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
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
Ashes of the sun
Wexler, Django
Paper Book
'Ashes of the Sun is fantasy at its finest' Nicholas Eames, author of Kings of the Wyld Four hundred years ago, a cataclysmic war cracked the world open. Amid the ashes, the Dawn Republic now stands guard over lands littered with eldritch relics and cursed by...
Don't Swipe Right
Chilton, L. M.
Paper Book
'Kept me guessing and was so fun to read.' BRITNEY SPEARS, People Magazine Favorite Beach Read Pick 'Utterly compelling and laugh-out-loud funny.' KATY BRENT 'As if Bridget Jones found herself in a Scream film. Murderously clever!' RUPERT...
The door-to-door bookstore
Henn, Carsten
Paper Book
The Drift
Tudor, C J.
Paper Book
Fox Wife
Choo, Yangsze.
Paper Book
Longlisted for the Historical Writers' Association Gold Crown Award 'Vivid, enigmatic, enchanting' M. L. Rio 'Irresistible' Sunday Times Some people think foxes go around collecting qi, or life force, but nothing could be...
Hello Beautiful
Napolitano, Ann.
Paper Book
Best friends and sisters, the four Padavano girls are seen as inseparable by everyone in their close-knit Italian-American neighbourhood, bringing loving chaos with them wherever they go. William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much...
Hide
White, Kiersten
Paper Book
A high-stakes hide-and-seek competition turns deadly in this dark supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, perfect for fans of Stephen King and SQUID GAME. The challenge: spend a week hiding in an abandoned amusement park and don't...
Perilous times
Lee, Thomas D.
Paper Book
IN PERILOUS TIMES LIKE THESE, THE REALM DOESN'T JUST NEED A HERO. IT NEEDS A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR. Sir Kay and his fellow knights awake from their mythical slumber whenever Britain has need of them; they fought at Agincourt and at the Somme. But in these...
The Shadow Cabinet
Dawson, Juno.
Paper Book
The follow-up to the sensational #1 Sunday Times bestseller Her Majesty's Royal Coven All is not as it seems within the halls of Her Majesty's Royal Coven... Despite thinking they've thwarted the prophecy, the witches are still reeling from the events of the...
Sharpe's Command
Cornwell, Bernard.
Paper Book
SHARPE IS BACK. The brand new novel from Bernard Cornwell in the global bestselling Sharpe series. If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . . And the impossible is exactly what the formidable Major Sharpe is asked to...
The Sunset Years of Agnes Sharp : The unmissable cosy crime sensation for fans of Richard Osman
Swann, Leonie.
Paper Book
One murder to solve and another to cover up. It'll be tricky, but the OAP residents of Sunset Hall are going to give it their best shot.Sunset Hall is a house-share for the old and unruly, led by Agnes Sharp. It's an eventful day when this group of idiosyncratic geriatrics gets a visit from the...
The twilight world
Herzog, Werner
Paper Book
The great filmmaker Werner Herzog, in his first novel, 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 Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His...
Witch King
Wells, Martha.
Paper Book
Winner of the Locus Award! 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...
Women talking : a novel
Toews, Miriam
Paper Book
A profound, unsettling and virtuosic piece of fiction from the award-winning author of All My Puny Sorrows.

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.