The Wrappers Recommend

Looking for some holiday reading?  These books were recommended by the Wrappers at our final gathering for 2017.  A Neil Gaiman theme emerged as the meeting progressed and we decided to set a summer reading challenge - read a book by Neil Gaiman (one that you haven't read before).

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

From the Cutting Room of Barney Kettle by Kate de Goldi

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte

The Mysteries of the Quantum Universe by Thibault Damour

Thing Explainer: complicated stuff in simple words by Randall Munroe

Magnus Chase series by Rick Riordan

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

 

The Wrappers Recommend

Books recommended at the November meeting:

Kids of Appetite by David Arnold

Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

The Devil is a Part Timer by Akio Hiiragi

The Mortal Engines series by Philip Reeve

The Ruby in the Smoke (Sally Lockhart series) by Philip Pullman

We are Okay by Nina Lacour

The Girl from Everywhere by Heidi Heilig

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater 

The Wrappers Recommend

Looking for a good read? These books were recommended by the Wrappers at the October meeting:

One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

The Walled City by Ryan Graudin

Sabriel by Garth Nix

The Year of Living Biblically by A J Jacobs

Lockwood and Co series by Jonathan Stroud

Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor

Resurrection (Skulduggery Pleasant #10) by Derek Landy

The Wrappers Recommend

Recommended reads from the August Wrappers meeting:

Lullaby by Bernard Beckett

The Severed Land by Maurice Gee

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

Time Keeper by Tara Sim

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

The Pause by John Larkin

Burning Blue by Paul Griffin

That Stubborn Seed of Hope by Brian Falkner

The Moth by various authors

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan

Department 19 by Will Hill  

 

 

The Wrappers Recommend

Recommended books from the July Wrappers meeting. Try one! Let us know what you think about it.

The Odyssey by Homer

The Beatles - all our yesterdays by Jason Quinn  (new graphic novel)

Hickory Dickory Dock by Agatha Christie

The Mouse and his Child by Russell Hoban

The Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb: an American Slave by Henry Bibb

Very Good Lives by J K Rowling

Shiver (#1 Mercy Falls trilogy) by Maggie Stiefvater

Like Nobody's Watching by L J Ritchie

Natsume's Book of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa

The Wrappers Recommend

Books recommended at the June meeting - click on the title to go to the catalogue to reserve a copy for yourself. Happy reading!

The Sonnets by William Shakespeare

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon

In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson

Bridge to Terabithia by  Katherine Patherson

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett

A Series of Unfortumate Events by Lemony Snickett

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

Theodore Boone by John Grisham

Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

The Holy Bible

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

A Dragons Guide to the Care & Feeding of Humans by Laurence Yep

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas 

The Wrappers Recommend

Books recommended at the May 2017 meeting:

A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (audio book)

I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson

Dracula by Bram Stoker

The 10pm Question by Kate de Goldi

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

All the Wrong Questions series by Lemony Snicket

In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park

A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea by Melissa Fleming

Born a Crime by Trevor Noah