The First Actress: A Novel of Sarah Bernhardt by C.W. Gortner
$27.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
"This novel about Sarah Bernhardt, the iconic French actress, is both a riveting portrait of the artist as a passionate young woman and a luscious historical novel full of period detail."-Melanie Benjamin,New York Timesbestselling author ofMistress of the RitzandThe Aviator's Wife From her beginnings as ...Show more
The First Bad Man by Miranda July
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: good
This is The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. A Guardian literary highlight for 2015. A Huffington Post 'One to Watch' in 2015. "Astounding." (Lena Dunham, creator of Girls and author of Not That Kind of Girl). "The First Bad Man brings together all of July's talents - it's a book that must be ...Show more
The Fragments by Toni Jordan
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
nga Karlson died in a fire in New York in the 1930s, leaving behind three things- a phenomenally successful first novel, the scorched fragments of a second book-and a literary mystery that has captivated generations of readers.Nearly fifty years later, Brisbane bookseller Caddie Walker is waiting in lin ...Show more
The Frolic of the Beasts by Yukio Mishima
$22.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
New in Penguin Japanese Classics- a gripping novel about a love affair gone wrong Introducing Penguin Japanese Classics- a collection of some of Japan's most celebrated and ground-breaking 20th century writers, with covers inspired by Japanese art and design. Taking us from a sun-drenched affair in a se ...Show more
The Gap of Time: The Winter's Tale Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) by Jeanette Winterson
$29.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Hogarth Shakespeare
'I saw the strangest sight tonight.' New Bohemia. America. A storm. A black man finds a white baby abandoned in the night. He gathers her up - light as a star - and decides to take her home. London. England. After the financial crash. Leo Kaiser knows how to make money but he doesn't know how to manage ...Show more
The Gimmicks - A Novel by Chris McCormick
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
"The Gimmicks is a gorgeous epic that astounds with its scope and beauty. With empathy and humor, McCormick unravels the ties between brotherhood and betrayal, love and abandonment, and the fictions we create to live with the pain of the past. This novel will blow you away." --Brit Bennett, New York Tim ...Show more
The Girl Who Just Appeared by Jonathan Harvey
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
London 2014. Holly Smith has never fitted in. Adopted when just a few months old, she's always felt she was someone with no history, the girl who just appeared. All she has is the address of where she was born - 32B Gambier Terrace, Liverpool. By a bizarre twist of fate Holly discovers that the flat is ...Show more
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millenium #3) by Stieg Larsson
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Millennium Trilogy | Reading Level: very good
Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is se ...Show more
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Millennium 2 | Reading Level: very good
Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about sex trafficking in Sweden are murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. Mikael Bl ...Show more
The Girls by Emma Cline
$32.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
California. The summer of 1969. In the dying days of a floundering counter-culture a young girl is unwittingly caught up in unthinkable violence, and a decision made at this moment, on the cusp of adulthood, will shape her life..."This book will break your heart and blow your mind." (Lena Dunham). Evie ...Show more
The Good Lord Bird (TVTI) by James McBride
$27.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856 a battleground between anti- and pro-slavery forces when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. When an argument between Brown and Henry's master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town along with Brown, who believes Henr ...Show more
The Good People by Hannah Kent
$19.99 AUD
Category: General Fiction
Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize. Based on true events and set in a lost world bound by its own laws, The Good People is Hannah Kent's startling novel about absolute belief and devoted love. Terrifying, thrilling and moving in equal measure, this long-awaited follow-up to Burial Rites shows an au ...Show more