Bookmark 02/2023

What We Loved
Recommendations from our book experts.
Jane, Stauffacher Bern
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An incredibly entertaining and
well-written novel about a woman in
science in the 1960s, working in a very
male-dominated environment. Elizabeth
Zott is a great chemist, but is the world of
science ready for her? Elizabeth is not one
to allow a man to stand in her way, so when
she is fired from her job for getting pregnant
and left as a single mother, her determination
to succeed only grows stronger.
An incredible story of a woman following
her passion. A charming, enlightening and
undeniably feminist tale set in mid-century
America.
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Penguin, CHF 18.90
Tashina, Stauffacher Bern
This book is a piece of art that should
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be put in a museum. Henry and Alex
are such multilayered characters whose
relationship is crafted perfectly; I was rooting
for them! This novel will make you cry,
laugh, and believe in true love. The story is
heart-warming and unforgettable, it will
stay in your heart forever.
Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, Macmillan, CHF 18.90
Johanna, Orell Füssli Basel
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You don’t have to be a gamer to love
this book! You don’t even have to know
anything about games to be able to immerse
yourself in the world of Sam and Sadie:
two kids who connect over a game of Super
Mario and then go on to design highly
successful games themselves. Spanning 30
years, this is a story of success and failure,
friendship and deceit, love and tragedy, and
the ever-redemptive possibilities in playing
games. Simply brilliant!
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,
and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, CHF 18.90
Elena, Orell Füssli Kramhof
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I can’t and won’t stop recommending this
book! I laughed, I cried, and I fell in love
with the characters. So far my favourite
read this year.
Happy Place
Emily Henry, Viking, CHF 24.90
Dagmar, Orell Füssli Thun
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Set in 1975 Ireland during the
Troubles, Trespasses evolves around two
significant aspects of the life of Cushla, a
young Catholic teacher who lives with her
alcoholic mother in a small working-class
town near Belfast. In one story, she falls for
Michael, a much older, married, Protestant
barrister. In the second, we follow Cushla’s
involvement in the home life of Davy, one
of her young pupils who is bullied. From
the very beginning, I felt sure both stories
would find no happy ending. Yet this book
is so tenderly written, full of detail and
compassion for its characters and for the
special place and time they live in, that it
wouldn’t let me go, even after I had finished
reading it. Kennedy’s wonderful, complex
debut novel is now shortlisted for the Women’s
Prize for Fiction 2023.
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Trespasses
Louise Kennedy, Bloomsbury Publishing, CHF 18.90
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Livia, Orell Füssli Airport Center
Monika, Orell Füssli Wil
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Brutal, feminist, different. Full of
A mysterious shipping container is
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magic and dark reality. A book that portrays
women, their freedom, their destiny,
their daily struggle, and their beauty in a
way you’ve never read before.
discovered at the port of Norrtälje. Once the
container is opened, nothing is the same:
for no apparent reason, people become
aggressive and violent.
This extraordinary horror story explores
Who Fears Death
Nnedi Okorafor, HarperCollins Publishers UK, CHF 18.90
how fear can turn “good” people into monsters.
A compelling read that really got me
thinking.
Jennifer, Orell Füssli Bellevue
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A wonderfully weird and wacky tale
that is beautifully and touchingly told. K.
Wilson shows how any trauma can be overcome
with enough love, understanding,
patience, and compassion.
Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, HarperCollins Publishers US, CHF 19.90
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The Kindness
John Ajvide Lindqvist, Quercus, CHF 29.90
Nadine, Orell Füssli Kramhof
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A story about being in love in modern
London. It’s about the little joys in life, and
about finding your place in the world. It’s
fresh, intelligent, and honest. A new comfort
read, for sure.
Okay Days
Jenny Mustard, Hodder & Stoughton, CHF 29.90
Catherine
Gory and gothic, Anatomy is much
more than the “love story” the subtitle
promises. Clearly inspired by Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein but written in a pacy,
modern style, it’s a brilliant read for teens
and adults with a taste for the Romantic era.
I can’t wait to read the second part!
Anatomy
Dana Schwartz, Little, Brown, CHF 18.90
Glòria, Orell Füssli Bellevue
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These psychological portraits throw
a very revealing light on the intimate
thoughts of the characters and illustrate
with unapologetic rawness what it means
to be a woman today – the pressure, the
expectations, the challenges, and the glory
of it all. Thought-provoking, fascinating,
and radically brilliant.
Ghost Lover
Lisa Taddeo, Bloomsbury Publishing, CHF 18.90
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