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The Fraud

Zadie Smith

From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who deserves to tell their story -…

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The Vaster Wilds

Lauren Groff

Set in the 1600s, beginning with a voyage across the Atlantic, this is Lauren Groff's inventive novel The Vaster Wilds.

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Body Friend

Katherine Brabon

From the acclaimed author of The Memory Artist and The Shut Ins comes a new novel about the relationship between body and self, and how we must dive beneath the…

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Holly

Stephen King

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a Midwestern town.

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A Light in the Dark

Allee Richards

From the acclaimed author of Small Joys of Real Life comes a compelling novel that distils the magic of theatre as the backdrop for an unforgettable examination of friendship, vulnerability…

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Before We Say Goodbye

Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Geoffrey Trousselot (trans.)

The fourth novel in the sensational 'Before the Coffee Gets Cold' series featuring cafe regulars, with the same time-travelling offer, back in the Tokyo cafe - if customers follow the…

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The Modern

Anna Kate Blair

The Modern is a brilliantly wry and insightful debut about art, sexuality, commitment and whether being on the right path can lead to the wrong place.

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From a Far and Lovely Country

Alexander McCall Smith

The twenty-fourth book in the multi-million copy bestselling and perennially adored No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

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The Visitors

Jane Harrison

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The most exciting debut in 2023, The Visitors is an audacious, earthy, funny, gritty and powerful…

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Not Forever, But For Now

Chuck Palahniuk

From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a hilarious horror satire about a family of professional killers responsible for the most atrocious events in history and the young brothers…

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Pearl

Sian Hughes

A gripping psychological mystery longlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize.

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The Last Devil to Die (The Thursday Murder Club, Book 4)

Richard Osman

The fourth book in the record-breaking Thursday Murder Club series from British national treasure Richard Osman

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The MANIAC

Benjamin Labatut

From the author of When We Cease to Understand the World: a dazzling, kaleidoscopic book about the destructive chaos lurking in the history of computing and AI

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The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

James McBride

The unforgettable new novel from the National Book Award-winning, Oprah Book Club-picked, Barack Obama pick, James McBride.

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North Woods

Daniel Mason

The 'spellbinding' American epic.

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With Love, From Cold World

Alicia Thompson

From the author of TikTok bestseller Love in the Time of Serial Killers comes a brilliantly unique and achingly relatable slowburn romance

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Golden Age

Wang Xiaobo, Yan Yan (trans.)

This English translation previously published by: New York: Astra House, [2022].

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Wednesday’s Child

Yiyun Li

A dazzling new collection of short stories, spanning 15 years of writing, from Yiyun Li, the prize-winning author of The Book of Goose and Where Reasons End

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

A fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning author

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The Wren, The Wren

Anne Enright

A generational saga and contemporary meditation on daughterhood and motherhood, from the Booker Prize-winning Irish author

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The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons

Karin Smirnoff

The next thrilling instalment in the highly acclaimed, international bestselling series.

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Ordinary Gods and Monsters

Chris Womersley

It could have been any summer evening, but of course it wasn't. It was the end of some things, the beginning of so many others.

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Others Were Emeralds

Lang Leav

A stirring coming-of-age novel about guilt, loss, love and memory.

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Burn

Melanie Saward

A poignant and powerful novel about a fire-obsessed Indigenous boy living on the margins - from an electrifying new First Nations voice in Australian fiction, Melanie Saward.

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The Seventh Son

Sebastian Faulks

The exhilarating new literary novel from the worldwide bestseller and master storyteller

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The Book of Fire

Christy Lefteri

Internationally bestselling author Christy Lefteri returns with a dazzling new novel, about one family struggling to recover from trauma, set against the backdrop of the forest fires of Greece.

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One Day We’re All Going to Die

Elise Esther Hearst

Sorrow and Bliss meets Normal People in this 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 expectations…

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Normal Rules Don’t Apply

Kate Atkinson

From the Number One bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, a full collection of short stories to delight, intrigue and surprise.

