1Q84 - The Complete Trilogy (Haruki Murakami)

1Q84 - The Complete Trilogy

Haruki Murakami

Blurb: The year is 1Q84.

This is the real world, there is no doubt about that.

But in this world, there are two moons in the sky.

In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both.

Something extraordinary is starting.

ISBN: 9780099578079 (Paperback)

Year: 2009/2010

Publisher: Vintage Books

Pages: 1318 (Fiction)

Links

1. Article about the trilogy

2. Wikipedia page

3. Review of the book

4. Buy from the Book Depository

5. Blog on the book

The Luck of Brin's Five - Torin Trilogy #1 (Cherry Wilder)

The Luck of Brin's Five - Torin Trilogy #1

Cherry Wilder

Blurb: Scott Gale crashes into a lake. How will he survive in this harsh landscape? How will he escape the people with their strange powers? He is in jeopardy... until he finds a place in the family called Brin's Five.

The Luck of Brin's Five.

When Dorn saw Diver crash into the lake, he came to the rescue. After that, they became friends, even though they were two very different species. Dorn's family, Brin's Five, adopt Diver as their Luck, which gives him a place in their society. Diver has to learn their customs or he will put his new family in danger. Dorn fears that no matter how well Diver manages to camouflage himself, his strange pale skin, short arms and round eyes will give them all away.

ISBN: 0732251249 (Paperback)

Year: 1977

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 248 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the author

2. Rising Shadow page for the book

3. Buy from Amazon

4. Goodreads page

5. Fantastic Fiction page for the book

The Nearest Fire - Torin Trilogy #2 (Cherry Wilder)

The Nearest Fire - Torin Trilogy #2

Cherry Wilder

Blurb: Scott Gale, once a lieutenant on a bio-survey mission from earth, crash landed on another world. He is now called Diver and he is the Luck of Brin's Five - a full member of a Moruian Family. He has to find his way back to his spacecraft and the human crew waiting for him without being discovered by his enemies.

The Nearest Fire.

Yolo Harn learns of political intrigue against Scott Gale, the human who crash landed on her world. He is in terrible danger. So she begins a greuling search for the humans on her world. When she finally reaches the three earthpeople she has to face their fire-metal-magic and overcome her fear of their spacecraft. And she must learn to speak their language before she can tell them that their crewmate is still alive.

ISBN: 073225132X (Paperback)

Year: 1980

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 237 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page for the author

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Goodreads page 

4. Other books by the author

5. Fantasy Fiction page for the author

The Third Door - The Third Door Trilogy #3 (Emily Rodda)

The Third Door - The Third Door Trilogy #3

Emily Rodda

Blurb: What terrors await Rye beyond the Third Door?

Against all odds, Rye and Sonia have survived the perils behind the gold and silver Doors. But Weld is still under threat, and Rye knows what he has to do. One Door remains a mystery - the ancient wooden Door that he has been drawn to from the beginning. For good or ill, his desperate quest will end beyond that Door.

All he has to do is dare to go through it.

ISBN: 9781862919143 (Paperback)

Year: 2012

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 282 (Fiction)

Links

1. Teacher's notes for the book

2. Goodreads page

3. Buy other books by the author

4. Author's official site

5. Buy from Angus and Robertson

Now - Once Series #3 (Morris Gleitzman)

Now (Once Series #3)

Morris Gleitzman

Blurb: Once I didn't know about my grandfather Felix's scary childhood.

Then I found out what the Nazis did to his best friend Zelda.

Now I understand why Felix does the things he does.

At least he's got me.

My name is Zelda too.

This is our story.

ISBN: 9780670074372 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Viking

Pages: 167 (Fiction)

Links

1. Goodreads page for the book

2. Author's official site

3. Wikipedia page for the author

4. Publisher's page for the book including extract

5. Buy from Amazon

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - Book One of The Inheritance Trilogy (N.K. Jemisin)

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - Book One of The Inheritance Trilogy

N.K. Jemisin

Blurb: Gods and mortals. Power and love. Death and revenge. She will inherit them all.

Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky - a palace above the clouds where the lives of gods and mortals intertwine. 

There, to her shock, Yeine is named one of the potential heirs to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.

ISBN: 9781841498171 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Orbit

Pages: 412 (Fiction)

Links

1. Buy from Amazon

2. Goodreads page for the book

3. Author's official page

4. Wikipedia page for the book

5. Review of the book

Fifty Shades of Grey - Fifty Shades #1 (E L James)

Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades #1)

E L James

Blurb: Romantic, liberating and totally addictive, this is a novel that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.

When literature student Anastasia Stelle interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, she tries to put him out of her mind - until he turns up at the store where she works part-time, and invites her out.

Unworldly and innocent, Ana is shocked to find she wants this man. And, when he warns her to keep her distance, it only makes her want him more.

But Grey is tormented by inner demons, and consumed by the need to control. As they embark on a passionate love affair, Ana discovers more about her own desires, as well as the dark secrets Grey keeps hidden away from public view...

ISBN: 9780099579939 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: Arrow Books

Pages: 514 (Fiction)

Links

1. Interview with the author

2. Author's official site

3. Review of the book

4. Goodreads page

5. Buy from Amazon

Vampire Blood Trilogy: The Saga of Darren Shan (Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant & Tunnels of Blood) (Darren Shan)

Vampire Blood Trilogy: The Saga of Darren Shan (Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant & Tunnels of Blood)

Darren Shan

Blurb: Darren Shan is an ordinary boy, until he and his best friend Steve visit the weird and bizarre Cirque Du Freak, where they come face to face with a creature of the night. Then Darren has to confront his deepest fears and sacrifice everything as he enters a darker world to become the vampire's assistant...

Featuring the first three adventures in the internationally successful series The Saga of Darren Shan.

ISBN: 9780007306503 (Paperback)

Year: 2000

Publisher: Harper Collins

Pages: 511 (Fiction)

Links

1. Wikipedia page

2. Buy from Amazon

3. Wiki for the series

4. Author's official site

5. Goodreads page for the series

Stieg & Me (Eva Gabrielsson with Marie-Francoise Colombani)

Stieg & Me

Eva Gabrielsson with Marie-Francoise Colombani

Blurb: There is only one person who can tell the real Stieg Larsson story, and that is his lifelong companion Eva Gabrielsson. This is her book.

The keys to the 'Stieg Larsson phenomenon' all lie with Stieg Larsson, the man, and no one knew him like Eva. Here she tells the story of their 30-year romance, of Stieg's passionate struggle to expose Sweden's neo-Nazis, of his fight to keep the magazine he founded, Expo, alive and his difficult relationships with his immediate family. She talks of the genesis of The Millennium Trilogy, the sources for characters and places in each book, the mystery of the fourth volume, and the saga of Larsson's death and his legacy.

Poignant in its account of two soul mates and the life they shared, this is a story told with candour and dignity. It reflects a deep insight into a man everyone wants to know better, about whom so little is known.

ISBN: 9781742377445 (Paperback)

Year: 2011

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Pages: 227 (Non-Fiction)

Links

1. Blog on the book

2. Publisher's page on the book

3. ABC News Article and Videos on the couple

4. New York Times Article

5. Buy the ebook from Borders

Mockingjay - The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)

Mockingjay - The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

Blurb: The Hunger Games 'If We Burn You Burn With Us'

Katniss Everdeen's final battle has begun.

Part three of the astonishing Hunger Games Trilogy.

ISBN: 9781407109374 (Paperback)

Year: 2010

Publisher: Scholastic

Pages: 453 (Fiction)

Links

1. Official UK Site

2. Wikipedia page for the book

3. Buy at Amazon

4. Fan site

5. Google books page