True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack
By: Brenda Niall
3.69
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
Elizabeth and Mary Durack's (Kings In Grass Castles) closely intertwined creative lives were shaped…
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1. The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
By: Deborah Rodriguez
3.67
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
From the author of the memoir Kabul Beauty School comes a fiction debut as compelling as real life:… read more
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"Miluješ, zemřeš a mezitím se snažíš žít, jak nejlíp dokážeš."-Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
"Remember that life is short and full of surprises. If you wait too long, opportunities fade like setting sun."-Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
"The moon is made round by the right hand of God. The moon is made crescent by His left. But it is God’s heart that makes my love for you forever."-Deborah Rodriguez, The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
2. Amy and Isabelle
By: Elizabeth Strout
4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
In her stunning first novel Amy and Isabelle, Elizabeth Strout evokes a teenager's alienation from … read more
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3. Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
By: Elizabeth Strout
3.85
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition – … read more
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"The appetites of the body were private battles."-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
"She had spells of manic loquaciousness, followed by days of silence."-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
"It seems to Henry, as he takes his seat in his usual middle pew, that women are far braver than men"-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
"Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else."-Elizabeth Strout, Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
4. At Home With the Templetons
By: Monica McInerney
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
When the Templeton family from England takes up residence in a stately home in country Australia, t… read more
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5. Lincoln in the Bardo
By: George Saunders
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In his long-awaited first novel, American master George Saunders delivers his most original, transc… read more
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6. Tim
By: Colleen McCullough
4.23
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Mary Horton is content with her comfortable, solitary existence . . . until she meets Tim. A beauti… read more
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7. Still Life
By: A.S. Byatt
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
From the author of The New York Times bestseller Possession, comes a highly acclaimed novel which c… read more
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8. The Museum of Modern Love
By: Heather Rose
3.80
Format: 654 pages, Paperback
A mesmerising literary novel about a lost man in search of connection - a meditation on love, art a… read more
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9. The Natural Way of Things
By: None
4.75
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in an abandoned property in the… read more
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10. Sons In The Saddle
By: Mary Durack
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Paperback
Sequel to Kings in Grass Castles - Australian Classic. Pastoralist saga of the Durack family - Aust… read more
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11. March
By: Geraldine Brooks
4.23
Format: None pages,
Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize For Fiction. From the author of the acclaimed YEAR OF WONDERS, an… read more
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12. Crossings
By: Alex Landragin
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Crossings is an unforgettable and explosive genre-bending debut--a novel in three parts, designed t… read more
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"As long as I have a glimpse of sky, I can tolerate almost any hardship."-Alex Landragin, Crossings
"Here was a man who seemed to take amusement in the messiness of life--as close to a definition of happiness as I know."-Alex Landragin, Crossings
13. Homecoming
By: Kate Morton
4.07
Format: 547 pages, Hardcover
Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching hot day, beside a creek on the groun… read more
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"Stress can make even the most loving mother lose control."-Kate Morton, Homecoming
"What is the truth anyway?" Jess had once been asked by a curious friend. "It's what happened." "According to whom?"-Kate Morton, Homecoming
"There's other ways to travel." She was right. He had books, and there was no barrier to the places he could visit in his own mind."-Kate Morton, Homecoming
"Bad things happen to the best of people, and we cannot let them overwhelm us. Life doesn’t always work out the way we plan, but it does work out in the end."-Kate Morton, Homecoming
14. 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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15. The Bookbinder
By: Pip Williams
4.07
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when Wor… read more
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"Your stitching is what will hold the story together."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"Love Eternal, in Baskerville typeface. He'd chosen it for its clarity and beauty."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
"The myriad ways our words had failed to be bound, and here they were, finally, and there was only one bloody copy."-Pip Williams, The Bookbinder
16. Lessons
By: Ian McEwan
4.00
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, … read more
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"Books are difficult to tidy. Hard to chuck out. They resist."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
"Only the backward look, the well-researched history could tell peaks and troughs from portals."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
"What must it be, to burst out of deep infant sleep into the shocking singular fact of existence."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
"The years slid over old deaths like a heavy lid. Nearly everything that happens to you in life you forget. Should have kept a journal."-Ian McEwan, Lessons
17. 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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- biography
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- biography memoir
18. 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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19. Boy Swallows Universe
By: Trent Dalton
4.34
Format: 474 pages, Paperback
A novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age, set in Brisbane's violent working class subu… read more
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"Don't fuckin' swear."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
"Stay sweet, Eli Bell."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
"Most things people say don't need to be said."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
"To burn this house down or set the world on fire. Up to you, Eli."-Trent Dalton, Boy Swallows Universe
20. The Godmothers
By: Monica McInerney
3.93
Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
‘I don’t want two wishy-washy godmothers,’ Jeannie had said that afternoon in the country hospital … read more
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21. Love Stories
By: Trent Dalton
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct ques… read more
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"True love is exposing all the pieces."-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
"Love is knowing when you've come home."-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
"You ever felt that kinda low? The kind you want to stay in?"-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
"She realises now that grief is the price she will willingly pay to have loved someone so deeply."-Trent Dalton, Love Stories
22. The Mother
By: Jane Caro
3.96
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Just like the garden, the fuse box, the bills, bin night and blown light bulbs, this was just somet… read more
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"There's no need to charm your mother, she thought. Which is both a compliment and a burden."-Jane Caro, The Mother
"The pall bearers were holding Pete's coffin, waiting to walk down the aisle—just like bridesmaids. The music began and they started to move, trying to keep pace with David Bowie's 'Changes'."-Jane Caro, The Mother
23. 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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"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
24. Exiles (Aaron Falk, #3)
By: Jane Harper
4.05
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
At a busy festival site on a warm spring night, a baby lies alone in her pram, her mother vanishing… read more
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25. The Lost Man
By: Jane Harper
4.16
Format: 340 pages, Hardcover
Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of outbac… read more
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"I've given you a power over me that you do not deserve."-Jane Harper, The Lost Man
"Life out here is hard. We all try to get through the best way we can. But trust me, there's not a single person here who isn't lying to themselves about something."-Jane Harper, The Lost Man
"Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage."-Jane Harper, The Lost Man
26. The Weekend
By: Charlotte Wood
3.38
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Three women in their seventies reunite for one last, life-changing weekend in the beach house of t… read more
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"No, it wasn't lovers but friends - these courageous, shining people - you pursued, romanced with dinners and gifts and weekends away."-Charlotte Wood, The Weekend
27. The Song of the Jade Lily
By: Kirsty Manning
4.16
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Kirsty Manning makes her US debut with this gripping historical novel that tells the little-known s… read more
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28. The Cactus
By: Sarah Haywood
3.57
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An unforgettable love story that shows sometimes you have to embrace the unexpected. Susan Green… read more
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"But, these days, fairy-tale endings come in all shapes and sizes. It’s okay for the princess to end up with the prince, it’s okay for her to end up with the footman, it’s okay for her to end up on he…"-Sarah Haywood, The Cactus
29. The Albatross
By: Nina Wan
3.48
Format: None pages, ebook
'The albatross is just about the rarest thing in golf - two shots on a par 5. A hole-in-one, anywhe… read more
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30. The Thing About Clare
By: Imogen Clark
3.83
Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition
A dying wish. A devastating secret. Should the truth really stay buried? The four Bliss siblings h… read more
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31. True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack
By: Brenda Niall
3.69
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
Elizabeth and Mary Durack's (Kings In Grass Castles) closely intertwined creative lives were shaped… read more
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