Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

March 5, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

She’s a fashion model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden freeway “accident” leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful center of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge that she exists. Enter Brandy Alexander, […]

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

February 27, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl… Sixteen-year-old Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past and […]

The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith

February 19, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, she just thinks he has gone off by himself for a few days — as he has done before — and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that […]

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

February 13, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

Cath and Wren are identical twins and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they’re off to university and Wren’s decided she doesn’t want to be one half of a pair anymore — she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It’s not so easy for Cath. She would rather […]

The Dog by Joseph O’Neill

February 6, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

In 2007, a New York attorney bumps into an old college buddy – and accepts his friend’s offer of a job in Dubai, as the overseer of an enormous family fortune. Haunted by the collapse of his relationship and hoping for a fresh start, our strange hero begins to suspect that he has exchanged one […]

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

January 30, 2015.Reading time 3 minutes.

We are liars We are beautiful and privileged We are cracked and broken A tale of love and romance A tale of tragedy Which are lies? Which is truth? You decide First published: 2014

Love Hurts by Malorie Blackman

January 22, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Malorie Blackman brings together the best teen writers of today in a stunningly romantic collection about love against the odds. Featuring short stories and extracts about modern star-crossed lovers from stars such as Gayle Forman, Markus Zusak and Patrick Ness, and with a brand-new story from Malorie Blackman herself, Love Hurts looks at every kind […]

Reread: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

January 8, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for the last time. But the future that awaits him is full of danger, not only for him, but for anyone close to him — and Harry has already lost so much. Only by destroying Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes can Harry free himself and overcome […]

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

December 11, 2014.Reading time 4 minutes.

“If we burn, you burn with us.” Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But she’s still not safe. A revolution is unfolding, and everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans — everyone except Katniss. And yet she must play the most vital part in the final battle. Katniss […]

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green

December 4, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his […]