This article highlights eight new novels spanning diverse genres and themes. From a thriller set in war-torn Sri Lanka to a collection of short stories by Australian writers under 30, these books offer insightful explorations into violence, social media, and the human condition.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Is your holiday books pile going down? Fear not, as these eight new titles take readers on journeys far and wide…Colombo, 2009. Intrepid journalist Ameena Fernando is executed on a busy street near her home. No witnesses. Decades of civil war in Sri Lanka have made such violence commonplace, and it is up to CIA Agent Ellie Harper, still recovering from a mission gone wrong years previously, to seek justice.
draws a portrait of AI-assisted recovery from an eating disorder. It’s a short but scintillating showcase from younger storytellers strutting their stuff.Vanessa McCausland’s new novel enters the world of the influencer. An influencer vanishes, apparently drowned after an unsettling Instagram post appears. Paige White’s Insta-perfect thread had flaunted her intimate domestic lifestyle, kayaking across lakes, attending sunny picnics, playing happy families. Her childhood friend Jane, a journalist living in Sydney, returns for Paige’s funeral, and gets drawn into the ethical quagmire of covering her friend’s highly publicised death.
became a global bestseller in 2010 and has since been adapted for the small screen by Apple TV+, but Jandy Nelson hasn’t run out of puff.delivers a frenetic and fantastical family drama set in Paradise Springs, a wine-growing town in Northern California. Fermenting is a way of life for the Fall family, though bubbles begin to fizz in earnest when siblings Miles, Wynton and Dizzy encounter a strange, rainbow-haired girl in their hometown.
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