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Australian Book Retailer of the Year 2021
Christos Tsiolkas
The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap and Damascus.
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Khashayar J. Khabushani
A searing, sunlit debut about the powerful bonds that make and break an Iranian-American family
Helen Macdonald, Sin Blache
Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new duo in genre fiction
Abra Pressler
Serving up a swoonworthy romance full of twists and turns, Love and Other Scores is a bright and entertaining story from a new Australian voice.
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Claudia Cravens
A sharply realised, caustically witty and often moving revisionist depiction of frontier life that explores through its feminist heroine queer love, female friendships and the idea of a 'found' family…
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C Pam Zhang
A rapturous novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world
Soraya Palmer
A dazzling debut novel weaving together Caribbean myth and the contemporary story of multiple generations of one immigrant family
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Phoenicia Rogerson
A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne.
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Meryl Wilsner
A sapphic rivals-to-lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own
Eliot Duncan
Ponyboy pops pills, snorts speed, and attempts art as he comes to terms with his transmasculinity and addiction in Paris and Berlin, in the electric debut from Eliot Duncan.
Margot Douaihy
Sister Holiday, a chain-smoking, heavily tattooed, queer nun, puts her amateur sleuthing skills to the test in this unique and confident debut crime novel.
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Nicola Dinan
A coming-of-age story about falling in and out of love, brimming with humour and heartbreak, Bellies asks - is it worth losing a part of yourself to become who you…
Soula Emmanuel
Debut novelist Soula Emmanuel tells the story of Phoebe Forde, an Irish trans woman living in Scandinavia who unexpectedly reconnects with her first (and only) girlfriend, igniting memories she thought…
Mecca Jamila Sullivan
Compelling and compassionate, Big Girl is an unforgettable portrait of a queer Black girl as she learns to take up space in the world on her own terms.
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Neil Blackmore
A queer love story about how desire can take us to the edge of madness... and then beyond.
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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…
Elvin James Mensah
The sensational debut novel about love, friendship and finding happiness in the most unexpected places.
Brandon Taylor
The highly-anticipated new novel by the Booker-shortlisted author Brandon Taylor. An exploration of sex, love, identity and politics
Jen Beagin
Greta is miles away, sitting at a desk in her own house, wearing only headphones, fingerless gloves, a kimono, and legwarmers, transcribing this disembodied voice. What Greta doesn’t know is…
Jennifer Neal
The Colour of Her Blood is a novel where the strange and surreal meets the kitsch of Florida as it explores the dynamic of a family traumatised by racial violence…
Grace Curtis
Frontier is a heartfelt queer romance in a high noon standoff with Earth’s uncertain future, full of love, loss, and laser guns.
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.
Maggie Millner
An electrifying love story about one woman's coming-out, coming-of-age, and coming-undone.
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.
TJ Klune
Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E in the woods in this new standalone fantasy from beloved bestselling author TJ Klune.
Camille Kellogg
Equal parts witty and steamy, this debut rom-com brings a healthy dose of queerness and a whole lot of heart to a Pride and Prejudice-inspired enemies to lovers romance.
Liv Little
The sensational debut novel by Liv Little, founder of gal-dem. Rosewater asks, what happens when you fall through the cracks?
Constance Debre, Holly James (trans.)
A provocative and fierce novel about motherhood, self-discovery and defiance
Luke Rutledge
An uplifting and deeply moving gay novel by an exciting new Australian voice in commercial fiction, ideal for fans of Honeybee and Heartstopper
Melissa Broder
A scathingly funny, wildly erotic and fiercely imaginative story about food, sex and god from the Women’s Prize longlisted author of The Pisces
Imogen Binnie
The cult classic that inspired the new wave of transgender fiction - widely available in Australia for the first time.
Anthony Veasna So (author)
A debut story collection about Cambodian-American life - immersive, comic and unsparing - by an indisputable talent.
Viola Di Grado, Jamie Richards (trans.)
From one of Italy’s most electrifying voices, a powerful and original writer (Michael Cunningham), a fearless story of queer love and obsession set against the glassy surfaces of Shanghai.
Kristen Arnett
A tense, funny and moving story of two mothers, their difficult son, and the limitations of marriage, parenthood and love.
Travis Baldree
A cosy, heartwarming slice-of-life fantasy about found families and fresh starts.
Lillian Fishman
A provocative debut exploring sex and sexuality as a twentysomething New Yorker pursues a sexual freedom that follows no lines other than her own desire.
Jeanette Winterson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a warm, witty and daring novel that gives voice to irrepressible desire. Meet ten of literature’s most iconic heroines, jacketed in bold portraits…
Tommi Parrish
Tommi Parrish’s sophomore graphic novel establishes them as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary literature.
K-Ming Chang
Surreal and seductive collection of stories by Taiwanese American writer and poet K-Ming Chang. Themes of body, memory, queerness and family explored with boundless, dark imagination.
Zaina Arafat
Set between the US and the Middle East, this is an electrifying coming-of-age story about love, identity and sexual desire against the backdrop of traditional values and religious views.
Jen Silverman (author)
We Play Ourselves is a wildly entertaining debut novel of female rage, self-sabotage, the pursuit of fame and the costs of artistic ambition.
Tamsyn Muir
Tamsyn Muir’s New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona …the Ninth?
Selby Wynn Schwartz
A literary reimagining of some of history’s greatest queer women.
Sascha Stronach
A queer fantasy debut about a police officer who is murdered, brought back to life with a mysterious new power, and tasked with preventing an attack on her city.
Kyung-Sook Shin
A neglected young woman experiences the violence and isolation of contemporary Korean society.
Megan Milks
A queer coming-of-age novel about a girlhood interrupted by an eating disorder, only to twist into a genre-bending excavation of gender, identity, and literary mystery.
Lauren John Joseph
A story of first love and last rites, conjured against a vivid backdrop of London, San Francisco and New York.
Gretchen Felker-Martin
Manhunt is a timely, powerful response to every gender-based apocalypse story that failed to consider the existence of transgender and non-binary people, from a powerful new voice in horror.
