Blue Covers (DDL Winter Reading 24-25)

Updated December 16, 2024
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After Annie : a novel
Quindlen, Anna
Paper Book
'Candid and complex ­- and ultimately quite hopeful' Claire Lombardo 'Beautiful and deeply moving' J. Courtney Sullivan 'A story of abiding hope' Mary Beth Keane   When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest...
And so I roar : a novel
Daré, Abi
Paper Book
Adunni and Ms Tia are back, now forced to confront their pasts and find the courage to roar for themselves 'Fresh, funny and fiercely feminist, Dare's empowering sequel to The Girl with the Louding Voice is a gut punch of a book' MAIL ON SUNDAY...
Beautiful world, where are you
Rooney, Sally
Paper Book
The new novel from the author of Normal People.
The berry pickers : a novel
Peters, Amanda
Paper Book
'For fans of Celeste Ng and Ann Patchett, this quietly beautiful book will break, then mend, your heart' Amazon, The Best Books of 2023 WINNER OF THE 2023 BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2024 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION<...
The body keeps the score : brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma
Van der Kolk, Bessel A.
Paper Book
Trauma does not just happen to other people - it happens to us, our friends and family and our neighbours. While humans are an extremely resilient species, able to rebound from relentless wars, family violence and manmade disasters, experiences like these inevitably leave traces- on our minds,...
The book of doors : a novel
Brown, Gareth
Paper Book
**ONE OF GOODREADS' TOP 6 MOST-READ DEBUTS OF 2024** **THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING DEBUT AND ONE OF THE BBC'S BEST DEBUTS OF 2024 ** **A WOMAN & HOME 'Book of the Year'** 'Joyful, exuberant, and crackling with adventure.' STUART TURTON
The bright sword : a novel of King Arthur
Grossman, Lev
Paper Book
A book of the year for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Time, Vulture, Esquire, Goodreads, Elle, NPR, Vox, New York Post, Lit Hub, Cosmo, People, Paste, Vanity Fair, Polygon, BookBub, BookRiot and more! 'This Year's Must-Read Novel . . . Grossman's...
Cassandra in reverse
Smale, Holly
Paper Book
If you had the power to change the past. . . where would you start? Cassie has never really fitted in. She remembers everything. Understands nothing. And consistently says the wrong thing. So when she gets dumped, fired AND her local cafe runs out of banana muffins -...
City of night birds : a novel
Kim, Juhea
Paper Book
'A novel that will be read and loved for the next one hundred years, and essential reading for right now. I could not have loved it more.' Coco Mellors, author of Blue Sisters 'This story left me thinking about the ways we overcome setbacks...
Daughter of mine : a novel
Miranda, Megan
Paper Book
Sometimes the darkest secrets are buried the deepest . . . When Hazel Sharp, daughter of Mirror Lake's longtime local detective, unexpectedly inherits her childhood home, she's warily drawn back to the town - and people - she left behind almost a decade earlier. ...
Enlightenment : a novel
Perry, Sarah
Paper Book
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** A story of love and astronomy told over the course of twenty years through the lives of two improbable best friends 'Gorgeous... Ethereal' GUARDIAN 'A book with cosmic reach' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A...
The excitements : a novel
Wray, C. J.
Paper Book
Fates and furies
Groff, Lauren
Paper Book
THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Enough betrayal, vengeance and sex to read like one of the Greek tragedies' Observer 'Devastatingly good' Guardian 'Astonishingly beautiful' Financial...
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers : a novel
Burr, Samuel
Paper Book
*DON'T MISS OUT - STUNNING LIMITED FIRST EDITION WITH JIGSAW PIECE CUT-OUT AVAILABLE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY!* THE INSTANT TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER! 'Utterly beautiful. I adored it' JOANNA CANNON 'Hugely...
First lie wins
Elston, Ashley
Paper Book
🔥 Don't be the last to discover the twist that a million readers didn't see coming 🔥 The Sunday Times Thriller of the Month, soon to become a major TV series. _______________ You meet a stranger at a party. She looks like...
French braid
Tyler, Anne
Paper Book
*ONE OF THE TIMES BEST FICTION BOOKS OF 2022* The glorious Sunday Times bestseller from one of our greatest storytellers. French Braid follows one family's joys and heartbreaks, mistakes and secrets, from the 1950s right up to today. ...
Funny story
Henry, Emily
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...
The grey wolf
Penny, Louise
Paper Book
'SUPERB' WILL DEAN 'Highly entertaining' THE TIMES 'Subtle, compelling storytelling at its elegant best' DAILY MAIL Relentless phone calls interrupt the peace of a warm August morning in the small village of Three Pines in Quebec....
A history of the world in twelve shipwrecks
Gibbins, David J. L.
Paper Book
AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2024 'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors 'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museums, revealing the...
Homecoming : a novel
Morton, Kate
Paper Book
'Lush, rich, beautiful . . . Homecoming is Kate Morton at her very best' - Kristin Hannah Discover this breathtaking mystery of love, lies and a cold case come back to life, from the multi-million-copy bestseller, Kate Morton. Adelaide Hills, 1959....
The judge's list
Grisham, John
Paper Book
The last one at the wedding : a novel
Rekulak, Jason
Paper Book
Succession meets Lucy Foley's The Guest List in this thriller with a big heart and even bigger surprises, from the author of Hidden Pictures. 'Kept my heart racing and my mind reeling' Riley Sager 'The best thriller I've read all year' Grady Hendrix...
