Our Book Lists
We love books! All kinds of books for all kinds of reasons.
Here are some topical, seasonal and random lists that cater to our various hobbies, passions and favourite genres.
These lists may not reflect the full extent of our range in these areas, so please call, email or pop into the shop if you have a specific book in mind.
The Little Clothes by Deborah Callaghan
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
When you are heading towards 40 and people start to notice you a little bit less, what do you do with your new powers of invisibility? Audrey Mendes is a clever lawyer but has never made partner. Her weeks are filled with long hours in the office, visits to her ageing parents, trivia nights at the local ...Show more
The Maid by Nita Prose
$22.99 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: A\Molly the Maid Mystery Ser.
POLISHED TO PERFECTION, THE HOTLY-ANTICIPATED & SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING DEBUT *The instant Sunday Times Top 5 bestseller* *The New York Times No.1 bestseller* *One of Buzzfeed’s highly anticipated BookTok reads in 2022* ‘Delightful’ GUARDIAN ‘An escapist pleasure’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘A true 21st century ...Show more
The Mistress of Bhatia House by Sujata Massey
$34.99 AUD
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: A\Perveen Mistry Novel Ser.
India, 1922. Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable, and very few women have ever seen a doctor. Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new women's hospital specializing in maternal health issues when she witnesses ...Show more
The Nutcracker by Steve Patschke
$24.99 AUD
Category: Illustrated Anthology
A magical pop-up edition of 'The Nutcracker'. A magical pop-up edition of 'The Nutcracker'. "He was dressed in a handsome red jacket lined down the front with white loops and brass buttons. His painted eyes sparkled a brilliant green, while a kind, good-natured smile hid beneath a snowy cotton beard." W ...Show more
The Polar Express (PB) by Chris Van Allsburg
$16.99 AUD
Category: Picture Paperbacks
Late on Christmas Eve a boy boards a mysterious train that waits for him: the Polar Express, bound for the North Pole. When he arrives there, Santa offers him any gift he desires. The boy modestly asks for one bell from the reindeer's harness. It turns out to be a very special gift, for only believers i ...Show more
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
"***The hilarious and heartbreaking new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of PROMISING YOUNG WOMEN and SCENES OF A GRAPHIC NATURE*** 'If you've ever built your life and your personality around a friend; if you've ever loved the wrong person, or the right person at the wrong time... In sho ...Show more
The Red Arrow by William Brewer
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
'It was a strange time. He felt like he was happy.It was strange because it wasn't so long ago that he was convinced the only way out of the depression that had crippled him since he was a child, was death.'But now, he is on a high-speed train travelling from Rome to Modena, a failed novelist on the tai ...Show more
The Sitter (Miles Franklin 2024 longlist) by Angela O'Keeffe
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Paris, 2020. A writer is confined to her hotel room during the early days of the pandemic, struggling to finish a novel about Hortense Cezanne, wife and sometime muse of the famous painter. Dead for more than a century, Hortense has been reawakened by this creative endeavour, and now shadows the writer ...Show more
The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The moving new novel from the bestselling author of The Night Guest. In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets and enormous dust storms. One of its own has gone missing - six-year-old Denny Wallace - and the whole town is intent on finding him. As they s ...Show more
The Three Wishes: A Christmas Story by Alan Snow
$14.99 AUD
Category: Picture Paperbacks
From bestselling children's author and illustrator Alan Snow comes the perfect Father Christmas origin story. A beautiful, fresh take on a classic tale, once read it will become a family Christmas tradition forever. A beautifully-told and stunningly-illustrated Father Christmas origin story. Coming toge ...Show more
The Wake-Up Call by Beth O'Leary
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Two sworn enemies. A failing hotel. One chance to save the season... It's the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel's front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it ...Show more
The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine by Ben Ehrenreich
$22.99 AUD
Category: Current Affairs
Over the past three years, American writer Ben Ehrenreich has been travelling to and living in the West Bank, staying with Palestinian families in its largest cities and its smallest villages. He has witnessed the extremes to which they are pushed, the daily deprivation and oppression that they face, an ...Show more