Tom Lake: The Sunday Times bestseller - a BBC Radio 2 and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick by Ann Patchett
Category: Fiction
Dive into Tom Lake this Christmas - the breathtaking new novel from Ann Patchett * THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * * SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023 * * A REESE WITHERSPOON AND BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK * * A 2023 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES *'Filled with th ...Show more
The Glass House: A Novel of Mental Health by Anne Buist, Graeme Simsion
Category: Fiction
A compelling, addictive novel for readers of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine told with heart, humour and insight by Anne Buist and The Rosie Project's Graeme Simsion. Psychiatry registrar Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic history, thought she had seen it all in the emergency room. ...Show more
The Accident by Fiona Lowe
Category: Fiction
A terrible crash... but the facts don't add up. Worlds converge and two women's lives are torn apart when a devastating accident uncovers a shocking web of lies. A gripping and thought-provoking new mystery from bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe. Perfect for readers who enjoy Liane Moriarty and S ...Show more
The Work by Bri Lee
Category: Fiction
The intersections between art, life, power and privilege are explored in this first work of fiction from the bestselling author of Eggshell Skull. Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying off. Pat is a scholarship boy desperate to establish himse ...Show more
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion
Category: Fiction | Series: Don Tillman Ser.
'We've got something to celebrate,' Rosie said. I am not fond of surprises, especially if they disrupt plans already in place. I assumed that she had achieved some important milestone with her thesis. Or perhaps she had been offered a place in the psychiatry-training programme. This would be extremely g ...Show more
Blueberry by Glenna Thomson
Category: Fiction
'I wish I could crawl inside the pages of this book and live there.' TONI JORDAN'All the ingredients of a satisfying country story are nestled in this heart-warming tale.' AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLYGreer O?Reilly needs to start over. Her professional success belies private sadness and domestic overload. ...Show more
Sidelines by Karen Viggers
Category: Fiction
A teenage sports game descends into a brawl after a controversial line call in a fast-paced contemporary novel from the bestselling author of The Orchardist's Daughter. When a violent brawl erupts at a suburban junior soccer game, some onlookers are shocked. But others saw it coming. Rivalry, parental ...Show more
The Dictionary of Lost Words: Over a million copies sold by Pip Williams
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
In 1901, the word bondmaid was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words ...Show more
No Church in the Wild by Murray Middleton
Category: Fiction
It's been five long years since violence erupted between young migrants and local police in Melbourne's inner west. A police-led trip to hike the Kokoda Trail hopes to rebuild relationships in the community, but as training gets underway, fresh allegations of racial profiling have everyone on a knife-ed ...Show more
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Category: Fiction
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Over 500,000 copies sold internationallyA BBC Between the Covers Book Club PickA BBC Radio 4 Book at BedtimeWinner of Dymocks Book of the Year *Special gold limited edition* 'Sheer joy' GRAHAM NORTON 'Utterly beautiful ... filled with hope' JOANNA CANNON 'A gorge ...Show more
Pheasants Nest by Louise Milligan
Category: Crime | Thriller
A gripping, propulsive and brilliantly original debut by award-winning investigative journalist and writer Louise Milligan. She wonders if they have discovered she is missing yet? Has it broken as a story? Who has been assigned to cover it? Have they started spooling through her social media to pull out ...Show more
The Beauties by Lauren Chater
Category: Fiction
An incomparable beauty. A promise to a king. A portrait that can never be completed. In the seventeenth-century court of King Charles II, Anne Hyde, the Duchess of York has commissioned a series of ten paintings of the most beautiful women in the entourage. She hopes her series will capture something m ...Show more