The life impossible
Haig, Matt
Paper Book
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe remarkable new Sunday Times bestselling novel from the author of the international sensation The Midnight Library'A beautiful novel full of life-affirming wonder and imagination' BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH'What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't understand...
Long bright river
Moore, Liz
Paper Book
**SOON TO BE A MAJOR CHANNEL 4 TV SERIES** SELECTED BY BARACK OBAMA AS ONE OF HIS BEST BOOKS OF 2020 A New York Times bestseller and Guardian Book of the Month 'This flawless masterpiece deserves to be a...
The lost story : a novel
Shaffer, Meg
Paper Book
'This wildly imaginative book speaks to every reader who yearns for a more magical world' - THAO THAI, author of Banyan Moon 'If you'd like to dream instead of a parallel world where love and loyalty and friendship are the magic that transforms the least of us into...
Madwoman
Bieker, Chelsea
Paper Book
  'Chelsea Bieker breathes thrilling, risky energy into the familiar trope of the madwoman... A well-paced and absorbing page-turner.' New York Times<...
Midnight and blue
Rankin, Ian
Paper Book
The brand new John Rebus thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin: one of the must-read books of the year. John Rebus spent his life as a detective putting Edinburgh's most deadly criminals behind bars. Now, he's joined them... As new...
Mind games
Roberts, Nora
Paper Book
From multi-million copy bestselling author Nora Roberts - a brand new thriller with tragedy and trauma, resilience and revenge... Thea Fox is just twelve years old when her parents are brutally slain. With Thea's help the police are able to put their murderer - a...
The mystery guest
Prose, Nita
Paper Book
*The sparkling new novel from the million-copy bestselling author of THE MAID* 'Utterly delightful' DAILY MAIL 'Captivates from page one' JANICE HALLETT _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT DISTURB. WHODUNNIT IN...
The Nigerwife : a novel
Walters, Vanessa
Paper Book
'The story is juicy, the detail about Lagos life is rich - I gobbled it all up' PANDORA SYKES, Books and Bits 'I was hooked right through to the shocking end' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'An excellent read' GUARDIAN 'Big Little Lies meets The...
A Novel Love Story
Poston, Ashley.
Paper Book
LOVE IS STRANGER THAN FICTION ... 📚📚📚 'Ashley Poston has done it again ... enchanting' B.K. BORISON 'If I ever need to get lost in a cosy romance, A Novel Love Story will be the go-to' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This one just...
One perfect couple
Ware, Ruth
Paper Book
Pre-order The Woman in Suite 11, the follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware's multi-million copy mega-hit The Women in Cabin 10, coming Summer 2025. AND THEN THERE WERE NONE meets THE TRAITORS ...
The pairing : a novel
McQuiston, Casey
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston comes a deliciously sexy romantic comedy The Pairing.Theo and Kit have been childhood best friends, crushes, lovers and, after a brutal breakup four years ago, estranged exes.It's not until Theo and Kit are trapped...
The readers of Broken Wheel recommend
Bivald, Katarina
Paper Book
A Richard & Judy Book Club Pick New York Times Bestseller Sara has never left Sweden but at the age of 28 she decides it's time. She cashes in her savings, packs a suitcase full of books and sets off for Broken Wheel, Iowa, a town where she knows nobody...
Safe enough : and other stories
Child, Lee
Paper Book
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 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. 'It's Lee Child. Why would you not...
To die for
Baldacci, David
Paper Book
The very secret society of irregular witches
Mandanna, Sangu
Paper Book
Voyage of the damned
White, Frances
Paper Book
The mind-blowing murder mystery debut with magical passengers, epic adventure, and a twist you can't guess. If Agatha Christie wrote fantasy, this would be it! ---------- "Agatha Christie with glitter magic.' I'm totally here for it. I hoovered up White...
The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder
Grann, David
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER  *LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* 'The beauty of The Wager unfurls like a great sail... one of the finest nonfiction books I've ever read' Guardian  ...
Wandering stars
Orange, Tommy
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER & NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR PICK 2024 A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'Wandering Stars is the kind of book that...
Water moon : a novel
Sotto, Samantha
Paper Book
The instant Sunday Times bestseller! Longlisted for the 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 'Full of adventure and marvellous creativity, Water Moon surprises and delights with every turn of the page' -- Megan Bannen, bestselling author of The...
When no one is watching : a thriller
Cole, Alyssa
Paper Book
An instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "I was knocked over by the momentum of an intense psychological thriller that doesn't let go until the final page. This is a terrific read." - Alafair Burke, New York Times bestselling author *A Marie Claire Book...
The wilds
Pearse, Sarah
Paper Book
The Sanatorium took you to the Alps and chilled you to the bone. Now, The Wilds will take you deep into the woods . . . and out there, it's easy to get lost. 'The most addictive book I've read in a long time . . . This book really gets you thinking' *****...
A winter in New York : a novel
Silver, Josie
Paper Book
Where better to start again than New York? Iris arrives in the city of dreams, intent on restarting her culinary career, and leaving her recent heartache behind. Wandering the streets at a famous food festival, Iris feels like she's living in a movie. Then she...
The wood at midwinter
Clarke, Susanna
Paper Book
**The Times instant Top Ten bestseller** **Named a book to look out for in 2024 by the Sunday Times, Guardian and BBC** **A small hardback edition featuring an afterword by the author** From the internationally bestselling and prize...
The year of what if
Patrick, Phaedra
Paper Book
*** Pre-order THE TIME HOP COFFEE SHOP, the uplifting new novel from Phaedra Patrick, now! *** "An escapist romp that offers it all: a European vacation, an unsolved mystery, and a whole lot of love" - Christina Lauren ***...

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