The Wiregrass (Adrian Hyland, Ultimo)
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
With wild weather, swollen rivers, falling trees, a disgraced cop, a cult and a dead man, Adrian Hyland’s The Wiregrass is a thrilling mix of wry humour and page-turning crime....
Five titles debut in top ten
Monday, 9 October 2023
Top 10 bestsellers The Running Grave (Robert Galbraith, Sphere) The 169-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman, Viking) The Chalice of the...
Books in the media this weekend, 7–8 October
Friday, 6 October 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Doppelganger (Naomi Klein, Allen Lane) The Pit (Peter Papathanasiou, MacLehose Press)...
The Locked-Up Country: Learning the lessons from Australia’s Covid-19 response (Tom Chodor & Shahar Hameiri, UQP)
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
After reading The Locked-Up Country, you may rethink your position on Australia’s Covid-19 response. It’s not a comfortable read, but important books rarely are. Authors Tom Chodor (senior lecturer in Politics...
The Drowning (Bryan Brown, A&U)
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
The accidental drowning death of a local Gumbaynggirr boy—David, from whose viewpoint the book opens—brings a shadow of sadness over a small NSW coastal town. Then a backpacker doesn't turn up...
Silver Linings (Katrina Nannestad, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Following the multi-award-winning success of Katrina Nannestad’s World War II novels for younger readers, Silver Linings sees her move from the battlefields of Europe to post-war Australia, and a story...
The Conversion (Amanda Lohrey, Text)
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
When Zoe’s husband, Nick, dies unexpectedly, she finds herself adrift. Recently retired and unable to afford to continue living in the city, she purchases an old and rundown church in...
Stuck Up & Stupid (Angourie Rice & Kate Rice, Walker)
Tuesday, 3 October 2023
Stuck Up & Stupid is the debut novel from a mother-daughter writing team: actor Angourie Rice and playwright Kate Rice. With a familiar yet fresh narrative, this contemporary YA reimagining of Pride and...
The Art of Home tops new entries chart
Monday, 2 October 2023
Top 10 bestsellers The 169-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman, Viking) Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) Holly (Stephen King, Hodder) RecipeTin...
Books in the media this weekend, 30 September to 1 October
Thursday, 28 September 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Green Dot (Madeleine Gray, A&U) Gunflower (Laura Jean McKay, Scribe) The...
Good Night, Good Beach (Joy Cowley, illus Hilary Jean Tapper, Gecko Press)
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
A celebration of summer, holidays and the natural world, award-winning Aotearoa New Zealand author Joy Cowley’s latest picture book, Good Night, Good Beach, follows five children and their adventures across one day as...
Hunter on Holiday: A Big Trip Around Europe (Jessica and Stephen Parry-Valentine, illus Ashlee Spink, Puffin)
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
In 2015, Jessica and Stephen Parry-Valentine quit their jobs, booked a one-way flight to New York, and have been sharing their wayfaring through over 80 countries with an audience of...
Days of Innocence and Wonder (Lucy Treloar, Picador)
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Lucy Treloar’s third novel centres on a woman named Till, whose life was cleaved in two when her childhood friend E was kidnapped right before her eyes 18 years ago—‘nothing...
Medieval Monsters and Other Creatures (Timothy Ide, MidnightSun)
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Medieval Monsters and Other Creatures, written and illustrated by Timothy Ide, is a nonfiction deep dive into weird and wonderful creatures that filled medieval imaginations—especially in Europe—presented A to Z. With whole spreads...
A Woman of Courage (Tania Blanchard, HarperCollins)
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Set in the late 1800s in Ebberfield, northern England, Tania Blanchard’s A Woman of Courage is an engrossing historical fiction work about the suffragette movement. Recent teaching graduate Hannah Todd dreams...
The Last Devil to Die debuts at first place
Monday, 25 September 2023
Top 10 bestsellers The Last Devil to Die (Richard Osman, Viking) The 169-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) Holly (Stephen King, Hodder) Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) Things...
Books in the media this weekend, 23–24 September
Friday, 22 September 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. National The Saturday Paper Frank Moorhouse: A life (Catherine Lumby, A&U) Me, Her, Us (Yen-Rong...
Combined print and ebook bestsellers for second quarter 2023
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Top 10 print bestsellers* The Bookbinder of Jericho (Pip Williams, Affirm) RecipeTin Eats: Dinner (Nagi Maehashi, Macmillan) Homecoming (Kate Morton, A&U) Dog Man #11: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea (Dav...
A Grandma to Love (Ashling Kwok, illus Kathy Creamer, Little Pink Dog)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Tessa has always wanted a grandma to call her very own. When Tessa’s mum takes her to the local retirement village for 'Adopt a Grandparent Day', she meets many wonderful...
Penguin Oh Penguin (Gladys Milroy, illus Helen Milroy, Magabala)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Penguin Oh Penguin is a mother/daughter collaboration between Palyku women Gladys and Helen Milroy, and a charming picture book for early childhood. Gladys Milroy, author of Silver Leaves, wrote this...
Into Your Arms: Nick Cave’s songs reimagined (ed by Kirsten Krauth, Fremantle)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Short story anthology Into Your Arms draws on what editor Kirsten Krauth calls the ‘deep, rich and often dark vein’ of Nick Cave’s musical oeuvre. Twenty-one Australian writers (several of...
The In-Between (Christos Tsiolkas, A&U)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Christos Tsiolkas’s The In-Between begins with Perry, a man past his youth, preparing to go on a date. He’s nervous about meeting Ivan, the stranger he will have dinner with,...
A Brilliant Life (Rachelle Unreich, Hachette)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
A Holocaust story is never an easy read, but A Brilliant Life has such a harrowing prologue that it throws the reader right into the thick of it, so be prepared....
Eighteen Summers (Penny Harrison, illus Leila Rudge, Little Hare)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Picture book author Penny Harrison is known for her warm and tender tales that celebrate the wildness and freedom of childhood. Her latest book, Eighteen Summers, carries on this theme. Opening with...
Fluff: Bullies Beware (Matt Stanton, ABC Books)
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Gilbert Morris lives with his mum and sister in a caravan park. After his dad goes missing in outer space, Gilbert’s mum gives him Fluff, a comfort toy, to squeeze...
The 169-Storey Treehouse is a chart topper
Monday, 18 September 2023
Top 10 bestsellers The 169-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton, Pan) Things We Left Behind (Lucy Score, Hodder) Holly (Stephen King, Hodder) Fourth Wing (Rebecca Yarros, Hachette) RecipeTin Eats:...
Books in the media this weekend, 16–17 September
Friday, 15 September 2023
A round-up of the books being reviewed and mentioned in key media this coming weekend. This week's round up will be updated as information becomes available. National The Saturday Paper...
Australian bestsellers 2023 YTD
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Top 10 Australian adult fiction titles YTD The Bookbinder of Jericho (Pip Williams, Affirm) 96,745 Homecoming (Kate Morton, A&U) 70,765 Exiles (Jane Harper, Macmillan) 35,890 The Dictionary of Lost Words...
Women & Children (Tony Birch, UQP)
Tuesday, 12 September 2023
Tony Birch’s latest novel, Women & Children, is a thoughtful and profound story of a working-class family doing their best to resist a system that’s geared against them. In 1965...
Kimmi: Queen of the dingoes (Favel Parrett, illus Astred Hicks, Lothian)
Tuesday, 12 September 2023
For young readers who enjoyed Favel Parrett’s alpine dingo tale in Wandi (2021), Kimmi follows a real-life tropical dingo who, like Wandi, now lives at the Dingo Discovery Sanctuary and...
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