Desert Island Reads
Our thanks to those who were able to join us for our SLAV online Book Club on Thursday October 14th, 2024, to discuss the topic: Desert Island Reads.
We asked our members to share their favorite Desert Island Reads. Contributed titles are split into Picture Books, Middle Grade Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Adult Fiction.
Many thanks to Deb at The Younger Sun who is an invaluable resource, providing many recommendations. The staff at The Younger Sun are incredibly knowledgeable, and would be happy to help you with any book-buying needs!
Disclaimer: The lists generated as a result of Book Club discussions are not, by any means, an exhaustive list of all titles or authors for each genre/category discussed. Nor will all titles be suitable for all libraries. We advise staff discretion when referencing these lists, to properly confirm individual title suitability for individual libraries, school and student’s needs. These are suggested titles only, shared by our members and inclusion on, or exclusion from, a list does not suggest SLAV endorsement or rejection of a title.
Picture Books
Animalia – Graeme Base
Middle Grade Books
The Midwatch – Judith Rossell
Landovel series – Emily Rodda
The 113th Assistant Librarian – Stuart Wilson
When we were very young – A A Milne
Young Adult Books
Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy – Laini Taylor
Any book by Terri Terry
Adult Books
Juice – Tim Winton
The Season – Helen Garner
The Burrow – Melanie Cheng
Spark of the Everflame – Penn Cole
The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
I Am Scrooge : A Zombie Story for Christmas – Adam Roberts
Playground – Richard Powers
The Red Tent – Anita Diamant
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
The Dune series – Frank Herbet
The Lord of the Rings Series – J R R Tolkien
Remembrance of things past – Marcel Proust
Les Miserables – Victor Hugo
Books by Edward Rutherfurd
Non-Fiction Books
The Australia Survival Guide – George Ivanoff
Strife – Mia Freeman (previously published a Work Strife Balance)
Australian Gospel – Lech Blaine
Car Crash – Lech Blaine
A Place For Everything : The Curious History of Alphabetic Order – Judith Flanders
An Atlas
The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J Jacobs
The Dreaming Path: Indigenous Thinking to Change Your Life – Paul Callaghan