Summer Reads

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICEAn exuberant, wildly inventive debut about a young woman fascinated by her ancestors' legendary "falling curse" and trying to keep her own family from falling apart.Marta and her twin brother Nick have always...

A daring, category-confounding, and ruthlessly funny novel from National Book Award honored author Edmund White that explores polyamory and bisexuality, ageing and love.Sicilian aristocrat and musician, Ruggero, and his younger American wife, Constance,...

(Available after March 30th, 2022)“The Hummingbird is a remarkable accomplishment, a true gift to the world.” —Michael Cunningham   “Long considered one of Italy's leading writers, Sandro Veronesi has re-written the family saga. Ardent, gripping, and...

"Durastanti casts the universal drama of the family as the sieve through which the self—woman, artist, daughter—is filtered and known." —Ocean VuongA work of fiction about being a stranger in your own family and life.Every family has its own mythology,...

The super hero book you need to read right now!"An enjoyable, exciting, and action-packed read… at its core, just fun.” –Associated PressAn extraordinary and emotional adventure about unlikely friends and the power of choosing who you want to be.Jamie...

“Nicci French is a specialist in the kind of evil that burrows from within.” —New York Times Book Review   In this new heart-pounding standalone from the internationally bestselling author that People calls “razor sharp,” a single mother suspects her...

'A burst of warmth and wit, twists and turns' --  MARIAN KEYES'This is Cathy Kelly on top form writing about warm, believable women with real, messy lives' --  RACHEL HORE'Other Women captures the stories of three modern women... A real feel-good...

Debut author Angeline Boulley has crafted an immersive and heart-stopping thriller told through the eyes of 18-year-old Daunis, a biracial, unenrolled member of the Ojibwe tribe. With crystal meth abuse on the rise in her community, Daunis uses her...

*Includes the winner of the 2021 BBC National Short Story Award*'Outstanding.'  -- Guardian'Glorious.'  -- The Times'My FAVE collection ever.'  -- Pandora SykesIn eleven stories, Intimacies exquisitely charts the steps and missteps of young women trying...

'A beautiful book about unexpected friendships and daring to dream' -- Ruth Hogan 'About a Boy meets Educating Rita... warm and big-hearted' -- Sarah Vaughan Behind every ordinary day, behind every ordinary story, there's an extraordinary one just...

A dazzlingly original, shot-in-the-arm of a debut that reveals a young woman's every thought over the course of one deceptively ordinary day, in the formally innovative tradition of Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and Ducks, Newburyport...

A rediscovered dystopian gem, Kay Dick’s dark, chilling tale of England - where books are confiscated and National Gallery cleared - is a stunning meditation on art, memory and nonconformity in the face of the most terrifying of cleansings: the erasure...

THE MOST TALKED-ABOUT BOOK OF THE YEAR'As filthy as it is funny, you won't be able to put it down' -- Dolly Alderton'Extremely funny, touching and wonderfully refreshing on women and sexual desire' --  Marian Keyes'You will be intoxicated by this witty...

Twenty-five years after the iconic, 1.5 million-copy bestseller Rachel's Holiday burst into our lives, Rachel's BACK!Back in the long ago nineties, Rachel Walsh was a mess.But a spell in rehab transformed everything. Life became very good, very quickly...

(Available after August 30th, 2022)Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct question: 'Can you please tell me a love story?'A blind man yearns to see the face of his wife of thirty years. A divorced...

(Available after June 30th, 2022)The eagerly awaited finale of the Prison Healer trilogy, from Australia's #1-bestselling YA author Lynette Noni.She'd failed them. All of them. And now she was paying the price.Kiva thought she knew what she wanted -...

Kiva trades one cage for another when she leaves behind a deadly prison for a deceptive palace in this dark and dangerous sequel to The Prison Healer, which Sarah J. Maas called "a must-read." Kiva Meridan is a survivor. She survived not only...

A darkly satirical novel of love, revenge, and 1950s haute couture—now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth, and Hugo Weaving After twenty years spent mastering the art of dressmaking at couture houses in Paris, Tilly...

(Available after 3-20 days)BOOK 2 IN THE SAVAGE LANDS SERIES   Brexley has endured starvation and survived torture and even Warwick Farkas, the brutal legend who still haunts her like a ghost, spilling into her thoughts and life. His betrayal made her a...

(Available after 3-20 days) Some myths should just stay buried.   Brexley's journey has led her to the most coveted object in the world. In discovering the Nectar, Brexley finds other secrets and truths she was not ready for, ones that destroy everything...