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Find your next read amongst these new Australian books, hot off the press!
Michelle de Kretser
One of the most anticipated literary releases of the year, this gripping novel changes the game on what fiction can be and do.
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Inga Simpson
A powerful literary page-turner about two young people in a race against time to reach a monumental solar eclipse, from famed Australian novelist Inga Simpson
Jacqueline Bublitz
The acclaimed author of Before You Knew My Name returns with another taut suspense thriller overlaid with a moving exploration of the ways in which violent crime ricochets through the…
Sun Jung
My Name Is Gucci is a charming novel about the relationships between pets and their owners and about how the past shapes the present.
David Dyer
Like the moon landing itself, a feat of enormous ingenuity imagining the lives of the Apollo mission heroes, and those on planet earth in the tumultuous 1960s.
Pip Drysdale
Sometimes dreams come true - but so do nightmares ... An electrifying, dark and twisty new thriller from the bestselling author of The Sunday Girl, The Strangers We Know…
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Lauren Keegan
An atmospheric, original, folkoric mystery set in a remote Lithuanian beekeeping community in the 16th century, from debut author Lauren Keegan. For fans of Hannah Kent's Burial Rites and Kate…
Robbie Arnott
In the distant highlands, a puma named Dusk is killing shepherds. Down in the lowlands, twins Iris and Floyd are out of work, money and friends. When they hear that…
Tim Winton
An epic novel of determination, survival, and the limits of the human spirit. This is Tim Winton as you’ve never read him before.
Rosalie Ham
With the dark humour, richly detailed settings and vividly drawn characters we've come to expect from Rosalie Ham, this prequel to the international bestseller The Dressmaker is an unforgettable story…
Sophie Beaumont
Spring in Paris … the perfect time to turn over a new leaf.
Emma Grey
The heartbreaking new novel from the Australian author who has won hearts the world over, for fans of David Nicholls and Jojo Moyes.
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Ann Liang
A love story that transcends time and place.
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Nikki Gemmell
An explosive, contemporary literary thriller from international bestselling author Nikki Gemmell - Wing is Lord of the Flies meets Picnic at Hanging Rock meets Promising Young Woman.
Alex Miller
A powerful and perceptive novel from two-time Miles Franklin Award winner Alex Miller.
Melanie Cheng
In her unforgettable new novel, Victorian Premier's Literary Award-winner Melanie Cheng has created this year's literary masterpiece.
Joanne Fedler
A touching, tender and lyrical fable about what we do for the ones we love, and the beauty and mystery of being alive in a world in which we are…
Zoë Foster Blake
Welcome to the hectic world of beauty and business in this highly relatable novel following a talented hair stylist turned entrepreneur juggling family dramas, workplace near-catastrophes and relationship crises. Things…
Emily Maguire
An imaginative and audacious historical novel from the best-selling author of Love Objects and An Isolated Incident.
Brian Castro
Abraham Quin is in his mid-seventies, a migrant, thrice-divorced, a one-time postman and professor, a writer now living alone in the Adelaide Hills. In The Chinese Postman he reflects on…
Matthew Hooper
Set between the wars, A Cold Season is rich in voice, character and landscape.
Chris Hammer
Nell Buchanan and Ivan Lucic are back - as Nell is thrown into her most emotionally fraught investigation yet.
Emily Tsokos Purtill
A woman in my village gave me four prophecies...they have all come true, so far. Sia is a young Greek woman who has emigrated from Greece to Perth, Western Australia…
Rose Carlyle
A wonderfully twisty and suspenseful novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Girl in the Mirror.
Nardi Simpson
From the award-winning author of Song of the Crocodile comes a lyrical and masterfully woven novel about women, creation, belonging and the precious fragility of a life.
Christian White
HUGE return from bestselling author Christian White, his twistiest thriller yet!
Patricia Wolf
A small mining community. A murderer at large. And a flood that has trapped them all.
Fiona McIntosh
The heart-stopping new historical adventure from the bestselling author of The Sugar Palace.
Di Morrissey
The 30th novel from Australia's favourite storyteller Di Morrissey - a story about friendship and what happens when dreams come true.
Dave Warner
A town full of crime and swamps full of crocodiles: Dan Clement has his hands full with a free-spirited new girlfriend and a secret that won't stay submerged for long.
Katerina Gibson
The debut novel from the multi-award winning author: six very different characters each have their lives altered by a tweet, a storm, a revelation - and a secret in one…
Alan Carter
A quest for the truth becomes a race for survival in this pacy new crime novel from award-winning author Alan Carter.
Rochelle Siemienowicz
One woman, two men. What if she doesn't have to choose?
Martine Kropkowski
A year after a tragic incident splintered their friendship, three women travel to Marcoy, a regional town, in attempt to reconnect.
Nina Kenwood
The sparkling, relatable, hilarious and sexy adult romantic comedy from the author of the much-loved It Sounded Better in My Head and Unnecessary Drama.
Jock Serong
From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful and deeply meaningful delight, a novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention.
Liane Moriarty
If you knew when you were going to die, what would you do differently?
Jumaana Abdu
Amid a series of personal disasters, Aliyah and her daughter, Sakina, retreat to rural New South Wales to make a new life. Aliyah manages to secure a run-down property and…
Tess Woods
Set over the twelve days of Christmas at a boutique Venice hotel, this deliciously twisty novel by acclaimed Australian author is ideal for fans of Nine Perfect Strangers and The…
Raeden Richardson
An electrifying debut from a young Indian-Australian writer, The Degenerates brims with vitality and humour.
Brooke Hardwick
In this spine-chilling gothic thriller, a woman on the brink travels to a remote writers’ retreat to uncover the secrets of her past and lands herself in a deadly situation…
Kylie Mirmohamadi
It's never too late to rewrite your own story.
Gail Holmes
Inspired by a real person, In the Margins is the story of spirited book-collector Frances Wolfreston—the woman who uniquely preserved the earliest part of Shakespeare’s legacy.
Karleah Olson
Shortlisted for the Fogarty Literary Award, this is a confronting and compelling read from the very first chapter.
Malcolm Knox
A tour de force set in 1938 Stalin Soviet Union, this chilling black comedy it is at once a satire and a thriller, a survivor's tale in which a father…
Suzy Garcia (ed.), Kill Your Darlings
New Australian Fiction showcases the strength and diversity of Australian short fiction at its best. Now in its sixth year, these stories will move, entertain and enlighten you.
Rodney Hall
A magisterial novel resonant with contemporary concerns, by one of Australia's foremost authors writing at the height of his ambition.
Stephen Downes
Mural is a haunting 'confession' by a psychopath known only as D. Held in a secure facility, he has been asked by his psychiatrist to write down his thoughts, admissions…
