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Jessica George
Hilarious, honest and heartbreaking, Maame is the most moving debut - and a heroine you'll never forget.
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Monica Heisey
One of the most hotly anticipated, hilarious and addictive debut novels of 2023, from Schitt's Creek and Workin' Moms screenwriter and electric new voice in fiction, Monica Heisey.
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Samantha Shannon
A return to the world of Samantha Shannon's Sunday Times and New York Times-bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree
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Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (trans.)
Radical, untamed, always unexpected: a thrilling, can't-look-away collection of stories from the author of the internationally bestselling phenomenon Convenience Store Woman
Jenny Jackson
A witty and wicked novel about New York's one percenters: their first loves, family feuds and the complexities of being human - even when you have everything.
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Elizabeth McCracken
A taut, groundbreaking new novel from bestselling and award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken, about a writer's relationship with her larger-than-life mother - and about the very nature of writing
Michelle Johnston
Miracles are notoriously unreliable. But sometimes, just when they're needed, they turn up - although not always in the form that we expect ...
Paul Harding
From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a profoundly moving story of an island refuge, and a community of outcasts living on borrowed time.
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Toni Jordan
A perfectionist's life unravels hilariously in this family comedy from the acclaimed author of Dinner with the Schnabels
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R.F. Kuang
An incendiary novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance.
Killing Moon Jo Nesbo, Sean Kinsella (trans.)
Brand-new Detective Harry Hole thiller. This killer will get inside your head... and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
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Bret Easton Ellis
A sensational new novel from the bestselling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer…
Makoto Shinkai, Naruki Nagakawa (trans.), Ginny Tapley Takemori (trans.)
The Japanese and Times bestseller, now in gifty gold-foiled paperback with flaps, including irresistible inside illustrations
Vasily Grossman, Robert Chandler (trans.), Elizabeth Chandler (trans.)
Vasily Grossman’s third great war novel, written before Life and Fate and Stalingrad
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Emma Donoghue
A story of survival set in 600 AD Ireland; a parable of patriarchy, destruction and religion at sea, by Emma Donoghue, the bestselling author of Room.
Alan Moore
In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work and features many never-before-published pieces Alan Moore, presents nine stories full of wonder and strangeness, each taking us…
Paul Dalgarno
An astonishingly inventive, playful, witty, poignant and deeply moving novel from one of Australia's most exciting writers.
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Namwali Serpell
A powerful new novel about grief and mourning from the acclaimed and prize-winning author of The Old Drift
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Yiyun Li
A propulsive, seductive new novel about friendship, exploitation and intimacy from the prize-winning author of Where Reasons End
Alex Miller
A moving novel about storytelling, about truths, and love, from twice Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller.
Kerryn Mayne
Kerryn Mayne's stunning debut is an irresistible novel that's both chilling and charming, suspenseful and uplifting. And, of course, simply unforgettable...
Gail Jones
Four historical figures cross paths amidst the chaos of war in this immersive and beautifully written novel by award-winning Australian author Gail Jones, now available in paperback
Jennifer Down
Jennifer Down cements her status as a leading light of Australian literary fiction in this heart-rending and intimate saga of one woman’s turbulent life
Victoria Hannan
A raw, powerful novel from the prize-winning author of Kokomo that exposes the ripple effect of grief.
Tess Gunty
A bitingly funny, razor-sharp debut about a motley assortment of residents in a crumbling apartment block.
Shehan Karunatilaka
An epic, searing satire by Sri Lanka’s coolest author.
Iain Reid
At once compassionate and uncanny, told in spare, hypnotic prose, Iain Reid’s genre-defying third novel explores questions of conformity, art, productivity, relationships, and what, ultimately, it means to grow old.
Kamila Shamsie
Maryam and Zahra.In 1988 Karachi, two fourteen-year-old girls are a decade into their friendship, sharing in-jokes, secrets and a love for George Michael. As Pakistan's dictatorship falls and a…
Lisa Taddeo
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Three Women and Animal comes an electric masterclass in short fiction
Elif Batuman
A pitch perfect encapsulation of one young woman's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood.
Akwaeke Emezi
Have you fallen for this Iinternational bestselling novelist's sizzling hot entrance into the world of romance?
Sloane Crosley
Lola is at a dinner with former colleagues when she excuses herself to buy a pack of cigarettes. On her way back, she runs into a former boyfriend. The next…
Jock Serong
A career-defining masterpiece by internationally award-winning Australian storyteller Jock Serong
