The New York Trilogy - Paul Auster - Engrossing stories, Good introduction to Auster's work May not be what the reader is expecting

Leviathan - Paul Auster - thoughtful, clever, absorbing bit self-indulgent at times

The Tin Drum - Gunter Grass - Dramatic and compulsive Disquieting, not for the squeamish

Emma's Secret - Barbara Taylor Bradford - It's chick lit and part of a series. It's chick lit and it isn't a stand-alone novel.

Where Rainbows End - Cecelia Ahern - Entertaining , Fast Paced None

Family Matters - Rohinton Mistry - Characterisation, brilliant sub-plots It has to end