We love celebrating all things “book,” so we couldn’t pass on creating a collection to help you celebrate World Book Day. What would be better than providing online access to some of the 100 best sellers of all time (as calculated by The Guardian)?
Well. . .it turns out that academic libraries don’t really collect (even as ebooks) the top 100 best sellers. Instead, we collect scholarship about the best sellers. So, here for your reading pleasure are some books about books to give you a new perspective on the bestseller list.
Please note: if you select a book that is a collection of essays about more than one book, you can find the essay you want by using the ebook platform’s search options to search for the author’s name.
The books can be used by any member of the University, just click the cover below and use your Raven ID to login. Or access them from iDiscover, just like your reading list texts, if you prefer to go that way.
The Help by Kathryn Stockett To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Twilight by Stephenie Meyer White Teeth by Zadie Smith The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon Small Island by Andrea Levy Life of Pi by Yann Martel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian by Marina Lewycka Brick Lane by Monica Ali Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling Birdson by Sebastian Faulks Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières About a Boy by Nick Hornby