Its holiday season again and, with any luck, an opportunity to settle down with a good book.
Here, Money magazine, in conjunction with Dymocks, shares a list of the best fiction and non-fiction titles to read over summer, plus your chance to win all 10 titles!
Juice by Tim Winton.
Two fugitives, a man and a child, drive all night across the desert.
They roll into an abandoned mine site, a forsaken place of rusty wire and piles of sun-baked trash. They're tired but this is the most promising refuge they've seen.
The problem is, they're not alone... So begins the journey through a life whose central challenge is not simply survival, but how to maintain decency as everyone around you falls into barbarism.
The City and its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
The City and its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami
When a man's girlfriend vanishes, he sets out to find the imaginary city where her true self lives.
When he finally makes it to the walled city, a shadowless place of horned beasts and willow trees, he finds his beloved working in a dream library, with no memory of their life together in the other world and, as the lines between reality and fantasy start to blur, he must decide what he's willing to lose.
Things Will Calm Down Soon by Zoe Foster Blake
Things Will Calm Down Soon
Zoë Foster Blake
One day, successful hair stylist Kit Cooper can't find the perfect product for a look and wonders... could she make it herself?
We follow Kit from idea to founder of a successful haircare company. Amid spreadsheets, influencers and potential investors, needy family members and an unreliable romantic partner, she is certain things will calm down soon. Won't they?
Before We Forget Kindess by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Before We Forget Kindness
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
The fifth book in the Before the Coffee Gets Cold series.
In this heartwarming tale, four cafe visitors - a father who didn't allow his daughter to get married, a woman who couldn't give Valentine's Day chocolates to her loved one, a boy who wants to show his smile to his divorced parents and a wife holding a child with no name - wish to revisit their past to move on to their present.
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
Intermezzo
Sally Rooney
Brothers Peter and Ivan have little in common. Peter is a successful Dublin lawyer in his 30s but after their father's death he's struggling.
Ivan is a 22-year-old chess player, a loner who meets an older woman emerging from her turbulent past.
For two grieving brothers, this is a period of desire, despair and possibility - a time to find out how much one life might hold inside itself without breaking.
Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari
Nexus considers how the flow of information has shaped us and our world.
From the Stone Age, through Biblical times, early modern witch-hunts, Stalinism, Nazism and the resurgence of populism today, he asks us to consider the complex relationship between information and truth, bureaucracy and mythology, wisdom and power.
The Voice Inside by John Farnham.
From stardom in the '60s, the highest-selling Australian album of all time and a long touring career, the John Farnham story is filled with highlights.
It reveals the resilience he found as his career stalled and he faced financial ruin. And it is the story of triumph over adversity after a diagnosis of mouth cancer in 2022, months after the death of his friend and manager, Glenn Wheatley.
RecipeTin Eats Tonight by Nagi Maehashi
Maehashi's latest treasure trove boasts more than 150 foolproof recipes guaranteed to elevate your cooking.
With 800 recipe variations and 3000 potential combinations, including the iconic Charlie sauce, she provides endless culinary inspiration to suit every taste and occasion. From 20-minute meals to pantry staple creations, there's something for everyone.
Three Wild Dogs and the Truth by Markus Zusak
What happens when the Zusaks open their home to three big, pound-hardened dogs: Reuben, a wolf at your door with a hacksaw; Archer, blond, beautiful, deadly; and the smiling Frosty?
This is a reckoning of shortcomings and failure but also an explosion of love and the joy and recognition of family.
The Business Bible by Victoria Devine.
Learn how to start, grow and sustain your business with Devine's guiding principles.
This is your invitation to the world of business ownership - a world where flexibility, independence and financial rewards await. Whether you're an aspiring side-hustler or ready to build your own company, this is the ultimate small business guide for ambitious people.
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