Prophet Song: Winner of the Booker Prize 2023 by Paul Lynch
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER 2023 A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author . On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from ...Show more
Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate Grenville
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
An exquisite portrait of Kate Grenville's complex, conflicted grandmother-a woman Kate feared as a child, and only came to understand in adulthood. Dolly Maunder was born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society's long-locked doors were starting to creak ajar for women. Growing up in a poor f ...Show more
Small Things Like These (HB) by Claire Keegan
$26.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
'This is a tale of courage and compassion, of good sons and vulnerable young mothers. Absolutely beautiful.' - Douglas Stuart, author of Shuggie Bain (Winner of the Booker Prize 2020)It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces i ...Show more
The Alchemist, 25th Anniversary: A Fable About Following Your Dream by Paulo Coelho
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
An international bestseller Over 80 million copies sold worldwide A PBS Great American Read Top 100 pick A special 25th anniversary edition of the extraordinary international bestseller, including a new Foreword by Paulo Coelho. Combining magic, mysticism, wisdom and wonder into an inspiring tale of sel ...Show more
The Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
The follow-up and companion to one of the most successful Australian novels ever, The Dictionary of Lost Words. What is lost when knowledge is withheld? In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy an ...Show more
The Labyrinth by Amanda Lohrey
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
Winner of the 2021 Miles Franklin Erica Marsden's son, an artist, has been imprisoned for homicidal negligence. In a state of grief, Erica cuts off all ties to family and friends, and retreats to a quiet hamlet on the south-east coast near the prison where he is serving his sentence. There, in a rundown ...Show more
The Magician by Colm Tóibín
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
When the Great War breaks out in 1914 Thomas Mann, like so many of his fellow countrymen, is fired up with patriotism. He imagines the Germany of great literature and music, which had drawn him away from the stifling, conservative town of his childhood, might be a source of pride once again. But his fla ...Show more
The Revenge Club: the wickedly witty brand-new novel for 2024 from a million copy bestselling author by Kathy Lette
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
A subversive, irreverent revenge romp from the wickedly witty mind of Kathy Lette. Best friends Matilda, Penny, Sofia and Jo are approaching their sixties with flair until, one by one, their bubbles are burst. Matilda, a bestselling novelist, is dropped by her publisher; Penny is cut from her prime-time ...Show more
The Rewilding by Donna M. Cameron
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
'A breathless chase thriller with a warm ecological heart.' -Inga Simpson, author of The Last Woman in the World'Fiction at its rebellious, fast-paced best with hope as its touchstone, making The Rewilding an urgent novel for our times.' - Sally Piper, author of Bone Memories 'A genre-bending page-turne ...Show more
The River We Remember (PB) by William Kent Krueger
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
On Memorial Day, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff ...Show more
The Submerged Cathedral by Charlotte Wood
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
Shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. The Submerged Cathedral is a superb, enthralling novel of love, tragedy and atonement from the acclaimed author of The Children. Set me as a seal on your heart, for love is stronger than death.' Spanning many years, travelling across Australia's vast continent a ...Show more
The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane
$24.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
A moving novel from the bestselling author of The Night Guest.'Gorgeous storytelling and superb characters are among the glories of The Sun Walks Down. Fiona McFarlane is an extraordinary writer, one of the best working today. Her magnificent reworking of the lost child story showcases the profound unde ...Show more