From bestselling author David Sedaris, the second volume of diaries - the source of his remarkable autobiographical stories.

A compelling exploration of generational divides informed by exclusive studies from around the world.

From the bestselling author of the Ibis trilogy and The Great Derangement, The Nutmeg's Curse is an enthralling, panoramic history of the influence of colonialism on the world today, told through the surprising story of the...

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...

The funny, frank and full autobiography of the nation's favourite comedian. 'It's the first time I've done this. Other people have written about me - or for me - but this time it's just my own life in my own words'

A jewel of a novel by New York Times bestseller Claire Messud

One of the major documents of modern European civilization, Robert Burton's astounding compendium, a survey of melancholy in all its myriad forms, has invited nothing but superlatives since its publication in the seventeenth...

Fifty great writers reflect on the albums that shaped them in this captivating collection curated by the New Statesman's Tom Gatti

Combines thrilling stories of what it's like to be on the front line of Australia's first giga-fire with the hard truths of human-caused climate change, and what we do about it.

The new thriller from the master of psychological suspense

Leaping into Waterfalls explores the rich, tumultuous life of Gillian Mears, one of Australia's most significant writers of the last forty years.

A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business and politics

From the Dreamtime to the colonial live bird trade, the competitive culture of the showroom and today's thriving wild flocks, Flight of the Budgerigar is the authoritative history of the Budgerigar, written by respected...

Bake like an Italian with this latest Silver Spoon treasure - a culinary inspiration and go-to kitchen companion

An inspiring work about creativity and resilience from the multi-award-winning author of The Weekend.

Funkytown is a love letter to adolescence, football, family and outer suburbia

From the outside, the Delaneys appear to be an enviably contented family. But now Joy Delaney has disappeared and her children are re-examining their parents' marriage and their family history with fresh, frightened eyes.

The sumptuous, propulsive, sun-kissed follow up to the bestselling Snow, from the Booker Prize winning author.

Bob Woodward and Robert Costa's compelling account of the presidential transition from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.

World-renowned food writer Claudia Roden revisits Mediterranean cookery 30 years on with new simple, vibrant dishes. A treasure for fans of Ottolenghi SIMPLE and Persiana

Yet she deeply misses her secret lover Cecily and queen Eleanor. Born last in a long line of women warriors and crusaders, women who flew across the countryside with their sword fighting and dagger work, Marie decides to chart...

Award-winning journalist Gary Nunn investigates psychics, mediums and astrologers to understand their uncanny power - and whether it's used for good or evil.

An erudite, tightly woven and beautifully written account of one of humanity's greatest mysteries - the origins of language.

A step-by-step guide to plant-styling your home to promote health, happiness and wellbeing.

International bestseller Zoe Whittall brings us a fierce and tender novel about family and unconventional motherhood.

With brilliant sensitivity and an unstinting eye, The Sweetest Fruits illuminates three women's tenacity and their struggles in a novel that circumnavigates the globe in the search for love, family, home and belonging.

A masterful new story collection from award-winning Indigenous writer Tony Birch

The epic love story of the summer, for fans of Daisy Jones and the Six.

An elegantly illustrated celebration of iconic Australian designer Frances Burke

Twelve bytes. Twelve eye-opening, mind-expanding, funny and provocative essays on the implications of artificial intelligence for the way we live and the way we love - from Sunday Times-bestselling author Jeanette Winterson.

'A sparkling new voice in Australian fiction.' Nikki Gemmell

A savoury-focused baking cookbook with an emphasis on wholegrains and seasonally-led ingredients from a UK-trained chef who is one of Australia's best-regarded bakers.

Kate Grenville's latest bestselling novel, now in a beautiful paperback edition

A tightly plotted, brilliantly executed account of two families whose lives intersect in unexpected ways.

A deeply personal exploration of Australia's colonisation past, present and future by one of Australia's finest contemporary authors​.

New York Times bestselling author James Lee Burke brings readers a captivating tale of justice, love, brutality, and mysticism set in the turbulent 1960s.

An unforgettable and profound novel about three generations of one family and the healing power of understanding where you've come from.

In Male Tears, a debut collection of stories that brings together over fifteen years of work, Benjamin Myers lays bare the male psyche in all its fragility, complexity and failure, its hubris and forbidden tenderness.

The first novel in a new historical trilogy set in Ancient Pompeii. Amara is a slave at the Wolf Den -- the city's infamous brothel. But just because she's a slave now, doesn't mean she intends to remain a slave forever...

A feminist visual manifesto.

Shirley Jackson meets Ottessa Moshfegh meets My Sister the Serial Killer in a brilliantly unsettling and darkly funny debut novel full of suspense and paranoia

An illuminating glimpse into the scientific response to the COVID-19 pandemic from Australia's most prominent 'insider'

An oddly optimistic, witty and insightful generation-defining book for a lost generation, the miserable Millennials, from Bridie Jabour, opinion editor at Guardian Australia

Every Secret Thing is a nothing-is-sacred misadventure that crackles with Marie Munkara's famous acerbic humour.

From the author of A Separation, a taut and electrifying story about a woman caught between many truths. An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court.

Intelligent, unusual and gripping, The Covered Wife is the debut novel of Sydney author Lisa Emanuel. This captivating story takes us from a seemingly perfect marriage deep into a closed community, and asks 'Where would you draw...

Detective Huldar and psychologist Freyja are once again on the trail of a serial killer in this brilliant new novel from the internationally acclaimed author of Gallows Rock and The Silence of the Sea.

