BOOKS WE LOVE
This is a selection of books one, many or all of us at VIVA have read and absolutely love. We change this list often as we will read a new book and simply have to have it on our list.
The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
The hotly anticipated second novel from Terry Hayes, author of the internationally bestselling I am Pilgrim If, like Kane, you're a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again - by whatever means necessary. ...Show more
Light at Lavelle by Paullina Simons
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TORN BETWEEN WHAT THEY CANNOT HAVE AND WHAT THEY CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT. It is 1929. The world is about to change. Finn Evans is a successful Boston banker harboring a secret that threatens to unravel his carefully constructed idyllic life. Isabelle Lazar, a young Ukrainian farmer, endures unspeakable ha ...Show more
Go as a River by Shelley Read
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For fans of WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, GREAT CIRCLE and THE PAPER PALACE- lush, immersive, soaring tale of a young woman's journey to becoming, of love and loss, home and resilience, and finding those where least expected, and a breathtaking exploration of our connection to nature. On a cool autumn mornin ...Show more
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
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From the bestselling author of Code Name Hélène comes a gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who investigates a shocking murder that unhinges her small community.Maine, 1789: When a man is found entombed in the frozen Kennebec Rive ...Show more
I'd Rather Not by Robert Skinner
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"I was sleeping in what might reasonably be described as a ditch, though I tried not to think of it in those terms for morale reasons … " Robert Skinner arrives in the city, searching for a richer life. Things begin badly and then, surprisingly, get slightly worse. Pretty soon he’s sleeping rough and t ...Show more
The Boy from Boomerang Crescent by Eddie Betts
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It’s a long, hard road from the Nullarbor to the MCG. How does a self-described ‘skinny Aboriginal kid’ overcome a legacy of family tragedy to become an AFL legend? One thing’s for sure: it’s not easy. But then, there’s always been something special about Eddie Betts. Betts grew up in Port Lincoln and ...Show more
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
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What is lost when knowledge is withheld? In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy is intelligent, ambit ...Show more
Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
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In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him enough money to buy a small boat. His two brothers are away at war, their whereabouts unknown. His father and older sister struggle to hold things together on the family orchard, Limberlost. Desperate to ig ...Show more
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE | Reading Level: very good
Your ability to change everything - including yourself - starts here Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute take a very unscientif ...Show more
Invisible Child - Poverty, Survival and Hope in New York City by Andrea Elliott
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE | Reading Level: very good
From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Andrea Elliott, comes the unforgettable story of a girl whose indomitable spirit is tested by homelessness, poverty and racism in an unequal America. Based on nearly a decade of reporting, Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, ...Show more
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE | Series: The Roots of Chaos Ser.
An enthralling, epic fantasy about a world on the brink of war with dragons - and the women who must lead the fight to save it. A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens. The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conc ...Show more
The Stranger in the Woods: 'A meditation on solitude, wildness and survival' Wall Street Journal by Michael Finkel
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*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*Could you leave behind all that you know and live in solitude for three decades? This is the extraordinary story of the last true hermit - Christopher Knight. 'This was a breath-taking book to read and many weeks later I am still thinking about the implications for our soc ...Show more