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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Discover new nonfiction books at Readings, with biography, memoir, essays and analysis.
Russ Radcliffe
The year in politics as observed by Australia's funniest and most perceptive political cartoonists.
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Ross Garnaut
A new path for Australia, as laid out by eminent economist and author of the bestselling Superpower
John Safran
Australia's most intrepid Jew finds out just how precarious identity can be.
Rick Morton
From award-winning journalist and writer Rick Morton comes Mean Streak, the gripping, utterly compelling and horrifying story of how, over the course of four and a half years, Australia's government…
Luke Stegemann
The miraculous story of Madrid - how a village became a great world city
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Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough
Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully…
Barbara Kingsolver
The debut work by bestselling author of Demon Copperhead: a true story of female-led resilience during the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 - now available for the first…
John Brumby, Scott Hamilton, Stuart Kells
An inside look at effective policy making, realised through hard-won public policy battles
Ta-Nehisi Coates
With his bestseller, Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates established himself as a unique voice in his generation of American authors; a brilliant writer and thinker in the tradition…
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Guy de la Bedoyere
A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire
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Andrea di Robilant
The fascinating story of the Venetian who helped to map the World during the Renaissance, by the author of A Venetian Affair and Autumn in Venice.
Xavier Fowler
The historical conquest that shaped the modern AFL
James Muldoon, Mark Graham, Callum Cant
The first book to tell the stories of the army of underpaid and exploited workers powering artificial intelligence, Feeding the Machine tells the story of a global technology through the…
Josh Bornstein
Josh Bornstein asks how our major corporations have come to exercise repressive control over the lives of their employees, and explores what can be done to repair the greatest threat…
Gareth Gore
A thrilling expose recounting how members of Opus Dei - a secretive, ultra-conservative Catholic sect - pushed its radical agenda within the Church and around the globe, using billions of…
Dava Sobel
Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science – and the untold story of…
Timothy Snyder
An urgent and masterly exploration of freedom - by the acclaimed, bestselling author of On Tyranny
Mensun Bound, Mark Frary
An awe-inspiring deep-dive into the treasures found on the sea floor and what they reveal about our past.
Ben Shewry
An intimate, searing and hopeful memoir meets manifesto that reframes the way we think about restaurants, cooking, hospitality, leadership and humanity from one of the most respected chefs in the…
Malcolm Gladwell
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and…
Dominic Knight
A compendium of crapulous concepts from absinthe to zorbing
Jan Gradvall, Sarah Clyne Sundberg (trans.)
With exclusive band interviews and over a decade of deep research, in Melancholy Undercover, renowned music journalist Jan Gradvall explores the secret to ABBA's success.
Jay Rayner
A memoir-in-recipes inspired by Jay Rayner's quarter of a century at the table, recreating dishes he has loved from high-end restaurants, high street grills, and everything in between
Bob Woodward
Chosen by WATERSTONES as one of their BEST POLITICS BOOKS of 2024
Two-time Pulitzer prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars - Ukraine, the Middle…
Olivia Laing
From one of our most original contemporary voices, The Garden Against Time is an inventive and deeply felt exploration of the long dream of a shared Eden, a common paradise.
Julian Baggini
An exploration of how we grow, make, buy and eat our food around the world that proposes a global philosophy of food; from the Sunday Times bestselling author of How…
Jimmy Barnes
The new book from Jimmy Barnes, the award-winning author of the number-one bestsellers Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time
Terry Deary
From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories, this is a witty, whistlestop tour through the history of Britain (for grown ups).
David Grossman
A hundred and fifty years of conflict. What does that do to a person's soul, to the spirit of a nation? To both the occupied and the occupier?
Ivan Cleary
How connection and courage teach us to win - an NRL leadership story, from the history-making coach who pulled off the impossible to inspire, mentor and lead a grassroots club…
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Stephen Fry
Odyssey is the story of Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, on his way home from fighting in the Trojan War. His journey takes ten years - on the high…
Gina Chick
Gina Chick, the inaugural winner of Alone Australia, tells the story of her extraordinary, indomitable life in one of the most powerful, moving memoirs you will ever read.
The epic FINAL chapter to Stephen Fry's outstanding retellings of the Greek Myths
Rick Astley
The official autobiography from singer, songwriter and musician Rick Astley.
Bill Bailey
In his first memoir, beloved comedian and national treasure Bill Bailey shares stories of his life - and the animals he's met along the way.
Florence Given
From the bestselling, record-breaking author Florence Given a fully illustrated guide on how to fall in love with your life
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (illus.)
From the author of the #1 bestselling Born a Crime comes an illustrated fable for all ages.
Noni Hazlehurst
An icon. A household name. One of our best-loved actors. Noni Hazlehurst is finally telling a story of her own.
Kasey Chambers
A book of inspirational stories drawn from Kasey Chambers' life and remarkable music career.
Jeanine Leane (ed.), Ellen van Neerven (ed.)
A ground-breaking essay collection that shifts the shape of what First Nations writing can be and do in Australia today
Georgia Grace
Get out of your head and into your body.
Jessica Friedmann
A poetic new essay collection in which the symbols of the tarot brush up against life in a changing world.
Vanessa Turnbull-Roberts
A blockbuster memoir from one of Australia's most powerful voices, Long Yarn Short is the incredible story of a young woman's journey - from being stolen from her family as…
G.T Karber
The Murdle puzzle phenomenon comes to Australia with fifty new mysteries that challenge you to find whodunit, where and why!
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Clare Wright
In this engaging narrative, Wright follows the story of petitions on bark created by the Yirrkala community in Arnhem Land in 1963, protesting bauxite mining on traditional lands.
Isabella Hammad
An outstanding and moving essay on the Palestinian struggle, Edward Said and the power of narrative
Vicki Valosik
From vaudeville tank shows to the Olympic arena, a ground-breaking history of how women found synchronicity-and power-in water
Virginia Trioli
A Bit on the Side is an ode to joy, filled with wisdom, stories, memories and recipes, all told with Virginia's renowned insight and wicked sense of humour. This is…
