Summer Reads

Radha was on the verge of winning the world's biggest kathak dancing competition when a family betrayal shattered her dreams, and her confidence. Now, she's made a deal with her mum: study dance for a year at the Princeton Academy of Arts and Sciences...

From widely acclaimed comedian and author, Shappi Khorsandi, comes a modern fable about the rise and fall of a beautiful, but vulnerable, young woman in a world obsessed with money, status and looks. Emma and her mother are down on their luck. They're...

No matter how you try to hide it, the truth will always come out . . .After a plane crash sees a group of seven teens washed up on a desert island, their first thought is survival. But a terrible secret from a party the night before has followed them...

Talented, hard-working Eliza is running for editor-in-chief role at the school newspaper but loses to highly popular, inexperienced Len in this irresistible and shrewd enemies-to-lovers story, peppered with powerful messages about racism, sexism and...

A tender and compassionate story of friendship, family and finding love when you feel your luck has run out, Lippincott’s YA novel features a beautifully observed central relationship.   From the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Five Feet...

Return to the magical world of The Rosewood Chronicles in the fourth instalment of this gorgeous series for fans of The Princess Diaries and Harry Potter.'You don't have to push me away. We can survive with each other and apart. I know that now . . . but...

A grieving teen's past comes back to haunt him in this chilling installment in R.L. Stine's bestselling Fear Street series-now with a fresh new look!Brady Karlin is getting on with his life. The memory of his girlfriend-killed in a gruesome sledding...

A runaway can't outrun her troubles in this spine-tingling installment in R.L. Stine's bestselling Fear Street series-now with a fresh new look!Shadyside. It sounded like such a nice town, the perfect place for a runaway like Felicia. Nobody here would...

Suffused with the laid-back country charm of Nashville, Maskame's delightful romance centres on the frustrations of a girl with a movie star dad and the obnoxious mayor's son who seems able to get under her skin.   Meet Mila. Sixteen years old, an...

In the political turbulence of Edwardian Britain, three young women from very different walks of life hear the call for equality and justice in Nicholls' stunning novel about the suffragette movement, permeated with personal as well as social drama...

Peeling back the layers of idealism and hubris of the Swinging Sixties, Boyd’s humane, tender-hearted novel charts the emotional entanglements of the titular threesome, during the shooting of a Brighton-set movie. A producer. A novelist. An...

Trevor returns to North Carolina to confront his feelings about his grandfather's death - but buried secrets and unexpected romance force him to rethink his priorities in this winning and emotional novel from the author of The Notebook.   A house...

Inspired by her acclaimed Edinburgh Festival lecture, Michaela Coel’s passionately argued and devastatingly articulate manifesto for greater transparency and honesty is a clarion call for speaking truth to power.     'Razor-sharp and as funny as I...

The bestselling guide to the natural rhythms of the year and the underlying folklore of the seasons returns for its spellbinding 2022 edition. A perfect toolkit for connecting with the world around us and the year ahead as it unfolds - all in a...

The National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Animals is an adorable animal reference sure to be welcomed by parents and librarians alike. Filled with fluffy and scaly creatures big and small, this colourful book introduces the youngest explorers...

(Available after 3-20 days)Marshals: Book One Deputy US Marshal Miro Jones has a reputation for being calm and collected under fire. These traits serve him well with his hotshot partner, Ian Doyle, the kind of guy who can start a fight in an empty room...

(Available after 3-20 days)Mean Girls meets Donna Tartt's The Secret History with a little bit of Riverdale mixed in. So yeah, it's epic.--HelloGigglesIn People Like Us, Dana Mele delivers the Gossip Girl meets Pretty Little Liars young adult novel...

'...I don't know what comes after, once I decide to let desire have its way with me. How to un-melt the melted? How to turn the ground powder back into a person? This idea points to a knowledge that I don't have: how to love without losing the self.'...

I don't know what comes after, once I decide to let desire have its way with me. How to un-melt the melted? How to turn the ground powder back into a person? This idea points to a knowledge that I don't have: how to love without losing the self.'...

Suffused with McCarthy’s trademark rough-hewn lyricism, All the Pretty Horses is the story of three US ranchers’ odyssey across the Mexican border. Mythic in conception and redolent of the richness of frontier culture, this modern...