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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.
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
Critics are calling I AM PILGRIM: "Unputdownable." --Booklist "The best book of 2014." --Suspense Magazine "The next Girl with the Dragon Tattoo." --The New York Post A breakneck race against time...and an implacable enemy. An anonymous young woman murdered in a run-down hotel, all identifying charact ...Show more
Spellslinger (#1) by Sebastien de Castell
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE | Series: Spellslinger
A would-be mage with no magic of his own has to defeat powerful enemies with only cunning and deception in the first book of an exciting adventure fantasy series from Sebastien de Castell.Kellen is moments away from facing his first duel and proving his worth as a spellcaster. There's just one problem: ...Show more
Daughter of the Territory by Jacqueline Hammar
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
Daughter of the Territory is the amazing life story of Jacqueline Hammar. Born in Darwin in 1929, Jacqueline's childhood was spent in a succession of bush towns before she was sent to school in Darwin. With the outbreak of World War II, she moved to Brisbane to finish her education. Returning to her bel ...Show more
The Choke by Sofie Laguna
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
Abandoned by her mother and seldom visited by her unpredictable, violent father, 10-year-old Justine is raised by her grandfather, Pop - a man tormented by visions of war. Through years of poverty and neglect, Justine finds solace in the staggering natural beauty of the nearby Murray River. But when out ...Show more
The Fortress by S. A. Jones
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
Jonathon Bridge has the corner office, the tailored suits and the impeccable pedigree. He has a fascinating wife, a child on the way and a string of nubile lovers on the side. He's a man who's going places. His world is our world: the same chaos and sprawl, haves and have-nots, men and women, skyscraper ...Show more
Elemental by Amanda Curtin
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
Nearing the end of her life, Meggie Tulloch takes up her pen to write a story for her granddaughter, Laura. It begins in the first years of the 20th century, in a place where the howling winds spin salt and sleet, sucked up from the ice floes. A place where lives are ruled by men, and men by the witchy ...Show more
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE | Series: Penguin Celebrations
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All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE | Reading Level: General Adult
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. M ...Show more
Talking to my Daughter About the Economy: A Brief History of Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
Yanis Varoufakis, the bestselling author of Adults in the Room, uses personal stories and famous myths to explain what economics is and why it has the power to change our world. Why is there so much inequality?In this intimate and accessible book, world famous economist Yanis Varoufakis sets out to ans ...Show more
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
#1 New York Times BestsellerWinner of the Pulitzer PrizeWinner of the National Book AwardWinner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in FictionLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize One of the Best books of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, ...Show more
Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
First published in 2005, this beautiful, haunting novel begins as Niska is reunited with her nephew, Xavier, after he returns from the horrors of the First World War. As she slowly paddles her canoe on the three day journey to take him home, travelling through the stark but stunning landscape of Norther ...Show more
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
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Category: BOOKS WE LOVE
Winner of the PEN/ Hemingway Award Winner of the NBCC's John Leonard Award Shortlisted for the British Book Award - Debut of the Year A New York Times Notable Book A Washington Post Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Time, Oprah.com, Harper's Bazaar, San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jon ...Show more