Summer Reading Guide: Australian fiction
Bridge of Clay
The magnificent, highly anticipated new novel from the author of the international bestseller, The Book Thief.
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The Bus on Thursday
Bridget Jones meets The Exorcist in a devilishly funny new novel from the acclaimed filmmaker, screenwriter and author of Rush Oh!
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The Butcherbird Stories
Eleven stories. Each like a matchstick struck to illuminate the darkness. Evocations of place ranging from a Bangla jungle to the deep, blue Danube to a winter beach in Melbourne excite and seduce. But what truly draws the reader...
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Cedar Valley
From the author of the bestselling novel, Goodwood, comes a compelling mystery set deep within the hearts of Cedar Valley and its inhabitants.
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The Children’s House
Alice Nelson skilfully weaves together these shared stories of displacement and trauma into a beautifully told, hope-filled, outstanding novel.
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The Clockmaker’s Daughter
Kate Morton's highly acclaimed novels have sold over 11 million copies worldwide and are number one bestsellers around the world.
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The Fragments
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Addition and Nine Days, a superbly crafted and captivating literary mystery about a lost book and a secret love.
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The Girl On The Page
Two women, two great betrayals, one path to redemption. A punchy, powerful and page-turning novel about the redemptive power of great literature, from industry insider, John Purcell.
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The Helpline
A big-hearted comedy about what happens when being the brainiest person in the room doesn't mean things work out the way you imagined
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Hope Shines
Prize-winning and highly commended stories from the Brotherhood of St Laurence Hope Prize.
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Matryoshka
Matryoshka is a haunting and beautifully written story about the power of maternal love, and the danger of secrets passed down through generations.
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Monkey Grip
An elegant hardback edition of the novel that launched Helen Garner's career.
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The Children’s Bach
A captivating and deeply personal novel from one of Australia's most respected authors.
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Nine Perfect Strangers
Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever?
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Preservation
Preservation, based on the true story of the wreck of the Sydney Cove, sees master storyteller Jock Serong turn his talents to historical narrative.
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Shell
A big, bold and hauntingly beautiful story that captures a defining moment in Australia's history.
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2028
Move over Shaun Micallef ... a work of comic genius that takes the mickey out of anything and everything to do with Australian politics.
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Two Old Men Dying
In perhaps his boldest and most personal novel, Tom Keneally explores the journeys of modern Australians alongside the imagined story of ancient Learned Man whose remains were discovered in Western NSW decades ago.
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The Year of the Farmer
A darkly satirical novel of a small country town battling the elements and one another, from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker.
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Boy Swallows Universe
An utterly wonderful novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class suburban fringe - from one of Australia's most exciting new writers.
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Gerald Murnane: Collected Short Fiction
Definitive collection of the short fiction of an Australian master-storyteller who is in a league of his own.
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Flames
Two siblings traverse the southern island to try to find their way back to each other in this tale about grief and love and the bonds of family.
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The Shepherd’s Hut
The Shepherd's Hut is an exquisite, brutal coming of age novel. It tells the story of Jaxie, a boy on the run from his past, and explores the way love and hate combine to form a young man's beliefs.
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A Superior Spectre
A Superior Spectre is a highly accomplished debut novel about our capacity for curiosity, and our dangerous entitlement to it, and reminds us the scariest ghosts aren't those that go bump in the night, but those that are born and...
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Too Much Lip
A dark and funny new novel from the multi-award-winning author of Mullumbimby.
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The True Colour of the Sea
The long-awaited new collection of short stories from Australia's master of the short-story genre.
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Man Out of Time
From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of The Other Side of the World comes a brilliant and provocative new novel about inheritance and self-destruction.
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Based on interviews author Heather Morris conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a heart-wrenching, illuminating, and unforgettable tale of hope and...
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