The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Sallinger
1. Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein
2. Beauty by Robin McKinley
3. The Black Magician Triology by Trudi Cananvan
4. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
5. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
/ Adventure
1. The Princess Bride by William Golden
2. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
3. Nation by Terry Pratchett
4. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
5. Fatherland by Robert Harris
/ Historical Fiction
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
3. Regeneration by Pat Barker
4. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarques
5. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Classics to take to the Café
1. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Sallinger
2. The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
3. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
4. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
5. The Help by Kathryn Stockett / Mystery/Crime
1. Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy
2. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
3. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
5. She is not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick / Contemporary Fiction
1. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
2. Room by Emma Donohue
3. Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman
4. We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
5. Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Romance, Family and Relationships
1. The Perks of Being a Wall Flower by Stephen Chbosky
2. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
3. Rani and Sukh by Bali Rai
4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
/ Horror
1. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
3. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
4. My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / Sci-Fi
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
5. iBoy by Kevin Brooks
Fantasy
1. Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein
2. Beauty by Robin McKinley
3. The Black Magician Triology by Trudi Cananvan
4. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
5. The Foreshadowing by Marcus Sedgewick
/ Adventure
1. The Princess Bride by William Golden
2. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
3. Nation by Terry Pratchett
4. The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
5. Fatherland by Robert Harris
/ Historical Fiction
1. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
3. Regeneration by Pat Barker
4. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarques
5. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Classics to take to the Café
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Sallinger
- The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
- To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
1. Looking for JJ by Anne Cassidy
2. Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
3. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
4. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
5. She is not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick / Contemporary Fiction
1. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
2. Room by Emma Donohue
3. Boys Don’t Cry by Malorie Blackman
4. We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
5. Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman
Romance, Family and Relationships
1. The Perks of Being a Wall Flower by Stephen Chbosky
2. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
3. Rani and Sukh by Bali Rai
4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd
/ Horror
1. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
2. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
3. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
4. My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle / Sci-Fi
1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
2. 1984 by George Orwell
3. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
5. iBoy by Kevin Brooks