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SECOND LIFE
S.J. Watson
In this book by the author of
Before I
Go Too Sleep
, Julia is living a double
life, one in the real world – a loving
wife and devoted mother who’s
smart and innocent – and a second
life online – out of control, making
risky moves and bad decisions,
obsessed with a stranger who may
have murdered her sister. A thought-provoking page-
turner on how people online are never what they seem.
GO SET A WATCHMAN
Harper Lee
The most highly anticipated book of recent
times,
Go Set a Watchman
was the novel
Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers
before
To Kill a Mockingbird
. Assumed
to have been lost, the manuscript was
discovered late last year. Set 20 years after
Mockingbird
, it explores how the familiar
small-town characters adjust to life in
America in the turbulent mid-1950s.
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR
Joel Dicker
On a fateful day in 1975, fifteen-year-old
Nola Kellergan is glimpsed fleeing through
the woods, never to be heard from again.
Thirty years later, Harry Quebert is suddenly
and sensationally implicated in the cold-
case. His former student and novelist
Marcus takes it upon himself to prove his
innocence while simultaneously writing the
book he needs to save his career.
IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT
Judy Blume
When the author was a child, three planes
crashed in her hometown. Now 77 years
old, Blume has taken the devastating real-
life scenario and written a novel about a
community reeling from a succession of
airplanes that fall from the sky. You’ll meet
a multitude of characters whose survival is
affected by random tragedy.
MODERN ROMANCE
Aziz Ansari
Don’t be fooled into thinking
that, as a famous comedian, Aziz
Ansari’s book is all fluff and no
substance. Combining his knack
for hilarity with real social science
has resulted in the most insightful
and amusing look into the way
our species dates and romances
each other in this modern era. Definitely one for the
singletons out there, but also a lot of fun for those already
in relationships.
AN ASTRONAUT’S GUIDE TO LIFE ON EARTH
Chris Hadfield
Commander Chris Hadfield is the
Canadian astronaut who has a
cult following thanks to his online
posts from zero gravity (including
covering Bowie’s classic “Space
Oddity”). The lessons he learnt
from his all-consuming pursuit to
get to space and his perspective
looking down on earth are now in
this book of biographical wisdom.
ZERO TO ONE
Peter Thiel
Written by the inventor of PayPal,
this book is filled with multiple
insights and useful advice for
anyone thinking of starting a new
business or working in one. Thiel
isn’t just some stuffy businessman;
he’s a brilliant thinker – and this
book is a way to understand
the processes of a successful
entrepreneur and mentor.
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