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Discover our latest new release fiction and nonfiction books.
Matthew Evans
A powerful, entertaining and, at times, eviscerating commentary on the most controversial of original superfoods.
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Petronella McGovern
From the bestselling author of Six Minutes and The Liars comes an unputdownable thriller about the secrets we keep from each other - and ourselves.
Jonny Sweet
The perfect country house crime novel: Knives Out in book form, packed with deadly charm.
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Judith Beveridge
Judith Beveridge’s much-anticipated new collection of poems, the first since her prize-winning new and selected, Sun Music, in 2018.
Lai Wen
A stunning, deeply moving autobiographical novel about growing up in Beijing in the 1970s and 80s and taking part in the Tiananmen Square protests.
Justine Champine
The captivating, atmospheric slow-burn debut thriller that everyone will be talking about. . . .
Paolo Bacigalupi
High renaissance politics, black vengeance and dragon magic, Navola is a towering fantasy landmark from the award-winning author of The Windup Girl.
Khuê Phạm, Daryl Lindsey (trans.), Charles Hawley (trans.)
A young woman, torn between two cultures, belonging to neither. A family, torn apart by a war they had no choice about.
Madison Newbound
A smart, savage and hilarious debut exploring love, sexuality, purpose and the delicious absurdities of online life
George Kouvaros
Is a patrimony something we inherit or something we create? Does it mark the continuation of the past or its disappearance?
Julia Phillips
A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unexpected visitor - a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in…
Chris Whitaker
A missing persons mystery, a serial killer thriller, and an epic love story - with a unique twist on each...
Matt Parker
Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi
Chelsey Goodan
A fresh, surprising, and empowering guide to better understanding teenage girls.
Lauren Elkin
The debut novel from the brilliant essayist, reviewer, cultural critic and author of Flaneuse
Adam Forrest Kay
An expert physicist argues for a revolutionary new understanding of quantum mechanics.
Neel Mukherjee
From Booker-shortlisted author Neel Mukherjee, a devastating new novel that exposes the myths of individual choice. How have we come to live this way? At what cost? Who pays the…
Layla Martinez, Sophie Hughes (trans.), Annie McDermott (trans.)
A dazzling horror-tinged debut novel from Spain set in a house haunted by shadows of the dead, for fans of Mariana Enriquez, Fernanda Melchor and Ottessa Moshfegh
Jane Sullivan
Inspired by real events and people, Murder in Punch Lane is a dark and gripping crime novel that maps the sins and secrets of nineteenth-century Melbourne
Lucy Foley
The brand new murder mystery thriller from the No. 1 bestselling author
Hiroko Oyamada, David Boyd (trans.)
A woman moves to live with her in-laws in the Japanese countryside in this haunting and surreal novel featuring a mysterious relative, an elusive hairy creature, and lots of strange…
Arundhati Roy
From the bestselling author of Azadi and My Seditious Heart, a piercing exploration of modern empire, nationalism and rising fascism that gives us the tools to resist and fight…
Suzi Ronson
From the stylist behind David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust look, an electrifying memoir taking readers behind the curtains during a legendary chapter of pop culture history.
Caroline Crampton
A fascinating and revelatory cultural history of hypochondria, from Hippocrates to wellness influencers - for fans of Andrew Solomon and Siddhartha Mukherjee
Julia Armfield
The bestselling author of Our Wives Under the Sea returns with a stunning, unsettling novel following three sisters navigating queer love and faith at the end of the world.
Tessa Morris-Suzuki
Australia's modern transformation as revealed through the life of an extraordinary woman
Georgi Gospodinov, Angela Rodel (trans.)
From the International Booker Prize-winning author of Time Shelter, this kaleidoscopic 'novel of beginnings' offers a portrait of a man who can wander uninvited into other people's memories
Alexandre Lefebvre
Why liberalism is all you need to lead a good, fun, worthy, and rewarding life—and how you can become a better and happier person by taking your liberal beliefs more…
Ram Murali
The White Lotus meets Knives Out meets Crazy Rich Asians in this devilishly entertaining debut novel.
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Joseph O'Neill
The return of Joseph O’Neill, with a story on the scale of the international phenomenon Netherland: the odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African…
Catherine Newman
One week in Cape Cod. The perfect family holiday. What could possibly go wrong...? From the author of We All Want Impossible Things, a raucously funny novel with an…
Kristina Ross
For readers of Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney, Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danler and Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, First Year is a deeply intelligent and insightful exploration of…
Mary McGlory
The little-known success story of four working class girls who formed 'the female Beatles' in 1960s Liverpool
Nanako Hanada, Cat Anderson (trans.)
A love story to climbing all the way down a book's rope, free diving to its bottom, and then resurfacing at its close, ready to breathe a different kind of…
Alyssa Huynh
This is a book for anyone who believes that racism has no place in Australia’s future and is ready to take action.
Tim Forcey
Everything you need to know to transform your home - old, new or rented - for an efficient, comfortable, cheaper electric future.
Clive Hamilton, George Wilkenfeld
Living Hot tells the blunt truth about our current climate change predicament: it’s time to get cracking on making Australia resilient to intensifying climate extremes.
Essie Chambers
What if the price of moving forward is losing the only family you've ever known?
Coco Mellors
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson
A memoir by an indigenous tribal leader in the Amazon, who fought Big Oil to preserve her tribe’s territories, and thousands of acres of pristine rainforest.
James Lee Burke
In the latest Robicheaux novel, Clete Purcel - veteran, private investigator, and former New Orleans cop - takes centre stage for the first time.
Bruce Pascoe
Imperial Harvest is a timely book that speaks to the universal lessons of war. It addresses pertinent themes of dispossession by tracing imperialist tactics all the way back to the…
Deborah Callaghan
When you are heading towards 40 and people start to notice you a little bit less, what do you do with your new powers of invisibility?
Chukwuebuka Ibeh
A stunning debut novel charting the coming-of-age of a young gay man in 2010s Nigeria, from a young rising star in literary fiction
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Josephine Quinn
The West, the story goes, was built on the ideas and values of Ancient Greece and Rome, which disappeared from Europe during the Dark Ages and were then rediscovered by…
Rachel Cusk
A path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author of the Outline trilogy.
Harvey Whitehouse
The ancient inheritance that made us who we are. The ancient inheritance that is now driving us to ruin.
Shirley Barrett
A witty and poignant final novel from acclaimed author and filmmaker Shirley Barrett about what destroys us, what sustains us, and what we carry from one world into the next.
