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Looking for a new book? Browse the latest fiction releases.
Janet Skeslien Charles
The New York Times bestselling author of the The Paris Library returns with a powerful, moving new novel based on the extraordinary true story of Jessie Carson, the American librarian…
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Mark McAvaney
For everything there is an appointed time, even a time for every affair under the heavens.
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Melissa Goode
In this powerful and complex debut, Melissa Goode interrogates what makes a life worthwhile, and has created a vivid, intricate portrait of the relationships that shape and connect us, and…
Percival Everett
From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Trees
Belinda Cranston
As a young girl in Sydney, Rachel pays more attention than she perhaps should to a cartoon character who accesses different personas on separate adventures each time he goes into…
Ruby Todd
A young woman grapples with the arrival of a once-in-a-lifetime comet and its tumultuous consequences in a debut novel that blends mystery, astronomy and romance, perfect for fans of Tracey…
Alan Murrin
Brilliantly observed from a sharp new literary talent, The Coast Road is a novel about a closed community and the consequences of daring to move against the tide.
Edward Narain, Tarryn Phillips
This captivating ethnographic novel tells a story about global inequality through a rich, poignant, and often humorous portrait of everyday life in the postcolonial Pacific.
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Siang Lu
Perfect for fans of Haruki Murakami, Ghost Cities is a profound and highly imaginative novel that cleverly draws on Chinese history to explore the absurdity of modern life and work.
Hanna Johansson, Kira Josefsson (trans.)
Elegant, slippery, and provocative, Antiquity is a queer Lolita story by prize-winning Swedish author Hanna Johansson - a story of desire, power, obsession, observation, and taboo.
Kirsty Iltners
Told through alternating perspectives, Kirsty Iltners’ debut novel examines the lives of two isolated individuals to reveal the fragility of life and the fallibility of our memories.
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Valeria Usala, Katherine Gregor (trans.)
Based on a true story, a tale of generations of Sardinian women searching for independence in the face of prejudice and superstition, for fans of Elena Ferrante
Hanako Footman
An exquisite debut novel weaving together the voices of three young women in Japan and the UK as the threads of their lives twist and entangle in unexpected ways
Kyra Geddes
Her family's story made Henry Lawson famous. But was it his story to tell? Fact and fiction meld into one in this stirring family saga set against shifting landscapes and…
Alan Attwood
It is 1910. Halley's Comet is coming. Harry Houdini is in Australia for the first time. The most celebrated escape artist in the world has sold-out seasons in both Melbourne…
Mariana Enriquez
A damaged father battles to save his son from the sinister cult he is destined to serve - from cult sensation Mariana Enriquez, author of the International Booker Prize-shortlisted The…
Frida Isberg, Larissa Kyzer (trans.)
A debut novel of big ideas, The Mark is about misinformation, partisanship and how societies polarise.
Andrew O'Hagan
From the author of Mayflies, an irresistible, unputdownable, state-of-the-nation novel - the story of one man's epic fall from grace.
Sunjeev Sahota
From the twice Booker-nominated author of The Year of the Runaways and China Room, The Spoiled Heart is a magnificent novel of love, community and politics, set at the…
John Boyne
From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn than what he expected.
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Caoilinn Hughes
Equal parts hilarious and profound, The Alternatives is a powerful new novel about four gifted Irish sisters, from a major literary voice. Perfect for fans of Jonathan Franzen, Maggie O'Farrell…
Holly Pester
A burlesque, dark comedy about lodgings, lovers, and mother-daughter bonds that falter across time and tenancies.
Colin Barrett
The remarkable, funny and thrilling debut novel from the acclaimed, prize-winning author of the short story collections, Young Skins and Homesickness
Maki Kashimada, Haydn Trowell (trans.)
Thrilling and poised in equal measure, dealing with the travails of history, with gendered identity, and with the tension between private and public selves, Love at Six Thousand Degrees is…
Roisin Maguire
A funny and moving family story with an unconventional heroine in a quirky coastal community - Olive Kitteridge or The Shipping News on the edge on the Irish Sea
Tea Obreht
There's the world you can see. And then there's the one you can't. Welcome to The Morningside.
Emily Henry
Set over one sizzling summer comes a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it.
Louise Milligan
A gripping, propulsive and brilliantly original debut by award-winning investigative journalist and writer Louise Milligan.
Daniel Kraus
The Martian meets 127 Hours in this powerfully humane thriller about a scuba diver who's been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape…
Paul Morgan
A sumptuous novel of war, survival and enduring love.
Ellie Keel
Dark academia perfect for fans of The Secret History and If We Were Villains. Four scholarship students’ dreams come true when accepted into an exclusive boarding school, but they…
Alexander McCall Smith
The Perfect Passion Company shows Alexander McCall Smith at his most perceptive, playful, and generous.
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Charmian Clift, Nadia Wheatley (ed.)
The End of the Morning is the final and unfinished autobiographical novel by Charmian Clift. Published here for the first time, it is the book that Clift herself regarded as…
Lionel Shriver
What if calling someone stupid was illegal? In a reality not too distant from our own, where the so-called Mental Parity Movement has taken hold, the worst thing you can…
Scott Preston
A blistering debut from a stunning new voice in British fiction.
Kaveh Akbar
A transcendental debut novel from a multiple prize-winning poet; a story of mothers and sons, empires, and what it might mean to strive for love in a world that feels…
Holly Gramazio
A brilliantly original, funny and astute debut that examines how we navigate life, love and choice in a world of never-ending options
Karen Jennings
A woman in post-apartheid South Africa confronts her family's troubled past in this taut and compelling novel from the Booker Prize longlisted author of An Island
Leigh Bardugo
From Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent and the Shadow and Bone series comes a highly anticipated, gorgeously written novel with a dusting of magic brimming…
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Marian Keyes
How do you start again, after losing everything? Find out in the global no. 1 bestseller's latest heartstopper...
Miranda Darling
A black comedy, set in suburbia, about one woman’s struggle to be free.
Suzannah Dunn
A sharp eye and keen wit are brought to bear on the secrets and lies of a small rural community - secrets and lies that may prove deadly.
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Elisa Shua Dusapin, Aneesa Abbas Higgins (trans.)
Tonight is the opening night. There are birds perched everywhere, on the power lines, the guy ropes, the strings of light that festoon the tent ... when I think of…
Andre Aciman
A dazzling, sunbaked Italian summer story from the global bestselling author of Call Me By Your Name.
Murray Middleton
It's been five long years since violence erupted between young migrants and local police in Melbourne's inner west. A police-led trip to hike the Kokoda Trail hopes to rebuild relationships…
Ouyang Yu
Ouyang Yu’s first collection of stories in English is both assured and tender and at times surprisingly funny.
Bri Lee
The intersections between art, life, power and privilege are explored in this first work of fiction from the bestselling author of Eggshell Skull.
Osamu Dazai, Ralph McCarthy (trans.)
Bringing together novelist Osamu Dazai's best autobiographical shorts in a single, slim volume, Self-Portraits shows the legendary writer at his best-and his worst
