April's biggest books: ANZ

The most fun you'll have with a murder mystery this summer! The instant Sunday Times bestseller! 'My favourite book I've read this year' Reader review ★★★★★ 'It's great fun! A new spin on a classic... Read more

In this shimmering mosaic of a novel, a writer reflects on the final days of her friend' s life. In the decades after they met at school, they shared a passion for books and words, took care of eac... Read more

The first biography of A.D. Hope, one of Australia's greatest poets. Alec Derwent Hope (1907–2000) was one of Australia's most acclaimed poets. His first collection was not published until he... Read more

A dazzling, subversive debut novel by the acclaimed author of Blueberries about love, lust, legacy and the last days of civilisation as we know it. 'Is there any hope for us? is not a question we c... Read more

'Imagine someone suddenly starts saying Tuesday comes straight after Sunday. You learn not to mention Monday. Monday is not a thing in your house. At school you might write Monday on your page, but... Read more

There's nothing more dangerous than someone who remembers who you used to be. At a secluded beachfront mansion on Kangaroo Island, three wealthy couples gather for a weekend of partying and luxury ... Read more

'Sororicidal didn't so much move me as arrest me. It stopped me in my tracks. A far more powerful thing.' - Angela O'KeeffeSisterhood is a mirror.It can also be a weapon.In the vineyards above Edwa... Read more

Sydney, October 1942. A wartime city dimmed by brownouts, flush with American cash, rotten with corruption.For nightclub manager Ray Sayles, a fateful encounter in the Domain turns him into a polic... Read more

For readers of Liane Moriarty, Holly Wainwright and The Slap, When the Party's Over is the page-turning debut novel by Katie HoskinsOne party. One pill. Mothers don't get second chances. Natalie kn... Read more

Discover the hidden kingdom that keeps our planet alive in this stunning tribute to Aotearoa's wild and wonderful fungiIn The Secret Life of Fungi, obsessive fungi photographer Jay Lichter takes yo... Read more

'that wildly inventive scriptomaniac'—The Guardian, Australian books to look forward to in 2026When she finally left, like properly totally completely left,it shouldn't have come as a surpris... Read more

James Mather is a psychiatrist in his sixties. He is invited to take on a new group of patients. All he knows about them is that each one claims to have been abducted by aliens.His wife, Deborah, i... Read more

'A generous work, by a glorious young writer.'—The Australian, 'the big books of 2026'Nature has another evolution in store for usI think about how the earth likes to cough things up. Bones, ... Read more

What do we owe future generations? And how do we act now to support them?One way is to think – hard – about the damage our obsession with longevity is wreaking on the economy, our socie... Read more

Errol Flynn was one of the first larger-than-life celebrities, an icon of the screen. This major biography uncovers the real story behind the well-cultivated Hollywood myths of this Australian-born... Read more

From the bestselling author of The Radio Hour comes this charming but pointed look at the tumultuous extraordinary decade of the 1960s, and the effects of the pill, rebellion and new ideas on ordin... Read more