Books ideal for readers aged 14+

The Fault In Our Stars from John Green, is a sensitive yet gutsy portrayal of Hazel, a sixteen year old with terminal cancer. Yep, he's tackled, head on, this most awful illness through the character of Hazel, and her developing friendship with Augustus.

Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan is a hauntingly beautiful novel. Totally unique with a compelling storyline, it's an absorbing piece of speculative fiction. 

Too Flash is an engrossing chapter book for older readers. Penned by Melissa Lucashenko, an Australian writer of mixed European and Murri heritage she articulates the trials and tribulations of Zo, a fifteen year old who is forced to move across country when her career focused mum is relocated by her employer.

Combine the classic Wuthering Heights - full of lust, betrayal, longing and tragedy - with the talented mind of fantasy writer Alison Croggon, and what emerges is a rich and complex novel taking familiar themes to a whole new level. Black Spring is mesmerising.

"There is a lot more in him than you guess, and a deal more than he has any idea of himself. You may (possibly) all live to thank me yet.” The Hobbit is a legendary story of courage and friendship set in "Middle Earth" - a fantastic land of Goblins, Elves, Dwarves and most notably Hobbits, of course.

"There's nothing quite as good as folding up into a book and shutting the world outside. If I pick up the right one I can be beautiful, or fall in love, or live happily ever after. Maybe even all three." One of the best opening lines It literally pulls you in to the folds of A Straight Line To My Heart from Australian author Bill Condon.

“Reading is partly the weight of the book in your hand, the feel of a page as you turn it. It is not an experience you can approximate.”   When I start by telling you that this begins with a teenage girl interviewing an elderly lady as part of school project – do not judge. A tried and tested plot possibly – but not like this. This isn’t just some frail old lady happy to tell tales of horse, carts and the days before TV, this is a stubborn lady who will tell her story, her way – and boy is it a story.

A beautifully quirky debut novel from Sue McPherson, the 2011 winner of the State Library of Queensland's Indigenous Writing Fellowship.

Set in the mysterious Victorian London with fantastical glimpses in to the future, Twelve Minutes to Midnight is a fast moving mystery and adventure novel with plenty of twists and turns.

Anything with a witty, droll sense of humour has My Book Corner swiftly paying attention, and we couldn't help ourselves from emitting muffled giggles when reading this one.