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Type: Book
Date: 29 May 2008

A Fraction of the Whole

Steve Toltz’s blisteringly funny debut is this uproarious tale of a father and son whose spiritual symmetry transcends all their many shortcomings

Type: Book
Date: 03 Mar 2008

Child 44

In Tom Rob Smith’s gripping thriller, the biggest threat to Leo Demidov is not the serial killer he is hunting but the State he is fighting to protect

Type: Book
Date: 01 May 2010

The Slap

At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly three-year-old boy. The boy is not his son. Christos Tsiolkas records what happens next

Type: Book
Date: 20 Aug 2010

C

Tom McCarthy’s intense life of a man steeped in the electric modernity of the early 20th century, transfixed by technologies that will obliterate him

Type: Book
Date: 17 May 2017

Flights

Olga Tokarczuk’s unique novel interweaves reflections on travel with an exploration of human anatomy - examining life and death, motion and migration

Type: Book
Date: 01 Jan 1995

The Riders

Tim Winton depicts a man’s desperate quest across Europe, as he tries to track down his missing wife

Type: Feature
Date: 08 Apr 2025

Reading guide: On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle, translated by Barbara J. Haveland

Whether you’re new to On the Calculation of Volume I or have read it and would like to explore it more deeply, here is our comprehensive guide, featuring insights from critics and the book’s author and translator, as well as discussion points and suggestions for further reading.

Type: Feature
Date: 11 Mar 2024

Reading guide: Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, translated by Sora Kim-Russell and Josephine Bae Youngjae

An epic, multi-generational tale that threads together a century of national history, written by one of South Korea’s most important authors

Type: Feature
Date: 02 Dec 2024

Reading Guide: Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

Whether you’re new to Small Things Like These and have read it and would like to explore it more deeply, here is our comprehensive guide featuring insights from critics and the author, as well as discussion points and suggestions for further reading

Type: Feature
Date: 23 Sep 2025

Reading guide: Flashlight by Susan Choi

Thrilling and moving, Flashlight mines questions of memory, language and identity through the astonishing story of a family swept up in the tides of 20th-century history