Christmas Reading Guide 2022 Finding the perfect book for others can be tricky, especially with all the potential options available to us. Choosing a new novel, something popular or selecting something from the right genre for avid readers or reluctant readers alike can be daunting. With this in mind, we created this reading guide which captures some of popular titles from the library as well as titles currently trending in book charts and online. We hope you find this guide helpful. Book titles include a link to their information pages on Easons. To access the reading guide, please see the following: Christmas Book Guide 2022. If you are looking for additional reading guides or lists, please visit our reading guides page here on the Cluny Library website.
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Top Ten Most Popular Book Titles 2021
As we start a new calendar, we thought it might be nice to revisit the most popular books here in the library.
Continue readingThe Outsider by Albert Camus
This book really changes your perception of the world. It makes you realise that not everything is as it seems like. I highly recommend this to senior students. Khulan, 6th Year
Continue readingYou’re the One that I want by Giovanna Fletcher
This book is really good because it’s not like anything I read before. It is about a girl trying to choose between two boys. Katie, 2nd Year
Continue readingUsername: Evie by Joe Sugg
I recommend this book because it’s a mix of mystery and drama. Evie is an average girl but with her own world it’s interesting and exciting. Vona, 1st Year
Continue readingThe Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
I really enjoyed this book. It was very interesting and the characters were all so unique and well thought out. The description of the scenes were so well wrote and made me imagine everything so vividly. Astrid, 2nd Year
Continue readingThe Selection by Kiera Cass
I really enjoyed “The Selection” by Kiera Cass and I also read the other four books in the series. It is about a girl called America who gets the opportunity of a lifetime to go with Prince Maxon’s heart. I love this book because it was fast paced and really good. Emma, 2nd Year
Continue readingThe Leaving by Tara Altebrando
I absolutely loved this book. I love it because it is mystery, crime and romance all in one. It is so interesting and page turning. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries. Hannah, 3rd Year
Continue readingThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
This book is about two boys growing up together in bad conditions. One of the boys is rich and the other is his slave. They grow a strange friendship but an event occurs which breaks their friendship. Maeve and Orla, TY
Continue readingThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
In the time of the Nazis, there was a family who moved near a Jewish prison because the father of the family was captain of the army. One of the children went to explore around the area, he found the prison and met a boy of his age. Every day he went to see him. Reyes and Patricia, 2nd Year
Continue readingSkellig by David Almond
I really loved this book because I love supernatural beings and this book showed, if you care about things it will benefit you. Brona, 6th Year
Continue readingThe Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
I loved this book as it is told in diary form and it covers so many interesting thoughts of the main character Charlie. It was such a great story. Alex, 6th Year
Continue readingPercy Jackson and the Lightening Thief by Rick Riordan
I like this book because it is very exciting. Learning about the gods is very interesting. This book has very funny moments. Once you start, it’s really hard to put down. Susie, 1st Year Percy goes to camp half-blood after his mother dies. He gets sent on a quest by his godly parent to find the master bolt and defeats the God of war in battle in the process Ailbhe, 1st Year
Continue readingMiss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
I really like this book because it is very different and as the title says, “peculiar”. The idea is completely original and it is exciting and I would recommend it to anyone who likes Harry Potter or A Series of Unfortunate Events. Eva, 1st Year
Continue readingMatched by Allie Condie
I really loved this book because it was really enjoyable to read and it gives a different perspective to life as it showed a world where everything is decided for you. Anna, 3rd Year
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