Book Club Titles 2026
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Titles Beginning with: A to K
* indicates new for 2026
AU – Australian; B – Biography/Memoir; F – Fiction; NF – Non-Fiction; SHORT – Short Story
| A calamity of souls |
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Baldacci, David
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| A great act of love* |
AU |
Rose, Heather
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A mother's story
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AU B |
Batty, Rosie
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A single thread
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Chevalier, Tracy
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| A world of curiosities |
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Penny, Louise
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| After that night |
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Slaughter, Karin
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| Alternatives, The |
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Hughes, Caoilinn
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| Always home, always homesick |
AU B |
Kent, Hannah |
| Another day in the colony |
AU NF |
Watego, Chelsea
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Apples never fall
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AU |
Moriarty, Lianne
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| Atmosphere * |
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Reid, Taylor Jenkins
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Australia Day
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AU SHORT |
Cheng, Melanie
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Benevolence
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Jansen, Julie
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| Betrayal |
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Pearse, Lesley
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| Big Swiss |
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Beagin, Jen
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Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray
|
AU |
Heiss, Anita
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| Blue Sisters * |
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Mellors, Coco
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Bookbinder of Jericho, The
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AU |
Williams, Pip |
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Bookshop of the broken hearted, The
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AU |
Hillman, Robert
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Boy swallows universe
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AU |
Dalton, Trent
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Bridge, The
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AU |
Gandolfo, Enza
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Bridge of clay
|
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Zusak, Marcus
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| Brotherless night |
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Ganeshananthan, V.V.
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| Buckeye * |
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Ryan, Patrick
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| By any other name |
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Picoult, Jodi
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Cane, The
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AU |
Cuskelly, Maryrose
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| Careless people* |
B |
Wynn-Williams, Sarah
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| Chairman’s lounge, The |
AU NF |
Aston, Joe
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| City and its uncertain walls, The |
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Murakami, Haruki |
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City of girls
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Gilbert, Elizabeth
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| Clarke |
AU |
Throsby, Holly
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| Crows nest |
AU |
Mottram, Nikki
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D-day girls: the spies who armed the resistance
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B |
Rose, Sarah
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| Dark wives, The |
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Cleves, Ann
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| Darling girls |
AU |
Hepworth, Sally
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| Dead tide |
AU |
McIntosh, Fiona
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| Defiance |
AU |
Brown, Bob
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Devotion
|
AU |
Kent, Hannah
|
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Dinner with the Schnabels
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AU |
Jordan, Toni
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| Doppelganger: a trip into the mirror world |
NF |
Klein, Naomi |
| Dusk |
AU |
Arnott, Robbie
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| Echoes, The |
AU |
Wyld, Evie
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| Eden * |
AU |
Brandi, Mark
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| Elements, The * |
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Boyne, John
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| Exiles |
AU |
Jane Harper
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| Fallen Woman, The |
AU |
McIntosh, Fiona |
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Force of nature
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AU |
Harper, Jane
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| Foster * |
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Keegan, Claire
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German wife, The
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AU |
Rimmer, Kelly
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Girl, forgotten
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Slaughter, Karin
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| Great big beautiful life * |
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Henry, Emily
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| Grey wolf, The |
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Penny, Louise
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| Gunnawah |
AU |
Salt, Ronni
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| Healing hippo of Hinode Park, The * |
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Aoyama, Michiko |
| Heir apparent, The |
AU |
Armitage, Rebecca
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| High wire |
AU |
Fox, Candice
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| Homecoming |
AU |
Morton, Kate
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| Honeyeater, The |
AU |
Tu, Jessie
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| Horse |
AU |
Brooks, Geraldine
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House mate, The
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AU |
Bailey, Sarah
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How the West was one
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AU B |
Howie, Karyn
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| Identity |
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Roberts, Nora
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| Impossible fortune, The * |
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Osman, Richard
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| Intermezzo |
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Rooney, Sally
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Island home
|
AU B |
Winton, Tim
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| James |
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Everett, Percival
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| John of John * |
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Stuart, Douglas |
| Joy Moody is out of time |
AU |
Mayne, Kerryn
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| Juice |
AU |
Winton, Tim
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| Kairos |
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Erpenbeck, Jenny
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| Kind of, sort of, maybe, but probably not |
AU |
Neeme, Imbi |
Titles Beginning with: L to S
* indicates new for 2026
AU – Australian; B – Biography/Memoir; F – Fiction; NF – Non-Fiction; SHORT – Short Story
| Last one out * |
AU |
Harper, Jane |
| Last victim, The |
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Hall, Tracy
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| Lessons in chemistry |
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Garmus, Bonnie
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Lincoln Highway, The
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Towles, Amos
|
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Little fires everywhere
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Ng, Celeste
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| Lola in the mirror |
AU |
Dalton, Trent
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| Lyrebird * |
AU |
Caro, Jane
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| Mad honey |
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Jodi Picoult
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| Mad Mabel * |
AU |
Sally Hepworth
|
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Malibu rising
|
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Reid, Taylor Jenkins
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Manifesto on never giving up
|
B |
Evaristo, Bernadine
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| Memorial days |
AU B |
Brooks, Geraldine
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| Memory trap |
AU |
Goldsmith, Andrea
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| Milliner of Bendigo, The |
AU |
Fraser, Darry
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| Mind games |
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Roberts, Nora
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| More or less Maddy |
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Genova, Lisa
|
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Murder rule, The
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McTiernan, Dervla
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Museum of modern love
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AU |
Rose, Heather
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| Mushroom tapes, The * |
AU NF |
Garner, Helen |
| My friends * |
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Backman, Fredrick
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| My friends |
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Hisham, Matar
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| Names, The * |
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Knapp, Florence |
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Nancys, The
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Mc Donald, R.W.
