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Son of Nobody
Yann Martel

From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of Life of Pi comes a modern and imaginative retelling of the epic Trojan War.

'Stunningly imagined’ Kirkus Reviews

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Nymph
Sofia Montrone

A tale of ephemeral love set over two transformative summers at a hotel in the northern Italian countryside.

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The Penelopiad
Margaret Atwood

A fresh take on what follows Homer's The Odyssey by the international best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale.

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My New Face
Amina Cain
The Family Plot
Yan Lianke
Come Back Again
Abigayle Carmody
Survival Notes
Michelle Haines Thomas
What Gentlemen Do
Todd Babiak
Mystery Play
Elizabeth Kostova
People Skills
Nina Kenwood
Spent Light
Lara Pawson
Once Upon a Breakfast Show
Stephanie MacFie
The Wild Beneath
Kelly Anderson
Sunlight Finds You
Laura Moriarty
Eye of the Needle
Christopher Raja
The End of Romance
Maria Takolander
How to Make a Woman
Marie Darrieussecq
The Hamilton Case: Text Classics
Michelle de Kretser
Nymph
Sofia Montrone
Night Swimming
Sharon Kernot
The Typing Lady
Ruth Ozeki
The Maidenheads
Benny B. Peterson
Capture
Amanda Lohrey
First of December
Karen Jennings
Son of Nobody
Yann Martel
Griefdogg
Michael Winkler
Love is an Algorithm
Laura Brooke Robson
A Beautiful Loan
Mary Costello
The Minstrels
Eva Hornung
Side Character Energy
Olivia Tolich
Escape!
Stephen Fishbach
A Complete Fiction
R. L. Maizes
Benbecula
Graeme Macrae Burnet
Do We Deserve This?
Eleanor Elliott Thomas
Mischance Creek
Garry Disher
House of Day, House of Night
Olga Tokarczuk
Lucky Thing
Tom Baragwanath
The Birds Began to Sing
Jeffrey Buchanan
The Island of Last Things
Emma Sloley
Yilkari
Nicolas Rothwell, Alison Nampitjinpa Anderson
The Far Side of the Moon and Other Stories
Jana Wendt
The Pearl of Tagai Town
Lenora Thaker
My Sister
Emmanuelle Salasc
June in the Garden
Eleanor Wilde
The Name of the Sister
Gail Jones
Run for the Hills
Kevin Wilson
The Book of Disappearance
Ibtisam Azem
Consider Yourself Kissed
Jessica Stanley
Perfection
Vincenzo Latronico
The Spirit Circle
Tara Calaby
Theory & Practice
Michelle de Kretser
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