Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance, Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith

...and Zombies?! (Review by Duncan)
I thought this was fantastic, a great idea really well executed (!). If you love the original you'll be amazed that... Read more

Nobody Move by Denis Johnson

A Darker Shade of Noir (Review by Duncan)
A cross between "No Country for Old Men" and "The Last Seduction" but better than either. I loved it. Read more

Prophecy of the Sisters: (Prophecy Of The Sisters) by Michelle Zink

Two sides to every story! (Review by Caroline (teen fiction))
Mysterious secret prophecies have been written about forever but this one feels fresh & new. Lia & Alice may be twin... Read more

Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich

Not a duff Plum (Review by Duncan)
Another great title in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie has broken up with Joe again in an argument about peanut Read more

Dead Men's Dust by Matt Hilton

Thrilling (Review by Duncan)
If you enjoy Lee Child's "Jack Reacher" novels then this is a way to pass the time while you wait for the next one... Read more

1974: (Red Riding Quartet) by David Peace

The Red Riding Quartet (Review by Duncan)
If you enjoyed the TV series based on David Peace's novels or if you have any connection to Yorkshire you'll love... Read more

Stolen by Lucy Christopher

A Letter to my Captor (Review by Caroline (teen fiction))
The very idea behind Stolen is a hard one to deal with. The story of Gemma's kidnap is like her captor; dark... Read more

Eliot Jones, Midnight Superhero by Anne Cottringer

Revenge of the nerds! (Review by Caroline (picture book))
Everyone thinks that Eliot Jones is a shy & retiring type. How erroneous this notion is. He's quiet because he's... Read more

Ribblestrop by Andrew Mulligan

Hogwarts minus magic but with extra madness... (Review by Caroline (8-12 fiction))
The beginning is very familiar; a young boy boards a train to begin his 1st term at a rather unusual school & makes a Read more

The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis

You'll want one... (Review by Caroline (picture book))
The illustrations in this book are more magical than the bog babies themselves. When two sisters find a bog baby in a Read more

Banana by Ed Vere

A tale of three syllables (Review by Caroline (picture book))
As banana is the only word that graces the pages here (with the exception of a couple of 'pleases') it's the... Read more

One Rainy Day by M. Christina Butler

A fitting story for recent weather (Review by Caroline (picture book))
The rain causes an adventure in this shimmery shiny book, as Little Hedgehog's umbrella blows away & the animals give Read more

The Hunger Games: (Hunger Games Trilogy) by Suzanne Collins

Leaves you hungering for more! (Review by Caroline (teen fiction))
Katniss has always tried to evade the power of the Capitol, but she can't on the day of The Reaping; a lottery that... Read more

Gone by Michael Grant

You'll sprint breathless through this one... (Review by Caroline (teen fiction))
Perdido Beach is not a great place to be right now. Everyone over 15 has disappeared, the nasty kids are starting to... Read more

Seize the Day by Saul Bellow

Washed up and worn out... (Review by Wes)
...Tommy Whilhelm is feeling the hangover of living in the 20th century. A failed actor, a failed husband and a... Read more

Girlfriend in a Coma by Douglas Coupland

Get reading my friends! (Review by Robb )
Even after 12 novels, Coupland has never bettered this incredible book and it's certainly one I'll recommend to... Read more

The Damned Utd by David Peace

110 % at the end of the day (Review by Gary )
You do not need to like Football to like this book, honestly. This all about pride, guilt,obsession, success... Read more

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly: (Classic Books S.)

She died of course... (Review by Caroline (picture books))
A natty version of the unforgettable fable. This version boasts a cutaway on each page, & they grow progressively... Read more

Slaughterhouse 5: The Children's Crusade - A Dirty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut

So it goes (Review by )
This sounds like a tawdry novelisation of an 80's video nasty sequel but it is, in fact, a story that is based around Read more

Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski

Bukowski's most autobiographical work and his finest novel (Review by Andy )
Ham on Rye is at turns a funny, shocking and deeply moving story of one man's traumatic journey to adulthood. Highly... Read more

Essays in Love by Alain de Botton

Lovely (Review by Calum)
Emotional, funny and is essential for anyone who's been in a relationsip. Read more

Northern Lights Filmed as The Golden Compass: (His Dark Materials S.) by Philip Pullman

Let Lyra be your guide (Review by Josh)
This is essentially a childrens book but it deals with deep ideas; god, philosophy and much more. A very clever book... Read more

Chopper by Mark Brandon Read

A True Aussie Legend (Review by Mim)
This is an indepth look at the Australian Crime World - From a true blue perspective Read more

Marquis De Sade Juliette by Unknown

This Authors finest (Review by Tony)
Brutal, sickening, philosophical and replete with jet-black humour. Strong stomachs only Read more

Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Fantastic Graphic Novel (Review by Jen)
This inspired a great film but as usual the source material is better. The artwork is unique and tells a great story Read more

The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

Funny and Inventive (Review by Richard)
This Nursery Crime story genuinly works as a whodunnit as well as being a brilliant take on fairytales. Read more

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

It says it all in the title (Review by Sophie)
..and that's it. Read more

All My Friends are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman

All My Friends are Superheroes (Review by Duncan)
I absolutely love this book, it's a really quick read but so sweet and romantic. You won't be able to put it down!! Read more

The Big Book of Bread: 365 Recipes for Bread Machines and Home Baking by Anne Sheasby

Mmm... (Review by David)
Whether you have a bread machine or like getting your hands all doughy this is the book for you. So many breads in... Read more

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

Doubting Thomas... (Review by Robb)
In the climate of religious mis-understanding, mis-trust, fear and uncertainty, Dawkins intellect shines bright as he Read more

Ubik: (S.F.Masterworks) by Philip K. Dick

follow the instructions... (Review by Robb)
There is more invention in this novel than a truck-load of J.G Ballard's! Dick wrong foots and surprises you at every Read more

The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe

Zzz (Review by David)
This book delves into the still mysterious phenomenon of sleep, its function and dysfunction. As the story progresses Read more

Dawn of the Dumb: Dispatches from the Idiotic Frontline by Charlie Brooker

Great Stuff! (Review by Robb)
For the uninitiated, you've got a whole world of bitter, nasty, rude and hilarious rants against targets - both... Read more

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Style over substance? (Review by David)
This is SUCH an intriguing book. The book itself is wrapped in mystery with notes at the beginning suggesting the... Read more

13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers

Ahoy (Review by David)
Follow Bluebear through half of his 27 lives, part sci-Fi, part fantasy, always funny and charming. This inventive... Read more

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

Intelligent and ultimately absorbing read (Review by Robb)
It's difficult to describe exactly what this is about,it covers so much ground in it's bizarre 127 pages,but it's... Read more

My Tango with Barbara Strozzi by Russell Hoban

Are you dancing? (Review by Robb)
An eclectic romance involving opera singers, planetary alignment and baseball bats! Hoban's writing is an... Read more

Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges

Make every word work for you (Review by David)
Borges was a master of the short story. He can fit more ideas into two pages than most writers can fit into two... Read more

The Chambers Dictionary by Chambers

a, aardvark... (Review by David)
Everyone should have a good dictionary, all other books plagiarise it. This dictionary is the official scrabble... Read more

The Informers by Bret Easton Ellis

If you don't have the stomach for American Psycho... (Review by Robb)
Set in a Los Angeles saturated with drugs, boredom and commercialism, this is book is scalpel-precise in it's... Read more

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Meow (Review by David)
I almost feel I should recommend another Murakami book before this one as this is his best, all the rest are ‘just... Read more

The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy

From another perspective (Review by David)
Duffy is so accessible and in this collection of poems shows her ability to mould words to do her service. It’s a... Read more

Marvin Gets Mad by Joseph Theobald

Grr... Baa... (Review by Caroline (picture book))
When we first met Marvin he was hungrier than a certain caterpillar.Now he's very very angry & the consequences are... Read more

See Inside Your Body: (Usborne Flap Books S.) by Katie Daynes

Inventive stuff from Usborne (Review by Caroline (children's reference))
You can also see inside castles, dinosaurs, Ancient Egypt, science & more with this innovative & informative series... Read more

Just Henry by Michelle Magorian

The days of 'Goodnight Mister Tom' as M.M.'s best known work are numbered! (Review by Caroline (8-12 fiction))
Cinema is Henry's only escape from a dreary post-WWII life in which his father died a war hero & his stepfather is... Read more

The Heroes of the Valley by Jonathan Stroud

The opposite of hero (Review by Caroline (teen fiction))
On the outside 15 year old Halli Sveinsson is everything a Viking hero is not. On the inside he burns with desire to... Read more

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Beauty has never been so ugly (Review by Caroline (teen fiction))
Tally can't wait to turn 16. That's when she'll have 'the operation' & become pretty, because in a world where... Read more

Generation Dead by Daniel Waters

Zombification for the Meyer generation (Review by Caroline (teen fiction))
Scientists can't explain why kids have started coming back as zombies, they just have. Pheobe doesn't care about the... Read more

Young, Loaded and Fabulous by Kate Kingsley

Glossy tales of gossip & scandal don't have to be American! (Review by Caroline (teen fiction))
The opulent world of St Cecilia's boarding school is more Gossip Girl than Enid Blyton. Of all the young,loaded... Read more

The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

Step into society with style... (Review by Caroline (teen fiction))
Not to advocate the judging of books by covers but if you love the dress then rest assured that the story of these... Read more