AS THE DAYS GROW SHORTER AND THE NIGHTS CHILL, THERE’S NOTHING BETTER THAN CURLING UP WITH A GOOD BOOK.
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For a cosy winter, here are some top picks that range from atmospheric thrillers and sweeping historical fiction to heart-warming tales.
Enjoy.
The Lost Bookshop
Author: Evie Woods. General Fiction.
The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets.
"The thing about books," she said, "is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of."
On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found ...
For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives.
But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these three unsuspecting strangers will discover that their own stories are every bit as extraordinary as the ones found in the pages of their beloved books.
And by unlocking the secrets of the shelves, they find themselves transported to a world of wonder ... where nothing is as it seems.
The Great Alone
Author: Kristin Hannah. General Fiction.
From the worldwide number one bestselling author of The Four Winds and The Nightingale, The Great Alone is a daring, beautiful, stay-up-all-night story about love and loss.
You can’t count on anyone to save you and your children.
You have to be willing to save yourselves.
Thirteen-year-old Leni is coming of age in a tumultuous time.
Caught in the riptide of her parents' passionate, stormy relationship, she dares to hope that Alaska will lead to a better future for her family, and a place to belong.
Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown.
As Leni grows up in the shadow of her parents’ increasingly volatile marriage, she meets Matthew.
And Matthew, thoughtful, kind, and brave, makes her believe in the possibility of a better life.
With her trademark combination of elegant prose and deeply drawn characters, Kristin Hannah celebrates the remarkable and enduring strength of women.
Last One Out: No One Stays Forever
Author: Jane Harper. General Fiction. Top 5 Bestsellers.
He had been here, that was clear from the marks in the dust. And he had been alone. In a dying town, Ro Crowley waits for her son on the evening of his 21st birthday.
But Sam never comes home. His footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses offer the only clue to his final movements. One set in. One set out.
Five long years later, Ro returns to Carralon Ridge for the annual memorial of Sam’s disappearance.
The skeletal community is now an echo of itself, having fractured under the pressure of the coal mine operating on its outskirts.
But Ro still wants answers. Only a few people remain. If the truth is to be found in that town, does it lie among them?
The Road to Winter (The Winter Trilogy #1)
Author: Mark Smith. General Fiction.
Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his parents and most of his community, Finn has lived alone on the rugged coast with only his loyal dog Rowdy for company.
He has stayed alive for two winters, hunting and fishing and trading food, and keeping out of sight of the Wilders, an armed and dangerous gang that controls the north, led by a ruthless man named Ramage.
But Finn’s isolation is shattered when a girl runs onto the beach.
Rose is a Siley, an asylum seeker, and she has escaped from Ramage, who had enslaved her and her younger sister, Kas.
Rose is desperate, sick, and needs Finn's help.
Kas is still missing somewhere out in the bush.
And Ramage wants the girls back, at any cost.