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Emily tries to read a bit of everything, but gravitates towards literary fiction, fantasy and LGBT romance. View some of her recommendations below!
Foster by Claire Keegan
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
An international bestseller and one of The Times' "Top 50 Novels Published in the 21st Century," Claire Keegan's piercing contemporary classic Foster is a heartbreaking story of childhood, loss, and love; now released as a standalone book. It is a hot summer in rural Ireland. A child is taken by her fa ...Show more
Heartstopper Volume 1: The bestselling graphic novel, now on Netflix! by Alice Oseman
22.99 AUD
Category: Teenagers | Series: Heartstopper
Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. An LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between - for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon. Charlie and Nick are at the same school, but they've never met ... until one day when they're made ...Show more
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
The entrancing story of a reclusive Hollywood starlet as she reflects on her relentless rise to the top and the long-held secrets the public could never imagine - from the bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six. Reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about ...Show more
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
34.99 AUD
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
High fantasy, low stakes – with a double-shot of coffee. After decades of raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian is finally hanging up her sword for good. Now, she sets her sights on a new dream – one that involves pulling more shots than punches. Armed with hope and a hard-earned secret, she plans to ope ...Show more
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
26.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic, genius —his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the White House. There's only ...Show more
The Most Important Job In The World by Gina Rushton
34.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
Should we become parents? It's a question that forces us to reckon with what we love and fear most in ourselves, in our relationships, and in the world as it is now and as it will be. When Gina Rushton admitted she had little time left to make the decision for herself, the magnitude of the choice overwh ...Show more
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
24.99 AUD
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy
An enchanting story, masterfully told, The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place - and realizing that family could be yours. He expected nothing. But they gave him everything . . . Linus Baker leads a quiet life. A ...Show more
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
No one's ever told Eleanor that life should be better than fine. Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she's thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen ...Show more
Anne of Green Gables by L. Montgomery
17.99 AUD
Category: Folk and Fable | Series: Puffin Classics Ser.
Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert are in for a big surprise. They are waiting for an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a skinny, red-haired girl turns up instead. Feisty and full of spirit, Anne Shirley charms her way into the Cuthberts' affection with her vivid imagination and constant ...Show more
Seeing Other People by Diana Reid
32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Charlie's skin was stinging. Not with heat or sweat, but with that intense, body-defining self-consciousness--that sense of being watched. She lowered her eyes from Eleanor's loving gaze. Her throat taut with tears, she swallowed. 'You're a good sister, Eleanor." ''Don't say that.' After two years of lo ...Show more
Devotion by Hannah Kent
22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Prussia, 1836 Hanne Nussbaum is a child of nature - she would rather run wild in the forest than conform to the limitations of womanhood. In her village of Kay, Hanne is friendless and considered an oddity . . . until she meets Thea. Ocean, 1838 The Nussbaums are Old Lutherans, bound by God's law and at ...Show more
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
19.99 AUD
Category: Teenagers
Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him. When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to fi ...Show more