Scary Monsters
By: Michelle de Kretser
3.34
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A profoundly original exploration of racism, misogyny, and ageism—three monsters that plague the wo…
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1. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
By: Shankari Chandran
4.21
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more
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- literary fiction
- race
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- historical fiction
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- australia
- audiobook
2. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
3. Iris
By: Fiona Kelly McGregor
3.53
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Who is Iris Webber? A thief, a fighter, a wife, a lover. A scammer, a schemer, a friend. A… read more
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- historical
- australia
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- historical fiction
- audiobook
"Thought doesn't necessarily calm a person, nor does confinement calm thought."-Fiona Kelly McGregor, Iris
4. Too Much Lip
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.06
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
A dark and funny new novel from the multi-award-winning author of Mullumbimby. Wise-cracking Ke… read more
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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
- audiobook
5. Stone Yard Devotional
By: Charlotte Wood
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winn… read more
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- literary fiction
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6. Bodies of Light
By: Jennifer Down
4.29
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
So by the grace of a photograph that had inexplicably gone viral, Tony had found me. Or: he’d found… read more
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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
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- audiobook
"The Sydney of this time was a different place to the honeymoon city I'd visited with Damien. That one was the crescent of the bridge, the rolling waves beneath the ferry, the shaded streets in The Ro…"-Jennifer Down, Bodies of Light
7. Limberlost
By: Robbie Arnott
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
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- audiobook
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
8. Edenglassie
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- fiction
- contemporary
- australia
- historical fiction
- audiobook
9. Women & Children
By: Tony Birch
4.22
Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition
It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby,… read more
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- historical
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10. One Hundred Days
By: Alice Pung
3.97
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
One day, a boy in a nice silver car gives sixteen-year-old Karuna a ride. So Karuna returns the fav… read more
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"They couldn't see that the bigger I got, the smaller I became, and they didn't understand that once the baby came, I would be gone."-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days
"I'm keeping this record to let you know that it wasn't always that way. That you were once mine, and when I looked in your dark eyes, you made me very happy."-Alice Pung, One Hundred Days
11. Safe Haven
By: Shankari Chandran
4.18
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The new novel from the Miles Franklin award-winning author of Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens. It was… read more
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- audiobook
- fiction
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- contemporary
12. The Conversion
By: Amanda Lohrey
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
From Miles Franklin Award-winning author Amanda Lohrey comes a stunning literary foray into place, … read more
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13. 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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"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
14. After Story
By: Larissa Behrendt
4.07
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more
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- literary fiction
- australia
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- contemporary
- audiobook
15. 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
- historical
- australia
- contemporary
- fiction
- historical fiction
- speculative fiction
- science fiction
16. The Other Half of You
By: Michael Mohammed Ahmad
4.07
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
"I only ever asked you for one thing," my father said, a quiver in his voice. "Just this one thing.… read more
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17. Pheasants Nest
By: Louise Milligan
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
She wonders if they have discovered her missing yet. Has it broken in the news? Who has been assign… read more
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- audiobook
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18. Scary Monsters
By: Michelle de Kretser
3.34
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A profoundly original exploration of racism, misogyny, and ageism—three monsters that plague the wo… read more
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- audiobook
- literary fiction
- race
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
- contemporary
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- speculative fiction
- science fiction
19. Wild Abandon
By: Emily Bitto
3.32
Format: 449 pages, Paperback
A breathtaking new novel from the Stella Prize-winning author of The Strays. In spring of 2011, … read more
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20. Girl Falling
By: Hayley Scrivenor
3.53
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Why would my best friend want to destroy my life?Finn and her best friend, Daphne, have grown up to… read more
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