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Mild Vertigo

Mieko Kanai, Polly Barton (trans.)

With shades of Clarice Lispector, Mavis Gallant and Lucy Ellman, this late-period novel by the esteemed novelist, essayist, and film and literary critic Mieko Kanai is a disconcerting and astute…

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The Half Moon

Mary Beth Keane

The page-turning and immersive new novel from New York Times bestseller Mary Beth Keane

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Everyone and Everything

Nadine J. Cohen

A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister.

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The Bone Tree

Airana Ngarewa

An unforgettable debut by a major new literary talent.

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Something Bad is Going to Happen

Jessie Stephens

Adella is facing the dawn of a new year and the end of her twenties - and she's in a psychiatric unit recovering from a mental breakdown. A decade earlier…

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Sisters in Arms

Shida Bazyar, Ruth Martin (trans.)

An explosive feminist and anti-racist novel about the importance of friendship.

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Elsewhere

Yan Ge

The highly anticipated English-language debut from a literary star - nine iridescent, beguiling, witty and wonderous stories of dispossession and longing.

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Prophet

Helen Macdonald, Sin Blache

Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new duo in genre fiction

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Can’t I Go Instead

Lee Geum-yi, An Seon Jae (trans.)

Two women's lives and identities are intertwined - through World War II and the Korean War - revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the…

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Learned By Heart

Emma Donoghue

Adding to the already moving, richly told and gripping collection of historical fiction from Emma Donoghue, Learned By Heart is the breathtaking story of two young girls on the margins…

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The Bannerman Shortlist

Colin Batrouney

The Bannerman Shortlist has been announced. Six authors. Six stories. And Gideon Bannerman is missing.

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Doll’s Eye

Leah Kaminsky

Sometimes there may be more to things than meets the eye.

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The Idealist

Nicholas Jose

New work by celebrated novelist and essayist Nicholas Jose, set against the turmoil of the independence movement in East Timor

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The Hidden Book

Kirsty Manning

A true story of a WWII European heirloom that brought down war criminals and travelled through history …

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Service

Sarah Gilmartin

The waitress. The chef. The chef's wife. Three different stories, but which one contains the truth?

When Hannah learns that famed chef Daniel Costello is facing accusations of sexual assault…

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Sunbirds

Mirandi Riwoe

1941, West Java. Love and revolution are in the air. And war is on its way.

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Songs for the Dead and the Living

Sara M Saleh

A stunning coming-of-age tale played out across generations and continents, from Palestine to Australia.

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Never Look Desperate

Rachel Matthews

Never Look Desperate is Sedaris meets Fleabag, a tragi-comedy romance set in Melbourne 2023

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Beatrix & Fred

Emily Spurr

Beatrix is a loner. She has a love-hate relationship with her one friend, Ray, a hate-hate relationship with everyone else in her office and a genuine attachment to a stuffed…

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The Details

Ia Genberg, Kira Josefsson (trans.)

The luminous, internationally bestselling novel about all the small moments that make up a life; the little details that make us human.

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New fiction

The Fraud

The Vaster Wilds

Body Friend

Holly

A Light in the Dark

Before We Say Goodbye

The Modern

From a Far and Lovely Country

The Visitors

Not Forever, But For Now

Pearl

The Last Devil to Die (The Thursday Murder Club, Book 4)

The MANIAC

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

North Woods

With Love, From Cold World

Golden Age

Wednesday’s Child

Prophet Song

The Wren, The Wren

The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons

Ordinary Gods and Monsters

Others Were Emeralds

Burn

The Seventh Son

The Book of Fire

One Day We’re All Going to Die

Normal Rules Don’t Apply

Mild Vertigo

The Half Moon

Everyone and Everything

The Bone Tree

Something Bad is Going to Happen

Sisters in Arms

Elsewhere

Prophet

Can’t I Go Instead

Learned By Heart

The Bannerman Shortlist

Doll’s Eye

The Idealist

The Hidden Book

Service

Sunbirds

Songs for the Dead and the Living

Never Look Desperate

Beatrix & Fred

The Details