Title

Author

Outline

A Beautiful Mind

Sylvia Nasar

Biography of John Nash, winner of the Nobel Prize

All the light we cannot see

Anthony Doerr

Wartime adventure of a blind French girl and a young German soldier.

Batavia

Peter Fitzsimons

Details the wreck of the Batavia and what followed

Endurance

Alfred Lansing

Shackleton's attempt to reach the South Pole

Genghis : Birth of an Empire

Conn Iggulden

The life of Genghis Khan. 1st book of 5 in series

John Newton

Jonathan Aitken

Biography of the composer of "Amazing Grace". From slave trader to Bishop

Krakatoa

Simon Winchester

The 1883 volcanic eruption off the coast of Java

Les miserables

Victor Hugo

Much more than the movie

One Summer

David Baldacci

A change from Baldacci's heroes and their adventures.

Only Time Will Tell

Jeffrey Archer

The 1st of a series of 7 novels follows the life of Harry Clifton.

Tai-pan

James Clavell

1st in series of novels set in Hong Kong in the 1840s.

The Boys in the boat

Daniel James Brown

The story of 9 boys and their quest for gold at the 1936 Olympics.

The Count of Monti Cristo

Alexandre Dumas

Classic adventure for young and young at heart

The girl with the dragon tattoo

Stieg Larsson

Psychological Thriller

The Happiest Refugee

Anh Do

The story of well-known comedian & artist Anh Do

The Never Game

Jeffrey Deaver

Mystery Thriller

The pillars of the earth

Ken Follett

Historical Novel

The Spy and the Traitor

Ben MacIntyre

The story of a real-life double agent