Category: Contemporary
One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of Robin Hood's Bay. There he meets Dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, ol ...Show more
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
A masterpiece from the Orange Prize-winning, New York Times number one bestselling author of Commonwealth and Bel Canto: a story of love, family, sacrifice, and the power of place. Danny Conroy grows up in the Dutch House, a lavish folly in small-town Pennsylvania taken on by his property developer fat ...Show more
Category: Australian author | Reading Level: 2 Crime
He's guarding a deep secret ... But so is she. A stunning new thriller about the burden of shame from blockbuster author Sara Foster Lizzie Burdett was eighteen when she vanished, and Noah Carruso has never forgotten her. She was his first crush, his unrequited love. She was also his brother's gir ...Show more
Category: Australian author | Reading Level: 2 Crime
How far would your government go? A right-wing US president has withdrawn America from the Middle East and the UN. Daesh has a thoroughfare to the sea and China is Australia's newest ally. When a bomb goes off in remote Tasmania, Astrid Coleman agrees to return home to help her brother before an upcomin ...Show more
Category: Contemporary
También de este lado hay sueños - On this side too, there are dreams. Already being hailed as "a Grapes of Wrath for our times" and "a new American classic", American Dirt is a rare exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. If it's ...Show more
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
A bold new novel from Dawn O'Porter, the bestselling author of The Cows. IS ANYONE'S LIFE . . . Beth shows that women really can have it all. Ruby lives life by her own rules. And then there's Lauren, living the dream. AS PERFECT AS IT LOOKS? Beth hasn't had sex in a year. Ruby feels like she's failin ...Show more
Category: Contemporary
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award 2019! A dark and funny new novel from the multi-award-winning author of Mullumbimby. Too much lip, her old problem from way back. And the older she got, the harder it seemed to get to swallow her opinions. The avalanche of bullshit in the world would drown her if she ...Show more
Category: Contemporary
When the plague visits an isolated village in the English countryside, a housemaid named Anna Frith emerges as an unlikely heroine and healer. Through Anna's eyes we follow the story of the fateful year of 1666, as she and her fellow villagers endure a self-imposed quarantine to keep the disease from sp ...Show more
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
From the million-copy bestselling author of The Miniaturist and The Muse, Jessie Burton's latest novel tells the story of three women and the complex connections they have shared across decades and continents. This is a novel about love, sex, work, motherhood, how we construct our pasts and dream our fu ...Show more
Category: Australian author | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
It's 1699, and the salons of Paris are bursting with the creative energy of fierce, independent-minded women. But outside those doors, the patriarchal forces of Louis XIV and the Catholic Church are moving to curb their freedoms. In this battle for equality, Baroness Marie Catherine D'Aulnoy invents a p ...Show more
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
"Midalia's skill at presenting big ideas through everyday experience demonstrates how powerful good writing can be" - The West Australian Feet to the Stars, Susan Midalia's third collection of short stories, offers keenly observed details about everyday life expressed with pathos, tenderness and bracing ...Show more
