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Our children's and YA top ten bestsellers of the week
My Life as a Hashtag by Gabrielle Williams
The World’s Worst Children 2 by David Walliams and Tony Ross
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
The Wayward Witch and the Feelings Monster (Polly and Buster Book 1) by Sally Rippin
A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee
Intergalactic Gas (The Bad Guys Book 5) by Aaron Blabey
Resurrection (Skulduggery Pleasant Book 10) by Derek Landy
Boone Shepard by Gabriel Bergmoser
The…
Which book should I read from the Readings Young Adult Book Prize shortlist?
Are you having trouble deciding which of the six fabulous books on the Readings Young Adult Book Prize shortlist to read first? Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered…
Take our quiz to find out which book you should read. Grab a sheet of paper, write down the letters of your chosen answers and then tally them up before scrolling down to find out what your next book should be.
QUESTION 1. WHEN READING A BOOK, DO YOU LIKE TO…?
A.…
Our top ten bestsellers of the week
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
The Clever Guts Diet by Michael Mosley
Anaesthesia by Kate Cole-Adams
The Barefoot Investor by Scott Pape
Gravity Well by Melanie Joosten
Camino Island by John Grisham
Miller And Max by Luke Buckmaster
Losing it by Moira Burke
The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
Theft by Finding by David Sedaris
Arundhati Roy’s second novel is our bestselling book of last week. Our reviewer describes The Ministry of Utmost Happiness as…
What we're reading: Gwendoline Riley, Wayne Macauley & Ocean Vuong
Each week we bring you a sample of the books we’re reading, the films and TV shows we’re watching, and the music we’re listening to.
Annie Condon is reading Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
I’ve been putting off reading Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout, so that I could really savour it during some ‘downtime’, but I’ve recently come to the realisation that the aforementioned ‘downtime’ is just not going to happen. So I began the book and entered…
Our favourite books of 2017 (so far)
Our staff share the best books they’ve read so far this year, including new releases and older titles just discovered.
Mark Rubbo, managing director:
My top picks of the year so far have been…
Insomniac City by Bill Hayes – A moving memoir about the writer’s relationship with New York and his partner, the famous neurologist Oliver Sacks. I defy you not to love this book!
Prussian Blue by Philip Kerr – If you haven’t read any of Philip Kerr’s…
Our staff share their Winter Reading Stacks
Sharon Peterson, assistant manager at Readings Carlton
Barkskins by Annie Proulx
Scotland by Lonely Planet
Anything is Possible by Elizabeth Strout
Understory by Inga Simpson
Ache by Eliza Henry-Jone
Stella Charls, marketing and events coordinator
Too Much and Not the Mood by Durga Chew-Bose
Losing it by Moira Burke
Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg
A Separation by Katie Kitamura
Sunshine State by Sarah Gerard
Naomi Alderman wins the 2017 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
Naomi Alderman has won the 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction for her feminist science fiction novel, The Power.
Set in a future where women develop the power to kill men with a touch, The Power is a page-turning thriller that explores timely issues, including gender politics and questions of power. The chair of judges, film and TV producer Tessa Ross, says: ‘This prize celebrates great writing and great ideas and The Power had that, but it also had…
Three delicious new cookbooks from around the world
So French So Sweet by Gabriel Gate
From the very first Melbourne celebrity chef comes a wonderful collection of recipes sure to increase your appetite for a sweet end to your meal. You already know that Monsieur Gaté’s recipes are easy to follow. I consider his food writing one of the most accessible of all instructions for the home cook. So French So Sweet will make it possible for you (and here I do mean anyone) to make cakes and…
10 fun books to read in dark times
Sometimes the best escape from the dark times swirling around us is a good, fun book, dammit. And as luck would have it, right now there are a bunch of new releases that are highly entertaining, delightfully funny and 100% Trump-less. Here are four I’ve read and loved, and six I can’t wait to start.
Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny
Katherine Heiny’s collection of short stories Single, Carefree, Mellow was one of my favourite books of the past few years…
The Environment Award for Children’s Literature shortlist 2017
Congratulations to all the authors, illustrators and publishers shortlisted for this year’s Environment Award for Children’s Literature. This annual Award from the Wilderness Society’s annual Award celebrates books that promote a love of nature, a sense of caring for the world, and curiosity in children.
This year’s shortlist features wonderfully illustrated picture fiction, adventurous tales with conservation hijinks, and fact-filled nonfiction books that will feed children’s curiosity.
Here are the shortlisted books for each category…
Picture fiction
Circle by Jeannie…
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