Thirty Days Has September: Cool Ways to Remember Stuff by Chris Stevens

Thirty Days has September (Review by Rik)
Great for adults and kids- fun and cool ways to remember things, e.g: How to do long divison. Read more

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

Shantaram (Review by Rik)
A velvety insight into the indian ecology of Bollywood, ganngsteers and the slums.... worth reading! Read more

There's a Yeti in My Shed by Daniel Postgate

There's a Yeti in my Shed (Review by Rik)
Wonderful illistrations with really funny rhymes, you'd wish you had more time and re-read each funny line. Read more

The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew it Was None of His Business by Werner Holzwarth

The Story of the Little Mole (Review by Rik)
Really funny story- A must for kids and adults alike! Read more

The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl

The Enormous Crocodile (Review by Rik)
Beautifully illistrated, fun, fun, fun!!! Read more

4 Ingredients: Over 340 Quick, Easy and Delicious Recipes Using 4 or Less Ingredients by Kim Mccosker and Rachael Bermingham

4 Ingredients (Review by Rik)
Perfect little book, great when you have nothing in the fridge! Perfect for students! Read more

A Lion Called Christian by Anthony Bourke and John Rendall

A Lion Called Christian (Review by Rik)
A heart warming, spectacular story of how one lion cub can make an amazing bond with 2 humans! Check out the You Tube Read more

Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

Marley and Me (Review by Rik)
Hugely funny, sentimental and charming story. Makes you wish you had a dog! Read more

100 Things to Do When You're Dead by Rob Bailey

100 Things to do When You're Dead (Review by Rik)
A funny set of situations, one can only compprehend when we die! laugh out loud! Read more

Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Silence of the Lambs (Review by James)
A crime epic! More gripping than a Michelin tyre! Read more

Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?: And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions by New Scientist

Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? (Review by Fiona)
Very comical, a real page turner! Read more

Nicholas and the Gang by Rene Goscinny

Nicholas and the Gang (Review by James)
The fourth title of a series, is a must read, whether your 12 or 112! Full of short and extremely funny stories, this Read more

The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness

The Ask and the Answer (Review by Helen)
Thrilling sequel to 'Knife of Never Letting Go', by stunning new talent Patrick Ness. Intriguing, distrubing and... Read more

The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz

The Falcon's Malteser (Review by Helen)
For those not quite ready for 'Storm breaker', the Diamond brothers are the perfect intro to Anthony Horowitz... Read more

The Power of Five: Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz

Necropolis (Review by Helen)
The latest in the power of five series, Horowitz has crafted a disturbing and dangerous world. Fascinating stuff. Read more

Clarice Bean, That's Me!: (Clarice Bean) by Lauren Child

Clarice Bean (Review by Helen)
Fans of Judy Moody will love this. Written in the distinctive style that characterises all child's writing, this is a Read more

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Review by Emily)
Simplistically written, very amusing in places. An all round good read. Read more

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Confessions of a Shopaholic (Review by Agata)
Spot on in a recent credit crunch period. Most girls would indentify themselves in some ways with Becky. Makes all of Read more

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind

Perfume (Review by Ula)
The story of a murderer, is a story of identity. Communication and the morality of the human spirit. This book is a... Read more

Nothing To Lose by Lee Child

Nothing to Lose (Review by Fiona)
A fantastic read for those who love adventures. Classic Lee Child! Read more

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers

Lost and Found (Review by Priscilla)
This is a sweet story of an unlikely friendship, Coupled with its amazing illistrations, this touching story is one... Read more

The New Faber Book of Love Poems

The Faber Book of Love Poems. (Review by Csilla)
A colourful anthology of poems for women and men alike. A sentimental, but thoughtful journey between centuries. Read more

Slash: The Autobiography by Slash

Slash (Review by Emily)
Slash shows the world how to really rock and roll! A fantasic life story. Read more

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Crime and Punishment (Review by Agata)
Unmissable classic title. Keeps you focussed to the very end. Could we get away with crime? A great moral message to... Read more

Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Desperate Peril - And a Teacher Who Saved Her by Torey L. Hayden

Ghost Girl (Review by Fiona)
An inspirational story of courage and hope. Will tug on your heart strings. Read more

The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart

The Dice Man (Review by Joel)
Like 'Two face' from Batman, recast as an anti-hero, this is a psychological tour de force1 Read more

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice (Review by Ula)
A wonderful and magical book. If you have an ounce of romance in you, you'll love it. Its at once beautiful, sad and... Read more

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Review by Csilla)
If you like the philosophyical mysteries in 'fiction frame', then don't miss the Franco-Czech author, Milan Kundera... Read more

Gone by Michael Grant

Intense Thriller (Review by )
By far the best book i have read this year! This is 'Lord of the Flies' for the X-Box generation. In the blink of an... Read more

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray (Review by Emily)
An ultimate classic. This book is so wonderfully written, i was captivated from the start. It is an amazing testiment Read more

