We have asked our library staff what they have loved reading so far this year and here are some of their favourites. From new releases to vintage poetry, International fiction to fascinating biographies, there are recommendations for all readers. Explore what we are reading at the library and and come along to our Chatterbooks sessions to discuss more great books!
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Fiction
Flames* by Robbie Arnott
Limberlost* by Robbie Arnott
The personal librarian* by Marie Benedict Victoria Christopher Murray
After story* by Larissa Behrendt
The angry women's choir by Meg Bignell
The flight attendant* by Chris Bohjalian
Horse* by Geraldine Brooks
The good wife of bath* by Karen Brooks
The house of fortune* by Jessie Burton
Fallen* by Linda Castillo
The bodyguard* by Katherine Center
The school for good mothers* by Jessamine Chan
State of terror* by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny
Anam* by Andre Dao
The girl with the louding voice by Abi Dare
Trust* by Hernan Diaz
Bodies of light* by Jennifer Down
The easy life by Marguerite Duras
The benevolent society of ill-mannered ladies* by Alison Goodman
Weyward* by Emilia Hart
Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby
Kite runner* by Khaled Hosseini
The summer book by Tove Jansson
How to kill a client* by Joanna Jenkins
Demon Copperhead* by Barbara Kingsolver
Foster* by Claire Keegan
Small things like these* by Claire Keegan
Grown ups* by Marian Keyes
Seven sisters* by Katherine Kovacic
The poppy war trilogy by R. F. Kuang
Don't you cry by Mary Kubica
The left hand of darkness by Ursula Le Guin
Pachinko* by Min Jin Lee
The curfew* by T. M. Logan
Wrong place wrong time* by Gillian McAllister
The group by Mary McCarthy
Never lie* by Feida McFadden
How to kill your family by Bella Mackie
Nina X by Ewan Morrison
The bell in the lake* by Lars Mytting
Girl in a pink dress* by Kylie Needham
Thistlefoot* by GennaRose Nethercott
The marriage portrait* by Maggie O'Farrell
Revenge by Yoko Ogawa
Tale for the time being* by Ruth Ozeki
The Dutch House* by Ann Patchett
The land of short sentences by Stine Pilgaard
The maid* by Nita Prose
Cold people* by Tom Rob Smith
Tuesday evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance* by Kate Solly
Eye of Isis series by Dana Stabenow
Lucy by the sea* by Elizabeth Strout
The kind worth saving* by Peter Swanson
Under my skin* by Lisa Unger
The bookbinder of Jericho* by Pip Williams
Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow* by Gabrielle Zevin
Non-fiction
A village in the Third Reich* by Julia Boyd
The body illustrated by Bill Bryson
The girl who fell from the sky* by Emma Carey
Apollo & Thelma: a true tall tale* by Jon Faine
Helen Garner's Diaries* by Helen Garner
A pocketful of happiness* by Richard E Grant
The Anthropocene reviewed: essays on a human-centered planet* by John Green
Pandora’s jar: women in Greek myths by Natalie Haynes
The Rattle Bag: An anthology of poetry ed. Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes
Raised by wolves* by Jess Ho
The memory code by Lynne Kelly
The Tigress of Forli: the life of Caterina Sforza by Elizabeth Lev
You are not alone: a new way to grieve by Cariad Lloyd
This much is true by Miriam Margolyes
Just one thing: how simple changes can transform your life by Dr. Michael Mosley
Did I ever tell you this? by Sam Neill
Wild things: how we learn to read and what can happen if we don't* by Sally Rippin
Tell me why: the story of my life and my music* by Archie Roach
Educated* by Tara Westover
Landlines by Raynor Winn
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