I was one of the writers who gave their Books of the Year in the Guardian this past weekend, and recommend a couple titles you might like.  There was also a very nice recommendation for A Monster Calls by Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson, which is very cool.

A Monster Calls was also picked as one of Kirkus' Teen Books of the Year, so a nice week!

In answer to one of the new commenters, the New World story is available FREE in PDF on the Booktrust site, so it doesn't have to be just Kindle.  Greetings to all the other commenters, and more soon, including me on telly...