Suggested summer read list - from those you can trust…your hiking buddies 😉

Put your feet up and relax - grab your favourite snack and have some armchair adventurous fun with these suggestions…

‘Horse’ by Geraldine Brooks Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred, Lexington, who became America's greatest stud sire, Horse is a gripping, multi-layered ...

‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig

Louise Theroux Biography

‘Banished Beyond the Seas’ by Sue Cox …a saga of a women sent to Van Diemen’s land and how she survived and succeeded

‘The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ by Rachel Joyce-The odyssey of a simple man, original, subtle and touching set in the country side of England

‘Treeline’ by Ben Rawlence…A ground-breaking and beautifully written investigation into the Arctic Treeline with an urgent environmental message

‘The Yield’ by Tara June Winch

‘The Wife and the Widow’ by Christian White

‘The Nowhere Child’ by Christian White …A Thriller of psychological suspense about a woman uncovering devastating secrets about her family—and her very identity…

‘Wish You Were Here’ Jodi Picoult …Weaving together family, loss, identity, ambition, and the changes wrought by COVID on the world

‘With My Little Eye’ by Sandra Logan …a poignant and very funny account of a peculiar childhood in 1950s suburban Australia

From Snow to Ash by Anthony Sharwood- solitude, soul-searching and survival on Australia’s toughest hiking trail- the AAWT

It Ends with Us by Collen Hoover-A bold and deeply personal story this is a heart-wrenching story and an unforgettable tale of love that comes at the ultimate price.

Limberlost by Robbie Arnott is an extraordinary chronicle of life and land: of carnage and kindness, blood ties and love.

Friends, Lovers and Big Terrible Things by Matthew Perry- great read for Friends fans

Seven Sister Series by Lucinda Riley -romance and adventure in 7 different countries and time

The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell- the story of unique and strong women in Italy

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams -follows Esme from her childhood in the 1880s, into adulthood at the height of the women's suffrage movement and the beginning of the First World War. This book is about women’s language, it’s use, how it’s been misrepresented, or even lost, because it is men who have decided what words are important and what their meanings are.

Too Much Lip by Meliisa Lucashenko is a dark comedy about ordinary people. Set in the fictional Australian town of Durrongo, stories of generations of an Aboriginal family living on Country are shared through a fast-paced plot.

This is going to Hurt by Adam Kay- is everything you wanted to know about being a junior doctor, and more than a few things you really didn't.

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern-A feast for the senses, a fantasia of magic, mischief and love, The Night Circus is an extraordinary blend of fantasy and reality that will dazzle readers young and old.

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern-You are invited to join Zachary on the starless sea- the home of storytellers, story-lovers and those who will protect our stories at all costs.

Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift-shows love, lust and ordinary decency straining against the bars of an unjust English caste system

Tattooist of Auschwitz Collection 3 Books Set By Heather Morris (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Cilka's Journey, Three Sisters)

Thirteen Ways of Looking by Colum McCann

The Mother by Jane Caro

The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan

Anything from Elizabeth Strout, Maggie O’Farrell Richard Osman