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#FictionFriday: Our New Books

Welcome to Fiction Friday, that very special day every week when we talk about all things fiction; from what our Yeovil College community like to read to our favourite (and worst) characters, books and cakes.


This week we're waiting for our new batch of willing staff to finish filling out their Fiction Friday questionnaires for our enjoyment.
Apparently not everyone immediately knows which literary character they'd like to date (I know, right?!) so we're practicing patience and instead we're greedily eyeing up all the new fiction in the Learning Centre and thinking we should probably share the wealth.


At Yeovil College, alongside our brilliant academic library resources, including a plethora of academic books, journals, e-books, databases and more, we also have a delightful fiction selection, situated to the right of the main desk, past our group seating area.


We have a large selection of fiction in a variety of genres, types and flavours. We also have a biography section, our Quick Reads collection and our store of book club reads past and present, which are available to borrow. We also have our Nook e-readers which have many accessibility and productivity tools and settings, and come pre-packed with excellent novels.


So what's in our fiction section?


We try and pick a selection of literary award winners and bestsellers, the most important and popular YA fiction, bestselling genre fiction and key authors or titles.


We also have a number of fiction books, particularly classics but also including poetry, plays, contemporary fiction and a range of titles which are stored with our main collection. These can be located by searching the catalogue and locating the unique Dewey code reference. Our friendly neighbourhood library staff are always happy to help too.


So here's some of our new fiction titles!  Click the title to access the book in our catalogue. You can reserve titles using your ID card number and logging in.


Literary Fiction:


Naomi Alderman - The Power


Margaret Atwood - Hagseed


Lisa McInerney - The Glorious Heresies


Curtis Sittenfeld - Eligible


Zadie Smith - Swing Time


Anne Tyler - Vinegar Girl


Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad


Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life


Genre:


Action/Adventure:


Andy McNab - The New Enemy


Romance:


Trisha Ashley - A Winter's Tale


Cathy Bramley - The Plumberry School of Comfort Food


Kate Morton - The Lake House


Jojo Moyes - After You




Crime/ Thriller:


Helen Callaghan - Dear Amy


Louise Doughty - Apple Tree Yard


Robert Galbraith - Career of Evil


Cass Green - In A Cottage, In A Wood


Shari Lapena - The Couple Next Door


Clare Mackintosh - I See You


John Marrs - The One




Graphic Novels:


Jason Aaron - Skywalker Strikes


Akira Himekawa - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess


Greg Rucka et al. - Wonder Woman




Horror:


Stephen King - It




Science Fiction & Fantasy:


Joe Abercrombie - Half A King


Victoria Aveyard - Red Queen


Leigh Bardugo - Shadow and Bone


Ransom Riggs - Library of Souls




Young Adult (YA):


Charlie Anders - All The Birds In The Sky


Sarah Crossman - One


Karen M. McManus - One of Us is Lying


Meredith Russo - If I Was Your Girl


Angie Thomas - The Hate You Give

Quick Reads:


Mark Billingham - Cut Off


Harry Bingham (ed) - Dead Simple: eight killer reads from eight bestselling authors.


Fern Britton -  The Great Cornish Getaway


Agatha Christie - The Double Clue and other Poirot Stories


Tammy Cohen - Clean Break


Rowan Coleman - Looking for Captain Poldark


Jenny Colgan - A Very Distant Shore


Amanda Craig - The Other Side of You


Kit De Waal - Six Foot Six


Vaseem Khan - Inspector Chopra and the Million Dollar Motor Car


Dorothy Koomson - The Beach Wedding


Andy McNab - On The Rock




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