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| Nightshade |
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Connolly, Michael
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Nightwork
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Roberts, Nora
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| Normal rules don’t apply |
SHORT |
Atkinson, Kate
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| Orbital |
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Harvey, Samantha
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Oh William!
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Strout, Elizabeth
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One hundred days
|
AU |
Pung, Alice
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Our souls at night
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Haruf, Kent
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Over the other side: from Williamstown to the world
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AU B |
Warner, Peggy
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Paris library, The
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Skelien, Janet Charles
|
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Past tense
|
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Child, Lee
|
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People of the book
|
AU |
Brooks, Geraldine
|
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Perfumer's secret, The
|
AU |
McIntosh, Fiona
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| Playground |
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Powers, Richard
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| Prophet song |
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Paul Lynch
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| Proving ground, The * |
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Connelly, Michael |
| Raging storm, The |
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Cleeves, Ann
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| Restless Dolly Maunder |
AU |
Grenville, Kate
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Rising Tide
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Cleeves, Ann
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| Safe haven |
AU |
Chandran, Shankari
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| Salt path * |
B |
Winn, Raynor
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| Sanctuary |
AU |
Disher, Garry
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Scrublands
|
AU |
Hammer, Chris
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| Search party, The |
AU |
Richell, Hannah
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| Season, The |
AU |
Garner, Helen
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| Seven, The |
AU |
Hammer, Chris
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| Seven skins of Esther Wilding, The |
AU |
Ringland, Holly
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| Shadow of the wind, The |
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Ruiz Zafón, Carlos |
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Shepherd's hut, The
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AU |
Winton, Tim
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| Shrines of gaiety |
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Atkinson, Kate
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| Sisters under the rising sun |
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Morris, Heather |
| Small things like these |
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Keegan, Claire
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| Small worlds |
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Nelson, Caleb Azumah
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| Smother * |
AU |
Thomson, Eve
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| Someone else’s shoes |
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Moyes, Jojo
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| Still life |
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Winman, Sarah
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| St Kilda blues |
AU |
McGeachin, Geoffrey
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| Strangers in time |
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Baldacci, David
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| Sugar palace, The |
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McIntosh, Fiona
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Survivors, The
|
AU |
Harper, Jane
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Titles Beginning with: T to Z
* indicates new for 2026
AU – Australian; B – Biography/Memoir; F – Fiction; NF – Non-Fiction; SHORT – Short Story
| Theory & practice |
AU |
De Kretser, Michelle
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| Think twice |
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Coben, Harlan
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| This is why we lied |
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Slaughter, Karin
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| Three days in June |
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Tyler, Anne
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| Three wild dogs and the truth |
AU B |
Zusak, Markus
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| To die for |
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Baldacci, David
|
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Too much lip
|
AU |
Lucashenko, Melissa
|
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Trauma cleaner, The
|
AU B |
Krasnostein, Sarah
|
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Treasure and dirt
|
AU |
Hammer, Chris
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Trust
|
AU |
Hammer, Chris
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| Unquiet grave, The * |
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McTiernan, Dervla
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| Unsettled * |
AU |
Grenville, Kate
|
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Until the red leaves fall *
|
AU |
Parker, Alli |
| Valley, The |
AU |
Hammer, Chris
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| Wakes, The |
AU |
Yarwood, Dianne
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| We all live here |
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Moyes, Jojo
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| We are all completely beside ourselves |
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Fowler, Karen Joy |
| We are all guilty here * |
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Slaughter, Karin
|
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Weekends with the Sunshine Gardening Society
|
AU |
Green, Sophie
|
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We were not men
|
AU |
Mattinson, Campbell
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| We solve murders |
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Osman, Richard
|
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What happened to Nina?
|
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McTiernan, Dervla |
| White crow, The |
AU |
Robotham, Michael
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| Whole life sentence |
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La Plante, Lynda
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| Wifedom |
AU B |
Funder, Anna
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| Wild dark shore |
AU |
McConaghy, Charlotte
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Wind knows my name, The
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Allende, Isabel |
| Wish, The * |
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Morris, Heather
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| Women, The |
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Hannah, Kristin
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| Words without music |
B |
Glass, Philip
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| Would you rather |
AU |
Alderson, Maggie
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| Yellowface |
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Kuang, R. F.
|
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Yield, The
|
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Winch, Tara June
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| You are here |
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Nicholls, David
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Last updated: 14 October, 2026