Each year we release a Summer Reading Guide, a comprehensive guide to the best books and gifts of the season! You can pick up a free print copy of the Summer Reading Guide from one of our shops or view a PDF version online here.

The Christmas delivery deadline has passed but you can still get your gifts! Our shops are open until Christmas Eve, or you can buy a digital gift card online.

Please note, as delivery deadline has passed, we cannot ensure items ordered online now will be received before Christmas.

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Cherrywood

Jock Serong

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Here One Moment

Liane Moriarty

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Theory & Practice

Michelle de Kretser

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Dusk

Robbie Arnott

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Juice

Tim Winton

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The Belburd

Nardi Simpson

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All the Bees in the Hollows

Lauren Keegan

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The Burrow

Melanie Cheng

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Annihilation

Michel Houellebecq, Shaun Whiteside (trans.)

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The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (trans.)

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Paper Boat

Margaret Atwood

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Gliff

Ali Smith

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Book Curses

Eleanor Baker

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The Eerie Book

Margaret Armour (ed.), W.B. Macdougall (illus.), Kirsty Logan (intro.)

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The Empusium

Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (trans.)

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The Granddaughter

Bernhard Schlink, Charlotte Collins (trans.)

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Blood Like Mine

Stuart Neville

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Everywhere We Look

Martine Kropkowski

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The Valley

Chris Hammer

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The Death of Dora Black: A Petticoat Police Mystery

Lainie Anderson

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Leave the Girls Behind

Jacqueline Bublitz

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We Solve Murders

Richard Osman

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The Dream

Iain Ryan

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The Ledge

Christian White

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Brainstorm

Richard Scolyer

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The Diaries of Fred Williams 1963-1970

Patrick McCaughey

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Australian Gospel

Lech Blaine

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Cher: The Memoir, Part One

Cher

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Dropping the Mask

Noni Hazlehurst

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A Bit on the Side

Virginia Trioli

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Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work

Ian Nathan

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The Elements of Marie Curie

Dava Sobel

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Australia in 100 Words

Amanda Laugesen

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The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome

Guy de la Bedoyere

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Naku Dharuk: The Bark Petitions

Clare Wright

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Bennelong and Phillip

Kate Fullagar

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The Golden Road

William Dalrymple

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Paris in Ruins

Sebastian Smee

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Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia

Santilla Chingaipe

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Madrid: A New Biography

Luke Stegemann

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Autocracy, Inc

Anne Applebaum

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How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality

Sappho, Plato, Sarah Nooter (trans.)

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How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving On

Ovid, Michael Fontaine (trans.)

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Taboo

Hannah Ferguson

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A Better Australia

John Brumby, Scott Hamilton, Stuart Kells

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Close to the Subject: Selected Works

Daniel Browning

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Mean Streak

Rick Morton

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The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World

David Graeber

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Big Garden Design

Paul Bangay, Simon Griffiths (photog.)

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The Natural Gardener

Richard Unsworth, Nicholas Watt (photog.)

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The Tree Atlas

Lonely Planet, Matthew Collins, Thomas Rutter

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Enchantment by Birds

Russell McGregor

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Nexus

Yuval Noah Harari

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Why Are We Like This?

Zoe Kean

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Let’s Tax Carbon

Ross Garnaut

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The Serviceberry

Robin Wall Kimmerer

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About Face

Amber Creswell Bell

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Imagining a Real Australia

Stephen Zagala

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The Paintings of Criss Canning

Criss Canning

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Australia at the Movies

David Stratton

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Italian Interiors

Laura May Todd

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The Poetry of Spaces

Sarah Andrews

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Chanel: Couture and Industry

Amy de la Haye

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marramarra

Brook Garru Andrew, Jessica Neath

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Ottolenghi COMFORT

Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh

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Good Cooking Every Day

Julia Busuttil Nishimura

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Kitchen Sentimental

Annie Smithers

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Cooking at Home

David Chang, Priya Krishna

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A Year of Sundays

Belinda Jeffery

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In Belinda’s Kitchen

Belinda Jeffery

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Konbini

Brendan Liew, Caryn Ng

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Fresh

Stephanie Alexander

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Landovel

Emily Rodda

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Afloat

Kirli Saunders, Freya Blackwood (illus.)

