Feel Good Reads
American humourist P.J. O'Rourke once said, "Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it." But sometimes we simply feel like reading something other than all those worthy and impressive literary award winners - something lighter but still well-written, something wonderfully witty which makes us laugh out loud, or maybe just a cracking good adventure. So for all of you who wander in and tell us that you're looking for something different to read, but you don't really know what you want; or who need something for a friend in hospital; or a book to take on holiday; or just something to escape from the grimness of the nightly news - we are delighted to present a new area in our bookshop entitled "Feel-Good Reads."
Titles include both fiction and non-fiction options - beloved classics from P.G. Wodehouse, Barbara Pym, and Nancy Mitford; hilarious travel narratives from Bill Bryson; amusing essays from David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs; modern Australian classics from John Clarke, Shane Maloney, and Thea Astley; plus many more from Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions to Sue Townsend's Adrian Mole series; from Alexander McCall-Smith's warm and witty Scottish tales to Paul Carter's gripping and often hilarious true-life adventures.
We will also be promoting Feel-Good Friday where we will feature a chosen title from these shelves and posting on facebook, twitter and instagram so keep an eye out for your next great read.
Book Lovers by Emily Henry
$22.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction
One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming... Nora Stephens' life is books -- she's read them all -- and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, f ...Show more
Not Here to Make Friends (#3 Marry Me Juliet) by Jodi McAlister
$22.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction | Series: Marry Me, Juliet Ser.
She's the reality TV villain everyone will love to hate. He's the producer tasked with making it happen. What could go wrong? A hilarious, heartfelt rom-com from Australia's leading romance expert. Reality TV producer Murray O'Connell is used to being in control. He's the showrunner for reality dating s ...Show more
Everyone On This Train Is A Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson
$32.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction
Ernest Cunningham returns in a deliciously witty locked room (train) mystery. When the Australian Mystery Writers' Society invited me to their crime-writing festival aboard the Ghan, the famous train between Darwin and Adelaide, I was hoping for some inspiration for my second book. Fiction, this time- ...Show more
The Next Big Thing by James Colley
$32.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction
Part young-love rom-com, part David and Goliath story, The Next Big Thing is a heartwarming, hilarious, quintessentially Australian debut. NORM has lived in Norman his whole life. It's where he grew up with his dad, where he went to school and met his best friend Ella. But the town is dying- the river h ...Show more
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
$29.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction
NO GOD NO CREATURE NO WAR CAN COME BETWEEN THEM The latest from the number one SUNDAY TIMES bestseller Rebecca Ross When two young rival journalists find love through a magical connection, their fate depends on their facing the depths of hell … together. After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring ...Show more
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford; Alan Cumming (Introduction by)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction
A sparkling romantic comedy that vividly evokes the lost glamour of aristocratic life in England between the wars. Polly Hampton has long been groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, the fearsome and ambitious Lady Montdore. But Polly, with her stunning good looks and impeccable connections, ...Show more
The Italian Marriage by Jenna Lo Bianco
$34.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction
'The heir to the D'Adamo Family Trust must be the youngest, legal-aged, married male.' - 15th century inheritance clause The time has come. In order to secure the future of his family estate and fix his broken relationship with his father, workaholic lawyer Matthew D'Adamo needs a wife. Enter Sarah Br ...Show more
Three Men in a Boat: Popular Penguins by Jerome K. Jerome
$14.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
What could be more relaxing than a refreshing holiday on the river with your two best friends and faithful canine companion, Montmorency? However, as J. discovers, there is more to life on the waves than meets the eye - including navigational challenges, culinary disasters, and heroic battles with swans ...Show more
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
$22.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction | Series: Don Tillman Ser.
'We've got something to celebrate,' Rosie said. I am not fond of surprises, especially if they disrupt plans already in place. I assumed that she had achieved some important milestone with her thesis. Or perhaps she had been offered a place in the psychiatry-training programme. This would be extremely g ...Show more
Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs: She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse by Paul Carter
$22.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Non-fiction
A take no prisoners' approach to life has seen Paul Carter heading to some of the world's most remote, wild and dangerous places as a contractor in the oil business. Amazingly, he's survived (so far) to tell these stories from the edge of civilization, and reason.
Stiff: Text Classics by Shane Maloney
$12.95 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction | Series: Text Classics
The fiddle at the Pacific Pastoral meat-packing works was a nice little earner for all concerned until Herb Gardiner reported finding a body in number 3 chiller. An accident, of course, but just the excuse a devious political operator might grab to stir up trouble with the unions. Enter Murray Whelan, m ...Show more
Nutshell by Ian McEwan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction | Reading Level: very good
New from the bestselling author of Atonement and The Children Act Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home--a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse--but John's not there. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan. But the ...Show more