Biography
Wild Swans / Jung Chang
Desirée / Annemarie Selinko
Angela’s Ashes / Frank McCourt
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly /
Jean-Dominique Bauby
Memoirs of a Geisha / Arthur Golden
Other Cultures
Born Confused / Tanuja Desai Hidier Rani & Sukh;
(Un)arranged Marriage / Bali Rai
Garbage King; A Little Piece of Ground /
Elizabeth Laird
The Color Purple / Alice Walker
Noughts & Crosses /
Malorie Blackman
History
Remembrance / Theresa Breslin Crying for the Enemy /
Elizabeth Lutzeier
Stratford Boys; Something in the Air / Jan Mark
Pompeii / Robert Harris
The Silver Pigs / Lindsey Davis
The Girl
with the Pearl Earring / Tracy Chavalier
All Quiet on the Western Front /
Erich Maria Remarque
The Other Boleyn Girl / Philippa Gregory
The Siege
/ Helen Dunmore
'Chick Lit'
Georgia Nicholson series / Louise Rennison Mates, Dates…
/ Cathy Hopkins
Bridget Jones’ Diary / Helen Fielding
Holly Starcross;
Deep Secret / Berlie Doherty
Lola Rose / Jacqueline Wilson
Angel:
Haggis, Horrors and Heavenly Bodies / Cherry Whytock
Between You and Me /
Julia Clarke
Beauty / Robin McKinley
The Mediator series / Meg Cabot
Never Ever / Helena Pielichaty
Summer , Sun and Stuff According to Alex
/ Kathryn Lamb
School
Inventing Elliot / Graham Gardner Love Lessons / David Belbin
Issues
Junk / Melvin Burgess Looking for JJ / Anne Cassidy
The
Opposite of Chocolate / Julie Bertagna
Ruby Tanya / Robert Swindells
Classics
Pride & Prejudice / Jane Austen The Mayor of
Casterbridge / Thomas Hardy
Tess of the d’Urbervilles / Thomas Hardy
Tale of Two Cities / Charles Dickens
Other Worlds/Fantasy
Across the Nightingale Floor / Lian Hearn City
of Stars; City of Masks / Mary Hoffman
His Dark Materials / Philip Pullman
The Wee Free Men / Terry Pratchett
Sabriel / Garth Nix
Song of the
Lioness Quartet / Tamora Pierce
Tales of Shannara / Terry Brooks
Discworld / Terry Pratchett
Shadowmancer; Wormwood / G.P. Taylor
Adventure
Alex Rider Novels (Stormbreaker etc) / Anthony Horowitz
Animals
White Fang / Jack London
Jennie / Paul Gallico
Tarka the Otter / Henry Williamson
Life of Pi / Yann Martel
Funny
Adrian Mole series; The Queen and I; Number 10 / Sue Townsend
Bridget Jones Diary / Helen Fielding
Miscellaneous
The Secret Life of Bees / Sue Monk Kidd
How I
Live Now / Meg Rosoff