Staff Picks Autumn 2024

Try one of these books recommended by the well-read people of the City of Perth Library.

Updated April 2, 2024
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The shadow cabinet : a novel
Dawson, Juno
Paper Book
"This entrancing mix of feminism, queerness, magic and power-hungry villains makes for an intoxicating reading experience." --Nerd Daily In the second installment of Juno Dawson's "irresistible" fantasy trilogy (Lana Harper), a group of childhood friends and witches must...
Sharpe's command : Richard Sharpe and the bridge at Almaraz, May 1812
Cornwell, Bernard
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns to the early years of the nineteenth century, capturing the bravery, battles, and bloodshed of Britain's peninsular wars with this epic tale of historical fiction featuring his iconic hero Richard Sharpe. Outsider....
The twilight world
Herzog, Werner
Paper Book
The national bestseller by the great filmmaker Werner Herzog. In his first novel, Herzog tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who defended a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War II. In 1997, Werner...
Women talking : a novel
Toews, Miriam
Paper Book
The internationally bestselling novel based on real events. Now a major motion picture from writer/director Sarah Polley, starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, with Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand. "This amazing, sad, shocking, but touching novel, based on a real...

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