The Arabian Nights Entertainments
★★★☆☆
A collection of folk-tales from the Arab world, from the Islamic golden age
Something Fresh
★★★★☆
The first ever Blandings castle book and, as it always happens, there are visitors to the castle under an assumed identity
The Name of the Wind
★★★★★
Kvothe relates the story of his life, the tale of how he grew from a gifted child to be the most notorious wizard his world has ever seen
Maltese Falcon
★★☆☆☆
Private eye Sam Spade finds himself surrounded by several parties all vying to get hold of a jewel encrusted bird
Crooked House
★★★☆☆
The wealthy Aristide Leonides is dead, poisoned through his medicine. But who has poisoned him?
The Exorcist
★★★★★
A young girl is possessed by a demon, and a pair of Jesuit priests perform the exorcism
A Scanner Darkly
★★★☆☆
In a dystopian future, drug culture and use have been normalized and taken over the mainstream
The Return of the King
★★★★★
The magnificent and thrilling conclusion of the quest to destroy the one ring
Hallowe'en party
★★★☆☆
A young girl is killed during a hallowe'en party, and Poirot is summoned to investigate
Something Wicked This Way Comes
★★★☆☆
A carnival unexpectedly comes to town, and its far more sinister than rides and attractions
The Demolished Man
★★★★☆
From the golden age of sci-fi, the very first ever Hugo award winner is a police story in a telepathic world
The Gray Man
★★★☆☆
A former CIA assassin is now the subject of a manhunt, a manhunt by his counterparts from a dozen different countries
Nine Perfect Strangers
★★★☆☆
Nine people from different walks of life attend a 10-day retreat at a luxury wellness centre