The Brink
By: Holden Sheppard
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A group of school-leavers: free at last, ready to party, expectations high. A remote island on t…
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1. Holding the Man
By: Timothy Conigrave
3.99
Format: 32 pages,
Los anos setenta seran recordados, entre otras cosas, por ser la epoca en que el "glam" irrumpe con… read more
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2. Lola in the Mirror
By: Trent Dalton
4.41
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more
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- coming of age
- audiobook
- crime
- contemporary
3. Boy Like Me
By: Simon James Green
4.55
Format: 357 pages, Kindle Edition
It's 1994 and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in schools. When a… read more
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- lgbt
- young adult
- queer
4. The In-Between
By: Christos Tsiolkas
3.70
Format: 400 pages, ebook
The tender, sensual and moving new novel from the award-winning and bestselling author of The Slap … read more
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- contemporary
- mental health
- lgbt
- queer
"There was respite in history. The beligerence and intolerance of the contemporary age was of no consequence to the past. And there was no shouting."-Christos Tsiolkas, The In-Between
5. The Hummingbird Effect
By: Kate Mildenhall
3.60
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
An epic, kaleidoscopic story of four women connected across time and place by an invisible thread a… read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
6. Clarke
By: Holly Throsby
3.88
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
A compelling new novel from the bestselling author of Goodwood and Cedar Valley. 'Clarke is illu… read more
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- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- audiobook
"He was so stocky. He was like a wheelie bin."-Holly Throsby, Clarke
"Leelee?’ ‘Yes, Joe?’ ‘Would you still love me if I was a donkey?’ Leonie said, ‘Sweetheart, I’d love you no matter what you were. If you turned into a donkey, I’d just find us a house with a big barn…"-Holly Throsby, Clarke
7. Runt
By: Craig Silvey
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more
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- audiobook
- young adult
- contemporary
8. One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
By: A.J. Betts
4.00
Format: None pages, Audio CD
'In a few months, the four of us will be elsewhere, doing other things, and this chance we have wil… read more
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- contemporary
- young adult
- mental health
"No one dismantles this band but me."-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
"Because I've been writing this song my whole life. It's the soundtrack of me."-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
"I'd lost myself in that haze, too, now that I think about it. I'd forgotten all else, when we jammed. It was sublime in there. I felt timeless. Thoughtless. Borderless. Made of nothing but air and mu…"-A.J. Betts, One Song: Sometimes a Song Presses Pause on the World
9. Scar Town
By: Tristan Bancks
4.04
Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition
Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more
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- young adult
- contemporary
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- audiobook
10. Ready When You Are
By: Gary Lonesborough
4.20
Format: 245 pages, Hardcover
A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more
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- lgbt
- coming of age
- young adult
- contemporary
- queer
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are
11. The Brink
By: Holden Sheppard
4.04
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A group of school-leavers: free at last, ready to party, expectations high. A remote island on t… read more
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- audiobook
- lgbt
- coming of age
- young adult
- mental health
- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- queer
12. Tell Me Again
By: Amy Thunig
4.41
Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition
For years, Amy Thunig thought she knew all the details about the day she was born, often demanding … read more
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- audiobook
- mental health
"Chapter 20-Part 2 "The hardest part of childhood with parents with these and are criminalised, isn’t necessarily life inside your home, it's how you are treated and mistreated by those outside your h…"-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again
"I have been reading Amy Thunigs book. And this quote stood out to me. I really think this explains a lot about how AOD stigma and harmful prohibition drug policies that disproportionately criminalize…"-Amy Thunig, Tell Me Again
13. The Rush
By: Michelle Prak
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this riveting psychological thriller—perfect for fans of Jane Harper’s The Survivors and Erica F… read more
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- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- audiobook
14. Anything But Fine
By: Tobias Madden
3.96
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Luca is ready to audition for the Australian Ballet School. All it takes to crush his dreams is one… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
"What is it about hot jocks being dorky that is so impossible to resist?"-Tobias Madden, Anything But Fine
15. Henry Hamlet's Heart
By: Rhiannon Wilde
4.15
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A sparkling queer YA romance set in Brisbane, Henry Hamlet’s Heart follows one guy and his sometime… read more
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- contemporary
- lgbt
- young adult
- queer
16. Sidelines
By: Karen Viggers
3.68
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A teenage sports game descends into a brawl after a controversial line call in a fast-paced contemp… read more
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- audiobook
- contemporary
17. Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
By: Tobias Madden
3.86
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
There Are No Cheat Codes for Showmance Seventeen-year-old gaymer Noah Mitchell only has one frie… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
- young adult
- contemporary
- audiobook
"But still, despite all of this . . . I’m in love. It’s irrational. It’s irresponsible. But it’s irrevocable."-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
"Because my curiosity is killing me? Because I’m reckless and ridiculous? Because I’m suddenly one step closer to meeting the love of my life?"-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
"I place my hands in his, my stupid heart skipping a beat when our palms make contact. ‘You good?’ he asks. I bite my lip to keep from grinning like a fool. ‘Yep."-Tobias Madden, Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell
18. Red River Road
By: Anna Downes
3.94
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
Anna Downes's extraordinary next thriller Red River Road follows a woman desperate to discover what… read more
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- contemporary
- mystery
- thriller
- crime
- audiobook
19. A Man and His Pride
By: Luke Rutledge
4.02
Format: None pages, Audiobook
An uplifting and deeply moving gay novel by an exciting new Australian voice in commercial fiction,… read more
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- audiobook
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- queer
20. Wrong Answers Only
By: Tobias Madden
4.14
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Marco's always done the right thing. But now it's time for wrong answers only.Marco should be at un… read more
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- contemporary
- queer
- young adult
- lgbt
21. We Could Be Something
By: Will Kostakis
3.97
Format: 401 pages, Paperback
Part Coming-Out Story. Part falling-in-love story. Part falling-apart story. Harvey's dads… read more
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- contemporary
- lgbt
- young adult
- queer
"Right now, I'm not sure I can get a book about a gay teenager through acquisitions. The schools market factors heavily into our thinking and they won't let it fly."-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
"Just because you released one novel doesn't mean you're owed a career, Sotiris. That isn't how the book world works. There are so many names I only ever see on one title."-Will Kostakis, We Could Be Something
