Bestsellers

From the winner of the SMH/Age Best Young Novelist of the Year and the Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year. Growing up can feel like a death...

'Pink is my favourite colour. I used to say my favourite colour was black to be cool, but it is pink — all shades of pink. If I have an...

A star showgirl must win a magician's competition riddled with danger in order to secure her freedom, even as a handsome magician distracts her heart, in this lush, unforgettable debut...

'A brave new voice that reaches out to us all' — Miranda Doyle, author of A Book of Untruths 28-year-old Zeba Talkhani charts her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia...

The new novel by Alexis Wright, whose previous novel Carpentaria won the Miles Franklin Award and four other major prizes including the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award....

They vow to make it a day to remember… The laugh-out-loud new novel from the bestselling author of Dial A For Aunties, winner of the Comedy Women In Print Prize...

From the author of Magical NegroWinner of the National Book Critic's Circle Award Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night — the book that launched the career of one...

Wicked faeries and fantastic danger… Welcome to book one of the new trilogy in New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa's Iron Fey fantasy series, as infamous prankster Puck finally...

PEN/Hemingway Award For Debut Novel Finalist​Shortlisted for the 2020 Center for Fiction First Novel PrizeA “rich, ambitious debut novel” (The New York Times Book Review) that reveals the ways in...

The first volume of a new trilogy telling the saga of one French family between 1946 and 2016. Alsace, 1944. Mathilde finds herself falling deeply in love with Amine Belhaj,...

A brilliant new feel-good romantic comedy from the author of Sweethand Bake it till you make it . . . Devon King has a strict life plan. Making partner is...

‘By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be constantly...

The Art and Activism of Complaining A moving exploration of the solace and power of listening in an unjust world, from the author of The Feminist Killjoy Handbook'Behind many disasters are...

An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith In this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her...

'Insightful, passionate, piled with facts and has a warm, infectious love for theatre and Shakespeare running through every chapter' Adrian Lester, CBE Professor Farah Karim-Cooper grew up loving the Bard,...

Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty An act of rebellion and a reclamation of beauty An unmissable, radical essay from Emma Dabiri, bestselling author of Don't Touch My Hair and What White...

Adventures in Art and IntimacyAn inventive, exquisite memoir-in-essays by a blazing new talent.'...I don't know what comes after, once I decide to let desire have its way with me. How...

'But to white readers in particular, I say: Pull up a chair, grab a pen, lay down your defenses, and listen very respectfully to Rachel Ricketts. She has offered up...

A New York Times Notable Book An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself. Michele Harper is a female, African...

'Compelling from first to last page.' — Denise Mina Meet Juniper Song, an under employed, twenty-something, Raymond-Chandler-loving, Korean American woman from downtown LA. When a friend asks Song to carry...

Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness A REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICKTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This book is my story about growing up in...

*Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021* Meet Tariq Nader, leader of 'The Wolf Pack' at Punchbowl High, who has been commanded by the new principal to join a...

An immeasurably influential female voice in post-war Japanese literature, Kono writes with a strange and disorienting beauty: her tales are marked by disquieting scenes, her characters all teetering on the...

A brilliant look at colonialism and its effects in Antigua — by the author of Annie John. If you go to Antigua as a tourist, this is what you will...

***2020 National Book Award Finalist for Fiction******2020 Story Prize Finalist******Longlisted for the 2021 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction*** An intimate, irresistible collection of stories about the hidden desires of generations of...

A quirky, funny, deeply intelligent story of love, big dreams, starting up and feminist geekdom.Halfway through her PhD and already dreaming of running her own lab, computer scientist Asha has...

The wonderful sequel to the fairytale-inspired fantasy Thorn. Children have been disappearing from across Menaiya for longer than Amraeya ni Ansarim can remember. When her friend's sister is snatched, Rae...

With fascism on the march once more, this is an urgent dispatch from one of the great writers and intellectuals of our time 'Azadi!' — Urdu for 'freedom' — is...

From the author of Let's Talk About Love, this pacey YA novel follows three teens locked together in a mansion, competing for a big cash prize in a competition run...

Lessons from a Professional TroublemakerThe instant New York Times bestseller: a hilarious and transformational book about how to tackle fear — now with a brand new bonus chapter! From the...

Recipes from my Indonesian kitchenSelected by the New York Times as one of the best cookbooks of 2020Be transported to the bountiful islands of Indonesia by this collection of fragrant,...

A breathtaking blend of Mexican horror movies and dark occultism from the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out...

“A fascinating epic tale.” — The New York Post An Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives...

The Ignyte and Locus Award finalist, and Crawford and Hugo Award-winning series continues as Chih finds themself in the riverlands, home to near-immortal warriors and ancient feuds. Wandering cleric Chih...

A ground-breaking collection of First Nations Australia LGBTQIA+ poets, writers and storytellers published to commemorate Sydney WorldPride being held on the unceded lands of the Gadigal, Cammeraygal, Bidigal, Dharawal and...

Translated by Megan McDowellA damaged father battles to save his son from the sinister cult he is destined to serve, in this emotionally powerful, thrillingly paced gothic road trip, from...

An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court. She's drawn into simmering personal dramas. Her lover, Adriaan, is separated from his...

The number-one bestseller and winner of the Prix Goncourt — a compulsive, riveting and bravely observed exploration of power, class, race, domesticity and motherhood. The baby is dead. It took...

A guide to the art of journalling and meditation on the central questions of life, from the bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms.Suleika Jaouad's journal has been a lifelong companion-...

Short-listed Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 A blackly comic novel about lies, love, Lagos, and how blood is thicker — and more difficult to get out of the carpet —...

A brave, beautiful book that could double as a handbook to accompany anyone on their journey through cancer Jackie Kay, New StatesmanI would never have chosen this path, but I am...

The much-awaited follow-up to the award-winning international bestseller Auē.In Auē, eight-year-old Ārama was taken by his brother, Taukiri, to live with Kat and Stu at the farm in Kaikoura, setting in motion...

A powerful and brave YA novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018#1 New York Times bestsellerA Teen Vogue Best...

Two identical girls, one a princess, the other a rebel. Who will rule the empire? Amani must make a devastating choice between revolution and family in this sequel to the...

The Essential Guide to Overcoming Racial Trauma A powerful guide to the psychology of race and how to overcome racial trauma using self-care. Surviving isn't enough — this is how...

In this collection of short stories, offbeat characters are caught up in extraordinary situations that test the boundaries of reality . . .A love-hungry goddess of the sea arrives on...

A Black Poetry Collection I am The Rage is a poetry collection that explores racial injustice from the raw, unfiltered viewpoint of a Black woman in America. Dr. Martina McGowan...

Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world...

A dazzling debut collection which, deftly and urgently, tells the stories of those living in the biggest and most complicated country on earth.A brother competes for gaming glory while his...

WINNER — 2009 Deadly Award Outstanding Achievement in Literature SHORTLISTED — Australian Book Industry Association Biography of the Year SHORTLISTED — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Lorraine McGee-Sippel was a small...