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Amanda Lohrey
The Conversion is a startling novel about the homes we live in: how we shape them, and how they shape us
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Jesmyn Ward
Let Us Descend is a reimagining of American slavery, as beautifully rendered as it is heart-wrenching.
Dann McDorman
West Heart Kill: An outrageously original murder mystery
Fiona McIntosh
The heart-stopping new historical romantic adventure from the bestselling author of The Orphans.
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John Ajvide Lindqvist
'As Lindqvist has increasingly devoted himself to the subtle plumbing of the human soul he has become a distinctive and urgent voice in contemporary literature' - Svenska Dagbladet
Mick Cummins
So Close to Home is a pacey, gritty and captivating novel exploring homelessness, power dynamics and the ties that bind.
Christos Tsiolkas
The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap and Damascus.
Isabel Ibanez
A divine exploration. A deadly secret. A desire she can't escape.
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Trent Dalton
Copies with signed bookplates are available for a limited time. While stock lasts.
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from international bestselling…
David Diop, Sam Taylor (trans.)
From the author of the International Booker Prize-winning At Night All Blood is Black: a moving and immersive adventure story set in eighteenth century Senegal
Hideo Yokoyama, Louise Heal Kawai (trans.)
The new title from the author of Six Four, in which a down-at-heel architect must solve a beguiling mystery
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Beth O'Leary
Two sworn enemies. One failing hotel. Love is the last thing they need . . .
Kell Woods
A stunning meld of love story, fairytale, magic and history, by an exciting debut Australian voice - perfect for fans of Naomi Novik, Bridget Collins and Kate Forsyth
Madeleine Gray
A witty, profound and painfully relatable debut novel exploring solitude, desire, and the allure of chasing something that promises nothing.
Phoenicia Rogerson
A queer revisionist retelling of the story of Hercules, for fans of The Song of Achilles, A Thousand Ships and Ariadne.
Megan Whalen Turner
Discover the world of the Queen’s Thief in this timeless and highly acclaimed award-winning fantasy classic, The Thief.
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Helen Macdonald, Sin Blache
Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new duo in genre fiction
Paul Lynch
Exhilarating, terrifying, propulsive and confrontational, Prophet Song is a work of breathtaking originality and devastating insight, a novel that can be read as a parable of the present, the future…
Sara M Saleh
A stunning coming-of-age tale played out across generations and continents, from Palestine to Australia.
Shelley Parker-Chan
Riding high on her recent victory, Zhu Yuanzhang is now the Radiant King - brilliant, ambitious and unstoppable in her quest for greatness. But she will soon discover the price…
Melanie Saward
A poignant and powerful novel about a fire-obsessed Indigenous boy living on the margins - from an electrifying new First Nations voice in Australian fiction, Melanie Saward.
Steph Vizard
An award-winning modern rom-com for all fans of fake dating, enemies-to-lovers stories.
Jessa Maxwell
Six contestants. The nation's favourite baking show. And a prize worth killing for...
Amy Doak
Karen McManus and Holly Jackson meets Fleur Ferris in this fast-paced YA murder mystery.
Angela O'Keeffe
A highly original work narrated by Hortense Cezanne, the wife of the celebrated artist, as she witnesses an author in 2020 write a book about her life.
Charles Frazier
The stunning new novel from the author of international million-copy bestseller Cold Mountain.
Julie Mae Cohen
Even serial killers want a happily-ever-after. The darkly funny, ingenious and outrageous thriller debut from Julie Mae Cohen.
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Elle Kennedy
Return to Avalon Bay with the third book in New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy's addictive and romantic series
Temi Oh
A reimagining of the Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus
Sarah Smith
A dark comedy about how to live your best life, even when you're dead.
Jenny Fran Davis
Sasha and Jesse are professionally creative, erotically adventurous, and passionately dysfunctional twentysomethings making a life together in Brooklyn. When a pair of older, richer lesbians - prominent news host Jules…
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A. J. Betts
Aspiring singer-songwriter Eva has one last chance to enter Triple J Unearthed High and break into the music industry.
Neil Blackmore
A queer love story about how desire can take us to the edge of madness... and then beyond.
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…
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…
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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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Oindrila Mukherjee
Creative writing professor Maneka Roy has not returned to India in years, and when she arrives in her home country to mourn the loss of her mother, she finds herself…
Samantha Shannon
The stunning, standalone prequel to the New York Times bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree.
Kylie Scott
New York Times bestselling sensation Kylie Scott's sexy, smart and unconventional opposites-attract love story looks at what happens when fate refuses to give up on what's meant to be...
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Rebecca Makkai
The new novel from the author of The Great Believers, winner of the Carnegie Medal and a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist.
Shirley Le
A coming-of-age tale that reveals a side of Australia so ordinary it's entirely bizarre.
Mali Waugh
Family law judge Kaye Bailey is found murdered in her chambers. Is this the work of a disgruntled complainant? Or an inside job by a jealous colleague? Or is there…
Madison Godfrey
A memoir made of poetry, Dress Rehearsals documents a decade of performing womanhood in a non-binary body.
Saman Shad
Sparks fly in this glittering romantic comedy about love, marriage and mistaking your own identity.
Hiroko Oyamada, David Boyd (trans.)
Fish-breeding and weasel infestations punctuate this disarming, strange and strangely resonant story of one man's journey toward impending fatherhood, from an award-winning Japanese novelist.
Billy-Ray Belcourt
A debut novel from a rising literary star that brings the modern queer and Indigenous experience into sharp relief.
An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern…
Deepti Kapoor
A gripping literary thriller, one of the most anticipated novels of 2023, rights sold in fifteen territories, 20-way bidding war for film rights won by FX and Fox 21.
Monica Heisey
One of the most hotly anticipated, hilarious and addictive debut novels of 2023, from Schitt’s Creek screenwriter and electric new voice in fiction, Monica Heisey.
