The Hanging Garden by Patrick White
$19.95 AUD
Category: Australian author
A previously unpublished novel from the Australian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Two children are brought to a wild garden on the shores of Sydney Harbour to shelter from the Second World War. The boy's mother has died in the Blitz. The girl is the daughter of a Sydney woman and a Communist ...Show more
The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George
$19.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary | Reading Level: very good
An International BestsellerMonsieur Perdu is a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life to mend broken hearts and souls.The only person he can't heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love ...Show more
Beside Myself by Ann Morgan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
Six-year-old Helen and Ellie are identical twins -- two peas in a pod, everyone says. But the girls know it isn't true: Helen is the leader and Ellie the follower. Until they decide to swap places -- just for fun, and just for one day -- and Ellie refuses to switch back.
The Women in Black by Madeleine St. John
$23.95 AUD
Category: Contemporary
At F. G. Goode's department store, the women in black are run off their feet, what with the Christmas rush and the summer sales that follow. But it's Sydney in the 1950s, and there's still just enough time left on a hot and frantic day to dream and scheme... By the time the last marked-down frock has be ...Show more
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
$19.95 AUD
Category: Feel Good Fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials
'We are not like other folk, maybe, but there have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm.' Sensible, sophisticated Flora Poste has been expensively educated to do everything but earn a living. When she is orphaned at twenty, she decides her only option is to descend on relatives - the doomed Sta ...Show more
Common People by Tony Birch
$29.95 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies)
In this unforgettable new collection Tony Birch brings alive a cast of characters from all walks of life. These remarkable and surprising stories explore the lives of common people caught up in the everyday business of living and the struggle to survive. From a young girl who is gifted to a middle-class ...Show more
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: The Kingsbridge Novels | Reading Level: very good
Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read #1 New York Times Bestseller Oprah's Book Club Selection From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Column of Fire, the "monumental masterpiece" (Booklist) that changed the course of Ken Follett's already phenomenal ...Show more
Paris for One and Other Stories by Jojo Moyes
$19.99 AUD
Category: Short Stories (Anthologies) | Reading Level: very good
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Me Before You and After You, a sensational collection featuring the title novella and eight other stories. Quintessential Jojo Moyes, Paris for One and Other Stories is an irresistibly romantic collection filled with humor and heart. Nell is twenty-six ...Show more
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Film Tie-In) by Mary-Ann Shaffer; Annie Barrows
$22.99 AUD
Category: Contemporary
A celebration of literature, love, and the power of the human spirit, this warm, funny, tender, and thoroughly entertaining novel is the story of an English author living in the shadow of World War II and the writing project that will dramatically change her life. An international bestseller.
Border Districts by Gerald Murnane
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian author
Giramondo's publication of Gerald Murnane's new work of fiction comes at a time of heightened international interest in this highly regarded author. Border Districts and Murnane's Collected Short Fiction will be released in the United States by distinguished New York publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux ...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
Gates of Rome (#1 Emperor) by Conn Iggulden
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical | Series: Emperor Ser.
Rarely, if ever, does a new writer dazzle us with such a vivid imagination and storytelling, flawlessly capturing the essence of a land, a people, a legend. Conn Iggulden is just such a writer, bringing to vivid life one of the most fascinating eras in human history. In a true masterpiece of historical ...Show more