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The 14th Novel by acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami, this book recounts the story of an artist who decides to live isolated in the mountains after being left by his wife. The story is doused in the surrealist imagery we’ve come to love and expect form the writer.
“Some novelists hold a mirror up to the world and some, like Haruki Murakami, use the mirror as a portal to a universe hidden beyond it. . . . He builds his self-contained world deliberately and faithfully, developing intrigue and suspense and even taking care to give each chapter a cliffhanger ending as in an old-fashioned serialized novel. . . . When you’re under Mr. Murakami’s trance you’re likely to keep flipping the pages.” —The Wall Street Journal
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From the Australian author of Big Little Lies, Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers recounts the story of, well, nine strangers, and their 10-day stay at a health retreat. As the locked-door mystery unfolds the reader is kept on edge over the reasons for which each member chose to partake in the bizarre experience that is the retreat.
According to the Washington Post “There’s a general sense of foreboding that builds, but what it’s building to and which of the nine is and isn’t a victim is a perplexing puzzle.”
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If what you’re after is a book you can read in parts all throughout your holiday then this collection of 8 long essays is the one for you. With the topics of the stories ranging from the Royal British Family to the Tiger in India, you’re sure not to get bored of this American Journalist’s writings.
“Brian Phillips has a wonderful way of taking readers to entirely unfamiliar places in nature (the Yukon) and in culture (sumo wrestling), and translating those experiences into something that feels visceral, even for people who are stuck at their computers all day.” – Vulture
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How do you fancy reading a book about travel while you travel? (That’s some inception right there) If you’re interested, then Make Sure you Have A Map is the read for you. The author sheds a light on the terrible travel advice you should never follow, and elaborates on those with 20 short stories of her own travel experiences ignoring that very same advice.
One reader on GoodReads wrote “ I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to travel and is going to travel soon in order to see that delays and bumps in the road can be a rewarding experience as well.”
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Anyone who’s ever had experience with online dating will enjoy reading the hilarious My Favorite Half-Night Stand. It tells the story of Millie, a UC Berkley professor and 4 of her friends, who attempt to find partners through an online dating platform. While her friends succeed in find what they’re looking for, Millie is unfortunately overwhelmed with bad experience after another. Enter the kinship she starts to develop with one of her closest friends…with the help of a fake dating profile.
In the words of a reader on GoodReads “If a book could just be refreshing for mind and soul, this would be it. My Favorite Half-Night Stand by writing duo Christina Lauren is funny, light-hearted, filled with loveable characters, and charming.”
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