What do you need to know to prosper for 65,000 years or more? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians.

A gripping, beautifully written and taboo-busting debut novel about motherhood and female identity, for readers of Anna Hope's EXPECTATION and Sheila Heti's MOTHERHOOD.

A powerful, sweeping debut about a smuggled Chinese girl fighting to find her place in the 1880s American West

Carolyn Landon tells the remarkable and lesser-known story of the Cranbourne Friends of Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - the loyal community group who were instrumental in developing, protecting and conserving the site over the...

A nail-biting, unputdownable memoir that brings a confronting new perspective on the safety of women and the many ways they are silenced.

An illuminating and concise telling of the 5000 years of turbulent history that led India from the ruins of ancient civilisations to emerging global superpower

The poems in Rose Interior move between the inside and outside of everything they touch, from the domestic scene, both cosy and claustrophobic, to the social and ecological settings we must all answer for

A simple, stylish and complete guide for any plant owner.

The unmissable new thriller from the million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author - and master of the 'it-could-be-you' thriller

From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy, The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic crime saga about the Irish and Italian crime syndicates in America during the 1980s and 1990s

The story of a strange experiment - a journey into the oddest corners of 60s Britain and the outer edges of science and reason.

A firecracker of a novel by the Booker-shortlisted author of A Fraction of the Whole - a scathingly funny and affecting tale of life, death, love and the questionable existence of God.

The first biography of Gwen Harwood (1920-1995), one of Australia's most significant and distinctive poets.

The Signal Line is a warm-hearted, unforgettable novel about what we are all searching for, even when our personal dreams and aspirations have collapsed: love and acceptance.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of QUEENIE comes a propulsive story of heart, humour, homecoming, and about the truest meaning of family you can get when your dad loves his jeep more than he loves his children.

A memoir of gender transition and recovery from addiction, a dance across genres, a ripping-up of the rulebook, Please Miss is unlike anything you've ever read before.

From Booker-prizewinner Douglas Stuart an extraordinary, page-turning second novel, a vivid portrayal of working-class life and a highly suspenseful story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.

An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it - and explains why they have died today.

Emu Field is overshadowed by Maralinga, the larger and much more prominent British atomic test site about 193 kilometres to the south. But Emu Field has its own secrets, and the fact that it was largely forgotten makes it more...

A brilliant essay by one of Australia's most exciting literary talents, which offers new insights into Garner's entire body of work and her life as a writer.

A definitive new history of the Persian Empire, the world's first superpower.

This stunning story collection includes two prize-winning novellas along with an impressive range of historical and contemporary stories, all written by characters who yearn to belong and find acceptance.

Not all that is hidden is lost.

Explore Venice and its distinctive cicchetti via this collection of recipes, stories and photographs.

In the spring of 2020, as a new and deadly virus rapidly spread across the globe, the world shut down. But a small country in Northern Europe remained open.

A powerful new thriller from Louisa Luna. Alice Vega and Max Caplan uncover a network of American white supremacists in their search for a long-lost counter-culture hero.

An accessible, powerful overview of Noam Chomsky's political thought

A revealing and powerful memoir about the making and unmaking of friendships

Agatha Christie and Arthur Conan Doyle meet Knives Out and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery.

An immensely powerful epic of colonialism, set in 18th-century Greenland, about the great forces of nature, the meeting of cultures and fathers and sons.

For readers of Robert Hillman and Toni Jordan, and written by an award-winning author and screenwriter, The Secret Wife a tense, heartfelt story of female friendship and liberation in the turbulent 1960s.

When Jason Riley goes missing, feared killed by a shark, his family - make that families - have many questions.

From the Walkley Award winning journalist, social commentator and author comes a gripping domestic thriller with a moral dilemma at its core.

Kate Grenville's collection of Elizabeth Macarthur's letters, the inspiration for her bestselling, award-winning novel A Room Made of Leaves

Frida Liu is a struggling mother. She remembers taking Harriet from her cot and changing her nappy. She remembers giving her a morning bottle. Can this mistake cost her everything? THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS is an explosive...

Winner of the inaugural ASA/HQ Commercial Fiction Prize. The twists keep piling up in this fun and distinctively Australian debut mystery, perfect for readers of The Thursday Murder Club and Janet Evanovich.

A major new novel from million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.

A story of first love and last rites, conjured against a vivid backdrop of London, San Francisco and New York - a riotous, razor-sharp coming-of-age story that marks the arrival of an extraordinary new talent.

