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• Grand Union

  Stories

  Smith, Zadie, 1975-

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  Best fiction pick: Zadie Smiths lasted collection of short stories features a stunning array of narratives and literary styles. From the story of Michael Jackson driving Liz Taylor and Marlon Brando from New York City, to God deciding to step away…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Hunting Party

  a Novel

  Foley, Lucy (Novelist)

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  Best Who Dunnit: A reunion between old friends at an isolated lodge in the Scottish wilderness, takes a terrible turn when the snow descends, and a murder takes place. An atmospheric thriller Agatha Christie style but with a modern day twist, Foley…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daniel Deronda

  Eliot, George, pseud., 1819-1880

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  Best classic: Packed with my favourite things- bonnets, Jewish heritage, beautiful prose, magnificent characters, dashing hero, Elliott’s classic novel tells the story of Daniel Deronda, and his relationships with two women, the beautiful but…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Being Mortal

  Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End

  Gawande, Atul

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  Best Non Fiction pick: Surgeon Atul Gawande, takes a highly original and often heart breaking look at illness and immortality, asking the questions: what makes life worth living towards the end? And should we rethink our ways of handling death?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fearless

  Phillips-Harris, Chloe

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  Best NZ book: Fearless is the autobiography of Kiwi equestrian and adventurer Chloe Philips-Harris. A local hero who has tamed wild Kaimanawa horses, been a veterinarian in Egypt, and run the gruelling Mongol derby, her memoir is a gripping and…Read moreRead more of this annotation