When Val and Julie's teenage son comes home one day asking for a Pilot, a new brain implant to help with school, they reluctantly agree. This is the future, after all. A novel about one family and the technology that divides...

From the author of the international bestseller Migrations comes a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands.

Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable night in the life of a family- the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them ... and what they will leave behind.

A powerful American debut set during the Civil War and portraying life after slavery in the vein of Washington Black and Homegoing

Essential lessons on the world we live in, from one of our greatest young thinkers - a guide to what everybody is talking about today

A scintillating crime thriller, set in the South Australian outback town of Cutters End. A mysterious death on New Year's Eve 1989 leads to a shocking murder investigation 32 years later . . .

In the middle ages, a poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary classic. But what if the woman in question had a chance to tell her own version? Who would you believe?

A startling, honest, laugh and cry novel about growing up and leaving home, only to find that you've taken it with you, Snowflake is a novel for a generation, and for everyone who's taken those first, terrifying steps towards...

The neuroscience of why bad habits are so hard to break-and how evidence-based strategies can help us change our behaviour more effectively.

A scathingly funny, wildly erotic and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex and god from the Women's Prize longlisted author of The Pisces. 

The definitive biography of one contemporary culture's most iconic and mysterious figures - musical revolutionary, Nobel Prize-winner, chart-topping recording artist

Memento gets a Millennial makeover by debut author Sam Tschida in this smart and edgy comedy about a Kardashians-obsessed woman who wakes up in an LA hospital with amnesia, a torn party dress, and a broken iPhone and must work...

Homecoming pieces together fragments of stories about four generations of Noongar women and explores how they navigated the changing landscapes of colonisation, protectionism, and assimilation to hold their families together. This...

The powerful story of a Brahmin family in Delhi living through the chaos and heartbreak of Partition.

For readers of Anne Glenconner's Lady in Waiting or William Boyd's Any Human Heart, here lies a through-the-keyhole story of love, sex, war, tragedy and adventure that traverses the breadth of the 20th Century.

With lyricism reminiscent of Toni Morrison and James Baldwin, Robert Jones Jr. tells an unflinching story of forbidden love between two enslaved men in Mississippi whose relationship threatens all around them.

A love affair, a rare animal and a secret plot - The Rome Zoo is a powerful and darkly funny novel set in the lush gardens of the Villa Borghese.

This fierce debut from award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with biting satire and lyrical fury.  

The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within and beyond the Australian police force.

An intimate and revelatory memoir from the iconic, acclaimed singer-songwriter

The traces of much of human history - and that which preceded it - lie beneath the ocean surface; broken up, dispersed, often buried and always mysterious. Patrick Nunn sifts the facts from the fiction to work out which submerged...

Jane Gibian's poetry is remarkable for its clarity of perception and its sensitivity to the details and rhythms of life - whether in nature or in social routines

The new thriller, set in the hothouse world of a ballet school, from the multi-award-winning writer Megan Abbott

A solitary woman's inspiring, moving, surprising, and often funny memoir about the transformative power of her unusual friendship with a wild fox.

Generous, erudite, optimistic and candid...Hugh Mackay encourages us to find the best in ourselves and in our society in both good and troubled times.

The first definitive account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassination to the alarming mismanagement of the Obama and Trump years, right up to the insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January...

In her most candid and insightful book yet, Judith looks at her family and relationships to understand how despite being a feminist, her hopes and expectations have been shaped by men - including her work.

The definitive behind-the-scenes story of Trump's final year in office, by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, the Pulitzer Prize winning reporters and authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller, A Very Stable Genius

Irreverent and sincere, poignant and delightfully profane, No One Is Talking About This is at once a love letter to the infinite scroll and a meditation on love, language and human connection from one of the most original voices...

The third novel from the author of the Baileys Prize-winning The Glorious Heresies

A woman invites a famed artist to visit the remote coastal region where she lives, in the belief that his vision will penetrate the mystery of her life and landscape.

A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Martian.

The stories of five very different women whose paths all intersect - punchy and contemporary, for readers of Conversations with Friends and An American Marriage

Intoxicating, compulsive and blackly funny, Other People's Clothes is the thrilling debut novel from Berlin-based American artist Calla Henkel.

The biggest dark literary launch of 2021. Like The Girls rewritten by Gillian Flynn with all the atmosphere of Twin Peaks, Tall Bones marks the debut of an explosive new talent.

The first complete guide to burnout, based on groundbreaking new research. It shows how you can tell whether you really have burnout, and helps you shape a strategy for recovery that will work for you.

A powerful and moving family story about history, immigration and identity, spanning three generations and some seventy years across the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea.

In the wake of the pandemic, will we see a new politics of social security and concern for the future?

As Germany marks the thirtieth anniversary of its unification since the end of the Cold War, international bestselling-author Barney White-Spunner celebrates the history of one of Europe's greatest cities.

Good Indian Daughter is a brutally honest yet brilliantly funny memoir for anyone who's ever felt like a let-down.

Cait is a bookshop owner and book nerd whose social life revolves around her mobile bookselling service hand-picking titles for elderly clients, particularly the grandmotherly June. 

Told through case studies and medical history, this is an enlightening, in-depth book on the fascinating science behind pain and the complexities of its treatment, by one of the leading doctors in this area.

Meticulously researched, hugely ambitious and superbly crafted, The Tribute is the most outstanding thriller of 2021.

In this unique and entertaining blend of memoir, biography, and literary detective work, highly respected former fiction editor Craig Munro recreates the lives and careers of Australia's most renowned literary editors and...