Autumn Staff Picks 2025

Here's a peak of what City of Perth Library staff are reading this Autumn!

Updated February 28, 2025
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Onyx Storm
Yarros, Rebecca.
Paper Book
DON'T BE THE LAST TO DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT EVERYONE CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT: Get ready for the breathtaking follow-up to global phenomenons Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from the no. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
Rom-Commers
Center, Katherine.
Paper Book
'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...
Wedding people, the
Espach, Alison
Paper Book
The smash-hit international bestseller A Read With Jenna book club pick Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction 'Best read of the year' THE TIMES 'Books as fun as this one are few and far between' GUARDIAN
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens
Mitchell, David.
Paper Book
THE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame. 'Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell - a funny man and skilled historian...
A Death in Tokyo
Higashino, Keigo.
Paper Book
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...
The Ministry of Time
Bradley, Kaliane.
Paper Book
The romantic, historical, comedic, literary, genre-defying bestseller 'The hit of the year' Guardian 'Addictive' Independent 'Crack this book open and you'll see how time can disappear' Financial...
Old Soul
Barker, Susan.
Paper Book
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...
Taste : my life through food
Tucci, Stanley
Paper Book
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDRE SIMONS FOOD & DRINK BOOK AWARDS A Guardian book of the year A Times book of the year A Spectator book of the year A Daily Mail book of the...
Translation State
Leckie, Ann.
Paper Book
'There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could' John Scalzi The 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...
Juice
Winton, Tim
Paper Book
An adventure of epic proportions, Juice is a story of survival, passion, and revenge from two-time Booker Prize-shortlisted author Tim Winton. Survival is only the beginning. Two fugitives, a man and a child, drive across a stony desert. As dawn breaks,...
More days at the morisaki bookshop
Yagisawa, Satoshi.
Paper Book
In Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the world. It is called Jinbocho where book lovers can browse to their heart's delight and where hunters of first editions or autographed copies prowl the bookcases. The Morisaki bookshop, a small family-run...
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...
Orbital
Harvey, Samantha
Paper Book
**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024** **THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A slim, profound study of intimate human fears set against epic vistas' GUARDIAN 'Stunning... An uplifting book' SUNDAY TIMES Life on...
Fire
Boyne, John
Paper Book
'An exhilarating read' Spectator 'Unsettling and utterly compelling' Woman and Home 'incredibly well-written' Good Housekeeping 'Hypnotically clean, clear prose... powerful and memorable' Irish Times 'You will...
Earth
Boyne, John
Paper Book
'Utterly compelling... powerful and disturbing' Sunday Independent 'Compelling... a potent portrait of a flawed young man' Daily Mail 'A strong set-up, and with the masterly Boyne at the helm, the tension never lets up' Mail on Sunday ...
Water
Boyne, John
Paper Book
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...
Blue sisters
Mellors, Coco.
Paper Book
'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'...
You Are Here
Nicholls, David.
Paper Book
This is the hardback edition: the paperback edition of You Are Here is out now 'David Nicholls's most satisfying love story yet . . . it's a romantic comedy full of longing and doubt that hits the sweet spot between pathos and bathos. Nicholls puts the reader into a...
Book swap, the
Bickers, Tessa
Paper Book
Fall in love between the pages . . . Still grieving the death of her best friend, Erin knows she needs to start living - but has no idea how. Then she loses her favourite book, heavily annotated and containing her friend's final words to her. When James finds Erin...
The Queen
Cutter, Nick.
Nick Cutter, author of #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop, returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing friend and uncovering a shocking truth. On a sunny morning in June, Margaret Carpenter wakes up to find a new iPhone on...

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