and travelers and still continues to inspire today. On the RoadRead more

Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis

Dark humour pervades throughout (Review by Joe Davies)
A dark, gritty modern detective story, Ellis weaves a sordid and dangerous story through America's seedy underbelly... Read more

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Brought up by ghosts (Review by Vicki Ward)
Although this book was originally intended for younger teen readers, someone recognised its potential and made it... Read more

The Sportswriter by Richard Ford

A benchmark of 20th Century American fiction (Review by John Widdop)
The three books that comprise the Frank Bascomb trilogy—this, Independence Day and The Lay of the LandRead more

The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly

Ancient world mysteries (Review by Richard England)
Imagine if you crossed Indiana Jones and James Bond. What would you get? That's right... Jack West!

This Read more

Bring on the Apocalypse: Six Arguments for Global Justice by George Monbiot

Challenging and engaging (Review by David Hughes)
A collection of George Monbiot's Guardian columns on a wide range of subjects—religion, politics, history and, of... Read more

Your Pregnancy Week by Week by Lesley Regan

Everything you could ever want to know about pregnancy (Review by )
This book is filled with invaluable and reassuring explanations and advice about all aspects of pregnancy. Helpfully... Read more