41. Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella: The sequel to Confessions of a Shopaholic, although it might as well have been the first one, since the main character has made absolutely no progress.
42. Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke: The last book in the Inkheart Trilogy, more satisfying than most conclusions to well-read series.
43. The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger: Absolutely brilliant! One of the best books I’ve read in ages! A romance with a twist of fantasy, written from a unique perspective.
44. Paper Towns by John Green: Although I didn’t enjoy this quite as much as his other books, this was still a great book, with interesting characters and filled with facts that you’ll probably never need, but you now can’t forget.
45. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah: A true story about a child soldier in Africa, an eye-opener as to what’s going on in the world.
46. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte: One of the first feminist novels, and my personal favourite of all the books by the Bronte sisters.
47. Feast of Fools by Rachel Caine: Another Morganville Vampires book, the first where you begin to see how the different threads of the plot come together.
48. My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult: A very sad story about a girl with leukemia and her sister, who was born with the sole purpose of keeping her alive. Despite all the talk about this book, I didn’t find that the writing style kept me interested in the story and the ending basically destroyed everything the sister had worked for throughout the novel.
49. Chocolat by Joanne Harris: Never has a book made me crave chocolate more. I highly recommend this book (unless, of course, you are on a diet).
50. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks: I’m not sure why everyone makes this out to be some sort of wonderful romance novel. If you ask me it was trashy and lacking in plot or well-developed characters.
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