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Category: Librarians Choice
Delve into our Collections and discover your next read with curated lists and suggestions from Hamilton City Libraries staff.
Satisfying Suspense Reads
Sunday 1 September | Librarians Choice, Adult Fiction,
Who did it? How did they do it? What happens next? Truth in suspense and mystery stories is an objective thing, and answers are solid and definitive.
Best Books for Book Clubs
Thursday 6 June | Librarians Choice,
St Andrews Library has curated the perfect selection for your next book club meeting, offering these titles in various formats: eBook, eAudiobook, large print, and physical copies.
Librarian's Choice: Meat Market
Thursday 8 December | Librarians Choice, Young Adult,
Young fans of The Devil Wears Prada would enjoy Meat Market, a stand-alone novel by award-winning YA writer Juno Dawson.
Librarian's Choice: The Secret Bridesmaid
Thursday 22 September | Librarians Choice, Adult Fiction,
A professional bridesmaid, Sophie, is hired for the society wedding of the year...
Librarian's Choice: Stray
Thursday 28 July | Librarians Choice, Adult Fiction, NZ Titles,
Stray is the feature-film debut of Dustin Feneley, and is, in the opinion of David from Hillcrest Library, one of the best New Zealand debuts in a long time.
Librarian's Choice: Twin
Friday 1 April | Adult Fiction, Librarians Choice,
This gripping Norwegian crime drama tells the story of estranged identical twins Eric and Adam, played by Kristofer Hivju (of Game of Thrones fame).
Librarians Choice: Bring Back our Girls
Friday 7 January | Adult Non-Fiction, Librarians Choice,
An astoundingly powerful account of the dramatic rescue of the group of Nigerian school girls who were kidnapped by fundamentalists in 2014.
Librarian's Choice: Seven Sisters Series
Thursday 30 December | Adult Fiction, Librarians Choice,
Lucinda Riley's Seven Sisters series follows a group of sisters as they each explore past connections and identity.
Librarian's Choice: Navigating the Stars
Friday 22 October | Adult Non-Fiction, Librarians Choice, NZ Titles,
This beautifully rendered, oral history retelling, weaves together the history of New Zealand, as known in Maaori traditional narratives.
Librarian's Choice: Peter May's Lewis Trilogy
Friday 27 August | Librarians Choice, Adult Fiction,
Detective Fin Macleod is sent from Edinburgh to investigate a murder on the Island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides of northwest Scotland.
Librarian's Choice: Untamed
Friday 2 July | Adult Non-Fiction, Librarians Choice,
Untamed is mostly a memoir, partly an autobiography, and a little bit of a conversation between author and reader.
Librarian's Choice: Organize Your Way
Friday 19 March | Adult Non-Fiction, Librarians Choice,
Organize Your Way examines different ways of organizing based on your personality type.