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Best Beaches: 100 of the World’s Most Incredible Beaches

Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Discover 100 of the world's most breathtaking beaches in this inspirational coffee table book that features exquisite photography throughout. From hidden paradises in Thailand to the pink-white sands of Greece’s...

Unmaking Angas Downs

Wednesday, 15 November 2023
A new work of history that seeks to unmake mythologies of pioneers, pastoralism and possession in the Northern Territory Some stories dominate how we see and interpret a place, while...

Anna O

Wednesday, 11 October 2023
THE WORLD WILL KNOW HER NAME Anna Ogilvy hasn’t opened her eyes for four years. Not since that night at The Farm when she was found asleep with a kitchen...

The Queen’s Apprenticeship

Wednesday, 4 October 2023
Two women from different worlds in Renaissance France cross paths in a way that changes both their lives. One is Marguerite de Navarre, a King’s sister. Powerful, privileged and widely...

Your Trip Starts Here

Wednesday, 13 September 2023
Embark on over 50 of the world's most life-affirming journeys and nurture your path to self-discovery. Packed with beautiful photography and inspiring first-person insights for each trip, from hiking Japan's...

Killing for Country: A family story

Wednesday, 6 September 2023
A gripping reckoning with the bloody history of Australia’s frontier wars David Marr was shocked to discover forebears who served with the brutal Native Police in the bloodiest years on...

An Unexpected Party

Wednesday, 9 August 2023
This is a must-read for anyone seeking a fresh take on the queer experience. From fantastical realms to real-world struggles, the stories in this anthology are honest and heartfelt—brimming with...

One Day We’re All Going to Die

Wednesday, 26 July 2023
One Day We’re All Going to Die is an utterly compelling, darkly humorous millennial coming-of-age novel about a 27-year-old single Jewish woman in Melbourne who must learn to reconcile family...

Green Dot

Wednesday, 19 July 2023
Win a copy of Green Dot—the Australian debut that was the talk of the London Book Fair. ‘I am obsessed with this book. This book is about love, and how...

Epic Bike Rides of Australia and New Zealand

Wednesday, 12 July 2023
Hit the road with this collection of 200 epic bike rides across Australia and New Zealand. This stunning book continues the collectible Lonely Planet Epic series and is a thrilling...

Serengotti

Wednesday, 28 June 2023
In the one tumultuous day, Ch’anzu loses hir job and finds wife Scarlet in bed with a stranger. As life unexpectedly spirals out of control, Ch’anzu turns to hir charismatic...

The Crying Room

Wednesday, 31 May 2023
The Crying Room movingly explores family boundaries and stories, finding original ways to express the contradictory experience of belonging to a family, and being an individual at the same time....

All That’s Left to Say

Wednesday, 3 May 2023
A heart-wrenching teen mystery about one girl who is willing to risk everything to find the truth. An exciting new direction for award-winning Young Adult author, Emery Lord.  Someone gave...

The Terrible Event

Wednesday, 26 April 2023
From the winner of the Russell Prize for Humour Writing. David Cohen's most wryly humorous and disturbing work of fiction yet. A public memorial’s name is changed to avoid any...

Yellowface

Wednesday, 22 March 2023
The explosive literary debut from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca F Kuang THIS IS ONE HELL OF A STORY IT’S JUST NOT HERS TO TELL  ‘Razor-sharp’ —TIME ‘Hotly tipped...

Thaw

Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Some secrets won't stay buried. From the best-selling author of The Last Man in Europe comes a gripping and intriguing time-slip adventure novel of camaraderie and scientific discovery, with a...

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love

Wednesday, 22 February 2023
‘Congrats to Gwen and Arthur on their permanent acquisition of my ENTIRE heart. Suffice it to say that I loved this book to a degree that’s slightly ridiculous’ —Becky Albertalli,...

I’d Rather Not

Wednesday, 15 February 2023
‘I was sleeping in what might reasonably be described as a ditch, though I tried not to think of it in those terms for morale reasons …’ From one of...

The Shortest History of the Crown

Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Amidst the turbulence and invasions, upheaval and dissent that characterise British history, one thing has remained remarkably stable. The Crown. Of all the world’s countries, forty-two are still monarchies, but...

Weyward

Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Discover the power of being Weyward in 2023’s biggest debut THEY TRIED TO CAGE US. BUT A WEYWARD WOMAN BELONGS TO THE WILD. WE CANNOT BE TAMED. KATE, 2019 Kate...

The New Rulebook

Wednesday, 28 September 2022
A practical, inclusive guide to life from Instagram's favourite psychologist Chris Cheers. Take a moment and check in with how you've been feeling lately. Maybe a little tired, stressed or...

Tiny Uncertain Miracles

Wednesday, 7 September 2022
Miracles are notoriously unreliable. But sometimes, just when they're needed, they turn up—although not always in the form that we expect... Awkward, hapless Marick is still struggling with the loss...

Moon Sugar

Wednesday, 17 August 2022
‘Sexy and smart and hyper-colour and haunted, in the most beautiful way. As I read Moon Sugar, memories and feelings from my own life and the characters' lives kept surfacing,...

Epic Hikes of Australia and New Zealand

Wednesday, 3 August 2022
Explore the most thrilling trails of Australia and New Zealand. Win one of 10 copies! Lace up your hiking boots for the next in Lonely Planet’s highly successful Epic Hikes...

The Sirens Sing

Wednesday, 27 July 2022
From award-winning writer Kristel Thornell, The Sirens Sing is a portrait of Australian longing. It explores desire, how it haunts and shapes us, and how, from generation to generation, there...

Hydra

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
‘From the treacherous auction houses of Melbourne to the sun-struck islands of Greece, Hydra took me places I never expected to go. Adriane Howell writes with the dreamy precision of Marguerite...

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

Thursday, 16 June 2022
'Zoulfa Katouh twines heartache with hope, rage with serenity, and sorrow with joy to create this masterful, raw and deeply human account of a young Syrian woman caught in the...

Ultimate Australia Travel List

Wednesday, 4 May 2022
Lonely Planet's Ultimate Australia Travel List has been revealed. Win one of 10 copies! For the first time, the team at Lonely Planet and its panel of industry experts have...

The Signal Line

Thursday, 17 March 2022
Brothers Geo and Wes are testing their relationship now that their parents have passed away. Geo and Wes rarely agree on anything, especially not the sale of the Hobart family...