The Sixteen Trees of the Somme by Lars Mytting
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
The Times bestseller by the author of NORWEGIAN WOOD, a family story of epic scale."An intricate story about war, family, secrets and,yes, wood ... An engaging, satisfying read" The Times "So cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" Scotsma ...Show more
Long Island by Colm Tóibín, Colm Toibin
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
Eilis Lacey is Irish, married to Tony Fiorello, a plumber and one of four Italian American brothers, all of whom live in neighboring houses on a cul-de-sac in Lindenhurst, Long Island, with their wives and children and Tony's parents. It is the spring of 1976 and Eilis, now in her forties with two teen ...Show more
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
The four Flattery sisters - Olwen, Nell, Maeve and Rhona - were left to cobble together their own makeshift adolescence after the death of both their parents. Decades later, all four of them have found success in their respective fields, all of them boasting PhDs and, in Nell's case, a healthy clutch of ...Show more
James by Percival Everett
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Trees, James is an enthralling and ferociously funny novel that leaves an indelible mark, forcing us to see Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhe ...Show more
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
Following its unforgettable characters through almost two centuries of history, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1865 to the aftermath of a mass shooting in the early 21st century, Wandering Stars is an indelible novel of America's war on its own people. It is also the tender, shattering ...Show more
Small Things Like These: Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize by Claire Keegan
$22.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
It is 1985, in an Irish town. During the weeks leading up to Christmas, Bill Furlong, a coal and timber merchant, faces into his busiest season. As he does the rounds, he feels the past rising up to meet him - and encounters the complicit silences of a people controlled by the Church.
One Another by Gail Jones
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
Eminent Australian author Gail Jones examines the intersections of art and life via a fictionalised biography of Joseph Conrad in her distinctively immersive and rich prose. At Cambridge University, in the summer of 1992, Australian student Helen is completing her thesis on Joseph Conrad. But she is di ...Show more
The Most Secret Memory of Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
$34.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA masterful coming-of-age novel and a gripping investigation into the life of a mysterious author who disappeared without a trace, by the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to be awarded France's prestigious Prix Goncourt.Paris, 2018. Diégane Latyr Faye, a yo ...Show more
Wellness by Nathan Hill
$36.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
'A hilarious and moving exploration of a modern marriage that astounds in its breadth and intimacy' - Brit Benett, author of The Mothers and The Vanishing Half From Nathan Hill, acclaimed author of The Nix, comes another hugely ambitious novel, about how we change, grow and age. Wellness is a story of ...Show more
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and All Our Shimmering Skies. 'Mirror, mirror, on the grass, what's my future? What's my past?' A girl and her mother are on the lam. They've been runn ...Show more
The Vulnerables by Sigrid Nunez
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
An unforgettable novel about the enduring power of connection in a world of increasing distance, from the bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend 'I just adore Sigrid Nunez' Paula Hawkins 'Nunez is unparalleled when it comes to tapping into the immediacy of grief, love, and exhau ...Show more
Everyone and Everything by Nadine J. Cohen
$32.99 AUD
Category: Literary Fiction
A dazzling debut full of wry wisdom by one of Australia's most exciting emerging novelists, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh inappropriately, cry unexpectedly and reach out to those you love. When Yael Silver's world comes crashing down, she looks to the past for answers and finds solace in ...Show more