A gripping real-life adventure story, The Lost City of Z is about the British explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett, who vanished,…
Northanger Abbey is a fun read, with well-defined characters and a strong sense of place. It’s also a defence of…
This is a good example of a crime thriller which keeps you guessing. Although I wasn’t as gripped by it…
Re-reading this slim YA novel was an uncanny experience, as it seems quite prescient. It was first published in 1989…
The trouble with The Trouble with Henry and Zoe was that I didn’t like the characters of Henry and Zoe…
A warm-hearted and surprising adventure story, Miss Benson’s Beetle has the classic pairing of two contrasting characters who find friendship…
What do you get if you mix The Lord of the Flies, Castaway and a lot of dope? The Beach,…
John Sutherland, an academic and editor of many classic books, plays literary detective in this book of short essays. It’s…
This is a fun supernatural thriller from the master of teen horror, Christopher Pike. Trends have moved on and most…
So much has been written about the most popular band in history that any new book about them has to…