The Hunger Games 2&3 - Susane Collins

In the second book in of the ground-breaking "Hunger Games" trilogy, after winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out ...and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay. As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless they can convince the world that they are still lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying. Then comes the cruelest twist: the contestants for the next Hunger Games are announced, and Katniss and Peeta are forced into the arena once more....Then in the third book - Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge...

The Piano Teacher - Janice Y. K. Lee

In 1942, Will Truesdale, an Englishman newly arrived in Hong Kong, falls headlong into a passionate relationship with Trudy Liang, a beautiful Eurasian socialite. But their love affair is soon threatened by the invasion of the Japanese, with terrible consequences for both of them, and for members of their fragile community who will betray each other in the darkest days of the war. Ten years later, Claire Pendleton lands in Hong Kong and is hired by the wealthy Chen family as their daughter's piano teacher. A provincial English newlywed, Claire is seduced by the colony's heady social life. She soon begins an affair!only to discover that her lover's enigmatic demeanour hides a devastating past. As the threads of this compelling and engrossing novel intertwine and converge, a landscape of impossible choices emerges -- between love and safety, courage and survival, the present and above all, the past.

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Captain Corelli's Mandolin, is the story of the war. Based in Greece, a small family trying to survive. The young Pelagia, the doctors daugter, is betrothed to a Man who fights in the war, and doesnt return her letters.  They then must host an Italian Soldier, station on their island. At first Captain Corelli is ostracised by the locals. But he proves in time to be civilised, humours and a consummate musician.

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Its 1939 Nazi Germany and death has never been so busy.  This novel focuses from the view point of Death who follows the life of a book thief. Liesil is nine year old girl who gets left with a foster family during the war. She steals books.  We follow her life through War ridden Germany, her foster family, her best friend and neighbour Rudy, and the Jew living in the basement.  A poignant tale about the life's of one family and how they were affected by the war.  

A Fantastic Book 

Enigma - Robert Harris

March 1943, the war hangs in the balance.  Jericho is sent for to crack the code from the German U Boats using the Enigma machine.  A task he has done before but was sent on leave due to a break down.  However he is the only one who can potentially crack the code. He returns to Bletchley Park, and discovers a new mystery on his doorstep, his former girlfriend has gone missing and their may be a spy inside Bletchley.