The controversial author of Atomised sets his new – and possibly last – novel in the world of French politics. In Annihilation, Michel Houellebecq scaffolds a political thriller in order to mourn the decay of Western European life. Bodies, relationships and politics...

1 day ago · The arrival of a pet rabbit proves confronting as well as comforting for the fractured family in Melanie Cheng’s second novel.

Dec 19, 2024 · Welcome to our most popular reviews of the year. Is your favourite among them? It’s that time of year when we go through our stats to learn which reviews appealed to readers most. Is one of your favourite books on the list? Or perhaps there are a few titles you’d like to add to your holiday reading pile? This is our final post for 2024. We’ll be back with more reviews in January. Huge ...

3 days ago · Martine Kropkowski’s debut crime fiction delves into the devastating consequences of the epidemic of violence against women. Melissa, Bridie and Cassandra are friends, bonded over the sorts of things that connect young mothers – pressure, expectation, exhaustion and isolation. What starts out as ...

Oct 3, 2024 · These two new crime thrillers from Australian writers Anna Downes and Lisa Kenway bring fresh takes to the genre.

Which of our reviews did you enjoy the most in 2023? We've checked the stats and the results are in: here are our top 10 reviews of the year.

Jan 21, 2025 · In Austrian writer Eva Menasse’s new novel, the residents of a small border town are shaken when uncomfortable truths from the past come to light. Darkenbloom is a fictitious small town on the Austrian–Hungarian border: ‘A region where great spiritual, national, and cultural differences have ...

Tim Winton’s new novel Juice dives into a post-climate-change world where violence seems the only solution.

Iain Ryan’s latest novel continues his fascination with 1980s Queensland and the tentacles of corruption that captured police and politicians.

June Wright has faded from view, but in 1948 her novel Murder in the Telephone Exchange outstripped sales of Agatha Christie in Australia. Between 1948 and 1966, Australian author June Wright published six mystery books, raised six children, and maintained a marriage...