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Lord of the Rings Author: J.R.R Tolkien	Well there's lots of strange people, and lots of strange languages, in a strange strange land and everyone seems very obsessed with a very tiny, rather insignificant looking gold circular band of some sort.

Life of Pi Author: Yann Martell	You know that TAI song Same Blood? Yeah that's the message. It's thought provoking to say the least.

Catcher in the Rye Author: J.D. Salinger	"Who wrote Holden Caulfield?" Oh come on, everyone knows this.

Harry Potter [series] Author: J.K. Rowling	Have you been living under a rock or do you really need a description of this?

Twilight [series] Author: Stephanie Meyer	Vampires, people, vampires

Romeo & Juliet Author: William Shakespeare	I absolutely adore this, I read it all the time. There is just something so magical about it, considering all the ill fated love, death and destruction of course...

The Princess Bride Author: William Goldman	I actually like the book better than the movie, it's just so...crazy. Besides, it's got such great quotes!

The Book Thie Author: Markus Zusak	This book is amazing. It's depressing and beautiful at the same time. It just completely captivated me.

Arms and the man Author: George Bernard Shaw	Most people know Shaw because of Pygmalion aka My fair lady, but this is my favourite play. Ever. I've read if a million times. It's set in 1885 during the Serbian-Bulgarian War, and is very satirical. Amazing. Four words - my chocolate cream soldier.

Wuthering Heights Author: Emily Bronte	It's about obsession. It's about love that is stronger than death. It's complex, it's not too convential, it just broods in chaos and gothic imagery. So - lust, love, death, chaos and destruction. Sound good?

A midsummer nights' dream Author: William Shakespeare	Lovers, actors, a duke, a duchess and a bunch of fairies [who really should be more careful]. Oh and a moonlit forest. Now tell me Shakespeare wasn't smoking something.

The lost letters of Aquitaine Author: Judith Koll Healey	A little fact, a little fiction, a whole lot french. Look, I'm a sucker for historical epics in the vein of the gothic romantic period. If it's got some mystery to it, there's no way I'm going to say no. This book fits all of the above.

The Three Musketeers Author: Alexandre Dumas	I'm sure the general gist of this is pretty well known. It's oh so very epic, romanticised, and french. I'm a huge Dumas fan, so don't stop here - the count of monte christo still wait :P

Bridget Jones' Diary Author: Helen Fielding	The hopes, dreams, aspirations and consumption of a quirky, funny 30something chick with a knack for finding herself in some rather humiliating situations. Hilarious and completely adorable.

Cool for cats Author: Jessica Adams	As far as chick lit goes, this isnt half bad. It's 1979, Sid just od'd, somehow Linda becomes a music journo and all hell breaks loose. "If you have an altar set up for Joe Strummer in your living room...this book is for you." Enough said.

Nothing Feels Good: Teenagers, punk rock and emo Author: Andy Greenwald	Tracks the history of emo (no really) and it's role in being a teenager in general. Anybody who bad mouths emo should read this first, realise how true it is in context, and then shut up.

The Da Vinci Code Author: Dan Brown	Church conspiracy theories run wild. Yes I like it. I don't think it's a crime against literature, people read it didn't they? And you know what, parts of it makes perfect sense.

The old man and the sea Author: Ernest Hemingway	An old man goes after one hell of a fish. Physically, morally. I think there's so much to it by there not being too much to it at all. Then again I'm probably just reading into it too much

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas Author: Hunter Thompson	Take an acid trip to Vegas to cover a story you will hardly even think about and spend your time freaking out, hallucinating and mocking stuff. But it's the fact that any of it was remembered to be written with such clarity and wit that makes it great.

31 Songs Author: Nick Hornby	Hornby is one of the few pop culture writers I can stand. He's an amazing guy and this collection of essays about his favourite songs and what they mean to him go a long way to prove it.

The Vampire Chronicles [series] Author: Ann Rice	Ok so I haven't read all of it, but the first three were gold. It has very thoughtful vampires with a penchant for deep and meaningfuls...may god have mercy on us all :P

The every boy Author: D.A. Shapiro	A 15 year old boy drowns leaving behind is rather odd parents and a loose leaf collection of written thoughts. It's got a slight touch of catcher-of-the-rye-ness to it.

Tropic of Cancer Author: Henry Miller	I probably had no business reading this really, but it was one of the few things that really made me think. Stream of consciousness reflection of the narrators life in Paris.

Call of the wild Author: Jack London	I read this in Year 5, prescribed text. I've never forgotten it, so it must have done something right...right? It's about a dog who has to learn to cope in the frozen wilderness. He also wrote White Fang...I sense a pattern.