Romeo and Juliet (Penguin Classics)
When one hears “love story”, romeo and juliet comes immediately to mind. This, very accessible play, well known to audiences and students alike, contains some of shakespeare’s most beautiful love poetry, as well as his characteristic insights into the human condition.
Breathless
You were my first. Not just sex, although that was part of it, but the first to look past everything else into me. Some of the names and places have been changed, but the story is true. It’s all here because one day this will be the past, and i don’t want to forget what i went through, what i thought, what i felt, who i was. I don’t want to forget you. But most of all, i don’t want to forget me.
Heroes of Olympus The Demigod Diaries
You must prepare yourself for a difficult future: fighting monsters, adventuring across the globe, and dealing with temperamental greek and roman gods. You’ll join your favorite demigods from the percy jackson and the heroes of olympus series as they face dangerous foes and perilous tasks. What you learn from their experiences could very well save your life!
The Silent Patient (Soft Cover)
With film rights snapped up by an oscar winning hollywood production company, rights sold in a world record 43 territories, and rave blurbs from david baldacci, lee child and a.j. Finn, the silent patient is the international, multimillion-copy bestseller that you need to read this year.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part 1 & 2
While harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.
Fifty Shades Freed
When unworldly student anastasia steele first encountered the driven and dazzling young entrepreneur christian grey it sparked a sensual affair that changed both of their lives irrevocably. Shocked, intrigued, and, ultimately, repelled by christian’s singular erotic tastes, ana demands a deeper commitment. Determined to keep her, christian agrees.
Digital Fortress
When the national security agency’s invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, susan fletcher, and a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The nsa is being held hostage – not by guns or bombs, but by a code so complex that if released would cripple u.s. Intelligence.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
When the knight bus crashes through the darkness and screeches to a halt in front of him, it’s the start of another far from ordinary year at hogwarts for harry potter. Sirius black, escaped mass-murderer and follower of lord voldemort, is on the run – and they say he is coming after harry. In his first ever divination class, professor trelawney sees an omen of death in harry’s tea leaves … But perhaps most terrifying of all are the dementors patrolling the school grounds, with their soul-sucking kiss.
Da Vinci Code
When the curator of the louvre is found murdered, his body lying in the form of the vitruvian man, the authorities decide to contact the harvard symbologist, dan brown to help solve the case. What ties did the victim have with the ancient cult headed by isaac newton and botticelli? Together with the victim’s granddaughter, robert langdon must decipher codes designed by the victim, hiding a secret more powerful than any other, and learn the secret that many have died to protect. In doing so, he will come face to face with the true nature of the holy grail, and discover the truth behind the stories of jesus christ.
Crazy Rich Asians
When rachel chu agrees to spend the summer in singapore with her boyfriend, nicholas young, she envisions a humble family home and time with the man she might one day marry. What she doesn’t know is that nick’s family home happens to look like a palace, that she’ll ride in more private planes than cars and that she is about to encounter the strangest, craziest group of people in existence.
Fifty Shades of Grey
When literature student anastasia steele goes to interview young entrepreneur christian grey, she encounters a man who is beautiful, brilliant, and intimidating. The unworldly, innocent ana is startled to realize she wants this man and, despite his enigmatic reserve, finds she is desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, grey admits he wants her, too – but on his own terms.
The Betrothed
When king jameson declares his love for lady hollis brite, hollis is shocked—and thrilled. After all, she’s grown up at keresken castle, vying for the king’s attention alongside other daughters of the nobility. Capturing his heart is a dream come true.
An Abundance of Katherines
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 $10,000 in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, judge judy-loving best friend riding shotgun – but no katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove the theorem of underlying katherine predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. Love, friendship, and a dead austro-hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself.
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
When dumbledore arrives at privet drive one summer night to collect harry potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world, and hogwarts itself is not safe. Harry is convinced that malfoy bears the dark mark: there is a death eater amongst them.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
When bruno returns home from school in berlin, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in a crate. It is 1942 and the entire country is under the control of the nazis. Bruno’s family is being moved since his father was promoted. They must now live within the confines of an odd camp, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence divides them from the outside, and there is nowhere for bruno to go. The young boy decides to explore his new neighbourhood, and soon runs into a curious young boy who is very similar to himself
Twilight
When 17 year old isabella swan moves to forks, washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems the cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for bella.
