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Browse the books our wonderful staff have been enjoying. New titles are added each week, and you can read more about them on our blog.

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Friday Barnes 10: Undercover

R.A. Spratt

Trouble on the Arctic tundra!   

$16.99

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Clarke

Holly Throsby

A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley.

$32.99

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A Fairly Honourable Defeat

Iris Murdoch

In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring…

$29.99

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The Marriage Portrait

Maggie O'Farrell

Set at the heart of the treacherous political world of the Italian Renaissance, this is the masterful story of a young woman’s battle for her very survival, written with all…

$32.99

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Cain’s Jawbone: A Novel Problem

Ernest Powys Mathers

The world’s most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle

$21.99

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King & Godfree: The Corner Grocer

Michael Harden

Through stories, recipes and insider knowledge about great ingredients, The Corner Grocer creates an intricate portrait of King & Godfree, one of the oldest, continuously-operating grocery stores in Australia...

$59.99

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The Passion of Private White

Don Watson

From the bestselling author of The Bush, the story of a fifty-year relationship between a Vietnam veteran and a remote Aboriginal tribe: a miniature epic of human adaptation, suffering and…

$49.99 $19.99

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Less is Lost

Andrew Sean Greer

The new novel from the author of Less, the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and an international bestseller

$29.99

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The Successor

Paddy Manning

The first major biography of Lachlan Murdoch, one of the world’s most powerful and enigmatic people - an epic saga of ruthless power plays and family battles.

$36.99

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The Jammer

Nova Weetman

From the bestselling, award-winning author of Sick Bay and The Secrets We Keep, a powerful, life-affirming middle grade novel about grief and roller derby.

$16.99

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The Long Answer

Anna Hogeland

A young woman gathers intimate stories about pregnancy, motherhood, and the nature of female relationships, in this profound and provocative novel.

$40.99

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Lune

Kate Reid

The debut cookbook from Lune, a world-renowned croissant bakery in Australia.

$60.00

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Loveland

Robert Lukins

Compelling, compassionate and profoundly moving, this new novel by the acclaimed author of The Everlasting Sunday confirms Robert Lukins as one of our finest writers.

$32.99

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Dusty in the Outwilds

Rhiannon Williams

An enchanting new adventure. An unforgettable land. And the perfect read for young fans of Ottilie Colter, by beloved Australian author Rhiannon Williams.

$42.99

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A Walk in the Dark

Jane Godwin

A gripping and suspenseful rite-of-passage novel about five teenagers and one night that will change them all, from award-winning author Jane Godwin.

$16.99

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Either/Or

Elif Batuman

A pitch perfect encapsulation of one young woman's quest for self-knowledge, as she travels abroad and tests the limits of her newfound adulthood.

$22.99

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On the Line: Notes from a Factory

Joseph Ponthus

A multi-award-winning French bestseller that brings poetry to the factory floor

$32.99

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Love on the Brain

Ali Hazelwood

The irresistible new novel from the author of the TikTok sensation, Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller The Love Hypothesis.

$22.99 $13.99

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What We Owe the Future: The Million-Year View

William MacAskill

We are remarkably early in the story of human civilisation.

$45.99

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Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending

Jodi McAlister

Jodi McAlister’s sparkling campus novel is a rom-com about friendship, authenticity, and all the ways we perform ourselves … and the preciousness of those moments when all artifice falls away.

$38.99

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The Chronic Pain Couple: How to be a joyful partner & have a remarkable relationship in spite of chronic pain

Karra Eloff

Maintaining joy and a fulfilling relationship while coping with chronic pain is a struggle faced by millions of people today. Australian health entrepreneur Karra Eloff has drawn on academic research…

$39.99

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Still Stuck

Shinsuke Yoshitake

A hilarious picture book about what happens when a little boy gets stuck in his clothes

$17.99

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Angel Creek

Sally Rippin

Jelly is only happy up in the branches of the old apricot tree and by the creek at the back of the house. One night, Jelly and her cousins spot…

$16.95

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