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Jessica Seaborn
A smart, funny and heartfelt anti-romcom by a bright new voice in Australian fiction.
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Crystal Smith Paul
A multigenerational saga that traverses the glamour of old Hollywood and the seductive draw of modern-day showbiz
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Kate Briggs
Windham Campbell Prize-winner Kate Briggs’ long-awaited debut novel, imagining new forms of life, writing and experience.
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Soraya Palmer
A dazzling debut novel weaving together Caribbean myth and the contemporary story of multiple generations of one immigrant family
Sarah Smith
A dark comedy about how to live your best life, even when you're dead.
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Madelaine Lucas
A compelling and unforgettable debut novel by an acclaimed young Australian writer - a mesmerising story of desire and its complexities and a powerful reckoning with memory, loss and longing.
Jamila Ahmed
A spellbinding reimagining of the Arabian Nights and the fearless woman at the heart of it all: Shaherazade.
Ore Agbaje-Williams
Wife. Husband. Best friend. What if your two favourite people hated each other with a passion?
Lindsay Lynch
A glamorous, gossipy, whip-smart and poignant vision of behind-the-scenes 1940s Hollywood, perfect for fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Mercury Pictures Presents.
Amy Lovat
Mistakes and Other Lovers explores the pressure, pain and freedom of being on the cusp of adulthood and realising things aren't what you thought they'd be.
Tony Santorella
Juno Dawson's Her Majesty's Royal Coven meets a Jim Jarmusch movie , a directionless college-dropout deals with sexuality, minimum-wage jobs, lunar cycles, toxic masculinity and the everyday perils of life…
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Two Black sisters growing up in small-town New England fight to protect their home, their bodies, and their dreams as the civil right movement sweeps the nation.
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Zeynab Gamieldien
A stunning debut novel that follows the intertwined lives of three friends as they navigate the complexities of university life, adherence to their faith, and the transition into adulthood.
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Szilvia Molnar
The walls begin to close in on a new mother during the fragile first few days of parenthood
Nicole Flattery
A wildly original debut novel about two young women navigating the complex worlds of Andy Warhol's Factory, and coming of age in 1960s New York
Elvin James Mensah
The sensational debut novel about love, friendship and finding happiness in the most unexpected places.
Annette Higgs
Told from five different points of view, each one revealing a little more of the story, On a Bright Hillside in Paradise, tells the story of a family of convict…
Margaret Meyer
East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer and servant, has lived for more than four decades in her beloved coastal village of Cleftwater. Everyone knows Martha, but no one…
Priya Guns
A spiky, blackly funny reboot of the classic Taxi Driver, in which Travis Bickle is a woman of colour, left behind by the big city and out for revenge.
Susan Paterson
An evocative novel of love and art, and one man’s journey to find his place in the world. Where Light Meets Water is a moving debut traversing nineteenth-century London, Melbourne…
Louise Kennedy
Tender and shocking, Trespasses is an unforgettable debut of people trying to live ordinary lives in extraordinary times.
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Esther Yi
An unmissable debut about a Korean American woman whose obsession with Moon, a member of a wildly popular K-pop band sends her to Seoul on a journey of literary self-destruction.
A.Y. Chao
This richly told adult fantasy debut teems with Chinese deities and demons cavorting in jazz age Shanghai.
Ayesha Inoon
A finely observed debut novel of a young Muslim woman's experience of immigration to Australia from Sri Lankan-Australian writer Ayesha Inoon.
Stephen Buoro
Crackling with energy and intelligence, this is the unforgettable story of Andrew Aziza, a one-of-a-kind teenager who goes on a journey of self-discovery in the shadow of colonialism and communal…
Vanessa Walters
This twisty and electrifying debut novel about a young woman who goes missing in Lagos, Nigeria, and her estranged auntie who will stop at nothing to find the truth is…
Pip Finkemeyer
A young woman tries to figure out if she’s the best (a creative genius) or if she’s maybe just the worst (completely delusional).
Coco Mellors
For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple’s impulsive marriage.
Maggie Millner
An electrifying love story about one woman's coming-out, coming-of-age, and coming-undone.
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Welcome to a world where, livestreamed to millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize - their freedom.
Wiz Wharton
Heartfelt, beautiful, funny and real, Ghost Girl, Banana is an irresistibly compelling exploration of family, identity and what it costs to belong from a wonderful new voice in fiction, Wiz…
Elyse John
A stunning, enthralling story about unconventional love, the power of creativity and the courage of women who struggle to make their voices heard.
Monica Heisey
One of the most hotly anticipated, hilarious and addictive debut novels of 2023, from Schitt's Creek and Workin' Moms screenwriter and electric new voice in fiction, Monica Heisey.
Amy Taylor
Rebecca meets Fleabag in a sharp and funny debut novel about dating in the internet age.
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Kerryn Mayne
Kerryn Mayne's stunning debut is an irresistible novel that's both chilling and charming, suspenseful and uplifting. And, of course, simply unforgettable...
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Melissa Coss Aquino
As tough and tender as its main characters, Carmen and Grace is a devastatingly wise and intimate story about the bonds of female friendship, ambition and found family.
Nina Wan
A big-hearted, beautifully written, utterly engaging novel about love, fear, second chances and the hardest shot in golf, from a sparkling new Australian voice.
Andre Dao
Anam is a novel about memory and inheritance, colonialism and belonging, home and exile.
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Mikki Brammer
The Collected Regrets of Clover is the burst of hopefulness we need right now. A sparkling debut novel from Australian Mikki Brammer, which reminds us all to live our best…
Aisling Smith
After the Rain is a moving, exquisitely observed novel about marriage and family, dislocation, culture and belonging, from an exciting new voice in Australian literature.
Sally Colin-James
A beautiful, enthralling and powerfully resonant story of three women, separated by centuries, yet connected to each other through a thread of longing, a yearning for independence and a singular…
Sheena Patel
An exhilarating, addictive take on obsession, race, gender and power dynamics through the lens of a corrosive relationship.
Shelley Read
An epic story of self-discovery and becoming, set against the magnificent and breathtaking landscape of mid-century Colorado.
Oindrila Mukherjee
Creative writing professor Maneka Roy has not returned to India in years, and when she arrives in her home country to mourn the loss of her mother, she finds herself…
Dizz Tate
A coming-of-age story that 'manages to bottle up that chaotic and messy feeling of girlhood' (Stylist), from a fresh and radical new talent
Shirley Le
A coming-of-age tale that reveals a side of Australia so ordinary it's entirely bizarre.
Jacqueline Crooks
In a scorching story of music, passion and self-discovery, love will set Yamaye free...
Santanu Bhattacharya
A novel of modern India: of violence and prejudice, friendship and loyalty, community and tradition, and of a young man coming of age in a country on fire