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The Daily Advertiser has teamed up with the Riverina Regional Library to bring you five new reading options each month.
From psychological thrillers to historical novels, librarians Amy Heap and Cynthia Price will recommend some of the best titles out there.
Ms Heap said she is a voracious reader who consumes more than 90 books a year.
Ms Price has been working for the RRL for more than 20 years and loves the escape a book provides from the world.
Echo Springs by Leisl Leighton, Daniel de Lorne, TJ Hamilton, and Shannon Curtis
4 authors, 4 stories, 1 town. The authors have succeeded in creating a flowing story by each taking a character from the local police force and carrying the story throughout.
If you love your rural romantic suspense that is heavy on the romance and even a bit spicy you will love this book.
Recommended by Cynthia Price.
The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
Jaxie Clackton is a teenaged boy in a small town in Western Australia.
His mother died, and his father beats him badly, until one day something happens, and Jaxie finds himself on the run in the most inhospitable country, with only hope to keep him going.
The Shepherd’s Hut is about survival, love, hatred, strength, kindness and meaning. It’s harsh, raw, bleak, and confronting, but beautiful and deeply moving, with the strong sense of place you expect from Tim Winton, and a character whose voice will linger long after the book has been closed.
Recommended by Amy Heap.
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia edited by Anita Heiss
What a brilliant idea, to ask a diverse range of Aboriginal people to tell their stories of growing up.
Through these stories we experience the connection to country, and revel in the beauty of Australian places, we gain an insight into the oppression of racism, overt, casual, relentless, and the terrible pain and damage suffered by the Stolen Generations and those who followed. It’s enlightening, joyful, angry, poetic, tragic, proud and hopeful.
A really important book.
Recommended by Amy Heap.
Raven Black (Shetland Island #1) by Ann Cleeves
I love reading a book after loving a film or television adaptation; there’s always so much more depth. In this case, it’s also really different.
Jimmy Perez looks different, and he is at a different stage of life, so it was like discovering new things about a beloved character.
Despite the fact that I knew who the killer was (at least for one of the mysteries) it was still an exciting, atmospheric ride.
Recommended by Amy Heap.
The Patrick Melrose series by Edward St. Aubyn
There are five slim books in this series, but thanks to the recent adaptation with Benedict Cumberbatch, you can read them in two volumes.
This entire series is a deeply insightful, witty, horrific, and brilliant tale of rich people behaving badly, and how a man grows and comes to terms with a terrible childhood.
Recommended by Amy Heap.
All books are available to borrow from the Riverina Regional Library. There are 18 branches across the region, which means if your local library doesn’t have the book it can be sourced for you.
For anyone struggling to decide what to read, the Riverina Regional Library can also develop a personalised list for you. Check out how to get one here.
To borrow or request one of the above books click here.