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger

a classic you need to read before you die! (Review by Nicola)
Franny and Zooey introduces you to two characters from one of literatures most fascinating families; the Glasses... Read more

Monkey by Wu Cheng En

Humour Adventure (Review by Rik)
The story of 'Monkey' is one that carries akk the great virtues of a good book; humour, adventure action and a lot of Read more

Temeraire by Naomi Novik

Fantasy twist (Review by Sheila)
This is a alternative historical version of the Napoleonic wars with a fantsy twist. I beleive this to be one of the... Read more

Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell

Chilling future (Review by )
A chilling vision of things to come. Orwells honesty is inspiring and terrifying. The best book i have ever read. Read more

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Moral Message (Review by Agata)
Gripping and unusual story that keeps you focused, and makes you feel that you are in the heart of Russia itself! A... Read more

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Hard-Boiled Fun! (Review by Thomas)
Hard boiled detective fiction at its hard boiled best! Private eyes, dames, guns, mystery, charismatic villains and... Read more

Get Up and Do It!: Essential Steps to Achieve Your Goals by Beechy Colclough and Josephine Colclough

Sort it out! (Review by Hussein)
This is a serious book for people who are really looking to improve their lifestyle, and want to understand... Read more

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

Enter a world where colour is a commodity (Review by Josh)
Yet again Fforde has managed to project his masterful depth of imagination and detail in an expertly crafted work of... Read more

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

A new way to look at the world around us (Review by Josh)
I took this on the train with me when travelling to work in Manchester, and I didn't want the train journey to end... Read more

Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick

Discover Science beyond Physics (Review by Josh)
It took me a while to get through this book, re-reading a few chapters along the way. But the time put in was well... Read more

A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes by Stephen Hawking

More accessible than you think (Review by Josh)
It is in our nature to look for answers, and one of the biggest questions is creation. Hawkings anecdotes in such a... Read more

Jennifer Government by Max Barry

The corporation owns you (Review by Josh)
In a corporate world gone mad, people no longer have a surname, but take that of the company they work for. Barry has Read more

The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

Who ever thought the world of nursery rhymes was so seedy (Review by Josh)
It's a good job detective Jack Spratt is on the case, head of the nursery crime division. If you have read Fforde's... Read more

The Fourth Bear by Jasper Fforde

Jack's back along with Goldilocks and the three bears (Review by Josh)
Another rhyme equals another crime, but Jack's not supposed to be investigating it. Fforde's bizarre imagination has... Read more

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Enter the world of literature like never before. (Review by Josh)
Join Thursday in her first outing as she tries to out wit criminal mastermind Acheron Hades. What Fforde has managed... Read more

Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde

Thursday returns to fiction (Review by Josh)
In this second escapade, Thursday is on the hunt for a lost Shakespearean manuscript. But that's just the beginning... Read more

Well Of Lost Plots: (Thursday Next 3) by Jasper Fforde

Where can you hide where nobody will find you (Review by Josh)
The answer for Thursday is easy, being able to jump in to fiction and all. The series gets stronger as Fforde's... Read more

Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde

It's not easy being a single mum (Review by Josh)
Well not when you can't find any decent babysitters, and you can't rely on a talking gorilla called Melanie forever... Read more

First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde

Read rates are down in the bookworld, and stupidity is up (Review by Josh)
The solution, a reality book show, well not if Thursday can help it. The most recent Thursday paperback follows the... Read more

Mort: (A Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett

Death, why so serious? (Review by Josh)
Mort is looking for a job, but he's the last man standing at the fair with no jobs left. Well until Death turns up... Read more

The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs

How many Biblical rules can a secular New Yorker live by? (Review by Mark)
A.J.Jacobs' interest in the relevance of religion in the modern world compells him to review the hundred of rules... Read more

An Utterly Impartial History of Britain: (or 2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge) by John O'Farrell

History for the iPod generation (Review by Mark)
John O'Farrell is well known for his humourous novels, but here he attempts to review 2000 years of history using his Read more

The Antipope by Robert Rankin

First of the Brentford Trilogy (Review by Mark)
Robert Rankin is one of this country's most prolific writers. His darkly humerous tales of sci-fi and fantasy are... Read more

McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland (A Lir Book) by Pete McCarthy

'never pass a pub with your name on it' (Review by Mark)
The late great broadcaster McCarthy rediscovers his love of the Emerald Isle with a trip around the towns - and pubs... Read more

Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks

If you succeed, I'll strip naked in London and sing the Moldovan National Anthem... (Review by Mark)
Further to his adventures Round Ireland with a Fridge, Tony Hawks demonstrates his failure to learn an important... Read more

Vive La Revolution by Mark Steel

A left-wing activist's thoughts on the French Revolution, with jokes. (Review by Mark)
Mark Steel is well known as a serious political activist, with a fairly solid history of Socialism. Here he studies... Read more

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Everything you ever wanted to know about anything (Review by Mark)
Bill Bryson's writing style is so accessible, he can actually write a book about particle physics, chemistry... Read more

