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William Boyd
In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain's greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant streets of sixties London, as an accidental spy is drawn into the shadows of espionage and…
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Tim Minchin
Charlie Mackesy meets Kurt Vonnegut, in the first non-fiction book from Tim Minchin
Mark Haddon
From the bestselling author of The Porpoise come eight mesmerising stories moving between Greek myth and the near future to explore what, ultimately, makes us human
Craig Brown
From one of the funniest writers of our time, the award winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of One Two Three Four and Ma'am Darling turns his attention to Queen…
Alice Zaslavsky
Turn everyday veg into something extraordinary, with this collection of the tastiest and most satisfying salad recipes from the Queen of Veg, Alice Zaslavsky.
Bruce Pascoe
Imperial Harvest is a timely book that speaks to the universal lessons of war. It addresses pertinent themes of dispossession by tracing imperialist tactics all the way back to the…
Lia Hills
In this stunning, lyrical novel of nature and history, a girl walks out of the desert and shakes a community to its core.
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Kate Kruimink
A sad, sly and darkly comic story about the weight of grief and the ways in which family cleave to us, for better and for worse.
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Amy McQuire
A searing indictment of the media's failures in reporting Indigenous affairs - and a powerful corrective that shows how Black journalism can pave the way for equality and justice.
Jock Serong
From multi-award-winning author Jock Serong comes Cherrywood, an imaginative, darkly playful and deeply meaningful delight, a novel about legacy, community, wonder, love and reinvention.
Rachel Cusk
A path-breaking novel of art, womanhood and violence, from the author of the Outline trilogy.
Jane Sullivan
Inspired by real events and people, Murder in Punch Lane is a dark and gripping crime novel that maps the sins and secrets of nineteenth-century Melbourne
Roman Krznaric
One of Britain's most popular public philosophers presents unexpected, hopeful lessons from human history that could help us to overcome the global challenges facing humanity in the 21st century
Fien Veldman, Hester Velmans (trans.)
This is a story of girl meets printer.
Courtney Collins
A masterful and profoundly moving novel about a girl determined to live on her own terms, no matter the cost. Bird is an unforgettable story of hope, resilience, the power…
Meera Sodha
From the award-winning author of East, Made in India and Fresh India
Olga-Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (trans.)
The witty new novel from this internationally acclaimed Polish author blends horror, folklore and feminist parable.
Monika Kim
Boy Parts meets My Sister, the Serial Killer this feminist psychological horror is crawling under reader's skin...
Matt Parker
Explore the life-changing magic of trigonometry with Matt Parker, stand-up mathematician and No. 1 bestselling author of Humble Pi
Norman Ohler
A brilliant and original investigation into the medical origins of LSD and how the Nazis and the CIA turned it into a weapon, by the author of Blitzed.
Kate Atkinson
Jackson Brodie returns! From the Number One bestselling author, a brilliantly clever take on the classic country house murder mystery; a homage to writers such as Agatha Christie
Robert Fisk
The follow-up to Fisk’s authoritative and highly acclaimed ‘The Great War for Civilisation’, which charted his 30-year career as a reporter in the war zones of the Middle East.
Haruki Murakami
The breathtaking new novel about the boundaries between worlds and individuals, from the internationally bestselling author of 1Q84.
Mary McGlory, Sylvia Saunders
The little-known success story of four working class girls who formed 'the female Beatles' in 1960s Liverpool
Willy Vlautin
For fans of A Star is Born and Crazy Heart, Willy Vlautin's most personal novel yet - a poetic and deeply moving story about what it really takes to…
Dylin Hardcastle
The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire is her best friend, also a girl. It's the kind of power…
Myriam Lacroix
What if you had the chance to rewrite the course of your relationship, again and again, in the hopes that it would work out?
Nick Bryant
The Forever War tells the story of how America's political polarisation is 250 years in the making, and argues that the roots of its modern-day malaise are to be found…
Ross L. Jones, James Waghorne, Marcia Langton (eds)
Melbourne's oldest university confronts its long, complex and troubled relationship with the Indigenous people of Australia
Lucia Osborne-Crowley
The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.
Griffin Dunne
A charming, hilarious account of Griffin Dunne's coming of age among a family of larger-than-life characters in Hollywood and Manhattan.
Julia Phillips
A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unexpected visitor - a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in…
Satoshi Yagisawa, Eric Ozawa (trans.)
They will want more when this concise tale ends' Booklist 'A familiar romance about books and bookstores, told with heart and humour' Kirkus Reviews 'A slender book, but one rich…
Robert Harris
A masterpiece from the bestselling author with our biggest and most ambitious campaign yet
Maggie Beer
With over 200 delicious recipes and the latest scientific research, bestselling author Maggie Beer and leading Alzheimer’s researcher Professor Ralph Martins show us how to eat and live well to…
Paolo Bacigalupi
Navola is a city built on trade.
Its palazzos and towers are conjured from its merchant wealth: barley and rice, flax and wool, iron and silver, arms, armies, lives and…
Jessica J. Lee
A poetic and intimate essay collection on the lives of plants and their entanglement with our human worlds
Shirley Barrett
A witty and poignant final novel from acclaimed author and filmmaker Shirley Barrett about what destroys us, what sustains us, and what we carry from one world into the next.
Gillian Anderson
What do you want, when no one is watching? What do you want, when the lights are off? What do you want, when you are anonymous?
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Alan Moore
When Dennis comes into possession of a book that shouldn't exist, a new chapter in his life begins and a different, alternate London reveals itself - and with it a…
Peter Godfrey-Smith
The eagerly anticipated conclusion to Peter Godfrey-Smith’s three-part exploration of the origins of intelligence on Earth, which began with the bestselling Other Minds in 2018 and continued with Metazoa in…
Olivia Laing
From one of our most original contemporary voices, The Garden Against Time is an inventive and deeply felt exploration of the long dream of a shared Eden, a common paradise.
Pat Barker
The exhilarating follow-up to Pat Barker's The Women of Troy and The Silence of the Girls
Josephine Quinn
The West, the story goes, was built on the ideas and values of Ancient Greece and Rome, which disappeared from Europe during the Dark Ages and were then rediscovered by…
Mariana Enriquez
A delicious, diabolical collection of short stories, from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Dangers of Smoking in Bed and Our Share of Night
Paul Ham
The Soul is a history of the human mind, from the earliest expression of self-consciousness to its unshakeable belief in the great religions and political systems.
Gabriel Smith
From a stunningly original new talent, this is a debut novel unlike anything you have read.
George Monbiot, Peter Hutchison
How can you fight something if you don't know it exists?