Curl up with a good book during trimester break
Exams are wrapping up and the trimester is drawing to a close, but your library still has a lot to offer! Whether you are coming back for more study in T3 or you’re away from uni for the next few months, we recommend you don’t swear off books completely.
Did you know Deakin Library has a whole collection of great fiction and narrative nonfiction books at all four of our campuses? It’s called the Reading Nook, and we’ve highlighted some of the newest additions below. Visit the links to check them out, and happy leisure reading!
A touch of humour
Prick with a fork by Larissa Dubecki
Sissy: a coming-of-gender story by Jacob Tobia
Stay sexy and don’t get murdered by Georgia Hardstark and Karen Kilgariff
Good omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Change the world
No friend but the mountains by Behrouz Boochani
No one is too small to make a difference by Greta Thunberg
A mouth full of blood by Toni Morrison
Sand talk by Tyson Yunkaporta
Hint of the fantastic
The astonishing colour of after by Emily X.R. Pan
Legacy by Whiti Hereaka
Magic for liars by Sarah Gailey
The water dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Going international
Conversations with friends by Sally Rooney
The librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe
The night tiger by Yangsze Choo
The refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
A thrill to read
The girl in Kellers Way by Megan Goldin
Bird box by Josh Malerman
The scholar by Dervla McTiernan
The nickel boys by Colson Whitehead
Bonus recommendations
We now have all six of the incredible novels shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2019, including the joint winners: Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo and The Testaments by Margaret Atwood!
- Bernardine Evaristo: Girl, Woman, Other
- Margaret Atwood: The Testaments
- Lucy Ellmann: Ducks, Newburyport
- Chigozie Obioma: An Orchestra of Minorities
- Salman Rushdie: Quichotte
- Elif Shafak: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Trimester break library hours
Make sure you know how your campus library’s hours will change during the trimester break by checking our website or the library tab on DeakinSync.