James by Percival Everett
34.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
Longlisted for the 2024 Booker prize, James is an enthralling and ferociously funny novel that leaves an indelible mark, forcing us to see Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is ab ...Show more
The Librarianist by Patrick deWitt
22.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
From bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt comes a novel about an ordinary man who thought life's surprises were behind him until a chance encounter changed everything Bob Comet is a retired librarian passing his solitary days surrounded by books in a mint-colored house in Portland, Oregon ...Show more
Tremor by Teju Cole
32.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
The new novel from the author of the celebrated Open City - a powerful and masterful exploration of what makes a meaningful life in a world of violence and wonder.
So Late in the Day by Claire Keegan
19.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
An exquisite new short story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Small Things Like These and Foster. 'A genuine once-in-a-generation writer.' - The Times 'Every word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.' - Hilary Mantel 'Claire Keegan makes her mome ...Show more
Julia by Sandra Newman
32.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
Julia is a bold feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four that goes beyond Winston Smith's story to finally reveal what life in Oceania was like for women London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceania. It's 1984 and Julia Worthing works as a mechanic fixing the novel-w ...Show more
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
22.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
She felt their eyes, all those executioners... Enter a world where, watched by millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom. Welcome to Chain-Gang All-Stars, the popular and highly controversial programme inside America's private prison system. In packed arenas, live ...Show more
The Last Devil To Die (The Thursday Murder Club #4) by Richard Osman
22.99 AUD
Category: World Literature | Series: The Thursday Murder Club
Shocking news reaches the Thursday Murder Club. An old friend in the antiques business has been killed, and a dangerous package he was protecting has gone missing. As the gang springs into action they encounter art forgers, online fraudsters and drug dealers, as well as heartache close to home. With ...Show more
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
22.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
* THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NO. 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * * SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023 * * A REESE WITHERSPOON AND BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK * * A 2023 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES *'Filled with the moments I live for in a story' BONNIE GARMUS, author of Lessons in Chemistry'[T ...Show more
Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne
34.99 AUD
Category: World Literature | Series: Tomes and Tea Ser.
Reyna and Kianthe dream of opening a friendly bookshop together, serving the very best tea and cakes. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters - all complemented by love and good company. But Reyna is an elite bodyguard to a vengeful queen, and Kianthe is the mos ...Show more
A Perfect Day to be Alone by Nanae Aoyama
22.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
It was raining when I arrived at the house. The walls of my room were lined with cat photos, set in fancy frames just below the ceiling. When her mother emigrates to China for work, twenty-year-old Chizu moves in with 71-year-old Ginko, an eccentric distant relative, taking a room in her ramshackle Tok ...Show more
How Do You Live?: The inspiration for The Boy and the Heron, the major new Hayao Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli film by Genzaburo Yoshino
24.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM STUDIO GHIBLI. A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The beloved multi-million copy bestselling Japanese classic about finding one's place in the world Academy Award-winning anime master Hayao Miyazaki's favourite childhood book and the inspiration b ...Show more
Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
19.99 AUD
Category: World Literature
Kitchen juxtaposes two tales about mothers, transsexuality, bereavement, kitchens, love and tragedy in contemporary Japan. It is a startlingly original first work by Japan's brightest young literary star and is now a cult film. When Kitchen was first published in Japan in 1987 it won two of Japan's most ...Show more