The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

The Plot Against America (Review by Bethany)
A scary alternate history by one of the best American writers of the past 100 years. Charles Lindbergh has just... Read more

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Such a great book (Review by Jonathan)
Not a discworld title, but one of the best Pratchett books out there, dark and hilarious humour that will make anyone Read more

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

Life of Pi (Review by Simon)
A fantastic book about being shipwrecked at sea with only some wild animals to keep him company. Read more

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club (Review by Dave)
A fantastic piece of minimalist writing. Every sentence is alive with energy and there's not one word too many. Just... Read more

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

We Need to Talk About Kevin (Review by Kim)
This book has an urgency that I found quite unique. The reader is drawn with disbelief into an utterly absorbing... Read more

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

The Crying of Lot 49 (Review by Seb)
This book starts out with a lady called Oedipa Mass finding out she has been made executrix of a former lovers estate Read more

Magician: (Riftwar Saga) by Raymond E. Feist

Magician (Review by Liam)
The book that gave me my passion for fantasy! Feist takes the usual swords and sorcery saga and turns it on its head... Read more

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World (Review by Matt)
Powerful writing, deep characterisation and slick narration make this classic tale of a future society as relevant... Read more

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell

Down and Out in Paris and London (Review by Dave)
A fantastic piece of minimalist writing. Every sentence is alive with energy and there's not one word too many. Just... Read more

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

Rebecca (Review by Fern)
When I first read this book I could not put it down, the twists and turns of the haunting story gradually pulls you... Read more

The Woman in White: (Oxford World's Classics) by Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White (Review by Emily)
A beautifully crafted Victorian romance-cum-mystery. Told through the eyes of the various characters, this novel is... Read more

War and Peace by L.N. Tolstoy

War and Peace (Review by Russell)
An epic set against the backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Not as hard a read as its reputation would suggest. Read more

Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground by Didrik Soderlind and Michael Moynihan

Lords of Chaos (Review by James)
A thoroughly engrossing read. This book documents to underground black metal scene, mainly in Norway but also in a... Read more

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

A father and son travel through post-apocalyptic American wilderness... (Review by John)
A father and son travel through a post-apocalyptic American wilderness, scavenging food and shelter where they can... Read more

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences by Truman Capote

Capote's aim for this novel was... (Review by Sameen)
Capote's aim for this novel was to create a new genre of fiction; fictionalising a sequence of true events. The story Read more

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre

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