Will Grayson Will Grayson
Two guys with the same name, running in two very different circles, suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, and culminating in epic turns-of-heart and the most fabulous musical ever to grace the high-school stage.
Breaking Dawn
Twilight tempted the imagination . . . New moon made readers thirsty for more . . . Eclipse turned the saga into a worldwide phenomenon . . . And now – the book that everyone has been waiting for . . . Breaking dawn. In the much anticipated fourth book in stephenie meyer’s love story, questions will be answered and the fate of bella and edward will be revealed.
Before We Were Yours
Twelve-year-old rill foss and her four younger siblings live a magical life aboard their family’s mississippi river shantyboat. But when their father must rush their mother to the hospital one stormy night, rill is left in charge, until strangers arrive in force. Wrenched from all that is familiar and thrown into a tennessee children’s home society orphanage, the foss children are assured that they will soon be returned to their parents – but they quickly realize the dark truth…
9 from the Nine Worlds (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
Travel the nine worlds with your favourite characters from the world of magnus chase in a brand-new series of adventures. Find out why amir fadlan hates clothes shopping in midgard, see how mallory keen learns in icy niflheim that insulting a dragon can be a good idea, and join alex fierro as they play with fire (and a disco sword) in the home of the fire giants, muspellheim.
Black Leopard Red Wolf
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter – and he always works alone. But when he is engaged to find a child who disappeared three years ago, he must break his own rules, joining a group of eight very different mercenaries working together to find the boy.
Magnus Chase and the Hammer Of Thor
Thor’s hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon – the mightiest force in the nine worlds. But this time the hammer isn’t just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands.
Slime A Fantastically Funny Tale
This little island is home to a large number of horrible grown-ups. The school, the local park, the toy shop and even the island’s ice-cream van are all run by awful adults who like nothing more than making children miserable. And the island is owned by the most awful one of all – aunt greta greed!
Mantel Pieces
Her subjects range far and wide: Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia where she lived for four years in the 1980s, the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, a brilliant examination of Helen Duncan, Britain’s last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher Marlowe and Margaret Pole, which display the astonishing insight into the Tudor mind we are familiar with from the bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy. Her famous lecture, ‘Royal Bodies’, which caused a media frenzy, explores the place of royal women in society and our imagination. Here too are some of her LRB diaries, including her first meeting with her stepfather and a confrontation with a circus strongman.
Constantly illuminating, always penetrating and often very funny, interleaved with letters and other ephemera gathered from the archive, Mantel Pieces is an irresistible selection from one of our greatest living writers.
Before She Knew Him
They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a secret.’when hen and lloyd move into their new house in west dartford, mass., they’re relieved to meet.
Village By The Sea
The village by the sea: an indian family story is a novel for young people by the indian writer anita desai, published in london by heinemann in 1982. It is based on the poverty, hardships and sorrow faced by a small rural, community in india
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The triwizard tournament is to be held at hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter – but that doesn’t stop harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at hallowe’en, when the goblet of fire makes its selection, harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons, and dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, ron and hermione, he might just make it through – alive!
Percy Jackson and the Titans Curse
The titan’s curse is an american fantasy-adventure novel based on greek mythology written by rick riordan. It was released on may 1, 2007, and is the third novel in the percy jackson & the olympians series and the sequel to the sea of monsters.
The Trials of Apollo The Burning Maze
The third book in the latest series from international bestselling author, rick riordan he was a god once. Until he was cast out his father, zeus. Now, he’s an awkward teenager. Called lester. The only way out is a series of scary and dangerous trials, of course. For his third trial, apollo must journey through the labyrinth to free an oracle who only speaks in puzzles. Then, defeat the most vicious of three very vicious roman emperors. (all without the use of his godly powers.) It looks like he will need all the help he can get – from some new and old friends.
The Mirror & The Light
The story begins in may 1536: anne boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired french executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith’s son from putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, henry viii, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, jane seymour.