Book Selection

This is our current selection of books. More will be bought in the future. Students and faculty can also request specific books to be ordered.

The cover of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. A blue cover with a black-and-white photo of a farm house — Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

Follow Elizabeth Bennet, in this award-winning book by Jane Austen, as she navigates societal pressures to marry and overcomes her initial prejudice against the wealthy and proud Mr. Darcy, who must also overcome his pride and class-based judgments.

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a cover with big red numbers saying 1984 with the picture of one single watching eye underneath — 1984

by George Orwell

Follow Winston Smith, a man living in the totalitarian state of Oceania. He leads a dangerous day-to-day life when he meets Julia. There's only one major threat:
Big Brother is watching you.

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Painting of a big ship in a crazy storm — Moby Dick

by Herman Melville

Follow the story of Captain Ahab's obsessive, vengeful hunt for Moby Dick, the white whale that cost him his leg, leading his whaling ship, the Pequod, on a catastrophic voyage across the oceans.

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an old white cover with Dracula and Bram Stoker splayed. Unsure what the decorative figure in the middle is — Dracula

by Bram Stoker

When the young solicitor Jonathan Harker visits Count Dracula’s castle in Transylvania, he discovers the Count is a vampire. Dracula travels to England, bringing horror and death to those he encounters. A determined group led by Professor Van Helsing joins forces to hunt him down and end his reign of terror.

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an 1800s book cover with Alice in Wonderlandæ written in white letterss inside a red box — Alice In Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

When Alice falls down the rabbit hole, so does her sanity. Follow her as she explores the wonderful and nonsensical Wonderland where creatures speak in riddles and no one realises they're strange

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A black background with mountains drawn in golden ink. 'The Hobbit' is written in white text. — The Hobbit

by J.R.R Tolkien

Written by one of the world's most celebrated authors, The Hobbit takes you to Middle Earth where dwarves hollow the mountains and dragons roam. Follow Bilbo in his adventure to help thirteen dwarves defeat the evil dragon Smaug and reclaim Erebor.

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An imaciated head coming out of a cuff of cloth. The title is over the image, in red letters it says 'Frankenstein' — Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

Perhaps the oldest monster story in published form, 'Frankenstein' tells the thrilling and shocking tale of Dr Frankenstein, who gets obsessed with making a man from corpses. In his successful attempt to create one, he soon finds himself victim of his own creation.

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A black background with a white drawing of a chair, a bloody razor leaking blood down the leg of the chair. The title is in blood red color. — The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allen Poe

C. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women. Despite being best known for his short stories and poems, Edgar Allen Poe is also recognised as the grandfather of detective stories, along with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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