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Flatiron Author to Be Revealed May 2025
Flatiron Book to be announced. Author TBD. On sale 2025.
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Flatiron Books nonfiction Fall 2023 on sale November 14
Now in its 40th edition, this title is a comprehensive and practical source of biographical information on the key personalities and organizations of the literary world, whether world-famous or lesser…
Rachel Kushner
From Rachel Kushner, Booker Prize finalist and two-time National Book Award finalist, comes a new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France
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Garry Disher
A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.
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Shelley Burr
Gemma Guillory has lived in Rainier her entire life. She knows the town's ins and outs like the back of her hand, the people like they are her family, their…
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An Yu
For readers of early Murakami, a beautiful and uncanny novel of music, dreams and memory
For three years Song Yan has filled her Beijing apartment with the tentative notes of…
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Rumaan Alam
Keenly observed and compulsively disturbing, Entitlement is an engrossing and resonant tale of money, morality and madness, affirming Rumaan Alam as a major literary talent of our time.
Clare Chambers
A life-affirming novel about all the different ways we can be confined, how ordinary lives are built of delicate layers of experience, the joy of freedom and the transformative power…
Katherine Arden
In a world torn apart by war, a brother and sister fight to find each other. The sweeping new novel from New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden.
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David Dyer
Like the moon landing itself, a feat of enormous ingenuity imagining the lives of the Apollo mission heroes, and those on planet earth in the tumultuous 1960s.
Ceridwen Dovey
A transformative new collection from the award-winning author of Only the Animals.
Eliza Clark
An utterly chilling, compulsive story of a murder among teenagers, on the eve of the historic Brexit vote, by a major new voice in British fiction.
Louise Erdrich
A new novel by Louise Erdrich is a major literary event; gorgeous and heartrending, The Mighty Red is a triumph.
M. L. Rio
The bestselling author of international BookTok sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story of a group of misfits who meet in the local cemetery each night to unearth…
Don Winslow
Following the epic, ambitious, instant New York Times bestseller City on Fire, 'The Godfather for our generation' (Adrian McKinty), comes the dramatic second novel in an epic crime trilogy…
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Rachel Williams, Leonie Lord (illus.)
Discover how there is a season for everything in this antidote to an instant world.
Jock Serong
From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful and deeply meaningful delight, a novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention.
Following City on Fire and City of Dreams, City in Ruins is the explosive, impossible to put down conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow's epic, genre-defining crime…
Jane Harrison
From award-winning author, Jane Harrison, comes an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful re-imagining of a crucial moment in Australia's history - an unputdownable work of fiction.
Steven Carroll
Who killed Martin Friedrich? From award-winning writer Steven Carroll comes the first book in a series of post-war literary crime novels featuring Detective Sergeant Stephen Minter, with shades of The…
Nikki Gemmell
An explosive, contemporary literary thriller from international bestselling author Nikki Gemmell - Wing is Lord of the Flies meets Picnic at Hanging Rock meets Promising Young Woman.
Dervla McTiernan
From the #1 internationally bestselling author of The Murder Rule comes an emotional novel of suspense about two families pitted against each other -- one seeking justice in the disappearance…
Jeyran Main
Launched in 2016, Review Tales Magazine is a distinguished publication that enriches, enlightens, and champions the art of writing. Dedicated to empowering indie authors by showcasing their exceptional talents, our…
Andrea Long Chu
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, a bold, provocative collection of essays on one of the most urgent questions of our time: What is authority when everyone has an opinion on…
Kyle C. Lincoln
During the long reign of Alfonso VIII, Castilian bishops were crusaders, castellans, cathedral canons, and collegiate officers, and they served as powerful intermediaries between the pope and the king of…
A. P. Thornton
First published in 1966, The Habit of Authority looks at the continuity of paternalism and its attitudes in the face of the rising principle of democracy in Britain.
Dr Robert Jubb
Unjust Authority provides a realist account of the authority of liberal democratic rule.
Nnedi Okorafor
Multi-award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor presents a sweeping story about a disabled Nigerian American who writes a science fiction novel that becomes a global phenomenon - but at a price. A…
Peter Winch
This volume makes available Peter Winch's previously unpublished manuscripts on political philosophy. Editorial notes and an interpretive essay show the development of Winch's thinking over time and situate the manuscripts…
"Her best work yet... about fame and family, culture and change, the power of story, the writer's life... and robots. This one has it all." -- George R.R. Martin
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Various Authors
To celebrate the Australia Institute's 30th anniversary we have asked some of the greatest minds from Australia and around the world to share a big idea.
To mark The Australia…
Multiple Authors
Empower new teachers with a comprehensive three-book and two six-page guides bundle designed to foster confidence, build strong relationships, and support student-centered learning.
New teachers need support and encouragement. The…
John R Erickson
More than fifty years ago, John R. Erickson took a vow of discipline. Every day, he would retreat to some quiet place and write for four hours. For nearly as…
Eugenia Ossana
It underscores Nigerian women authors' relatively unknown or dispersed role and acknowledges the emergence of a current Generation called the Me-Generation. Straddling the trope of blackness, three contemporary novels are…
Warren Ellis, Tom Raney
Before the Authority make their big-screen debut, read the pivotal stories that paved the way to the ground-breaking team's comic book debut!
Author Korina Moss
In Korina Moss's Bait and Swiss, Yarrow Glen's newest business gives one unlucky resident the swiss of death.
It's been almost two years since Willa Bauer opened Curds & Whey…
Author Nancy Tomes
In a work that spans the twentieth century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular--and largely unexamined--idea that in order to get good health care, people must learn to shop for it…
Author Hailee Catalano
Learn to make elevated, professional-quality meals in your own kitchen with over 100 creative, seasonal recipes from Hailee Catalano
Growing up cooking the Sunday gravy, meatballs, and pasta alongside her…
Author Danielle Brown
The new cookbook from HealthyGirl Kitchen creator Danielle Brown that teaches you how to make simple, nourishing, out-of-this-world salads.
Plant-based salads don't have to be boring!
Following the success of…
Author Taku Kondo
Embark on an epic adventure up and down the Pacific Coast to sustainably harvest your own food, master preparation techniques, and make creative dishes.
Whether you want to find your…
Author Benjamin Delwiche
Benjamin Delwiche, AKA Benjamin the Baker, is a math teacher by day and a renegade baking scientist by night. His obsession with sweets began in childhood, when he could be…
Author Lindsay Moser, Author Lindsay Moser
The debut cookbook from Lindsay Moser featuring 80 incredible, easy-to-make recipes from decadent pasta to scrumptious sandwiches and tasty desserts
Satisfy your hunger for a balanced diet without compromising on…
Author Maria Avgitidis
From renowned, fourth-generation matchmaker, Maria Avgitidis, comes a fresh, modern dating book that meets anyone navigating the world of dating and relationships where they're at, helping them to attract and…
Author Vajra Chandrasekera
Rakesfall is a groundbreaking, standalone science fiction epic about two souls bound together from here until the ends of time, from the author of The Saint of Bright Doors.
Some…
Author Gigi Pandian
In heroine Tempest Raj, modern-day queen of the locked room mystery Gigi Pandian has created a brilliant homage to the greats of classic detective fiction.
