BESTSELLERS & NEW RELEASES
Here’s a selection of some of our bestsellers in a variety of genres. For more more information about the availability of these titles, or any other books, please contact your local BOOK FACE store.
our bestsellers
We Chase Shadows by Richard Osman
In the Italian hills, a body is found on the steps of a private villa at sunrise. Our mis-matched detective trio Amy, Rose and Steve return, in pursuit of an elusive and ruthless killer. Between Italy and Palm Springs, via Barcelona and Steve's sleepy village pub, they uncover an impossible case where it seems that everyone is hiding something. . .
A$34.99
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
In her letters to family and friends we come to know the life of Sybil Van Antwerp: stubborn, cantankerous, opinionated, always steadfast in her belief in the power of the written word.
But as the clock begins to tick for Sybil, the need for a few post-scripts to the life she’s led becomes apparent. Fixing her difficult relationship with her children. Taking a final chance at romance. And finally, reckoning with a devastating loss that she has spent the last thirty years holding close to her chest.
A$34.99
World Beneath Her Feet by Holly Ringland
Maggie Byrd lives a charmed life in London. She works with fossils and gems at the Natural History Museum and shares a home with the two people she loves most: her best friend, Harriet, and her partner, Joe. However, beneath this carefully constructed façade lies a past Maggie buried deep inside herself: the story of a guilt-ridden, heartbroken girl who left Australia in her early twenties and swore never to return. But when she learns that she's inherited her beloved uncle's rewilded land in a lush valley of southeast Queensland, Maggie's London life begins to fracture.
A$34.99
Ottolenghi SIMPLE TOO by Yotam Ottolenghi
For the three million home cooks around the world who loved Simple, Ottolenghi brings us 135 brand-new easy recipes that are full of flavour, intensity and creativity
A$69.99
Disappearers by Marlon James
When eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston in 1988, answering the casting call for an openly queer play, they are already taking a big risk. But that is nothing compared to what rains down on them when a mob descends on one of their rehearsals. As the survivors heal, each man finds he must confront the bigotry and homophobia that the attack laid bare.
As one of the victims puts it, ‘there’s a difference between when something ends and when something stops’. And this story won’t stop until both the disappearers and the perpetrators have been tracked, along trails both hot and cold, and an ending reached.
A$34.99
Big Little Truths by Liane Moriarty
Parenting teens is not for the faint of heart but Madeline, Jane and Celeste have been through worse. It's been a decade since the school trivia night that changed their lives forever and now they're living blissfully ordinary suburban lives.
But when an anonymous grisly package arrives at the local high school, and a man in a green Volvo is seen lurking around the kids, everyone in their beautiful beachside community is uneasy. Is this history repeating itself or something new and more shocking? What big little truths are about to be revealed?
A$34.99
Brain Cliff by Dr Norman Swan
The Brain Cliff will change how you think about brain ageing and give you new ways to keep away from the edge.
What many of us fear, especially as we hit our forties and fifties, is not being as quick of mind. Not remembering as well as we used to. By our 60s and 70s we worry there's nothing we can do and that we are falling helplessly into an abyss which leads to dementia.
A$34.99
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He is, by all appearances, present and alive. But inside, Artie is plagued by feelings of isolation. He looks out at a world gone mad—at himself and the people around him—and turns a question over and over in his mind: how is it that we know so little about one another, even those closest to us? And then, one day, Artie learns that life has been keeping a secret from him, one that threatens to upend his entire world. Once he learns it, he is forced to chart a new course, to reconsider the relationships he holds most dear—and to make peace with the mysteries at the heart of our existence.
A$35
Our Noble Selves by Kate Atkinson
It’s the summer of 1951 and everyone is looking to put the dark days of the war behind them. The government’s solution: The Festival of Britain, a celebration of the country’s creativity, grit and ingenuity. For foreign correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn, it might offer the chance of redemption and romance. But Flynn’s attempts to resume some semblance of a romantic life wither when one of his dates goes missing and he is deemed to be the last person to have seen her alive.
A$34.99
Time of Monsters by Waleed Aly
Do we still believe in progress? In this wonderfully clarifying essay, Waleed Aly examines what happened to liberalism. As a set of ideas, it offered equality and guaranteed freedoms. But more and more, we live in a post-liberal world.
Aly maps the new politics arising – both conservative and progressive – as mainstream politics loses its appeal. He examines the new battles over identity, injustice and speech, and discusses the way instability has become central to contemporary life. When did freedom start to feel so unfree? This is a supple and original essay about the forces transforming our politics.
A$29.99