Spring 2024 brings with it a fresh crop of captivating reads that promise to whisk you away into new worlds, challenge your perceptions, and stir your soul. From heartwarming romances to thrilling mysteries, this season’s book releases are a perfect reflection of the season itself—vibrant, full of life, and brimming with possibility. Whether you’re looking to escape into a new literary adventure or discover the next big title on everyone’s reading list, we’ve handpicked the most exciting new book releases you won’t want to miss.
The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins
Release date: 8 October 2024
Genre: Crime Fiction
From the internationally bestselling author of The Girl on the Train, comes The Blue Hour, a suspenseful and atmospheric thriller described by Lee Child as ‘the best Paula Hawkins yet.’
Once home to Vanessa, a famous artist whose unfaithful husband disappeared twenty years ago and now home to Grace, a solitary creature of the tides, the isolated Scottish island of Eris is only accessible to the mainland for twelve hours each day. When a shocking discovery made in a London art gallery brings a visitor to the island, the two women are pulled together in a web of secrets and lies.
The Blue Hour is a masterful and propulsive novel that asks searing questions of ambition, power, gender and perception, cementing Paula Hawkins’s place among the very best of our most nuanced, powerful and stylish storytellers.
Your Celestial Compass by Natasha Weber
Release date: 1 October 2024
Genre: Mind, Body, Spirit
Natasha Weber, aka @astrotash, is one of Australia’s most prominent and respected astrologers. In her first book, Natasha empowers readers with their unique astrological blueprint, demystifies astrology and dispels the misconception that it is mere superstition.
Ever wondered if all Scorpios are vindictive? Or if you should never date a Gemini? Explore beyond the stereotypical interpretations of the 12 zodiac signs, including personality, well-being, sex style, money mindset, and true calling.
Your Celestial Compass is the ultimate cosmic playbook, decoding the ancient wisdom of the stars to deepen self-awareness, enrich relationships, navigate life’s twists and turns, uncover purpose and potential, and so much more.
Bake with Brooki by Brooke Bellamy
Release date: 29 October 2024
Genre: Food & Drink
Shooting straight to the top of the Amazon bestseller charts on announcement, the stunning cookbook will reveal the secret recipes behind the delicious treats that have people lining the streets of Brisbane!
Step into the kitchen with wildly popular baker Brooke Bellamy, and discover how to create the most delectable sweet treats for every craving and occasion. Brooke’s journey to becoming a bakery owner has spanned continents: from growing up baking with her mum in Tasmania, to patisserie classes in Paris and hunting down the ultimate cookies in New York. Now, she inspires millions of followers with her day-in-the-life videos from her bakery!
Bake with Brooki has everything – those chunky cookies that have gained a cult following (of course!) plus brownies, cupcakes, traybakes, macarons, cheesecakes, layer cakes and more.
Surrounded by Liars by Thomas Erikson
Release date: 22 October 2024
Genre: Self-Help & Personal Development
International bestselling author and behavioural expert Thomas Erikson unpacks the psychological reasons behind why we lie and reveals the impact lying has on our relationships.
Thomas Erikson’s witty and accurate descriptions of human behaviour have made his Surrounded by series incredibly popular internationally.
Since its translation into English in 2019, Surrounded by Idiots has gone on to sell more than 3 million copies globally and has been translated into 55 languages.
The Place of Tides by James Rebanks
Release date: 22 October 2024
Genre: Agriculture, Biography
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Shepard’s Life comes a fable-like story of redemption, set on an isolated UNESCO-protected island off the North coast of Norway.
Several years ago James Rebanks met an old woman living and working alone on a remote Norwegian island. After years of thinking about the encounter, he wrote her a letter, asking if he could return. Bring work clothes, she replied, and come quickly: her health was failing. And so, he returned to witness her last season on the island. This is the story of that season and how what began as a journey of escape became an extraordinary lesson in self-knowledge and forgiveness.
Paper Boat by Margaret Atwood
Release date: 15 October 2024
Genre: Poetry
A collection of poems both old and new, spanning a career of ground-breaking writing.
Tracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood – a writer who has fundamentally shaped our contemporary literary landscapes – Paper Boat assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume.
Atwood gives voices to remarkably drawn characters – mythological figures, animals and everyday people – all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as our own.
Spanning six decades of work – from her earliest beginnings to brand new poems – this volume charts the evolution of one of our most iconic and necessary authors.
Pictures of You by Emma Grey
Release date: 12 November 2024
Genre: Contemporary Romance Fiction
The new tear-jerker romcom from the Australian author whose previous novel, The Last Love Note, broke hearts worldwide and was a huge success in the US.
The Last Love Note was a fictional tribute to the love she shared with her late husband, who died unexpectedly from a heart attack aged just 57. She was 42 and found herself a sudden widow and single mother of 3, including their five-year-old son.
Emma’s books narrow in on navigating grief in many forms, and Pictures of You is no exception. First love collides with grief, in this tear-jerker romcom from a fabulous Australian talent.
Turkuaz Kitchen by Betül Tunç
Release date: 12 November 2024
Genre: Food & Drink
85 recipes for transforming sweet and savoury doughs into delicious main meals and desserts.
Comforting and delicious recipes for foods made with dough – from homemade noodles to pastries,
The beautiful pastoral photos transport you into Betül’s world, where baking is a mindful escape from everyday troubles and an opportunity to create special moments of connection while nourishing body and soul.
Stories from the Otto Bin Empire by Judy Nunn
Release date: 5 November 2024
Genre: Short Stories
In these captivating short stories, meet some members of the Otto Bin Empire – the homeless men and women who gather down by the docks.
Judy’s last short story collection, The Long Weekend (2022) was hugely popular.
My Otto Bin Empire stories are special to me. The writing of them was a real labour of love. In the creation of a large novel, no matter how passionate one remains there will always be the odd occasion when it feels like ‘hard work’. Not so in this case. I found my Otto Bin characters so intriguing they carried me along on their journey as if they’d written the stories themselves – Judy Nunn.
Three stories were previously released only as an eBook, and for the first time they are available in print, along with additional brand new stories.
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