Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
★★★★★
Alice falls into the rabbit-hole and has several adventures involving some very unusual characters
Very Good, Jeeves
★★★★★
A collection of short stories related by Wooster where Jeeves rescues him and his friends from the after effects of their hare-brained schemes
Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Woundn't Grow Up
★★★★☆
Peter Pan, and the little fairy Tinker Bell lead the Darling children to the magical world of Neverland
The Inimitable Jeeves
★★★★★
The supreme gentleman's gentleman continues working his magic to extricate his employer and his friends out of sticky situations
My Man Jeeves
★★★★★
A collection of short stories which include among the first appearances Bertie Wooster and his superlative valet Jeeves
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
★★★★★
The first novel by Dame Agatha, and also the first in which the iconic Poirot makes an appearance
The Alchemist
★☆☆☆☆
A young shepherd follows his dreams, quite literally, and learns alchemy along the way.
Little Women
★★★☆☆
A coming-of-age novel set around the American Civil war, detailing the lives of four sisters from childhood to womanhood.
Flowers for Algernon
★★★★★
A diary of an intellectually challenged young man detailing his experience being part of an experimental procedure to increase his intelligence
The Left Hand of Darkness
★★★★★
In a world far away, and a culture even further away, one human works to bridge the chasm of differences
Fahrenheit 451
★★★★★
Guy Montag burns books, and all other such illegal commodities. But when he is exposed to a world where people didn’t live in fear, Montag re-examines his life
A Murder is Announced
★★☆☆☆
Miss Marple decodes a very complicated murder which is preceded by an announcement of the murder in the local newspaper, replete with location, date and time.
The Scarlet Letter
★★☆☆☆
In Puritan America, a young woman is accused of adultery, and is sentenced to wear the letter “A” on her outfit...
The Stepford Wives
★★★★★
Joanna moves to beautiful Stepford with her family, it seems almost too good to be true. It is.
A Christmas Carol
★★★★★
A classic which has lent so much to our everyday parlance, and likely started the very concept of “Christmas Spirit”
Life of Pi
★★★★☆
A grand novel blending several different concepts and themes; philosophy, religion, and, above all, the enduring human spirit in the face of adversity