Doubleday

• Ashley Book of Knots, The by Clifford W. Ashley (1944)

  [8/10]

  "If you have any serious aspirations about tying knots, then you must purchase The Ashley Book of Knots."

• Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, The by Mark Haddon (2003)

  [8/10]

  "I think that the best fiction opens up our minds to a viewpoint that we otherwise would find foreign or complicated. In The Curious Incident, Haddon provides a view of autism in a engaging way that we want to read for the mystery and enjoy because we like Chris as a person -- something that we might not have understood if we bumped into him on the street and heard him bark like a dog."

• Da Vinci Code, The by Dan Brown (2003)

  [7/10]

  "Dan Brown has created a fast-reading mystery story with some interesting speculation about the nature of the Holy Grail and the origins of the Catholic church."

  Average score: 7.67