A Canticle for Leibowitz
★★★★★
A ruined post-apocalyptic world is slowly nursed back to civilization by a group of cloistered monks, following the teachings of a blessed Saint Leibowitz, a Jewish military engineer from before the fall.
Binti: Home
★☆☆☆☆
Binti comes back home from Oomza for a break, with her Meduse friend in tow. But not everyone is thrilled, as she sets out to discover more about her father's side of the family, the nomadic desert people...
Red Rising
★☆☆☆☆
A group of teens fight each other brutally in a gladiatorial contest on Mars
American Psycho
★★☆☆☆
Patrick Bateman is the archetypal yuppie. Rich, handsome, charming, excellent taste in music, art, food and all things fine. He is also a psychopathic killer.
Super Sad True Love Story
★★☆☆☆
A hopeless romantic navigates a one-sided love affair while America crumbles around him. The story evolves from his diary and her social media account.
Memory Man
★☆☆☆☆
Muscle-man ex-cop who is down and under is caught up in an investigation of a series of crimes which seem to involve him specifically and directly...
We
★★★★☆
The grand original O.G. dystopian novel, that influenced everything from 1984 to Brave New World, and everyone from Kurt Vonnegut to Ayn Rand. D-503 of the totalitarian OneState is a mathematician who thinks in numbers and equations. But he discovers he has a soul, and passions...
Jurassic Park
★★★★★
Revolutionary new techniques in genetic engineering allow scientists to bring back long-dead animals. They choose to use the technology to make the most amazing theme park ever envisioned... until something goes wrong.
All Quiet on the Western Front
★★★★★
A young soldier in WW1 recounts his moving story of horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.
The Secret Garden
★★★☆☆
An orphaned girl is sent to live with a reclusive uncle, where she finds a secret garden which changes the lives of herself and everyone around her
Slaughterhouse-Five
★★★★★
Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, the story follows the life of Billy Pilgrim. as he reflects on the events of his life across time and space.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
★★★★★
The story of labour-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's gulags.
The Outsiders
★★★★★
Two weeks in the life of Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year old "greaser" and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider.
The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas
★☆☆☆☆
Auschwitz as seen by a child... a very deluded and self-involved child.