The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger
A 2012 World Book Night selection. Voted the Book of the Decade by Lovereading readers. Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Film of the Year Award 2010. A huge book in every way. The protagonists meet each other at different times throughout...
Format: Paperback - Released: 29/05/2004

How To Lose Friends And Alienate People
Toby Young
People either love or hate him but Toby Young has written an hilarious account of his five years in New York after being offered a dream job at Vanity Fair. He desperately wants to make an impression and delight in...
Format: Paperback - Released: 18/07/2002

Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton
You’ve no doubt seen the film, but the book is so much darker it has to be read. This will scare you far more than any special effects because not only are Crichton’s descriptions of this genetically engineered park terrifying...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/1998

The Naked Civil Servant
Quentin Crisp
In a world where flamboyance and fleeting fame have become everyday, one figure is still surpassed in the profession of being- Quentin Crisp, the original celebrity and self- proclaimed ‘stately homo of Britain’.
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 05/02/2007

Cold Mountain
Charles Frazier
This arrived on our shores in 1998 as a large, expensive paperback and proceeded to sell through word-of-mouth. Then the publishers made a bold decision … they brought out a hardback turning the traditional publishing route of hardback, paperback upside...
Format: Paperback - Released: 28/12/2006

Eragon
Christopher Paolini
Eragon, the first in Paolini’s Inheritance trilogy releases as a movie with a cast of impressive actors on 15 December.For those teenagers and adults alike who’ve enjoyed The Lord of the Rings or indeed The Dark Materials trilogy we think...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/11/2006

The Devil Wears Prada
Lauren Weisberger
Winner of TV & Film Book of the Year at the Galaxy British Book Awards 2007.This had been made into a Hollywood blockbuster, but the book is miles better! Set in the cut-throat fashion industry, the main character Andrea...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 28/06/2003

No Country for Old Men
Cormac Mccarthy
No Country for Old Men seems to have divided critics but is probably only because it has been seven years since his last and it is very different to his earlier novels. A tight thriller packed with drugs and violence...
Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2010

The Prestige
Christopher Priest
The tale of two feuding Victorian magicians with dark dealy secrets the plot is like a nest of Chinese boxes so take nothing at face value
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/02/2005

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Tracy Chevalier
Centring on Vermeer’s household in the 1660s in Delft, this speculative historical novel tells of his relationship with a servant girl, Griet, who became his assistant and the model for the painting of the title. Written in a simple style,...
Format: Paperback - Released: 03/07/2006

Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
A 2012 World Book Night selection.“ Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…” is probably one of the most famous first lines from a novel and captures the readers interest immediately. What is Manderley? Why is our narrator dreaming...
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/01/2003