James Bradley’s thrilling, unsettling crime novel is set in a flooded Sydney in 2050

‘Ambitious’ or ‘pretentious’?

The contested legacy of Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Wit, charm and heart: Novelist Kerry Greenwood, creator of Phryne Fisher, was a true original

Kerry Greenwood’s novels are provocations to care about social justice. Her legacy is a wealth of entertainment with a heart.

10 essential books to read on Australia Day

We asked some of our leading historians to choose an illuminating Australia Day read

What will you be reading this summer? We asked 6 avid readers

Your perfect summer read might be a paperback romance or crime book, a fat biography, or that classic you always meant to read

‘A final warning from God’

Lech Blaine’s memoir pits an average Australian family against an avenging archangel