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Information is power (Review by )
From WWII codebreakers to modern day hackers and back Stephenson weaves a bold and gripping tale of espionage and... Read more

The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

The Watch Series, Buffy this ain’t (Review by Marina)
Ignore the J.K Rowling reference on the cover and let us put to rest any suspicion you may have that this is Twilight Read more

One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night by Christopher Brookmyre

The tartan Die Hard (Review by Marina)
An oil rig being refitted into a leisure resort. A school reunion. A policeman on the first day of his retirement... Read more

The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke

The Katrina novel (Review by Marina)
This the 16th in the Dave Robicheaux series but can easily be read as a standalone. James Lee Burke spares us nothing Read more

Temeraire by Naomi Novik

Master and Commander with dragons (Review by Marina)
Meet Temeraire. Hatched prematurely on a Navy ship he is enrolled in Britain’s Aerial Corps to help with the war... Read more

Storm Front: (Dresden Case Files) by Jim Butcher

Wizard noir (Review by Marina)
Meet Harry Dresden, wisecracking PI with a difference: when this guy says he’s a wizard he’s for real. Bring in a Read more

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Become one of the family (Review by )
If you are a fan of the film or crime books in general, this is a must read. Mario Puzo's book combines the two lives Read more

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Must read classic (Review by Ula)
A wonderful and magical book. If you have a gram of romance in you, you'll love it. It's beautiful, sad and uplifting Read more

Kiss the Girls by James Patterson

Gripping (Review by James)
'Kiss The Girls' is my favourite by James patterson. This thriller will keep you gripped to the edge of your err... Read more

Let the Right One in by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Move on from Twilight (Review by Joel)
'Twilight' but with the roles reversed and add suburban drama instead of teen romance. Voila! One of the best takes Read more

Skellig by David Almond

Carnegie and Whitbread winner (Review by Joel)
This modern fairytale is guaranteed to move and make and impact, release fresh of the back of the film adaptation... Read more

The Picture of Dorian Gray: (Oxford World's Classics) by Oscar Wilde

Thought provoking (Review by Tom)
A glimpse behind the mirror, a journey through the wind, the psyche, the soul, and a glimpse at both good and evil. A Read more

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

The Unbearable Lightness of being (Review by Csilla)
If you like philosophical mysteries in a fictional frame, then don't miss the Franco-Czech author, Milan Kundera... Read more

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox: (Artemis Fowl) by Eoin Colfer

Criminal masterminds (Review by Helen)
Teenage masterminds, high tech fairies and all amnner of trouble this is perfect for fans of stormbreaker. Long time... Read more

Ballet Shoes: A Story of Three Children on the Stage by Noel Streatfeild

Get on point (Review by Helen)
Follows the story of three adopted sisters in early 20th century London. Laugh and cry as they chance, whilst... Read more

The Cow That Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill

as seen on Bookaboo (Review by Helen)
Recently featured on the Bookaboo TV show, this is a quirky tale about bucking traditions and finding your place. Read more

Stig of the Dump by Clive King

You never know what you'll find at the dump (Review by Helen)
A classic timeslip novel about a 20th century boy who discovers a stone age boy living in a dump nearby. The magic is Read more

Funnybones: (Funnybones) by Allan Ahlberg and Janet Ahlberg

When things go bump in the night (Review by Helen)
A classic Ahlberg romp, join the big skeleton, the little skeleton and the dog as they cavort through town on a dark... Read more

The Adventures of Captain Underpants: (Captain Underpants S.) by Dav Pilkey

Potty humour (Review by Helen)
Fantastic for lads who are reluctant readers, Captain underpants has a strong zany plot, interspersing text with... Read more

The Folk of the Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton

Classic kids (Review by Helen)
If your little girl loves fairies, Enid Blyton provides by far the classiest selection of the genre on the market... Read more

You're a Bad Man, Mr. Gum! by Andy Stanton

Wacky (Review by Helen)
Without a doubt the funniest children’s book I have ever read. Weird, wacky, with a cast of colourful characters... Read more

Traction Man Is Here by Mini Grey

damsels in distress (Review by Helen)
If you liked Toy Story, you’ll love this. Follow the adventures of a bold action figure, beautifully illistrated in Read more

Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

Kids historical fiction (Review by Helen)
A beautifully written tale of a boy evacuated during WW2. Evocative and not afraid to tackle tough issues- a must for Read more

Astonishing Splashes of Colour by Clare Morrall

Brilliant Contemporary Fiction (Review by )
Astonishing Splashes of Colour charts the progress of Kitty, a sensitive, intelligent woman, suffering depression... Read more

The Colour of Magic: (A Discworld Novel) by Terry Pratchett

If you're yet to discover the world of the disc, you need to get stuck in. (Review by Jelena)
The Discworld series by Terry Pratchett is a favourite of mine. A witty take on the fantasy genre, the flat world... Read more