Min Jin Lee

John and Helen Koh and their three children - Bo, DH and Mido - are building new lives in Korea when they find their worlds upended, first by a terrible betrayal and then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Striving to regain their footing, the Kohs set out to do whatever it takes to provide for their children's futures. They leave Seoul for Sydney and eventually settle in California, where new opportunities open for the Koh children, as the parents, strangers in a strange land, adjust to a difficult existence in which their qualifications mean little. Their way forward is lit by the faith that education will lead the next generation to the success and security that have eluded their parents. The Kohs, their friends, relatives and even their foes move in and out of each other's lives as they navigate love, work, fortune and fulfilment across the years. But with each new sacrifice and fresh horizon, larger questions begin to open up before them: what are we willing to give up to secure the happiness of the ones we love? What is the purpose of education? And what is truly important for a good life?

James Watson

Australia has consumed asbestos goods like few other countries, using it throughout our built environment. Tragically, the legacy of our high level of asbestos consumption is one of the highest rates of asbestos exposure and asbestos-related disease in the world. Historian James Watson tells the complex story of our dreams of a 'magic mineral', its use and misuse, how it all went horribly wrong - and how asbestos will remain a part of Australian lives for years to come.

Anna Kaminski

Lonely Planet's annual bestseller highlights the best in travel for 2027. Spotlighting 25 must-visit destinations and 25 must-do experiences, Best in Travel reflects the way travelers encounter the world. With a mix of emerging travel hotspots, underappreciated or overlooked places and fresh takes on well-known destinations, every recommendation is backed by Lonely Planet's global network of experts. From architecture tours to jungle hikes, city jaunts to countryside escapes, expect unexpected ideas for every kind of traveler.

Chris Hammer

Travis Somerland is a man accustomed to danger, but nothing can prepare him for the peril, the intrigue or the ruthlessness that confront him at Montechino. Or the murders. Montechino: part palace, part fortress, and the secluded estate of the uber-wealthy Claptons, modern-day robber barons who believe business is arithmetic, not morality. Now Travis finds himself entangled in the ultimate power struggle, generations in the making, as the Claptons challenge the authority of one of the country’s most formidable families. Can he survive the dynastic rivalries to bring some measure of justice to an unjust world?

Magda Szubanski

I Can't Tell You But I Will is the powerful and tender new memoir by Magda Szubanski, author of the bestselling, award-winning Reckoning. In this new book she writes with searing honesty about her complicated relationship with her mother, Margaret. As Magda stepped into the fight for same-sex marriage in Australia, she learned that her mother was dying, and was forced to confront two of the hardest struggles of her life at the same time. This unforgettable book describes the true cost of caring, the courage is takes to keep going, and the impossible pull between public duty and private grief. And it pays tribute to a powerful, complex woman who was both difficult and deeply loved. I Can't Tell You But I Will is for everyone who has loved or lost someone, or tried to hold themselves together when life demands everything at once.

Gillian Anderson

A collection of anonymous letters from women around the world exploring their sexual fantasies, desires, relationships, and experiences. Curated and introduced by Gillian Anderson, the collection examines women's sexuality, intimacy, power, pleasure, and the freedom to express private desires without shame. Contributors range in age from eighteen to eighty and represent more than fifty countries.

Bonnie Garmus

It's 1982, New York City. Crime is on the rise, muggings are in the streets, and Batter Gray, recent college graduate with a skill that no one wants - an 'ear' for poetry - is worried about his future. But when Batter gets a dream job at Peck & Peck, the most prestigious poetry quarterly in the world, his life moves into the literary fast lane. Soon Batter is knee-deep in the secret war between the two Editors in Chief, the famous Peck brothers - twins and enemies - as well as being privy to the private affairs of their thirty-nine editors, whose professed mission is the same: Find originality. Reward creativity. Burn the rest. And by 'burn', they mean incinerate. Because at Peck & Peck, 'good' isn't good enough, 'interesting' doesn't cut it, plagiarists aren't tolerated, and parolees run the mailroom. Still want to submit your poem? Go with God.

Michael Robotham

Small towns are quick to anger and slow to forgive, so Arlo Hackett doesn't expect mercy when he emerges from a twelve-year prison sentence and makes his way back to Yulara. The last time Arlo was home, his brother Luke was charged with a terrible crime, and Arlo was found guilty by association. His return to the goldrush town is like cracking open a time capsule full of hatred and violence, along with memories of the people he loved - the ones he couldn't save. Yulara wants Arlo gone, or worse, but every insult and humiliation pushes him to confront what really happened all those years ago.

Felix Francis

Someone seems determined to ruin Fabian's life. Accused of selling a fake Alfred Munnings painting in his gallery, he's unable to prove his innocence because the police are holding the piece as evidence. While running a retail sale at Cheltenham Racecourse, some of his other paintings are vandalised. Then, a couple of men try to run him down in the racecourse parking lot. To make matters even worse, his clients are being threatened to stay away from his gallery, and his landlords are trying to cancel his lease. Everything is against him, but with someone threatening his life's work, Fabian is determined to fight back. With the help of Sid Halley, saving his business will prove to be the fight of his life.

John Grisham

Paul and Chelsea Tanner are riding high after their fairytale wedding. But when they fly to Paris for their honeymoon, they're very quickly brought back down to earth. While on a day trip to the idyllic French countryside, they are suddenly and brutally kidnapped. Both of their families are in shock: who would target them - and why? It quickly becomes clear that this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for answers soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA and French intelligence working together to solve the puzzle. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation.

Pip Williams

This is a story about desire. France, 1915. An English nurse and German doctor fall in love. He is a prisoner of war; she has never cared for rules. Their love is visceral and urgent, forbidden and doomed, and it would have gone unrecorded if not for a series of drawings found more than a century later. At first the drawings seem insignificant, but the woman who finds them glimpses moments of intimacy and can't look away. The images become part of a puzzle she wants to solve: who were the lovers, what became of them, and what story of war was the artist trying to tell?

Ian Rankin

The Heights is a gleaming, high-end high-rise looming over Hyde Park. Newly built from steel and smoked glass, it is a billionaire's playground offering sumptuous suites for the global elite. But when a night concierge is found murdered in the lobby, the building's rarefied atmosphere is shattered, and the gilded lives within come under intense police scrutiny. In a world designed to keep prying eyes out, where the residents are not used to being held to account, born-and-bred Londoner Detective Gillian Gish must find a way past their power, wealth and unimaginable influence. The rules may be different at the top - but is anyone truly above the law? Or could it be that the higher you rise, the further you fall?

Martina Cole

Johnny Raglan's been sent down for life, and to him it's just another adventure. His mother Dolly has been through it all before, so she knows the score. And she takes it upon herself to show Johnny's wife Janey what it takes to survive. But Dolly can't control her other son Jimmy. He has taken over the family business, but when rumours start to spread that he isn't to be trusted all hell breaks loose. For if there's one thing the Raglans won't tolerate, it's disloyalty...