P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern
Holly and Gerry have a running joke - that she'd never cope without him. When Gerry dies of a brain tumour, Holly's life falls apart. She cannot see how she can go on. But then she receives a package from Gerry - a letter with a pile of envelopes with each one containing 'to do' lists for each month. | Fiction |  |
Empire of the Sun by J G Ballard
'Empire of the Sun' is a novel of war, starvation and of survival, of internment camps and death marches, which blends honesty with a vision of a world thrown utterly out of joint. It is rooted in the author's own experience of war in our time. | Fiction |  |
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Becky is a shopaholic who has lost the ability to say no. She tries making more money, she even tries cutting back, but neither seems to work. Now with her cards stopped and no credit she has to escape from this dream world, but how? Originally published: as The secret dreamworld of a shopaholic. | Fiction |  |
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
When 17-year old Bella moves to live with her father, she expects her life will be as dull as the town. She quickly finds friends but not with the Cullen family who prefer their own company, especially Edward who hates her. Bella soon discovers the reason for his coldness as the family are vampires. | Fiction - aimed at young teens |  |
The Reader by Bernard Schlink
Schlink explores questions of guilt, deceit, betrayal and memory in this novel which traces the relationship between a German lawyer, Michael, and an older woman, Hanna, who was formerly a guard at a satellite camp attached to Auschwitz. | Fiction |  |
Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
Max's night-time adventure in the land of the Wild Things is a classic of 20th century children's picture books. | Pre-school picture books | |
Q & A (Slumdog Millionaire) by Vikas Swarup
Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammad Thomas is in prison after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have arrested him, convinced that he has cheated his way to victory. In his warm-hearted tale lies all the comedy, tragedy, joy and pathos of India | Fiction |  |
Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh
The story of Edinburgh heroin addicts which changed the face of British fiction! | Fiction |  |