The Lonely Hunter explores the rise of singledom, the realities of loneliness, and whether it is possible to live contentedly alone.

The celebrated Venetian detective returns in his 31st case in a year of celebration for his author, Donna Leon

Combining brilliant storytelling with rigorous research, Diagnosis Normal is an incisive and darkly funny memoir from journalist turned academic Emma Jane.

An addictive new thriller from multi-award-winning author Emma Viskic.

When a bestseller-to-be cuts too close to reality, its author must make a Faustian bargain... In his blazing debut novel Last Resort, Andrew Lipstein blurs the lines of fact and fiction with a thrilling story of fame, fortune,...

The second book in the Dark Star Trilogy, after Black Leopard Red Wolf - a spectacular, genre-redefining literary fantasy novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings

From prize-winning, acclaimed author Laird Hunt, a poignant novel about a woman searching for her place in the world and finding it in the daily rhythms of life in rural Indiana.

A bold, contemporary and urgent novel from a renowned Italian writer that examines silence in different forms, immigration, family and social class.

On Reckoning tells of the moment when the personal became very political, when rape became the national conversation.

Hannah Kent's long-awaited novel demonstrates her sublime ability with language that creates an immersive, transformative experience for the reader. Devotion is a book to savour.

The voices Australia should hear

The First Astronomers is the first book to reveal the rich knowledge of the stars and the planets held by First Peoples around the world.

From one of our finest writers - winner of the Miles Franklin, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Prime Minister's Literary Award - comes a wistful and emotional story that imagines a happier ending for the mercurial and...

A ground-breaking work - and a call to arms - that exposes the ongoing colonial violence experienced by First Nations people

An exhilarating collection of non-fiction from the bestselling, double Booker Prize-winning phenomenon that is Margaret Atwood

Monica Ali, author of four novels including the Booker Prize-shortlisted Brick Lane, is back with her first novel in a decade - a story about who we are and how we love today, with all the complications and contradictions of life,...

From the Booker-shortlisted author comes a poignant novel about fathers, sons and the embers of the American dream.

A stunning, relevant short story (the only one Toni Morrison wrote), with a new substantial introduction from Zadie Smith

Against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution and Europe's sexual revolution, the fates of two families in London and Beijing become unexpectedly intertwined, in this dazzling new novel from the author of Mrs Engels.

Wild Dogs is a page-turning action thriller set in the WA outback, introducing Australia's answer to Jack Reacher

Simon Waterhouse and Charlie Zailer are back in bestseller Sophie Hannah's twisty new psych suspense

'A feminist Western about a world in which women's worth and right to live are determined by the vagaries of fertility. Set in an alternate past, one all too similar to our today, OUTLAWED is a masterpiece' R.O. Kwon

Discover how we can all work to end one of the most corrosive issues of our time: unconscious bias.

From the writer and executive producer of the award-winning Netflix series The Good Place that made moral philosophy fun: a foolproof guide to making the correct moral decision in every situation you ever encounter, anywhere on...

From the 2020 QLA Glendower winner comes a timely and insightful collection of stories about how we pursue happiness in a turbulent world.

Tired of going around in circles? The Dreaming Path has always been there, but in the modern-day world, it can be hard to find. There are so many demands on us that it can be hard to remember what's most important: you. It's time...

Set in a historical moment of moral crisis, Crossroads - the first instalment of the trilogy A Key to All Mythologies - is the stunning foundation of a sweeping investigation of human mythologies, as the Hildebrandt family...

In an age of fake news and half-truths, the radical potential of democracy is more important than ever, as this nimble, illuminating history by a celebrated political theorist reveals.

An authoritative, illuminating, and deeply humane history of addiction-a phenomenon that remains baffling and deeply misunderstood despite having touched countless lives-by an addiction psychiatrist striving to understand his own...

A stunning new epic literary thriller from Richard & Judy bestselling author, and writer and creator of Fargo, Noah Hawley.

A moving and original debut novel. Observant, warm and extraordinary.

A heart-wrenching thriller following a young woman who refuses to be a victim in a world where everything we do is documented online.

What if you had the winning lottery ticket that would change your life forever, but you couldn't cash it in?

The essential, practical guide to growing your wealth while making a difference

The uncannily relevant, deliciously clear-eyed collected stories of a critically acclaimed, award-winning American literary treasure (Boston Globe), ripe for rediscovery--with a foreword by Elizabeth Strout.