Highway 13 by Fiona McFarlane
This book has been getting so much buzz recently and, as the weather cools, it's the perfect time to dive into a mystery. When a seemingly ordinary Australian man is arrested for a series of brutal murders, the news rocks both the victims' families and the wider national conscious. What is the aftermath of violence in a community and a culture?
The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
Speaking of buzzy books, few are buzzier than this new release from the international bestseller Ocean Vuong. This one promises to be as achingly beautiful as his others, following an unlikely friendship between a teenager and an elderly widow.
Audition by Katie Kitamura
For something a bit more pacy, Audition traces two perspectives of an intimate and compulsive relationship between an actress and a troubled, much younger man in Manhattan. It's a story that challenges the roles we perform and what we really mean to the people in our lives.
In Your Dreams by Šime Knežević
With the days so short in winter, it can feel like the boundary between awake and asleep is thinning out. In this evocative debut poetry collection, Šime Knežević explores dreams and memory with elliptical and surreal language, weaving seamlessly between realities.
Clam Down: A Metamorphosis by Anelise Chen
Embrace the hibernation spirit with this new memoir about Anelise Chen's strategy to retreat into herself after her divorce. In the depths of her isolation, she discovers examples of other recluses across art and natural history and even connects with her father in reflection on his own disappearance.
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Or maybe you want to break free from the weather and escape onto an island in romance powerhouse Emily Henry's newest release. Two writers are pitted against each other in the bid to write a guaranteed bestselling tell-all. Only an NDA and a burgeoning romance stands in the way of their next big break.
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
The recent announcement of a new Pride and Prejudice has got us thinking about that iconic love triangle. As far as adaptations go, there is something special about Helen Fielding's (and Renée Zellweger's) take on the character of Bridget/Elizabeth.
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
If you've already devoured everything Pride and Prejudice and need another enemies-to-lovers classic to wile away the winter nights, try the fiery relationship between cotton mill owner John Thornton and labour advocate Margaret Hale.
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
If you didn't get a chance to pick up this spooky brand new release before Catherine Chidgey attended the Festival, now's your chance! Set in an alternative post-war England in the 1970s, the triplet brothers at the centre of this story think they're being adopted into their forever home, but something much more sinister has been controlling their entire lives.