As well as The Book Thief (Markus Zusak), I have really enjoyed the following books (rating = five stars!):

Ferney – James Long
Written in Bone – Simon Beckett
Engleby – Sebastian Faulks
Witch Child – Celia Rees
Those Faraday Girls – Monica McInerney

I highly recommend all of these.

I have left The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein) until last (yes, I prefer fiction to non-fiction!). This is not a book to ‘enjoy’ but it is certainly worth reading. On the front cover there is a comment from John le Carré – ‘impassioned, hugely informative, wonderfully controversial and scary as hell’. I agree!