 | Collapse : How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive by Jared M. Diamond
Buy used from: £5.78 Not as strong as Diamond's earlier 'Guns, Germs and Steel' but fascinating for the era we are in.
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 | Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Buy new: £5.19 / Used from: £0.01 Deals with massive intellectual issues in a quietly beautiful story.
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 | The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Buy new: £7.49 / Used from: £0.01 Alluring in the sensual depictions of Barcelona and of the love for literature, but also of the demonic.
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 | Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by Michael Moore
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £0.01 Moore is an egomaniac and not as clever as he'd like to think, but amid his rants there are some real gems.
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 | Bullet Points by Mark Watson
Buy new: £5.98 / Used from: £2.74 Intriguing look at a psychiatrist's life, flawed but from a very young writer.
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 | Boy A by Jonathan Trigell
Buy used from: £0.18 #1 for pleasure. Deeply moving and world view changing, but also obsessively readable look at child criminals and how they are treated.
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 | The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Buy new: £5.02 / Used from: £0.01 Could it be true? the world asks. No. It is based entirely on false premises, but it is a thought provoking romp above the usual thriller (and indeed Brown's other attempts).
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 | The Insider: The Private Diaries of a Scandalous Decade by Piers Morgan
Buy used from: £0.01 Odious little man, smug and self satisfied, but somehow being universally despised makes his evidence more credible.
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