Looking for a new book? As the temperature drops in Australia, there’s no better time than burying your head in a deliciously good book.
With a range of genres to choose from, including heartwarming romance to gripping mysteries, there's something for every reader in this round-up. Here are 4 irresistible new book releases that we simply can’t put down right now.
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Genre: Romance novel, Contemporary romance
Set over one sizzling summer comes a shimmering, joyful new novel about the happily-ever-after that wasn't and the exes determined to make the best of it from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Happy Place and Book Lovers.
Safe Haven by Shankari Chandran
Genre: Mystery, Literary fiction
Safe Haven is about displacement and seeking refuge—but ultimately it is a story about finding home—and the lengths you’ll go to find safety and love.
It was a beautiful evening. The wind gathered speed, lifting the frangipanis from the grove behind him, pink and yellow petals defying gravity. Beyond the trees, hidden by the foliage and rows of towering palm trees, the detention centre slept fitfully in the heavy summer heat. The palms blocked the ocean gust that now swirled around him, filling his lungs with the taste of temple flowers and salt. It reminded him of home. He took a deep breath, stepped off the escarpment and felt the red sand rush up towards him.
The Apprentice Witnesser by Bren MacDibble
Genre: Magical Realism
A supremely enjoyable middle-grade novel from the multi-award-winning, bestselling author of How to Bee, The Dog Runner and The Raven's Song.
Bastienne Scull is a young orphan who lives with the local Witnesser of Miracles, Lodyma Darsey, who investigates 'miraculous events' and spins them into stories she tells at the night markets.
Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
Genre: Science fiction & Time Travel Fiction
In the near future, a disaffected civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test the limits of time-travel.
Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, assisting and monitoring the expat known as '1847' - Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to find himself alive and surrounded by outlandish concepts such as 'washing machine', 'Spotify' and 'the collapse of the British Empire'. With an appetite for discovery and a seven-a-day cigarette habit, he soon adjusts; and during a long, sultry summer he and his bridge move from awkwardness to genuine friendship, to something more.
