The Octopus and I
By: Erin Hortle
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A stunning debut novel set on the Tasmanian coast that lays bare the wild, beating heart at the int…
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1. Past the Shallows
By: Favel Parrett
3.49
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Brothers Joe, Harry and Miles live with their father, an abalone fisherman, on the south-east coast… read more
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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
2. 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
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
- adult
3. 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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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
4. Humus
By: Gaspard Kœnig
3.64
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Deux étudiants en agronomie, angoissés comme toute leur génération par la crise écologique, refusen… read more
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- roman
- fiction
- contemporary
"Vous aurez compris que pour ma part, je renonce. J'ai été jusqu'au bout de mon expérience et j'ai constaté que nous étions déjà condamnés. Nous profitons encore un peu, ivres morts, du sursis que nou…"-Gaspard Kœnig, Humus
5. The Labyrinth
By: Amanda Lohrey
3.85
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Erica Marsden’s son, an artist, has been imprisoned for a monstrous act of revenge. Trapped in her … read more
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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
- tasmania
"Exhausted, I go to bed early again and for the first time in a long while sleep an unbroken sleep that lasts until dawn. When I wake my body is soft; it feels as if in my dreamless state I have known…"-Amanda Lohrey, The Labyrinth
6. Honeybee
By: Craig Silvey
4.40
Format: 421 pages, Paperback
Late in the night, fourteen-year-old Sam Watson steps onto a quiet overpass, climbs over the rail a… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
"And I’m not wrong, I’m me. And I don’t want to be invisible anymore. I want people to see who I am"-Craig Silvey, Honeybee
"I wasn't cold, but I was shivering when I walked onto the Clayton Road overpass. I wasn't scared either, even when I climbed over the rail. I didn't feel much of anything."-Craig Silvey, Honeybee
"When we don’t think we’re worth much, we find ways to make our world small. We don’t allow ourselves to hope because we’ve already excepted failure. And this pattern of thinking often determines the …"-Craig Silvey, Honeybee
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
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
- tasmania
"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. 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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- fiction
- australia
- contemporary
9. La Langue des choses cachées
By: Cécile Coulon
3.79
Format: 131 pages, Paperback
Inlassablement, jour après jour, une mère apprend à son fils son travail, celui de soigner, de répa… read more
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- roman
- fiction
- contemporary
10. Sanctuary
By: Garry Disher
3.99
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
A thrilling new standalone set in regional SA, from one of Australia's most esteemed crime authors.… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
11. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
By: Anita Heiss
4.17
Format: 416 pages, ebook
Gundagai, 1852The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in … read more
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- literary fiction
- australia
- adult
- fiction
"Using Wiradjuri language on the cover of my novel makes a strong statement … regarding the reclamation and maintenance of the traditional language of my family."-Anita Heiss, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
12. The Angry Women's Choir
By: Meg Bignell
4.07
Format: 403 pages, Paperback
By the acclaimed author of Welcome To Nowhere River comes a heart-warming and uplifting story about… read more
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- adult fiction
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
- tasmania
13. The Chocolate Factory
By: Mary-Lou Stephens
3.96
Format: 441 pages, Kindle Edition
Love, friendship and dangerous secrets in the early years of Cadbury's Tasmanian factory. It's 1… read more
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- tasmania
- fiction
- australia
14. Flames
By: Robbie Arnott
4.07
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
A young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his twenty-three-year-old sister, C… read more
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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
- tasmania
- adult
15. The Rain Heron
By: Robbie Arnott
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the forested slop… read more
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- literary fiction
- australia
- fiction
16. Murder Town
By: Shelley Burr
3.72
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Gemma Guillory knows her once-charming town is now remembered for one reason, and one reason only. … read more
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- australia
- adult
- fiction
17. Viendra le temps du feu
By: Wendy Delorme
4.32
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
"Elles étaient toutes brisées et pourtant incassables. Elles existaient ensemble comme un tout soli… read more
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- roman
- fiction
18. The Deep
By: Kyle Perry
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
From the bestselling breakout author of The Bluffs comes a heart-stopping new thriller set on the r… read more
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- tasmania
- australia
- fiction
19. The Octopus and I
By: Erin Hortle
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A stunning debut novel set on the Tasmanian coast that lays bare the wild, beating heart at the int… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- roman
- female authors
- animals
- fiction
- contemporary
- australia
- tasmania
- adult
20. Une immense sensation de calme
By: Laurine Roux
3.97
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
Alors qu’elle vient d’enterrer sa grand-mère, une jeune fille rencontre Igor. Cet être sauvage et m… read more
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- roman
- fiction
21. Résister à la culpabilisation
By: Mona Chollet
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
C'est un livre sur une petite voix, celle qui se met souvent à parler en nous pour nous blâmer, nou… read more
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