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Here's a peak of what City of Perth Library staff are reading this Autumn!
Updated February 27, 2025
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Onyx Storm
Yarros, Rebecca.
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THE STORM IS COMING . . .Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.Pre-order your copy now!OTHER BOOKS IN THE EMPYREAN SERIES:FOURTH WINGIRON FLAME
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Rom-Commers
Center, Katherine.
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'A big hit of dopamine' EMILY GIFFIN *The instant New York Times bestseller!* **** She's rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma has big dreams, though she hasn't let herself think about...
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Wedding people, the
Espach, Alison
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'WICKEDLY FUNNY' JENNY JACKSON'A PERFECT NOVEL' CATHERINE NEWMAN'HILARIOUS AND WITTY' JENNIFER CLOSEIt's a beautiful day in Newport, Rhode Island, when Phoebe Stone arrives at a grand beachside hotel wearing her best dress and least comfortable shoes. Immediately she is mistaken...
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Quicksilver
Hart, Callie.
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A Death in Tokyo
Higashino, Keigo.
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The third and penultimate novel in the Detective Kyoichiro Kaga series by bestselling Japanese crime writer Keigo HigashinoOn the Nihonbashi Bridge in Tokyo stands the statue of a mythic beast - a kirin. One evening a man staggers onto the bridge and collapses beneath the winged creature. The...
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Old Soul
Barker, Susan.
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The most mesmerising, unsettling novel of 2025, perfect for fans of David Mitchell, Julia Armfield, and Margaret Atwood. 'Sinister, mysterious and gorgeously realised' KALIANE BRADLEY, author of The Ministry of Time 'Old Soul will sneak into your dreams and...
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Translation State
Leckie, Ann.
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'There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could' John ScalziThe mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful new novel by award-winning author Ann Leckie.<...
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Empire of pain the secret history of the Sackler dynasty
Keefe, Patrick Radden
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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE NOMINEE * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR * NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation...
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Juice
Winton, Tim
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'A masterful story for the ages . . . a book to hold close in the whip of hot wind, to commiserate with, to sing with. To read and weep.' TARA JUNE WINCH, GUARDIAN 'A hold-your-breath adventure set in an utterly plausible, sun-hammered future, JUICE will stab your...
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More days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Yagisawa, Satoshi
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Witch King
Wells, Martha.
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From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes a remarkable story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose."I didn't know you were a... demon.""You idiot. I'm the demon."Kai's having a long day in Martha Wells' WITCH KING....After being murdered, his...
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My Beloved Monster
Carr, Caleb
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Caleb Carr lived with cats ever since he was a young boy. He grew up in a turbulent household - where famous Beat poets, artists and addicts came and went - and his steadiest companions were pets. Since then, he had many feline companions, with relationships that have outlasted most of his human...
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Unruly : a history of England's kings and queens
Mitchell, David
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Discover who we are and how we got here in comedian David Mitchell's UNRULY: A History of England's Kings and Queens - a thoughtful, funny exploration of the entitled and enthroned. 'JUST FANTASTIC. DELIGHTFULLY CONTRARY AND HILARIOUSLY CANTANKEROUS. VERY, VERY FUNNY' JESSE...
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Orbital
Harvey, Samantha.
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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 * A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **New York Times Book Review February Book Club Pick** Winner of the 2024 Hawthornden Prize Shortlisted for the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction Shortlisted...
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Fire
Boyne, John
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On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn't always like this. Hers is a...
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Earth
Boyne, John
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It's the tabloid sensation of the year- two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt. As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to this moment. Since leaving his...
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Water
Boyne, John
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The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past. But scandals follow like hunting...
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Rapture
Maguire, Emily.
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An imaginative and audacious historical novel from the best-selling author of Love Objects and An Isolated Incident.
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Blue sisters
Mellors, Coco.
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'IT MOVED ME DEEPLY' LIV LITTLE 'DEEPLY POIGNANT' HARPERS BAZAAR 'GORGEOUS' RAVEN LEILANI THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN 'It will make you laugh, cry deeply, and want to call your siblings'...
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You Are Here
Nicholls, David.
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A highlight for 2024 for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, i, Observer, Grazia, GQ, Irish Times, Sunday Independent, Prima, Good Housekeeping'Magnificent' MARIAN KEYES'A beautiful book'...
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The Ministry of Time
Bradley, Kaliane.
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A 2024 literary highlight in the Sunday Times, BBC, Grazia, Dazed, Sunday Express, GQ, i-D, Stylist, Bookseller and Literary Friction'Outrageously brilliant' ELEANOR CATTON'Make room on your bookshelves for a new...
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Taste : my life through food
Tucci, Stanley
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Before Stanley Tucci became a household name with The Devil Wears Prada, The Hunger Games, and the perfect Negroni, he grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the table. Taste is an intimate reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with...
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Book swap, the
Bickers, Tessa
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Funny, heart-warming and romantic, The Book Swap is story of second chances and new beginnings. It is also a heartfelt love letter to books and the power of reading...A REASON TO LIVE.Still grieving the death of her best friend, Erin knows she needs to start living - but has no idea...
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The Queen
Cutter, Nick.
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