June saw some great new releases including Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid and The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones, which our reviewer says is a 'thrilling, intriguing book [that] will delight her admirers but also garner the attention of those yet to discover her'. There were also a couple of recent prize-winning newcomers: Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq, translated from the Kannada language by Deepa Bhasthi, which won the International Booker Prize; and The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden, winner of the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction.
Our nonfiction highlights included an inspiring memoir from Jacinda Ardern; a new Quarterly Essay from Hugh White on Australia's place in the global landscape; a book on how to build a better future; and Jacinta Parsons on women and ageing.
1. A Different Kind of Power by Jacinda Ardern
2. Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser
3. Quarterly Essay 98: Hard New World - Our Post-American Future by Hugh White
4. Heart Lamp: Selected Stories by Banu Mushtaq, translated by Deepa Bhasthi
5. The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
6. A Wisdom of Age by Jacinta Parsons
7. Abundance: How We Build a Better Future by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
8. James by Percival Everett
9. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
10. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins & Sawyer Robbins
11. The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan
12. Rytual by Chloe Elisabeth Wilson
13. The Vegetarian by Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith
14. The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
15. Orbital by Samantha Harvey
16. The Name of the Sister by Gail Jones
17. No Greater Power by Liam Byrne
18. Butter by Asako Yuzuki, translated by Polly Barton
19. The Passengers on the Hankyu Line by Hiro Arikawa, translated by Allison Markin Powell
20. Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, Book 1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, translated by Geoffrey Trousselot
