Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby

Fever Pitch, by Nick Hornby (Review by Paul)
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 1992. This is a fine book, packed with accurate observations about Read more

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (Review by Adrija)
Slow, atmospheric, strange and sombre. You'll be haunted by Clarke's vision of a Victorian England withmagic as a... Read more

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy: And Other Stories by Tim Burton

The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy (Review by Sharon)
A dark, yet touching, gallery of abnormal, deformed children. This is Tim Burton's dark, gothic, twisted universe at... Read more

A Florentine Revenge by Christobel Kent

A Florentine Revenge (Review by Louise)
Evocative Italian thriller set in the beautiful city of Florence. Kent's characters come alive through excellent... Read more

The Yellow Wallpaper: (Virago Modern Classics) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Yellow Wallpaper (Review by Kirsty)
It is with great precision that C P Gilman captures a young woman's swift decline into an eerie mental breakdown... Read more

Death and the Penguin: (Panther S.) by Andrey Kurkov

Death and the Penguin (Review by Tim)
Death and the Penguin is a modern classic. A black comedy set in the Ukraine, where an obituary writer and his pet... Read more

The Sun King Rises by Jego Yves and Lepee Denis

The Sun King Rises (Review by Earl)
This is the fact-based fictional account of the machinations and characters at the court of the young Louis XIV. A... Read more

Heart-shaped Box by Joe Hill

Heart-shaped Box (Review by Richard)
Ageing death metal rock god Jude Coyne buys a ghost on the internet. a heart-shaped box arrives and his troubles... Read more

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Princess Bride (Review by Amy)
Whilst many have tried and failed to write a modern fairytale for adults, Goldman has succeeded. He has created a... Read more

The Butterfly House: (Mira S.) by Marcia Preston

The Butterfly House (Review by Sarah)
This book shows how hard it can be for young people trying to find their place in the world. The way Preston uses... Read more

A Lot of Hard Yakka: Triumph and Torment - A County Cricketer's Life by Simon Hughes

A lot of Hard Yacka (Review by Alan)
Hughes never quite loses the sense of wonder at his own ability - or good fortune - that gave him the chance to play... Read more

Angry White Pyjamas: An Oxford Poet Trains with the Tokyo Riot Police by Robert Twigger

Angry White Pyjamas (Review by Dawid)
If you are going to read one book about training in the martial arts, then this is the book for you. Pulling no... Read more

The Lies of Locke Lamora: (Gollancz S.F.) by Scott Lynch

The Lies of Locke Lamora (Review by Paul)
This book had me laughing out loud from page one, with plenty of swearing and a plot that wouldn’t be out of place... Read more

Empire in Black and Gold: (Shadows Of The Apt) by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Empire in Black and Gold (Review by Paul)
This is an exciting and fast-paced book. Tchaikovsky develops a fascinating, original fantasy environment and drops... Read more

Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson by Geoffrey C. Ward

Unforgivable Blackness (Review by Paul)
In 1909, at a time when the colour bar ran through every aspect of America's national identity, Jack Johnson became... Read more

Space Captain Smith by Toby Frost

Chronicles of Isambard Smith (Review by Paul)
This well-told tale of derring-do in the 25th century capture, encapsulate and then send-up everything it has ever... Read more

Blood Music: (Gollancz S.F.) by Greg Bear

Blood Music (Review by Paul)
Starting very small with a scientist’s forays into making intelligent cells, this novel becomes something... Read more