Summer Reads

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...

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...

“The perfect quarantine read. It’s funny, sweet, and beautifully written. The romance is so perfect it made me ache."—Alisha Rai, Bustle Kirkus Best Fiction Book of 2020PopSugar Crazy Popular Books of 2020Amazon Best Romance of the Month Top Ten Best...

From the New York Times bestselling author behind the “joyful, warm, touching” (Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author) The Unhoneymooners comes a delightfully charming love story about what happens when two assistants tasked with keeping a...

I'm not going to hold back anything here. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the novels by Jasmine Guillory. She writes the best meet-cutes there are to imagine in the world of romance. But the gushing doesn't stop there. Nothing would hold up if it weren't for her...

(Available after 3-20 days)Their lesson plans didn’t include love. But that’s about to change… When Martin Krause arrives at Rose Owens’s high school, she’s determined to remain chilly with her new colleague. Unfriendly? Maybe. Understandable? Yes, since...

On the streets, we're kerosene and a lit match:Explosive. Incendiary. Ready to let the world burn.But in the bedroom, we can be so much more.   I'll never forget the day she walked into my life. Brash and confident, Lorelai Hargrove was bound to be...

A collection of Sojourner Truth's iconic words, including her famous speech at the 1851 Women's Rights Convention in Akron, OhioA former slave and one of the most powerful orators of her time, Sojourner Truth fought for the equal rights of black women...

'We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks'In this series of remarkable pieces from across his career, John Berger celebrates and dissects the close links between art and society and the individual. Few writers give a more vivid and...

'Far from being the pious injunction of a Utopian dreamer, the command to love one's enemy is an absolute necessity for our survival'Advocating love as strength and non-violence as the most powerful weapon there is, these sermons and writings from the...

Readers and critics alike raved over USA Today bestselling author Sally Thorne's smash hit debut novel, The Hating Game-which sold in over 20 countries. Now she's back with an unforgettable romantic comedy about a twin sister and brother struggling over...

(Available after 14-30 days)In this remarkable book Jonathan Miller considers the functioning of the body as a subject of private experience. He explores our attitudes towards the body, our astonishing ignorance about certain parts of it and our...

Ben Mezrich brings his brand of hot-topic flashpoint narrative non-fiction writing to the thriller world. Already optioned for film, read this fiction novel Mezrich was destined to write. If the characters in this book seem familiar, it’s because we...

(Available after March 30th, 2022) If you were hooked by Katrine Engberg’s previous book, The Butterfly House, the same way we were (it was Our Monthly Pick for Mystery/Thriller in September 2021), then you will be as equally excited for The Harbor...

An avenging woman in the guise of a quiet apothecary takes center stage in this propulsive historical fiction debut. In 18th-century London, women come to Nella when they need to take action against the abusive men in their life. Soon, the very young...