Weyward by Emilia Hart
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
KATE, 2019 Kate flees London – abandoning everything – for Cumbria and Weyward Cottage, inherited from her great-aunt. There, a secret lurks in the bones of the house, hidden ever since the witch-hunts of the 17th century. VIOLET, 1942 Violet is more interested in collecting insects and climbing tree ...Show more
The Turning by Tim Winton
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of Dirt Music comes an outstanding work of fiction that will resonate with readers everywhere.Here are turnings of all kinds changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, sudden detours where people struggle against the terrible weight of t ...Show more
Sandwich by Catherine Newman
$34.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
One week in Cape Cod. The perfect family holiday. What could possibly go wrong...? From the author of We All Want Impossible Things, a raucously funny novel with an unexpected punch about being 'sandwiched' between growing children and ageing parents and the power of change. From the bestselling author ...Show more
Anam (Miles Franklin Longlist 2024) by André Dao
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Anam is a novel about memory and inheritance, colonialism and belonging, home and exile.A grandson tries to learn the family story. But what kind of story is it? Is it a prison memoir, about the grandfather imprisoned without charge or trial by a revolutionary government? Is it an oral history of the g ...Show more
The Unbreakable Heart of Oliva Denaro: A Novel by Viola Ardone
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the internationally bestselling author of The Children’s Train comes an unforgettable coming-of-age novel, set in 1960s Sicily and based on a true story, of how a young Sicilian girl defied centuries old tradition to win the right to control her own life.As provincial Sicily bursts into life with t ...Show more
Anyone's Ghost by August Thompson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
'An overwhelmingly beautiful love story. This book will make you cry' - Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything Is IlluminatedThe lonely life of fifteen-year-old Theron David Alden is transformed when he meets Jake. Older, cooler, more confident and startlingly beautiful, Jake likes the same bands, t ...Show more
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: near fine
A New York Times Notable Book and Times Critics' Top Books of 2018. From one of our boldest, most celebrated new literary voices, a novel about a young woman's efforts to duck the ills of the world by embarking on an extended hibernation with the help of one of the worst psychiatrists in the annals of l ...Show more
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION PICK OF 2021 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’s FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021 ‘Serious novels are rarely this fun’ The Times ‘A gift’ Guardian ‘Buoyant with humanity’ Daily Mail ‘Worth the seven year wait’ Stylist When everything is lost, i ...Show more
The German Girl by Armando Lucas Correa
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
The German Girl sweeps from Berlin at the brink of the Second World War to Cuba on the cusp of revolution, to New York in the wake of September 11, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day Havana. Based on a true story, this masterful novel gives voice to the joys and ...Show more
The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
The sequel to The Sympathizer, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, The Committed tells the story of "the man of two minds" as he comes as a refugee to France and turns his hand to capitalism. The long-awaited new novel from one of America's ...Show more
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good-near fine
Forced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown, Catherine Goggin finds herself pregnant and alone, in search of a new life at just sixteen. She knows she has no choice but to believe that the nun she entrusts her child to will find him a better life. Cyril Avery is not a real Avery, or so his parent ...Show more
Crook Manifesto: Fast, fun, ribald and pulpy, with a touch of Quentin Tarantino Sunday Times by Colson Whitehead
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: Harlem Shuffle 2 | Reading Level: near fine
1971 - Trash is piled on the streets, crime is at a record high, and the city is careening towards bankruptcy. A shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Ray Carney, furniture-store owner and ex fence, is trying to keep his head down, his business up, and his life on t ...Show more