Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

$14.99

Northern Iceland, 1829. A woman condemned to death for murdering her lover. A family forced to take her in. A priest tasked with absolving her. But all is not as it seems, and time is running out: winter is coming, and with it the execution date. Only she can know the truth. This is Agnes’s story.

Shortlisted, Stella Prize, 2014
Shortlisted, Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, 2016

A Few Days in the Country and Other Stories by Elizabeth Harrower

$22.99

Internationally acclaimed for her five brilliant novels, Elizabeth Harrower is also the author of a small body of short fiction. A Few Days in the Country brings together for the first time her stories published in Australian journals in the 1960s and 1970s, along with those from her archives.

Shortlisted, Stella Prize, 2016

The Year of the Runaways by Sunjeev Sahota

$19.99

Thirteen young men live in a house in Sheffield, each in flight from India. Tarlochan, a former rickshaw driver, will say nothing about his past in Bihar. Avtar has a secret that binds him to protect the choatic Randeep, and Randeep, in turn, has a visa-wife in a flat on the other side of town.

Shortlisted, Man Booker Prize, 2015

The Snow Kimono by Mark Henshaw

$23.99

Paris: 1989. Recently retired Inspector of Police Auguste Jovert receives a letter from a woman who claims to be his daughter. Two days later, a stranger comes knocking on his door.

Winner, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2015
Winner, ACT Book of the Year Award, 2015
Longlisted, Voss Literary Award, 2015
Shortlisted, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, 2015
Shortlisted, University of Queensland Fiction Book Award, 2015

The Illuminations by Andrew O'Hagan

$19.99

Now an elderly woman easily forgotten, in her youth Anne Quirk was a pioneer of British documentary photography. When her beloved grandson, Luke, returns home to Scotland following a disastrous tour of duty in Afghanistan goes horribly wrong, secrets begin to emerge.

Longlisted, Man Booker Prize, 2015

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

$19.99

When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they’re broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride.

Winner, The Kirkus Prize, 2015
Shortlisted, Man Booker Prize, 2015
Finalist, National Book Award for Fiction, 2016

Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish

21.99

Set in post-9/11 New York, veteran Brad Skinner comes to New York with the sole intention of partying as hard as he can in order to forget what he’s seen. But when he meets Zou Lei, an illegal immigrant from northwest China, they discover that a new life could be possible.

Winner, PEN/Faulkner Prize, 2015
Winner, Paris Review Plimpton Prize for Fiction, 2015