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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Funny story
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR & GLOBAL TIK TOK SENSATION, EMILY HENRY 'One of my favourite authors' COLLEEN HOOVER, It Ends With Us 'Emily knows how to craft a love story like the all-time greats' TAYLOR JENKINS REID, Daisy Jones...
Happy place
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
Harriet and Wyn are the perfect couple - they go together like bread and butter, gin and tonic, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Every year, they take a holiday from their lives to drink far too much wine with their favourite people in the world. Except this year, they are lying through their teeth,...
It starts with us
Hoover, Colleen
Paper Book
Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover tells fan favourite Atlas's side of the story and shares what comes next in this long-anticipated sequel to the #1 Sunday Times bestseller It Ends with Us Lily and her ex...
The Thursday Murder Club
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE RECORD-BREAKING, MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES. ---------- 'Smart, compassionate, warm, moving and so VERY funny' Marian Keyes 'So smart and funny. Deplorably good' Ian Rankin 'Thrilling,...
Fourth wing
Yarros, Rebecca
Paper Book
DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Pure escapism - think Hunger Games meets Fifty Shades' The Sun 'We weren't expecting to become obsessed . . . but we very much are...
It ends with us
Hoover, Colleen
Paper Book
Don't miss IT STARTS WITH US, the sequel to IT ENDS WITH US! 'A brave and heartbreaking novel that digs its claws into you and doesn't let go, long after you've finished it' Anna Todd, author of the After <...
Safe Enough: ; And other stories
Child, Lee.
Paper Book
I was the guy who always found a way. I was the guy that couldn't be stopped. From the world's number one thriller writer, twenty pulse-pounding short stories are collected for the first time in one edition, complete with an introduction from the author. ...
What happened to Nina?
McTiernan, Dervla
Paper Book
From the No.1 internationally bestselling author comes a compelling new suspense novel, which will stay with you long after you've finished reading. A romantic trip that goes wrong... Nina and Simon are the perfect couple. Young, fun and in love. Until they leave for a weekend in...
Iron flame
Yarros, Rebecca
Paper Book
The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: 'Yarros is the true inheritor of Harry Potter...
Passions in death: an eve dallas thriller (in death 59)
Robb, j. D.
Paper Book
The secret
Child, Lee
Paper Book
Camino Ghosts
Grisham, John.
Paper Book
Following John Grisham's international bestsellers, Camino Island and Camino Winds, Camino Ghosts is the story of an island off the Florida coast with a haunted, violent history and an uncertain future. Dark Isle off the Florida coast is said to be cursed:...
The housemaid
McFadden, Freida
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can pretend to be...
We solve murders
Osman, Richard
Paper Book
Steve Wheeler is enjoying retired life. He does the odd bit of investigation work, but he prefers his familiar habits and routines- the pub quiz, his favourite bench, his cat waiting for him when he comes home. His days of adventure are over- adrenaline is daughter-in-law Amy's business...
Icebreaker
Grace, Hannah
Paper Book
A TikTok sensation! Sparks fly when a competitive figure skater and hockey team captain are forced to share a rink.   Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full...
The Life Impossible
Haig, Matt.
Paper Book
The spectacular new book about hope and new beginnings from the number one Sunday Times bestselling author
The invisible life of Addie LaRue
Schwab, Victoria
Paper Book
When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But there's always a price -- the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. Addie flees her tiny hometown in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes...
Here one moment
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
**DISCOVER THE THRILLING NEW NOVEL FROM THE WORLDWIDE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR** 'Liane Moriarty is a genuine GENIUS. Here One Moment is off the scale brilliant' Marian Keyes 'A master story teller . . . brilliant and...
How to win friends and influence people
Carnegie, Dale
Ebook
Autobiography of a yogi : the classic story of one of India's greatest spiritual thinkers
Yogananda, Paramahansa
Paper Book
Paramhansa Yogananda was the first great master of India to live in the West for an extended period. Sent to America in 1920, he introduced tens of thousands of Americans to yoga. This is his autobiography.
The power of now : a guide to spiritual enlightenment
Tolle, Eckhart
Paper Book
Celebrating 25 Years as a New York Times Bestseller -- Over 16 Million Copies Sold It's no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes...
The 7 habits of highly effective people : powerful lessons in personal change
Covey, Stephen R.
Audiobook
With sales of over 15 million copies in 38 languages, this revolutionary guidebook shows you how to achieve peace of mind within and build trust without by seeking the roots of human behavior in character and by learning principles rather than merely practices.
The women
Hannah, Kristin
Paper Book
An instant Sunday Times bestseller and soon to be a major motion picture! 'Astonishing. Compelling. Powerful' - Delia Owens, bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing 'Stuns with sacrifice. Uplifts with heroism' - Bonnie Garmus,...
Not in love
Hazelwood, Ali.
Paper Book
A forbidden, secret affair proves that all's fair in love and science - from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood. Rue Siebert might not have it all, but she has enough: a few friends she can always count on...
The seven moons of Maali Almeida
Karunatilaka, Shehan
Paper Book
An epic, searing satire by Sri Lanka's coolest author.
Victory City
Rushdie, Salman.
Paper Book
She will breathe a new empire into life - but all worlds can escape their creator... 'Full of adventure... A celebration of the power of storytelling' GUARDIAN In the wake of an unimportant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms, a nine-year-old...
The shadow of the wind
Ruiz Zaf©đn, Carlos
Paper Book
Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from...
Every last suspect
Moriarty, Nicola.
COULD YOU UNCOVER YOUR MURDERER BEFORE YOUR LAST BREATH? ---- Who killed Harriet? Complicated, driven, loving; manipulative, irresistible, monstrous - whether you love her or hate her, Harriet is impossible to say no to. But someone has...

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