The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'One of my stand-out Australian reads from 2016 . . . A glorious novel, meditative and special' Hannah Kent, author of BURIAL RITES Arky Levin, a film composer in New York, has promised his wife that he will not visit her in hospital, where she is suffering in the final stages of a terminal illness. She ...Show more
The Book of Ordinary People by Claire Varley
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
"The Book of Ordinary People is a heart-warming and thought-provoking novel that reminds us to value what matters most - our families, our friends and humanity as a whole. " ReadingsA grieving daughter navigates the morning commute, her mind bursting with memories pleading to be shared. A man made entir ...Show more
Wintering by Krissy Kneen
$29.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
When Jessica's partner disappears into the dark Tasmanian forest, there is of course the mystery of what happened to him - the deserted car, the enigmatic final image recorded on his phone. There is the strange circle of local women, widows of disappeared men, with their edgy fellowship and unhinged the ...Show more
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
$19.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, Big Little Lies and new novel Nine Perfect Strangers. When Alice Love surfaces from a strange dream to find she's been injured in a gym, her first concern is for her unborn baby. She's desperate to see her husband, Nick, who she k ...Show more
The Dyehouse: Text Classics by Mena Calthorpe
$12.95 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: Text Classics
"Written with unerring skill and insight, The Dyehouse is a masterly portrait of postwar Australia,when industrial work was radically transformed by new technologies and society changed with it. Mena Calthorpe:who herself worked in a textile factory:takes us inside this world, vividly bringing to life t ...Show more
The Reef by Di Morrissey
$9.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
From Australia's favourite storyteller with new novel Arcadia out soon.Beneath the calm aqua waters of the Great Barrier Reef, there is an on-going war of survival. It is a war of survival among the creatures, the life-forms and the coral that make up the reef. It is so threatened it could disappear wit ...Show more
The Potato Factory by Bryce Courtenay
$24.95 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction | Series: POTATO FACTORY
Ikey Solomon's favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteen ...Show more
Salonika Burning by Gail Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
Greece, 1917. The great city of Salonika is engulfed by fire as all of Europe is ravaged by war.Amid the destruction, there are those who have come to the frontlines to heal- surgeons, ambulance drivers, nurses, orderlies and other volunteers. Four of these people-Stella, Olive, Grace and Stanley-are at ...Show more
The Lovers (Miles Franklin Award Shortlist 2023) by Yumna Kassab
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
What happens when we become used to each other, when we become bored, when we anticipate each other's moods like the seasons cycled in a day? What happens when you are tired of me and I tire of you?Every couple has a story. How they met, how they fell in love - their ups, their downs. What made them wan ...Show more
Cooper Not Out by Justin Smith
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
This summer, an unlikely hero is about to rewrite history. It's the summer of 1984, the West Indian cricket team is touring Australia, and the Aussies are getting flogged. Then, a very unlikely hero steps up to the crease... Sergeant Roy Cooper is a country policeman in the small country town of Pengui ...Show more
At The Foot Of The Cherry Tree by Alli Parker
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
TikTok made me buy it! A heart-warming emotional new story of forbidden love and family heartbreak from an unforgettable BookTok 2023 romance sensation debut author A stirring story of love and hope, based on the incredible true story of Australia's first Japanese war bride and a love that changed a nat ...Show more
Sunbirds by Mirandi Riwoe
$32.99 AUD
Category: Australian Fiction
1941, West Java. Love and revolution are in the air. And war is on its way. Shortly before the Japanese invade, the van Hoorn family throws their famous Sinterklaas party at their tea plantation in West Java. One of their guests, Mattijs, a Dutch pilot, hopes to forge a future in the Dutch East Indies, ...Show more