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And Everything Will Be Glad to See You

Ella Risbridger (ed.), Anna Shepeta (illus.)

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The Cheeky Toddler Alphabet

Davina Bell, Jennifer Falkner (illus.)

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Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody

Patrick Ness, Tim Miller (illus.)

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Dalmartian

Lucy Ruth Cummins

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Design & Building on Country: First Knowledges for Younger Readers

Alison Page, Paul Memmott, Blak Douglas (illus.)

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Extreme Animal Facts

Jennifer Cossins

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Comes the Night

Isobelle Carmody

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The Dagger and the Flame (The City of Fantome, Book 1)

Catherine Doyle

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Hover Car Racer: The Graphic Novel

Matthew Reilly, John Hanna (illus.)

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Immortal Dark (Immortal Dark Trilogy, Book 1)

Tigest Girma

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The Sweetness Between Us

Sarah Winifred Searle

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When the World Tips Over

Jandy Nelson

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White Noise

Raelke Grimmer

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A Way Home

Emily Brewin

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The Labyrinth

Amanda Lohrey

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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days

Rebecca Donner

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Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work

Ian Nathan

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Chanel: Couture and Industry

Amy de la Haye

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The Poetry of Spaces

Sarah Andrews

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Through Her Eyes

Melissa Roberts (ed.), Trevor Watson (ed.)

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Fatherland

Burkhard Bilger

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Frances Burke: Designer of Modern Textiles

Nanette Carter, Robyn Oswald-Jacobs

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Handmade Vase

Alperstein Designs

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UNO Show ‘Em No Mercy

UNO

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Memobottle Transparent A6 Drink Bottle

Memobottle

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Medical Mysteries: New York Emergency Room

Medical Mysteries

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Aboriginal Kakadu Plum 170g Candle Tin

Koh Living

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Peropon Cats Mikeneko (Calico) Wild Strawberry

Seishin

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Peropon Dog - Clover

Seishin

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Cat Hanging Mug - Black Cat

Decole

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Praiseworthy

Alexis Wright

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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann (trans.)

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Doppelganger

Naomi Klein

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Brotherless Night

V. V. Ganeshananthan

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Night Watch

Jayne Anne Phillips

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First Year

Kristina Ross

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Close to the Subject: Selected Works

Daniel Browning

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Anam

Andre Dao

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Summer Reading Guide

Each year we release a Summer Reading Guide, a comprehensive guide to the best books and gifts of the season! You can pick up a free print copy of the Summer Reading Guide from one of our shops or view a PDF version online here.

The Christmas delivery deadline has passed but you can still get your gifts! Our shops are open until Christmas Eve, or you can buy a digital gift card online.

Explore the Summer Reading Guide

Cherrywood

Here One Moment

Theory & Practice

Dusk

Juice

The Belburd

All the Bees in the Hollows

The Burrow

Annihilation

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

Paper Boat

Gliff

Book Curses

The Eerie Book

The Empusium

The Granddaughter

Blood Like Mine

Everywhere We Look

The Valley

The Death of Dora Black: A Petticoat Police Mystery

Leave the Girls Behind

We Solve Murders

The Dream

The Ledge

Brainstorm

The Diaries of Fred Williams 1963-1970

Australian Gospel

Cher: The Memoir, Part One

Dropping the Mask

A Bit on the Side

Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work

The Elements of Marie Curie

Australia in 100 Words

The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome

Naku Dharuk: The Bark Petitions

Bennelong and Phillip

The Golden Road

Paris in Ruins

Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia

Madrid: A New Biography

Autocracy, Inc

How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality

How to Get Over a Breakup: An Ancient Guide to Moving On

Taboo

A Better Australia

Close to the Subject: Selected Works

Mean Streak

The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World

Big Garden Design

The Natural Gardener

The Tree Atlas

Enchantment by Birds

Nexus

Why Are We Like This?

Let’s Tax Carbon

The Serviceberry

About Face

Imagining a Real Australia

The Paintings of Criss Canning

Australia at the Movies

Italian Interiors

The Poetry of Spaces

Chanel: Couture and Industry

marramarra

Ottolenghi COMFORT

Good Cooking Every Day

Kitchen Sentimental

Cooking at Home

A Year of Sundays

In Belinda’s Kitchen

Konbini

Fresh

Landovel

Afloat