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Discover our latest new release fiction and nonfiction books.
Samantha Sotto Yambao
A young woman inherits a Tokyo pawn shop where you can sell your deepest regrets, sparking a dream-like and magical adventure: Before the Coffee Gets Cold meets Studio Ghibli.
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Mai Sennaar
Two dreamers. One love story. A world of sound,
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Ittay Flescher
When dehumanisation and destruction become the norm, the cycle must be broken.
Kylie Lee Baker
BAT EATER follows a biracial woman haunted by both her own inner trauma and hungry ghosts as she's entangled in a series of murders in NYC's Chinatown.
Yoko Tawada, Margaret Misutani (trans.)
The magical sequel to Scattered All Over the Earth, from the prize-winning Japanese author.
Lucille Shackleton
Are you ready to embrace a fresh perspective and redefine the way you approach love, sex and relationships?
Fred Mitchell
Retro Melbourne is a pictorial feast of rare images of the city, suburbs and country centres taken by photographer Fred Mitchell in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s.
Caroline Darian
An astonishingly brave and moving book from Caroline Darian, daughter of infamous Dominique Pelicot, detailing how her mother rebuilt her life as the world follows a trial that will go…
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Karissa Chen
An epic tale of one couple spanning decades as world events pull them together and apart
Pope Francis
The groundbreaking, intimate and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis.
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Holly Bourne
Big Little Lies meets Really Good, Actually in the incredible new novel from Holly Bourne - it's the book you'll want to read three times, then give to every woman…
Eva Menasse
A panoramic novel of European history, by an internationally bestselling writer.
Garth Greenwell
A medical crisis brings one man close to death – and to love, art, and beauty – in a profound and luminous novel by award-winning author Garth Greenwell.
Belinda Probert
A father presents as an English gentleman and war hero to his wife and subsequent children who catch up with the truth of the impoverished Welsh beginnings only after his…
Brooke Shields
From generational icon Brooke Shields comes an intimate and empowering exploration of ageing that flips the script on the idea of what it means for a woman to grow older
Shankari Chandran
A breathtaking thriller from the Miles Franklin Award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
Rebecca Heath
Three families united by a terrible event must survive a deadly wedding in this latest gripping thriller from international bestseller Rebecca Heath, author of The Summer Party and The Dinner…
Julie Smith
Million-copy bestselling psychologist Dr Julie is back with the book that will carry you through life's difficult moments
Laszlo Krasznahorkai, Ottilie Mulzet (trans.)
A masterpiece of form and fiction as one of our greatest living writers tackles our fears of environmental disaster.
Noam Chomsky, C. J. Polychroniou
A series of interviews with Noam Chomsky, the world's greatest living public intellectual, about the pressing issues of our time
In this illuminating collection of interviews, Noam Chomsky shares his…
Stella Rimington
A historic institution is hiding a very modern threat.
Bridget Hustwaite
A refreshingly honest and reassuring account of turning thirty, from the host of the Figuring Out 30 podcast and bestselling author of How to Endo.
Akira Shibutami (ed.), Wayne Crothers (ed.), Miranda Wallace (ed.)
Step into the world of Yayoi Kusama, the iconic Japanese artist. This publication draws on Kusama's remarkable oeuvre, showcased in the National Gallery of Victoria's (NGV) major exhibition Yayoi Kusama…
Catherine Jinks
Beloved author Catherine Jinks weaves a thrilling tale involving online stalking, right wing conspiracy theorists and a remote homestead in rural NSW.
Ronni Salt
Set deep in the heart of rural Australia during the era of Gough Whitlam, pub brawls and flared jeans, Gunnawah is a compulsive crime thriller of corruption, guns and drugs…
Saul Friedlaender
Searching reflections on the crisis in Israel and Gaza by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Holocaust
Hannah Tunnicliffe
A biting domestic noir, The Pool examines the enduring shrapnel of tragedy: if you witness the worst thing imaginable, how does it change you? Could it make you a murderer?
Victoria Vivente
A fun and super accessible personal finance title for total newbies, from financial coach and money expert, Victoria Vivente.
Hannah Richell
One night in the woods. A party gone wrong. A body discovered at sunrise.
Stuart Murdoch
The life-affirming debut novel by the Belle and Sebastian frontman.
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Dancing Snail, Clare Richards (trans.)
The charming Korean bestseller which highlights how resting and 'being lazy' shouldn't be seen as a weakness but as an important part of recharging.
Mark Smith
Mark Smith presents the ultimate moral dilemma in a breathtaking psychological thriller. Would you try to save them?
Various authors, Dame Quentin Bryce (foreword)
Prize-winning and highly commended stories from the 2024 Hope Prize, with judges including Dame Quentin Bryce, Dr Tony Birch and Julia Gillard.
Helen Garner
Garner's first new work in a decade is a tender portrayal of the relationship between grandmother and grandson, and of that moment on the cusp of adulthood when a boy…
Sara Haddad
Nabila Yasmeen is in her eighties. She lives alone with over a hundred plants that she keeps in pots because she can’t bear to put them in the ground. In…
Stan Grant
Stan Grant is talking to his country in a new way. In his most poetic and inspiring work yet, the Wiradjuri writer offers us a means of moving beyond the…
Lili Anolik
An outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work on the complicated relationship between Joan Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz.
Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (trans.)
The breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals, from the internationally bestselling author of 1Q84.
Janet Frame
The third novel by Janet Frame, one of New Zealand's foremost writers, The Edge of the Alphabet is a piercing, startlingly strange work about identity, the post-colonial experience and the…
Gu Byeong-mo, Chi-young Kim (trans.)
From the award-winning author of The Old Woman with the Knife comes the thought-provoking story of community and the cultural expectations of motherhood, through four women whose lives intersect in…
Dave Witty (ed.)
This unique collection of Australia's best new nature writing gathers together some of our most widely known and most original voices to reflect on our relationship with nature.
Iain Ryan
In a city gripped by recession and shattered by violent bank robberies, three lives collide in a web of corruption, ambition, and revenge.
Melanie Cheng
In her unforgettable new novel, Victorian Premier's Literary Award-winner Melanie Cheng has created this year's literary masterpiece.
Peter Ames Carlin
An electrifying cultural biography of the greatest American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation-and reasserted the power of rock and roll - by the New York…
Vigdis Hjorth, Charlotte Barslund (trans.)
NYPL's Best Books of 2024
A groundbreaking, potent novel about the destructive force of romantic love from award-winning writer Vigdis Hjorth
Sylvia Plath
The complete edition of Sylvia Plath's prose including much unpublished and previously uncollected material
Tomihiko Morimi, Emily Balistrieri (trans,)
In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy.
Claude Béata, David Watson (trans.)
A trail-blazing guide to feline mental health from a leading veterinary psychiatrist
