The Secret Garden
★★★☆☆
An orphaned girl is sent to live with a reclusive uncle, where she finds a secret garden which changes the lives of herself and everyone around her
Slaughterhouse-Five
★★★★★
Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, the story follows the life of Billy Pilgrim. as he reflects on the events of his life across time and space.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
★★★★★
The story of labour-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's gulags.
The Outsiders
★★★★★
Two weeks in the life of Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year old "greaser" and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider.
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
★☆☆☆☆
Auschwitz as seen by a child... a very deluded and self-involved child.
Norwegian Wood
★★☆☆☆
Toru, a young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, but their mutual passion is marred by the death of their beir friend years before...
The Lovely Bones
★★☆☆☆
The book begins with the tragic death of a fourteen-year-old girl, Susie Salmon (like the fish). From there, Susie's spirit narrates in first person the lives of Susie’s family, friends and murderer.
A Time To Kill
★★★★★
A riveting court-room drama and a compelling tale of retribution and justicea in small town Mississippi, where both the crime and the fallout are highly racially charged...
Memoirs of a Geisha
★★★★☆
A world where women's artistry is to entice the most powerful men; where their virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder, and where love is scorned...
The Killing Floor
★★★★☆
Jack Reacher. Ex-Military Police, current drifter, is passing through a small town when he is suddenly arrested for a murder he knows nothing about. He expects the case of mistaken identity to be quickly resolved, but soon finds out that he is connected to the case... very intimately.
The Big Sleep
★★☆☆☆
The first book featuring tough-as-nails P.I. Philip Marlowe... private eye, educated, heroic, streetwise, rugged individualist, hero... a complete man, a common man, and yet, a highly unusual man.