ANZ Most Borrowed Titles in August

The apocalypse will be televised!You know what's worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what's worse than that? An alien invasion, th... Read more

What is a happily ever after really worth?Naomi was living the quintessential love story. Boy meets girl. They fall in love, get married, buy a dream house, start a family . . . Then—he kicks... Read more

"I've arrived in London without incident. There are few triumphs in my recent life, but I count this as one. My existence of the last three years has been nothing but incident."The Year is 1883 and... Read more

A brand new suspense novel from "the master of the suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey), Aggie Blum Thompson.Neighbors Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa share more than playdates and coffee mornings on their... Read more

Sometimes, enough is enough . . .Debbie Mullen is losing it. For years, she has compiled all of her best advice into her column, Dear Debbie, where the wives of New England come for sympathy and ne... Read more

From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we build̵... Read more

Now with three bonus chapters read by Teddy Hamilton. Re-download the title now to listen to the extended version!A #1 New York Times bestseller • TV series in development at MGM Amazon Studi... Read more

Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow."— Scott Sigler Pierce Brown' s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender' s Game by Orson Scott ... Read more

"Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway. Working here is my last chance to start fresh. I can preten... Read more

"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin."The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grind... Read more

Once Upon a Time meets The Office in the follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensations Assistant to the Villain, Apprentice to Villain, and Accomplice to the Villain by laugh-out-loud TikT... Read more

"The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity." Xaden Riorson Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgi... Read more

"Don't go in the guest bedroom." A shadow falls on Douglas Garrick's face as he touches the door with his fingertips. "My wife... she's very ill." As he continues showing me their incredible pentho... Read more

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a ... Read more

#1 New York Times Bestseller More than 10 million Copies SoldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be ""positive""... Read more

A new heart-wrenching novel from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros that examines the risks we take for love, the scars too deep to heal, and the endings we can't bring ourselves to see coming.Conta... Read more

ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem, terror, and other Dark Things In General. Dis... Read more

Nothing interferes with Shane Hollander's game—definitely not the sexy rival he loves to hate.Pro hockey star Shane Hollander isn't just crazy talented, he's got a spotless reputation. Hockey... Read more

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elde... Read more

Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate. In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn't much a girl wouldn't do for a glass of water. Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane ... Read more

* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggle... Read more

Wed me. Bed me. Slit my throat.Born in dirt, raised in rot, I dig graves for the dead, while the living decay around me.When my brother coughs blood, he appears.A man too polished for the graveyard... Read more

In this breakthrough book, clinical psychologist Lindsay Gibson exposes the destructive nature of parents who are emotionally immature or unavailable. You will see how these parents create a sense ... Read more

Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door. A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The po... Read more

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller.Over 10 million copies sold around the world.The original book from Morgan Housel, the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Same As Ever and ... Read more

Coexisting but conflicting needs create self-sabotaging behaviors. This is why we resist efforts to change, often until they feel completely futile. But by extracting crucial insight from our most ... Read more

Over the past few years, Brianna Wiest has gained renown for her deeply moving, philosophical writing. This new compilation of her published work features pieces on why you should pursue purpose ov... Read more

An extraordinary look at an ordinary substance—and one we'd be dead without: salt. Salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and the story of this common household seasoning proves a fa... Read more

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'NIGHTMARISH, SHOCKING, BRILLIANT' – STYLIST 'MADDENING, MESMERISING, INGENIOUS' – NE... Read more

A #1 New York Times bestsellerA Wall Street Journal bestsellerA USA Today bestsellerTranslated into 69 languagesOver 20 million copies soldOne of the most influential and enduring books of the twen... Read more

* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggle... Read more

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDEA TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025AN IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERA BBC R... Read more

Over 10 Million Copies Sold! • #1 New York Times Bestseller • #1 Sunday Times Bestseller • #1 Amazon Bestseller • #1 Audible BestsellerA Life-Changing Tool Millions of People Ca... Read more

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVELA BARACK OBAMA READING PICKNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLINGA lone astronaut.An impossible mission.An ally he never imagined.'The most enjoyable har... Read more

Brought to you by Penguin. *WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026*In her letters to family and friends we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp: stubborn, cantankerous, opinionated, alw... Read more

THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON 'A word-of-mouth smash hit' New York Times 'For anything to be truly good, there must be love in it. Nothing is what it's supposed to be if love is not at th... Read more

*THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, Matt Haig's new novel from the world of The Midnight Library, is out now*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING WORLDWIDE PHENOMENONREADERS' MOST LOVED BOOK OF 2021WINNER OF T... Read more

WINNER - KERRY GREENWOOD READERS' CHOICE, 2026 DAVITT AWARDSWINNER - 2026 NED KELLY AWARD FOR BEST CRIME FICTIONFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Soulmate and Darling Girls comes th... Read more

THE UNMISSABLE NEW MYSTERY IN THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING, RECORD-BREAKING THURSDAY MURDER CLUB SERIES'Irresistible' LEE CHILD'Funny, clever, compelling' HARLAN COBEN'The rightful king of cr... Read more

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2026AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Touching, thoughtful, a deeply affecting love story about time and regret' DAVID NICHOLLS'Steeped in yearning,... Read more

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe empowering, must-read memoir of the end of a marriage and the start of a personal revolution, perfect for readers of Glennon Doyle and Miranda July.AS SE... Read more

THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD.Transform your life with tiny changes in behaviour, starting now.People think that when you want to change your life, you need to thi... Read more

The beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove.'A stunning, sweeping, extraordinary story of connection, love, a... Read more

REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK FOR NOVEMBER 2025!'At once a gripping mystery, an exquisitely written ode to the natural world, and a taut, psychological thriller, Wild Dark Shore is a triumph. Ch... Read more

Brought to you by Penguin.How do we go on when a loved one betrays us? On a chilly day in March of 2020, in the early days of the pandemic, Belle Burden's husband of twenty years announced, with no... Read more

From the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing - a stunning story of corruption and tragedy in one of the world's great cities: London."A new book by Keefe means drop ... Read more

Caleb Zelic, profoundly deaf since early childhood, has always lived on the outside - watching, picking up telltale signs people hide in a smile, a cough, a kiss. When a childhood friend is murdere... Read more

Someone's been waiting. Someone's been watching.From the #1 internationally bestselling author of What Happened to Nina? comes a gripping high-stakes novel of suspense about three seemingly unconne... Read more

SHORTLISTED - ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026THE NO. 1 AUSTRALIAN BESTSELLER FROM THE MASTER OF CRIMEHe had been here, that was clear from the marks in the dust. And he had been alone.In... Read more

In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyo... Read more

***ALSO AVAILABLE - THE ATOMIC HABITS WORKBOOK: OFFICIAL COMPANION TO THE #1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER***THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER: OVER 25 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDETransform your life... Read more

'A powerfully emotional novel from a master storyteller.'—The Guardian'Time Travel for Beginners is GORGEOUS'—Marian Keyes'heart, charm – and time travel – for the ages'R... Read more

Brought to you by Penguin.THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025AUDIBLE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025BLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025WINNER OF THE GOOGLE PLAY BEST OF 2025 AWA... Read more

Get to know the star of some of the world's favourite film and TV classics in this fascinating and funny memoir.'Just wonderful, so funny and charming and sharp...made me laugh out loud.' Meryl Str... Read more

'From the Baillie Gifford Prize-winning and Sunday Times bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing comes a stunning story of wealth, violence and deceit at the heart of a glittering city... Read more

**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens?One of the world's preeminent historians and thinkers, Yuval Noah Ha... Read more

THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Book of the Year in The Times and Financial Times 'The biographer who brought down Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor' THE OBSERVER 'This isn't a book; it's a case for revo... Read more

Sworn to protect a scenic island that is meant to be far from the evils of the mainland, Detective Sergeant Stilwell can feel danger closing in.Detective Sergeant Stilwell knows that his posting on... Read more

Brought to you by Penguin.Tuberculosis has been entwined with humanity for millennia. Once romanticized as a malady of poets, today tuberculosis is a disease of poverty that walks the trails of inj... Read more

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLDThe effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic ... Read more

Famesick is a frank, deeply personal reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, from the mind behind the hit series Girls and Too Much, and the bestselling author of Not That Kind... Read more

The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small ThingsTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2026A WATERSTONES PAPERBA... Read more

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING MEMOIR THAT KICKSTARTED ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN'S FALL FROM GRACE***A WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 2026***'If books can shape history, this is one... Read more

Australian bestseller Sophie Green returns with a sparkling story about the beauty of the second-hand, the power of second chances, and becoming who you were always meant to be (with a little help ... Read more

A riveting, intimate and revelatory account of the most radical and consequential presidency of our time.From the two reporters who have covered him more closely than perhaps anyone else over the p... Read more

Famesick is a frank, deeply personal reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, from the mind behind the hit series Girls and Too Much, and the bestselling author of Not That Kind... Read more

A single book can change your life.Already an enormous bestseller in Asia, with more than 3 million copies sold, The Courage to be Disliked demonstrates how to unlock the power within yourself to b... Read more

THE NO.1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TIMES, FT, ECONOMIST AND INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEARAcclaimed psychologist Jonathan Haidt reveals how the decline of free-play in childhood and the rise of smart... Read more

Audiobook narrated by Jacinda Ardern.What if we could redefine leadership? What if kindness came first? Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealand, but as the... Read more

In July 2023, in the quiet Gippsland town of Leongatha, Erin Patterson—stay-at-home mother and true-crime devotee—invited her husband's devoutly Christian family to lunch. Within days, ... Read more

Shocking and darkly funny, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to the decisions that are shaping our world and the people who make them. Welcome to Facebook.Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young dipl... Read more

Shocking and darkly funny, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to the decisions that are shaping our world and the people who make them. Welcome to Facebook.Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young dipl... Read more

Profoundly deaf since early childhood, Caleb has always lived on the outside – watching and picking up tell-tale signs people hide in a smile, a cough or a kiss. When a childhood friend is mu... Read more

The stunning debut novel by the Winner of the Allen & Unwin Fiction Prize 2025. An emotionally charged exploration of what happens when one moment changes everything.'A gripping debut, fast-paced a... Read more

** Reviewed and updated for the 2020-2021 financial year** This is the only money guide you'll ever need That's a bold claim, given there are already thousands of finance books on the shelves. So w... Read more

'In my brief breath of life, might I find a way to fit light to paper?'In a land of ethereal beauty, within a culture soaked in myth, a young woman discovers the story that will change her life.In ... Read more

WINNER OF THE ABIA ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKPEOPLE ADULT NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS FOR ILLUSTRATED NON-FICTION 2025Origi... Read more

Bestselling author Nigel Latta's simple psychological toolkit for life's ups and downs. What do you do when you're told you only have months to live?If you're like Nigel Latta, first, you're going... Read more

From Muldoon to Luxon, untold stories from the House of Parliament Barry Soper has spent close to five decades questioning New Zealand's prime ministers.From the imposing, larger-than-life characte... Read more