In the Good Books

Let Us Find Your Next Great Read!

Looking for something new? Let our team of well-read staff create a tailored reading list just for you.

Simply fill in the form below to tell us a bit about you and what sort of book you’re in the mood for right now. We’ll email you a list of five hand-picked suggestions within three to five business days.

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Rural Aussie Reads

• Scrublands
  Chris Hammer
• The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart
  Holly Ringland
• Limberlost
  Robbie Arnott
• The Yield
  Tara June Winch
• Where the River Runs
  Fleur McDonald
• Salt Creek
  Lucy Treloar
• Broken Bay
  Margaret Hickey
• The Grazier's Wife
  Barbara Hannay

Novellas & Short Stories

• The Dilemmas of Working Women
  Fumio Yamamoto
• Animal Farm
  George Orwell
• A Clockwork Orange
  Anthony Burgess
• The End of the World as We Know It
  Christopher Golden
• Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
  Satoshi Yagisawa
• The Land of Sweet Forever
  Harper Lee
• Strange Buildings
  Uketsu
• Heart Lamp
  Banu Mushtaq

True Crime

• The Mushroom Murders
  Greg Haddrick
• CSI Told You Lies
  Meshel Laurie
• In Cold Blood
  Truman Capote
• Badness
  Gary Jubelin
• The Real-life Murder Clubs
  Nicola Stow
• The Schoolgirl, Her Teacher and His Wife
  Rebecca Hazel
• The Shark Net
  Robert Drewe
• The Murder Squad
  Michael Adams

After Harry Potter

• The School for Thieves
  J.J. Arcanjo
• Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
  A.F. Steadman
• Alyssa and the Spell Garden
  Alexandra Sheppard
• Map of Flames
  Lisa McMann
• Dreamslinger
  Graci Kim
• The Age of Enchantment
  Anna James
• Starminister
  Megan Hopkins
• The Trials of Morrigan Crow
  Jessica Townsend

YA Paranormal Fiction

• The Thrashers
  Julie Soto
• The Wycherleys
  Annaliese Avery
• The Encanto's Curse
  Melissa De la Cruz
• The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family
  Lorien Lawrence
• Love at Second Sight
  F.T. Lukens
• The Lies of Alma Blackwell
  Amanda Glaze
• It Waits in the Forest
  Sarah Dass
• Ghostling
  Ash Harrier

Essential Aussie YA Reads

• Looking for Alibrandi
  Melina Marchetta
• Puberty Blues
  Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette
• The Listmaker
  Robin Klein
• Tomorrow, When the War Began
  John Marsden
• Laurinda
  Alice Pung
• The Book Thief
  Markus Zusak
• The Bone Sparrow
  Zana Fraillon
• 90 Packets of Instant Noodles
  Deb Fitzpatrick

What are our staff reading?

Strange Pictures by Uketsu
Review by Georgia

The Secret Society of Librarians by Kate Thompson
Review by Christy

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Review by Emily

Boleyn Traitor by Philippa Gregory
Review by Barbara

10 Marchfield Square by Nicola Whyte
Review by Jo-Anne

The Amber Owl by Juliet Marillier
Review by Rachel