ThunderFest 2025: Escape into Fiction

In celebration of UVic's ThunderFest 2025, escape into these hand-picked reads for relief from studying

Updated September 3, 2025
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The pairing : a novel
McQuiston, Casey
Paper Book
Two bisexual exes, one unforgettably hot summer . . . In #1 New York Times-bestselling author Casey McQuiston's latest romantic comedy, two bisexual exes accidentally book the same European food and wine tour and challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they...
Palm Meridian : a novel
Flahive, Grace
''A masterful love story'' Nicola Dinan ''Very special '' Laura Kay ''Wildly entertaining, lovingly written'' Jess Kidd ''Rib-achingly funny'' Curtis Garner ''Delicious'' Lily Lindon ''A firecracker of a book'' Emma...
A psalm for the wild-built
Chambers, Becky
Audiobook
Vicious
Schwab, V. E.
Ebook
Victor and Eli started out as college roommates--brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same ambition in each other. A shared interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone...
Red, white & royal blue
McQuiston, Casey
Paper Book
* Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller * * GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 * * BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* for VOGUE, NPR, VANITY FAIR, and more! * What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the...
Call me by your name
Aciman, André
Paper Book
The film tie-in edition to the already highly acclaimed Luca Guadagnino-directed film of one of the great love stories of our time.
Babel : or the necessity of violence : an arcane history of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Kuang, R. F.
Paper Book
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER 'One for Philip Pullman fans' THE TIMES 'This one is an automatic buy' GLAMOUR 'Ambitious, sweeping and epic' EVENING STANDARD 'Razor-sharp' DAILY MAIL 'An ingenious fantasy about empire'<...
Someone you can build a nest in
Wiswell, John
Paper Book

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