Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2019 Autumn-reading-guide-2019-WEB | Page 7

feature TITLES The Aunts' House Elizabeth Stead RRP $29.95 Recently orphaned, Angel Martin moves into a boarding house populated by an assortment of eccentric and colourful characters. Elizabeth Stead brings her classic subversive wit and personal insight to this nostalgic portrait of wartime Sydney. Due MAY 21 Due APRIL 16 Machines Like Me Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Steven Carroll RRP $29.99 One of Australia’s finest writers returns with a powerful novel that goes back to the very beginning of the story, to bring his Glenroy series to a close. The Year of the Beast tells a story of what it means to be an individual, standing against the surge of the crowd. Due APRIL Identity crisis 23 Ben Elton Where’d You Go, Bernadette Maria Semple RRP $22.99 Where’d You Go, Bernadette is a compulsively readable, deeply touching novel about misplaced genius and a mother and daughter’s place in the world. Soon to be a film starring Cate Blanchett, Kristen Wiig and Billy Crudup. RRP $32.99 OUR PRICE $27 99 Ben Elton, returns with a blistering satire of the world as it crumbles around us. No one is safe as he sends up everything from fake news culture to gender politics, from political sloganism to the power of the hashtag, and everything in between. The Shepherd’s Hut Tim Winton RRP $22.99 The War Artist Simon Cleary RRP $29.95 The War Artist is a compelling novel about the legacy of war, the power of art and the possibility of redemption. This is the most important novel about the legacy of war since Richard Flanagan’s The Narrow Road to the Deep North. 16 The Shepherd’s Hut is a searing look at what it takes to keep love and hope alive in a parched and brutal world. It is a crisp, fast, shocking story, an urgent masterpiece about solitude, unlikely friendship, and the raw business of survival. Now in small format. Due MAY Due APRIL 6 23 The Forest of Wool and Steel Natsu Miyashita RRP $24.99 Under the tutelage of three master piano-tuners Tomura embarks on his training, never straying too far from an unfathomable question – do I have what it takes? This book reveals that the road to finding purpose is often filled with doubt but for those who persevere there are moments of revelation. Berlin, 1938. Ernst Schäfer, an ambitious zoologist has come to the attention of Heinrich Himmler, who invites him to lead a group of SS scientists to the frozen mountains of Tibet. Their secret mission: to search for the origins of the Aryan race… Due july Mark Haddon RRP $32.99 The Year of the Beast Leah Kaminsky RRP $32.99 Ian McEwan RRP $32.99 The Porpoise A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a plane crash. She is raised in isolation by an overprotective father. When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail... The Hollow Bones Daughter of Bad times Bodies of Men Nigel Featherstone RRP $32.99 Bodies of Men is a beautifully evocative tale of two men whose lives are brought together in tragedy. Egypt, 1941. Only hours after disembarking, Australian William Marsh, is caught in a stoush with the Italian enemy. He is saved by James Kelly, a friend from home and the last person he expects to see… Shop online at collinsbooks.com.au Rohan Wilson RRP $29.99 Rin Braden is almost ready to give up on life after the death of her lover Yamaan and the everyday dread of working for her mother’s corrupt private prison company. But miraculously Yamaan has survived. This is a compelling novel by the author of The Roving Party. Get social with us