We asked BGS Support staff to share their favourite reads and authors - Why not add one or two to your Must Reads list?
MS WALTERS
CURRENTLY READING
'Why Did You Lie?'
Yrsa Sigurdardottir
FAVOURITE AUTHORS
Roald Dahl, Graeme Greene, Charles Dickens, Sieg Larsson and several Nordic Noir authors, James Michener
RECOMMENDED READING
The Evangeline - D W Buffa
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
All the light we cannot see - Anthony Doer
The light between oceans - M L Stedman
FAVOURITE AUTHORS
Stephen King
RECOMMENDED READING
The Diary of Anne Frank
MS EWART
CURRENTLY READING
'2.a.m. at The Cat's Pajama's'
by Marie-Helene Bertino
FAVOURITE AUTHORS
Tim WInton
Liane Moriarty
Geraldine Brooks
RECOMMENDED READING
Three Cups of Tea by David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson; A Million Little Pieces by James Frey and Rodrigo Corral; A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry & All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
MS HARDY
FAVOURITE AUTHORS
Jeffrey Archer, Tom Clancy, Wilbur Smith, Ken Follett, Bryce Courtenay, L.M,Montgomery
RECOMMENDED READING
When the Crow Flies - Jeffrey Archer
Anne of Green Gables - L.M.Montgomery
MS BREEN
CURRENTLY READING
'Eggshell Skull'
by Bri Lee
'Boy Swallows Universe'
Trent Dalton
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RECOMMENDED READING
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon; Journey to the Stone Country by Alex Miller; Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman; A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.
FAVOURITE AUTHORS
Colm Toibin; Ann Patchett; Anne Tyler; Margaret Attwood; Pat Barker; Alexander McCall Smith; Penelope Lively; Julian Barnes; Ian McEwan
MS GILMORE
CURRENTLY READING
'Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal'
by Jeanette Winterson
FAVOURITE AUTHORS
Isabel Allende
Margaret Attwood
Jane Austin
Peter Carey
Colette
Simone de Beauvoir
Daphne du Maurier
Gabriel García Márquez
Henry Miller
Rohinton Mistry
Anais Nin
Vladimir Nabokov
Michael Ondaatje
Jean Rhys
Vikram Seth
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
John Steinbeck
Tim Winton
RECOMMENDED READING
Too many to list but when I finished 'A Suitable Boy' I felt bereft as though I'd lost a close circle of friends. Also loved 'A Fine Balance' by Rohinton Mistry - one of the most brilliant books I've ever read. Particular inclination towards Indian authors.
Bruce Pascoe’s wonderful book Dark Emu. Hiss passion and research were inspiring and impressive.
MR SELF
CURRENTLY READING
'The Rembrandt Affair'
Daniel Silva
FAVOURITE AUTHORS
John Grisham ,Lee Child, Tom Clancy, Patricia Cornwell
RECOMMENDED READING
Any from the authors above.
MS POWER
CURRENTLY READING
'The Botanist's Daughter'
Kayte Nunn
FAVOURITE AUTHORS
Too many to list but I am partial to Australian authors.
RECOMMENDED READING
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, Underworld by Don Delillo, Collected Stories by Flannery O'Connor & A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan