The unmissables
A series from Guardian Australia highlighting significant new release Australian books
The Australian book you should read next: The Secret River by Kate GrenvilleWe hold our breath as we read Grenville’s account of her convict ancestor, hoping for the harmonious ending we know cannot come
The Australian book you should read next: Too Much Lip by Melissa LucashenkoA rare and powerful voice of a woman who has been poor and rich, with a lived understanding of the fickleness of each
The Australian book you should read next: Tracker by Alexis WrightA chorus of voices about one of the country’s most prominent Indigenous activists is a glorious kaleidoscope of personal testimony
The Australian book to read next: My Father's Moon by Elizabeth JolleyFor Carrie Tiffany, reading the 1989 novel once wasn’t enough. She wanted to carry its narrator inside her as long as she could
The Australian book to read next: A Cartload of Clay by George JohnstonMy Brother Jack and Clean Straw for Nothing both won the Miles Franklin, but his third in the trilogy – which mirrors the author’s own life amid a changing Australia – is the most elegant and melancholic
The Australian book you've finally got time for: The Middle Parts of Fortune by Frederic ManningManning’s publisher locked him in his apartment until he finished one of the strangest, most compelling books from the first world war
The Australian book to read next: The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea by Randolph StowFrom the opening paragraph of this ‘joyous’ coming-of-age novel, Christos Tsiolkas ‘felt like leaping up from the sofa and applauding’
The Australian book you've finally got time for: Carpentaria by Alexis WrightIf you want to engage with Australia’s story – because the reality you’ve been ignoring suddenly feels too real – then begin here, says Tara June Winch
The Australian book you've finally got time to read: Sentenced to Life by Clive JamesFor The Erratics author Vicki Laveau-Harvie, James’s slim but dazzling collection shows that poetry can be the antidote to the numbness many of us feel
The Australian book you've finally got time for: On the Beach by Nevil ShuteIgnore the poor fortunes of its Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner-led film. Shute’s apocalypse novel is a dynamite isolation read
Great beasts and American exceptionalism: the world through the eyes of a mammothIn an ambitious, hilarious, clever beast of a novel, Chris Flynn excavates the strange fascination powerful men have for big pets
Lions, tigers and bears: the US presidents who took animal ownership to extremesUsing trophy animals as power symbols didn’t start with Tiger King. According to Mammoth author Chris Flynn, the American obsession dates back to the 1700s
Julia Baird on finding light in the dark: 'Coronavirus will leave a massive psychic scar'After surviving cancer and a brutal heartbreak, the journalist wanted to find out how people find strength through despair. Her new book Phosphorescence could not have been better timed
Awe, wonder and the overview effect: how feeling small gives us much-needed perspectiveThe mysterious beauty of the universe can lead us all to ponder humanity and the planet we call home
They told me I had 18 months to live. Nothing was more important than finishing my bookDiagnosed with lung cancer, author Andrew Darby found hope in the endurance of ultramarathon shorebirds, and the book he was writing about them
Flight Lines: the heroic story of two migratory shorebirds – and the man who followed themDiagnosed with cancer while surveying shorebirds for his new book, Andrew Darby’s otherwise niche story becomes a heartfelt narrative of endurance – and one of Guardian Australia’s Unmissable books
Christos Tsiolkas, Charlotte Wood and Tara June Winch recommend your next favourite bookOur Unmissable authors give their tips on what to buy for the readers in your life this Christmas – or just for your own literary indulgence
Christos Tsiolkas on Jesus, sex and the power of doubt: ‘I get shivers when I think about it’Tsiolkas left the church when he was 15, unable to reconcile it with his sexuality. His novel Damascus asks where God dwells if not in the heavens
Archie Roach's Took the Children Away: the story behind the stolen generations lamentIn this extract from his new memoir, the Indigenous musician tells of his initial reluctance to write the song that would become his most heart-wrenching hit
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