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Rachel Leary
Van Diemen’s Land, 1826. A desperate convict flees into the wilderness. But the land that hides her will show her no mercy. A brilliant literary debut from a writer of…
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Jock Serong
A literary novel about politics and seeking asylum, with the pace and tension of a political thriller. Plus some of the most compelling writing about the sea since Patrick O'Brian.
Jennifer Down
Pulse Points is the collected stories by Jennifer Down, author of Our Magic Hour and one of Australia’s newest and most promising literary talents.
Anna George
A gripping, atmospheric novel from the acclaimed author of What Came Before that asks: how much should you do to help a stranger’s child?
Niccolo Ammaniti,Jonathan Hunt
The extraordinary new dystopian novel from the author of the international bestseller I’m Not Scared
Tony Jones
Terrorism, politics and betrayals collide in this unputdownable, fast-paced thriller.
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Kim Scott
From the two-times winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, comes a work charged with ambition and poetry, brutality and mystery about a young woman cast into a drama that…
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Rose Michael
'Old magic and strange memories swirl through The Art of Navigation , as Elizabethan alchemy and the technologies of the future ingeniously intersect.' - Brenda Walker
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Rachel Matthews
A brave new novel that sensitively explores one woman's experience of sexual violence and the silencing of those who feel compelled to speak out.
Maile Meloy
First published in hardcover by Riverhead Books in 2017.
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Kelly Brooke Nicholls
A gripping novel that gives readers a rare glimpse into Colombia’s notorious drug wars, told by someone who knows the landscape intimately.
Daniel Kehlmann
A chilling story of marital struggle and psychological disturbance from a master of modern European literature
Tait, Kimberley
A witty, whimsical, dazzling debut novel, inspired by The Great Gatsby, about millennial bankers and bloggers grappling with success, authenticity, and reality in the digital age.
Terry McMillan
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things…
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Morgan Parker
‘This is a marvelous book. See for yourself. Morgan Parker is a fearlessly forward and forward-thinking literary star.’ Terrance Hayes Morgan Parker’s highly anticipated, fierce new collection of poetry uses…
Steven Lang
‘We have this idea we can live anywhere, that we make a choice, but it’s not true. There are places that are for you and places that aren’t. You can…
Pip Smith
A stunningly original debut novel inspired by the life of Eugenia Falleni.
Yuri Herrera
Beats, daggers, girls, and graft: can the Artist sing truth to power where a Mexican drug baron holds court?
Anosh Irani
The Parcel is the masterful new novel from acclaimed author Anosh Irani, and is a savage and beautifully rendered story about community, belonging, and the cheapness of human life.
Lang Leav
Sad Girls is the much anticipated debut novel from international best-selling author Lang Leav. A beautifully written and emotionally charged coming of age story, where young love, dark secrets, and…
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Hanif Kureishi,Hanif Kureishi
The Nothing is Hanif Kureishi’s powerful new work: a tense and captivating exploration of lust, helplessness, and deception.
Martin Duberman
A breathtaking historical novel that recreates the intimate milieu around Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm from 1907 through the 1930s, a period of great human suffering and destruction and also of enormous…
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Melanie Joosten
A heartrending portrait of how we rebuild when the worst has happened.
Sandra Leigh Price
Look first. Reach second. Vanish third.‘ London, 1825: Eglantine has always had an eye for the shine. Born the same day as the young princess destined to be…..
Alexis Jenni
Angry, dazzling and humane, The French Art of War is the Goncourt-winning novel about the intervals of peace and the moments of unspeakable savagery in French wars spanning half the…
Ben Hobson
The story of a young boy who has recently lost his mother, trying to make sense of the world of men and then embarking on a breathtaking adventure of his…
Wayne Macauley
It begins with the normally healthy Beth-aged-care worker, wife of David, mother of Lettie and Gem-feeling vaguely off-colour. A locum sends her to Dr Yi for some tests. ‘There are…
Daniel Findlay
Dystopian tale-telling at its absolute best. A worthy successor to The Chrysalids and Riddley Walker.‘ David Hunt (Girt, True Girt) 'The ravaged land and the….
Moira Burke
A powerful reflection of early 80s working-class Melbourne, Losing It is set in a time of tight jeans, blue eyeshadow and Countdown - and of risky underage sex and drugs
Beverley Farmer
This is likely to be the last work by Beverley Farmer, one of Australia’s great prose stylists, and a pioneer of women’s writing, in her exploration of feminine concerns, and…
Felicity Castagna
The new novel by Felicity Castagna, whose previous book, The Incredible Here and Now, won the 2015 Prime Minister’s Award for Young Adult Fiction and was shortlisted for the CBCA…
Harriette Arnow
An unknown American novel that deserves to be read. An epic masterpiece about an uneducated, rural woman who happens to be an artist - a sculptor of beautiful handmade dolls
Hwang Sok-Yong
Vibrant and enchanting, Familiar Things depicts a society on the edge of dizzying economic and social change, and is a haunting reminder to us all to be careful of what…
Sally Abbott
Conjuring a dark future for Australia, Closing Down gives us a glimpse into a world fractured by a financial crisis and the effects of global climate change. The inaugural winner…
Claire Corbett
Watching goes both ways… They watch for control, for survival, for pleasure. We watch for survival, for fear, for love. A contemporary thriller of rebellion and surrender, love and war.
Eva Hornung
From the author of the award-winning Dog Boy, a powerful literary work about frailty, redemption, and the healing power of animals.
Eric Campbell
From the bestselling author of Absurdistan, a hilarious tour through small but very strange places.
Andrea Molesini
Translation of: Non tutti i bastardi sono di Vienna.
Susan Perabo
In Why They Run the Way They Do, critically acclaimed author Susan Perabo illustrates the triumphs and tragedies of daily life. Perfectly distilled into moments of sharp humor and poignancy…
Sara Lovestam
When a bullied teenager bonds with an 89-year-old jazz musician a beautiful friendship begins in a novel that celebrates the power of music across generations.
Andrea Camilleri
Based on a true story, Camilleri’s gripping and richly imagined novel tells the story of a woman whose courage and political vision is tested at every step by misogyny and…
Patrick Cottrell
A darkly comic, barefaced and mesmerising exploration of grief, loss and identity by a sublimely talented young writer.
Vivienne Kelly
Funny, tender and savage, The Starlings is a wonderfully entertaining novel about secrets and defeat, about heroism and love, about what it might mean to lose everything.
Lutz Seiler,Tess Lewis
The lyrical, bestselling 2014 German Book Prize winner.
Sarah Schmidt
‘Eerie and compelling’ Paula Hawkins - See What I Have Done is a haunting retelling of the infamous Lizzie Borden murders from a dazzling debut novelist
Catherine McKinnon
An ambitious, remarkable and moving novel about who we are: our past, present and future, and our connection to this land.
Brian Castro
Blindness and Rage is a novel told in 34 cantos, somewhat in the manner of Pushkin’s great Russian novel in verse, Eugene Onegin. Castro’s hero…..
David Vann
A portrait of the life of one of ancient mythology’s most fascinating and notorious women, Medea. It brings you aboard the ship Argo for its epic return journey across the…
