I Love the Whole World
by Victoria Hannan

Leslie McDonald is a newly single, middle-aged mother who is also dependable, steadfast, and a little broken.

 Life has moved on without her, but then she wins an all-expenses-paid trip to Las Vegas, baby! Roll out that red carpet, Leslie McDonald is going overseas – and she is utterly terrified.

Leslie plans every moment and every outfit.

She follows the set timetable until she spends time in the desert, where she basks in the enormity of it all, meets old friends, and marvels at art, magic shows, plates of food, and other people.

Finally, she remembers who she is, and realises who she can be – a solo adventurer.

How To Love The World 
by Ilka Tampke

Nellika Werner goes for long walks every day in the bush near her home.

One morning, she decides to take a path she’s never walked before.

Deep in this remote part of the forest, Nellika is struck by a falling manna gum branch, which pins her to the ground.

Shockingly injured and unable to move, with no water or phone, her only hope is that someone will find her.

As the window of hope for rescue gradually closes on what might be her last day, Nellika makes a reckoning of herself and the place where she lies.

A Suitable Man 
by Jock Serong

'In 1924, into the town of Warrnambool, there came a travelling salesman...' Australians of a certain generation all know Fletcher Jones – the stores, the clothing, the daggy dad slacks – but not many people know the extraordinary story of the man who founded the store.

Many Australians know of Fletcher Jones – the stores, the clothing, the daggy dad slacks – but few know the extraordinary man behind it all.

David Fletcher Jones was an autodidact, a wanderer and dreamer who became a visionary businessman and social entrepreneur.

The World Beneath Her Feet
by Holly Ringland

In her late thirties, Maggie Byrd lives a charmed life in London.

She works at the Natural History Museum, and shares a home with her best friend and her partner.

However, beneath this facade lies a past Maggie buried deep: the story of a guilt-ridden girl who left Australia and swore never to return.

But when she learns that she's inherited her uncle's land in southeast Queensland, Maggie's London life begins to fracture.

In the nineties, this wild, vivid place also shaped Maggie when she was an angry, lost teenager.

It was her home- until she betrayed everyone she loved there and fled.

Tell Me Something True
by Michael Robotham

I look along the road and notice how many people are standing outside their houses.

Small towns are quick to anger and slow to forgive, but Arlo Hackett doesn't expect mercy when he emerges from a twelve-year prison sentence and makes his way back to Yulara, a waypoint on Australia's Great Southern Road.

The last time Arlo was home, he was found guilty by association of a terrible crime

His return to the goldrush town is like cracking open a time capsule full of hatred, along with memories of the people he loved - the ones he couldn't save.

Swan Song
by Charles Spencer

In September 1997, Charles Spencer stood in Westminster Abbey before a watching world and shared his grief at losing his beloved sister, Diana.

Now, nearly thirty years later, he tells the astonishing story of his life with Diana and the tragic week of her death.

Charles saw his older sister serve the world’s marginalized and relish being mother to her treasured sons.

But, pursued by a barbaric press as her royal marriage crumbled, she was left desperately alone.

Charles always tried to be there for Diana – until that black night in August, 1997.

Bondi Terror 
by Sharri Markson

Bondi Terror tells the story of the deadliest terror attack in Australian history.

The attack would leave 15 people dead, including a 10-year-old girl and an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, and dozens more severely wounded.

Bondi Terror reconstructs the massacre in real time, from the first shot fired, and captures the chilling stories of those present, including split-second decisions that would mean the difference between life and death.

Drawing on eyewitness testimony from survivors, witnesses and first responders, Bondi Terror delves into the human psyche, the fear and love that drove ordinary Australians as they fought bravely to save each other and stay alive.

Buckets of Hope 
by Abang Anade Othow

Separated from her family at the age of five, Abang Anade Othow endured unimaginable loss and trauma.

Yet, in the face of chaos, she imagined a lifeline: Buckets of Hope.

These five symbolic buckets - yellow for joy and gratitude, green for growth and generosity, red for survival and intuition, black for resilience and resolve and blue for flow and adaptability - became her system for navigating life's darkest moments and finding light again.

Through each chapter of her life, from the war-torn landscapes of Sudan to the refugee camps of Ethiopia, Abang shares how she transformed pain into purpose to become an internationally recognised educator, speaker and leader.