Book reviews of mainly modern & contemporary fiction

5 new Australian novels by big-name authors to add to your wishlist

‘I am a Truck’ by Michelle Winters

The 2017 Giller Prize shortlist — and return of the Shadow Giller

‘A Border Station’ by Shane Connaughton

‘Next Year, For Sure’ by Zoey Leigh Peterson

‘Penance’ by Kanae Minato

20 books of summer recap

‘Mr Bridge’ by Evan S. Connell

‘The Jesus Man’ by Christos Tsiolkas

‘In a Strange Room’ by Damon Galgut

‘Why Rock the Boat’ by William Weintraub

‘The Trick is to Keep Breathing’ by Janice Galloway

‘Instructions for a Heatwave’ by Maggie O’Farrell

‘Miss Lonelyhearts’ by Nathanael West

‘The Long Prospect’ by Elizabeth Harrower

‘The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman’ by Denis Thériault

‘Beastings’ by Benjamin Myers

‘The Devil’s Staircase’ by Helen FitzGerald

‘Our Souls at Night’ by Kent Haruf

‘The Bed I Made’ by Lucie Whitehouse