MURDER IN MONTPARNASSE (Kerry Greenwood) One of Phryne Fisher’s cosy mysteries. It looks into Miss Fisher’s past, when she was a young WWI veteran in Paris.
The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien is considered a very strange book and a collection of stories, but contains in fact a cohesive, whole narrative arc
One of Charles Dickens’s most popular stories, this is a man’s journey into himself to rediscover that generosity is a true treasure in anyone’s life
Cornelia peered at him from the corner of her eye. It had been years since she’d seen Dr. Braddock, but she’d always made it a point to conscientiously memorize details about any of John’s associates. Yes. It was him. She definitely recognized the smoothly groomed gray moustache and the equally unkempt bushy eyebrows.
She turned…
A classic locked-room mystery in a very unusual location, with a definitely unconventional ending. This is why Murder on the Orient Express is a classic
In many trilogies, the central novel tends to be the weakest. The Two Towers, as the central novel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is the strongest
Seventh in the Josephine Tey historical mystery series, this is a very solid, intense story exploring how the deed of the past may come back to haunt us
THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (J.R.R. Tolkien) The powerful One Ring, which controls all the magic rings of Middle Earth, had been lost for an age. But as its master, the dark lord Sauron, gains power, the Ring awakens
When the wizard appears at his door, Bilbo never imagine he will forsake his comfortable, cosy, predictable life to go on a quest for a dragon’s hoard
The Mysterious Affair at Style is Hercule Poirot’s first inquest and Agatha Christie’s first ever book. Fantastic experience too: clever, complex, enjyable
Neil Gaiman originally wrote Odd and the Frost Giants for International Book Day. A poetic, dreaming retelling of Norse Myths, through a disabled boy’s eyes.
Unnatural Habit sees Miss Fisher going after a ring of white slave trader. One of Miss Fisher’s more complex investigations and best novels