2023 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Books
Have you managed to read all of SMSA’s most popular books? Discover our Top 10 most borrowed titles for 2023, in our Year in Review…
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2023 Year In Review: SMSA’s Top 10 Mysteries
Mystery & Crime lovers abound at SMSA, so we have highlighted the top books from that genre this year. Which have you read? We hope…
All The Broken Places by John Boyne
When does guilt by association end? In this heart-wrenching sequel to The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, 91 year old Gretel Fernsby has been running…
Shanghai Grand by Taras Grescoe
Shanghai Grand by Taras Grescoe traces the city and lives of the predominant Europeans settled there from the early 1930’s to the present day.
Ladies in Black by Madeleine St John
This 2018 re-release of Ladies in Black by Madeleine St John commences with a gently humorous introduction by Bruce Beresford,
Author Review: Robert Van Gulik
True to its mantra, the SMSA Library holds a number of out-of-print works by mystery and crime authors including Robert Van Gulik
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth is not your average fractured fairytale, despite retelling the familiar story of Rapunzel.
A Fortunate Life by A B Facey
Despite the massive deprivations he suffered, A B Face considered his ‘A Fortunate Life’
Lost in Time by A. G. Riddle
When his daughter is falsely accused of murder, Sam accepts the chargers instead. But in the future, murderers aren’t sent to prison. They’re sent to…
Normal People by Sally Rooney
So many people really liked Normal People by Sally Rooney…I’m not so enamoured!
Author Review: Robert Van Gulik
Author Review: Robert Van Gulik follows the main character Judge Dee, who is based on a real statesman and detective Di Renjie, who lived in…
