recommended reading for ages 18 +


Book Reviews

A Distant Prospect

Annette Young | 2012
written for ages 18 + | recommended
Historical Fiction, Friendship, Romance, Family, Music, Art, Culture...


The Maid of Fairbourne Hall

Julie Klassen | 2012
written for ages 18 + | recommended
A new Regency Romance for young adults.


The Dante Club

Matthew Pearl | 2006
written for ages 18 + | highly recommended
...without a doubt, the most clever novel I have read in a year.


The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows | 2008
written for ages 18 + | recommended
Reading this book is like enjoying a cool, refreshing beverage on a hot day.


Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Jamie Ford | 2009
written for ages 18 + | recommended
A lyrical portrait of friendship and young love set in World War II among Chinese and Japanese Americans which shows surprising depth from new author Jamie Ford.


The Last Dickens

Matthew Pearl | 2009
written for ages 18 + | recommended
An intriguing story around Dickens’ final and only half-finished novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood.


44 Scotland Street

Alexander McCall Smith | 2005
written for ages 18 + | recommended
A witty novel chronicling the lives of the residents of 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh.


Fair Stood the Wind for France

H.E. Bates | 2010
written for ages 18 + | recommended
A young soldier crash lands in wartime Occupied France and falls in love.

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