Camp Zero by Michelle Min Sterling
$19.95 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
'A cold, hungry adventure story about the power of choice and the strength of solidarity' SEAN MICHAELSAmerica, 2049: Summer temperatures are intolerably high, the fossil fuel industry has shut down, and humans are implanted with a 'Flick' at birth, which allows them to remain perpetually online. The we ...Show more
Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
New novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of MALIBU RISING, DAISY JONES AND THE SIX and of the phenomenal TikTok sensation THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO 'Thank you Taylor Jenkins Reid for the escapism we all need' PANDORA SYKES Carrie Soto is fierce, and her determination to win at any cost ...Show more
Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls by Anne Casey-Hardy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Excitable girls rush out to meet life; what could go wrong? A masterful debut about the terrifying thrills of innocence from a voice of experience. Two fourteen year-old girls steal a baby from a shopping centre to play single mothers for the day. A gangster’s girlfriend wonders what to do with the pa ...Show more
Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens: WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD by Shankari Chandran
$24.99 AUD
Category: Award Winners
Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnamon Gardens Nursing Home is nestled in the quiet suburb of Westgrove, Sydney - populated with residents with colourful histories, each with their own secrets, triumphs and failings. This is their safe place, a ...Show more
Circe: The special edition of the Women's Prize-winning bestseller by Madeline Miller
$39.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe g ...Show more
Clear by Carys Davies
$26.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
A wondrous tale of bonds forged when two men are pitted against each other on a remote island during the Highland Clearances, from the prize-winning author of West. 1843. On a remote Scottish island, Ivar, the sole occupant, leads a life of quiet isolation until the day he finds a man unconscious on th ...Show more
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
$22.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage. Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless ci ...Show more
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr
$22.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature | Reading Level: very good
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A GUARDIAN BEST FICTION PICK OF 2021 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’s FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021 ‘Serious novels are rarely this fun’ The Times ‘A gift’ Guardian ‘Buoyant with humanity’ Daily Mail ‘Worth the seven year wait’ Stylist When everything is lost, i ...Show more
Cobalt Blue by Matthew Reilly
$29.99 AUD
Category: Suspense, Thriller, Horror
For 35 years, the United States and Russia each had their own superhero. Three days ago, America's hero died. Today will be bad. In the face of an overwhelming attack, one young woman-unassuming and anonymous-might be America's only hope. Her codename ... COBALT BLUE
Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au
$26.95 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the autumn evenings, escape the typhoon rains, share meals in small cafes and restaurants, and visit galleries to see some of the city's most radical modern art. All the while, they talk: about the weather, hor ...Show more
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
$24.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature | Reading Level: very good
The debut novel from the author of Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You. A sharply intelligent novel about friendship, lust, jealousy, and the unexpected complications of adulthood in the 21st century Frances is a cool-headed and darkly observant young woman vaguely pursuing a career in writ ...Show more
Cool Water by Myfanwy Jones
$32.99 AUD
Category: Modern Literature
From the Miles Franklin-shortlisted author of Leap comes an unforgettable new novel about fathers and sons, and the damage that can ripple through generations. 'Frank feared a reckoning, but what he feared more was that all the men in his family were cursed. And that however hard he tried to be good, h ...Show more