Quiver: A Book of Erotic Tales by Tobsha Learner
$24.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A collection of stories focusing on the spontaneous erotic experiences of a small group of middle-class acquaintances, from the heterosexual to the bisexual, and from the exhibitionistic to the sadomasochistic.
So Much For That by Lionel Shriver
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Shep Knacker has long saved for 'the Afterlife', an idyllic retreat in the Third World where his nest egg can last forever. Exasperated that his wife, Glynis, has concocted endless excuses why it's never the right time to go, Shep finally announces he's leaving for a Tanzanian island, with or without ...Show more
The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
'He should have seen it coming. His life had been one mishap after another. So he should have been prepared for this one...'Julian Treslove, a professionally unspectacular and disappointed BBC worker, and Sam Finkler, a popular Jewish philosopher, writer and television personality, are old school friend ...Show more
Floundering (Shortlised Miles Franklin 2013) by Romy Ash
$27.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Tom and Jordy have been living with their gran since the day their mother, Loretta, left them on her doorstep and disappeared. Now Loretta's returned, and she wants her boys back. Tom and Jordy hit the road with Loretta in her beat-up car. The family of three journeys across the country, squabbling, bon ...Show more
Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver
$32.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: good
Set in the present day in the rural community of Feathertown, Tennessee, Flight Behavior tells the story of Dellarobia?Turnbow, a petite, razor-sharp 29-year-old who nurtured worldly ambitions before becoming pregnant and marrying at seventeen. Now, after more than a decade of tending to small children ...Show more
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank by Nathan Englander
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From the up-and-coming young American writer who has contributed to McSweeney's and written for THE NEW YORKER comes a masterful collection of short stories that has already received rave reviews from many of the most prominent writers working today. Some of the stories are comic masterpieces, some embo ...Show more
The Puppet Boy of Warsaw by Eva Weaver
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
The Puppet Boy of Warsaw is the story of Mika, a Jewish boy who inherits a coat from his grandfather and discovers a puppet in one of its many secret pockets. He becomes a puppeteer in the Warsaw ghetto, but when his talent is discovered, Mika is forced to entertain the occupying German troops instead ...Show more
John Dies at the End by David Wong
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrock, about the invasion, and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the game. You' ...Show more
All That Is by James Salter
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
From his experiences as a naval officer in battles off Okinawa during World War II, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. He soon inhabits a world where marriages fail as affairs ignite, alcohol reigns, writers struggle, and publishers hustle. It is a world in which to ...Show more
Seating Arrangements by Maggie Shipstead
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize and 2012 L.A. Times First Novel Prize The Van Meters have gathered at their family retreat on the New England island of Waskeke to celebrate the marriage of daughter Daphne to an impeccably appropriate young man. The weekend is full o ...Show more
Two Brothers by Ben Elton
$19.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
"Berlin 1920 Two babies are born. wo brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood. As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice....Wh ...Show more
The Pillars of the Earth (#1 Kingsbridge) by Ken Follett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Series: The Kingsbridge Novels | Reading Level: good
The no.1 bestselling masterpiece "A novel of majesty and power." Chicago Sun-TimesA spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett's classic historical masterpiece. The Pillars of the Earth tells t ...Show more