The Australian Book of Great Trials
THE author sums it up perfectly by suggesting that “these are not just Australia’s greatest trials” but “also some of our most remarkable stories”.
Books
Inside of A Dog: What Dogs See, Smell and Know
ALEXANDRA Horowitz examines man’s best friend and overturns popular concepts of how dogs think and behave.
Fishing The River of Time
PART geology lesson, part personal history, the writer of this book has not quite decided what it is he is trying to catch on his fishing line.
Game To The Last
MANY books have been written about the Gallipoli campaign, but few have knitted the personal narrative to the historical data as well as Game To The Last.
Seize the Day
IT isn’t every day that you curl up and read a good book about dying. This isn’t, however, a solve-a-murder mystery.
True crime: Mad Dog
TALES of a Depression era killer in Sydney’s suburbs makes for a frighteningly good read.
The Aboriginal Soccer Tribe
FORMER soccer player John Maynard, explores the ins and outs of Australia’s Indigenous soccer players.
Death In Siberia
THE Kremlin is holding one of its top nuclear physicists prisoner far from international view, deep within the Arctic Circle.
Breakdown
THE indomitable V.I. Warshawski is back in the 15th book of this always-entertaining series.
The Conflict: Woman And Mother
IF philosopher Elisabeth Badinter was a Dawson’s Creek fan, one could imagine her disdain at Michelle Williams’ speech at the Golden Globes.
Women’s Stuff
WOMEN of all ages will get something out of Kaz Cooke’s new book, writes Trudy Oram.
Four books that changed lives
BEVERLEY Hadgraft speaks to four people whose paths were altered via the power of the page.
Fatal Flaw
THIS thriller wouldn’t have had a more comprehensive cast of killers if it was set in the middle of Long Bay jail.
The Kommandant’s Girl & The Diplomat’s Wife
ASKING readers to plough through 700 pages of anything is a big call. When its WWII it’s going to be heavy going.
The Tiny Wife
“THE robbery was not without consequences”, reads the first line of Andrew Kaufman’s latest novel and he’s right about that.
Crave
TWO high-school students. A love that dare not speak its name. The bloodlust that threatens to tear them apart.
Summer reading: 2011’s best Aussie books
A SERIES of essays by Colleen McCullough, a remarkable story about defying a dictator and a South-East Asian adventure tale are among the best books released in Australia in 2011.
The Freudian Slip
GIVEN the year, the setting and the number of references to bust-waist-hip measurements, it’s tempting to liken this novel to Mad Men.
Smoulder
YOU’D think spending centuries surrounded by soul-snatching demons might be enough to leave your average half-demon, half-fallen angel in a bad mood.
Mr Darcy
Mr Darcy has been given his most radical makeover yet, appearing as a bespectacled, bow-tie-wearing duck who favours top hats and is prone to blushing.
Explosive Eighteen
YOUR holiday was interrupted by the arrival of one of your two on-off boyfriends who got into a fist fight with the other, which ended with both of them in hospital.
Violet Mackerel’s Natural Habitat
THE latest threat to the environment is a daisy-skirt-wearing brunette with a vital interest in science and an unfortunate tendency to kill unsuspecting insects with kindness.
Muse
IT’S the supernatural world’s equivalent of the witness protection program, only in Muse, the party in need of monitoring is an angel.
The Night Strangers
WHEN Chip Linton, plagued by post-traumatic stress disorder and the ghosts of a fatal accident, decides to make a fresh start, he picks the one house with a sealed basement.
Memoirs Of A Suburban Girl
A RELENTLESS, terrifying account of domestic violence that sees each chapter rain down a fresh round of blows on its young victim.
Affair of the Art
THE characters at the heart of his latest book may be inspired by Sidney Nolan, but Alex Miller says the story reveals more about himself.
Shadow of the Titanic & Titanic Love Stories
WITH the 100th anniversary of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic drawing closer, two books look at the lives of those involved in the disaster.
Five good reads
IN need of a good read? Here’s a selection of the latest fiction, non-fiction and childrens’ books, reviewed by our team.
A Little Bird Told Me
AT 34, Kasey Chambers is young for an autobiography but, just like her music, there’s no lack of material.
The Hypnotist’s Love Story
A FEW years ago, Liane Moriarty was sitting in a coffee shop with her then boyfriend when a woman walked past.
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