FICTION: Moving, heartbreaking and devastatingly insightful, Together We Fall Apart is a story about running away and coming home.
LITERARY FICTION: A dazzling literary debut, Everyone and Everything will make you laugh, cry and call your sister.
THRILLER: A gripping thriller with a shocking conclusion that will leave you spellbound, Deep in the Forest raises questions about who we trust and why.
NON-FICTION: Kinky History aims to blow open our conversation about sexuality and gender. Strap yourself in (or on?) – let’s build a more liberated, sex-positive future.
CRIME: From the best-selling author of One of Us and The Day the Lies Began comes an emotional and gripping story of a man running from his past and the woman who wants his future.
THIRLLER: A serial killer returns 2 years after the case is closed to haunt the former investigator and begin a new reign of terror.
LITERARY ANTHOLOGY: In this collection of new essays from the Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize longlist, First Nations writers and writers of colour bend and shift boundaries, query the past and envision new futures.
MEMOIR: Told with Courtney’s trademark candour and wit, Caught in the Act is about our journey towards understanding gender, sexuality and identity. It’s an often hilarious and at times heartbreaking memoir from a beloved drag and entertainment icon. Most of all, it’s a bloody good time.
MEMOIR: Aaron Fa'Aoso talks frankly about love, pain, making mistakes and finding happiness again, as well as the impacts of racism and the challenges of remote communities. A rich and vivid reflection on life told with generosity, humour, emotion and optimism.
The verdict is in. Here are our favourite fiction and non-fiction books of 2022!
THRILLER: An atmospheric and intelligent crime thriller set in a hospital where nothing is as it seems.
CRIME THRILLER: When art conservator JJ Jego spots a long-lost masterpiece through the window of a luxury apartment, she’s drawn into a dark web of intrigue, deception and murder.
ROMANCE: Eight years ago, Sahar married Khaled and followed him to Jordan, leaving behind a thriving cake business. But married life didn’t go as planned and, haunted by secrets, Sahar has returned home to Sydney without telling her husband.
THRILLER: In secluded Devlins Reach, Park Ranger Taylor Bridges is called in to assist local police when three bodies are unearthed in an excavation site.
THRILLER: After top-secret talks in Barcelona, ex-spy Dr Tori Swyft wakes beside two dead bodies. A nameless voice phones her, taunting her and revealing a shocking video that shows Tori as the murderer, yet she has no memory of what happened.
NON-FICTION: Some Achieve Greatness contains invaluable lessons on leadership, drawn from John Bell’s extensive relationship with Shakespeare and his own experience as a cultural leader.
NON-FICTION: A refreshing exploration of current societal systems in need of reform and real-life solutions to improve our world.
Alex and her friends attempt to unite the races in one last stand against the undefeatable Aven.
The ninth Rowland Sinclair Mystery sees Rowly kidnapped in China, circa 1935.
As an active people-watcher, August ritually sits in a cafe with his notebook until the seemingly carefree and confident Julie enters the café and he finds himself inspired enough to give love a second chance.