Books --- Contemporary

1. The Silence of the Lambs --- Thomas Harris

2. Da Vinci Code --- Dan Brown

3. Timeline --- Michael Crichton

4. Harry Potter (1-7) --- J K Rowling

5. A Series of Unfortunate Events (Book the fifth: The Austere Academy)-- by Daniel Handler under the pseudonym of Lemony Snicket.

6.The Chronicles of Narnia (1-7) (5: The Horse and His Boy) (1954) --- C S Lewis