Not unexpectedly, given it's meteoric rise at the end of May only a week after publication, our top seller for June was All Fours by Miranda July. Part absurd entertainment, part tender reinvention of the sexual, romantic and domestic life of a 45-year-old female artist, All Fours transcends expectations while excavating our beliefs about life lived as a woman. Our reviewer says, 'All Fours is not for the faint heart or the closed mind, but thank goodness because July…

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Looking for something juicy to discuss in your book club? Try one of these new releases, chosen by our booksellers to provide plenty to talk about, and to appeal to a wide range of readers.

Australian fiction

Jade and Emerald by Michelle See-Tho

Lei Ling Wen is lonely. Bored of her demanding after-school schedule of tuition, study and violin lessons, she struggles to see eye to eye with her strict Chinese-Malaysian mother. When Lei Ling is befriended by elegant, worldly…

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It's a good time to be a fan of literary retellings of Greek mythology. Which is to say, it's a good time to be me. Over the past couple of years, writers have been delving into the classic stories of the Trojan War, the Odyessey and the gods of Mount Olympus to produce some truly excellent works of fiction, and I have been hoovering them up as fast as they can be released. Here are just some of the more…

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It has been a very exciting first half of the year in our industry and we have been privileged to read some amazing books. From unforgettable memoirs and insightful investigations to highly imaginative novels encompassing reinvention, history, crime, gastronomy, and more, we've highlighted a few of our favourites.

All Fours by Miranda July

A semi-famous artist announces her plan to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Thirty minutes after leaving her husband and child at home, she spontaneously exits the…

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If you’ve ever been scrolling through a list of book recommendations online, or even stumbled upon a romance reader’s Bookstagram account, it’s highly likely that you would have seen the name Emily Henry before.

Personally, I like to call her the Queen of Romance, though others prefer the term ‘New York Times Bestselling Author’. With a wide range of titles such as Beach Read, You and Me on Vacation, and much more, it’s guaranteed that you will have…

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Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.

Baz Ozturk is reading Verdigris by Michele Mari, translated by Brian Robert Moore

Michele Mari, recognised in Italy as one of the country’s great living writers, was translated into English for the first time in 2023 with his story collection You, Bleeding Childhood, which I really enjoyed. I was charmed by Mari’s warmth, cleverness and offbeat sensibility, so when his novel Verdigris came out recently, I pounced…

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Do you associate fantasy with epic wizard battles, dragons breathing walls of fire, and hazardous quests through dangerous lands? Then you need to discover cosy fantasy – where the stakes are low, the worlds are whimsical and the stories are sweet.

Cosy fantasy is an increasingly popular genre, with more and more new books focusing on feel-good stories rather than grand (and sometimes torturous) epics. This collection of cosy favourites includes stories of self-discovery, romance, fresh starts and found family…

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If you're looking for a reprieve from queer stories that end in tragedy, look no further. Here's a selection of titles with a diverse array of LGBTQIA+ characters, telling a wide array of stories, that will all leave you feeling a bit more hopeful than when you started.

The Performance by Claire Thomas

The house lights lower.

The auditorium feels hopeful in the darkness.

As bushfires rage outside the city, three women watch a performance of a Beckett play.

Margot…

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This month we're reading fiction translated from: Dutch, French, Italian and Japanese!

The Hairdresser's Son by Gerbrand Bakker

translated from Dutch by David Colmer

Simon never knew his father, Cornelis. When his wife told him she was pregnant, Cornelis packed his bags, and a day later he was dead. Or everyone assumed he was dead; after all, he was on the passenger list of the KLM plane that crashed in Tenerife in 1977.

Simon is a hairdresser, just like his…

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Each week our wonderful staff share the books that they've been enjoying.

Emma Clarke is reading A Shining by Jon Fosse and The Passion According to G.H. By Clarice Lispector

I've been reading A Shining and The Passion According to G.H., both of which are fantastic! I've paired these books together as they are both books that get at that great Kafkian quote: 'I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound us…

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