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291 reviews

Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen

challenging informative reflective

5.0

The Stella Prize-winning poetry collection is an extraordinary debut that uses Australiana as a tool to cut through colonial fantasy. Political, personal, fierce, tender, playful and stark. Bravo, and thank you.

Do You Have Anything Less Domestic by Emilie Collyer

4.0

On Freedom by Tory Shepherd

informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

The clever and irreverent pocket guide to the choices and complexities of choosing to be childfree that I needed all the way down to my bones.

Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

adventurous funny

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Paladin's Strength by T. Kingfisher

adventurous funny

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

adventurous funny

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

How to Chair a Meeting by Marjorie Puregger

2.0

An endearing Australian governance artefact from the 1950s with a lot to teach us about how much still needs to change. 

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

reflective slow-paced

2.5

A brief, clinical intimacy about the everydayness of mental health issues and impact of low self esteem - as told through transcripts of the author’s therapy sessions.

The Gentleman's Book of Vices by Jess Everlee

emotional funny lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

A Rulebook for Restless Rogues by Jess Everlee

emotional lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0