The Book of Longings (PB) by Sue Monk Kidd
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
THE New York Times BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY-SELLING The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings 'Superlative . . . From a writer at the top of her game . . . A practically perfect historical novel' New York Journal of Books 'A bold, imaginative reworking' Sunday Times ...Show more
Gathering Evidence by Martin MacInnes
$24.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Following up from his award-winning and critically acclaimed debut, Infinite Ground, Scottish novelist Martin MacInnes has written a deeply intelligent and thrilling novel on a family stalked by fear and uncertainty, and of a world both beautiful and terrible.
The Wayward Sisters by Kate Hodges
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
1782. Nancy Lockaby is trying to salvage her reputation as an astronomer - left in tatters after a discredited discovery - when she receives a mysterious letter, inviting her to join Shakespeare scholar Caelan Malles at his crumbling house in Inverness.But at Blackthistle House, Nancy notices that Caela ...Show more
Portable Curiosities by Julie Koh
$19.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A biting collection of stories from a bold new voice A young girl sees ghosts from her third eye, located where her belly button should be. A one-dimensional yellow man steps out of a cinema screen, hoping to lead a three-dimensional life. A journalist goes on assignment to report the latest food tre ...Show more
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
An unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: "Erpenbeck will get under your skin" (Washington Post Book World) Go, Went, Gone is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, "one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation" (The ...Show more
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
From the Booker-shortlisted, million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic novel about the infamous, ill-fated Booth family. Charmers, liars, drinkers and dreamers, they will change history forever. Junius is the patriarch, a celebrated Shakespearean actor who f ...Show more
The Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Inspired by a real-life female spy, a WWII-set novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost. 1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operati ...Show more
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead takes place in a remote Polish village, where Duszejko, an eccentric woman in her sixties, recounts the events surrounding the disappearance of her two dogs. When members of a local hunting club are found murdered, she becomes involved in the investigation. Dus ...Show more
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Hachette Essentials
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION and THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDIn 1956, towards the end of Reverend John Ames's life, he begins a letter to his young son: 'I told you last night that I might be gone sometime . . . You reached up and put your fingers on my lips and gave me that look I ...Show more
Milkman by Anna Burns
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2018 In an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking, for one. And she has been taking French night classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman begins pursuing her, she suddenly becomes "interesting," the ...Show more
Whisper Network by Chandler Baker
$32.99 AUD
Category: Chat10Looks3 Recommendations
'You'll recognise every character in Whisper Network. Furious and relevant writing: the ultimate #metoo book. I loved it so much.' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'If only you had listened to us, none of this would have happened.' Sloane, Ardie, Grace and Rosalita have worked in the same legal office for years. The su ...Show more
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V E Schwab
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
When Addie LaRue makes a pact with the devil, she trades her soul for immortality. But there's always a price — the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. Addie flees her tiny hometown in 18th Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, ...Show more