Summer Reads (Just For You)

Enjoy some great adult reads this Summer with personalised recommendations from librarians to help you find the perfect book to enjoy over the Summer break.

Updated November 17, 2024
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How to win friends & influence people
Carnegie, Dale
Paper Book
You can go after the job you want--and get it You can take the job you have--and improve it You can take any situation--and make it work for you Dale Carnegie's rock-solid, time-tested advice has carried countless people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives....
The seven habits of highly effective people : restoring the character ethic
Covey, Stephen R.
Paper Book
In "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity...
The seven moons of Maali Almeida
Karunatilaka, Shehan
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE 2023A searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil warColombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered...
La sombra del viento
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
Paper Book
Barcelona 1945, Semper lleva a su hijo Daniel al "cementerio de libros olvidados", un edificio grande, viejo y sombrío, lleno de volúmenes que la gente ha ido llevando allí para preservarlos del abandono o destrucción; según la tradición quien entra por primera vez tiene que adoptar un libro. Entre...
The vegetarian : a novel
Han, Kang
Paper Book
FROM HAN KANG, WINNER OF THE 2024 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE   "[Han Kang's] intense poetic prose . . . exposes the fragility of human life."--The Nobel Committee for Literature, in the citation for the Nobel Prize   A NEW YORK TIMES...

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