Review

What’s good, what’s bad, and what’s in between in literature this year? Here we review the latest titles.

Latest

When musician Dean Manning found an old suitcase on a Sydney nature strip, it kick-started a years-long obsession about the owner’s true identity.

Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.

Science journalist Adam Becker investigates the visions of the tech billionaires and their vision of an AI dominated future ... in space.

Chloe Elisabeth Wilson’s debut novel takes place inside a hipster cosmetics company in Melbourne.

Molly Jong-Fast has written a moving, but searing portrait of growing up with a “fame hungry” celebrity mother.

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases.

As different as these books are, be assured you are in experienced hands and perhaps inspired to discover what came before.

Journalists Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson have written a damning account suffused with relentless agony, writes Bruce Wolpe.

The former New Zealand prime minister’s memoir isn’t a dry political affair; it’s full of sympathy, love and empathy.