3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (35+ words) SMH.com.au National books editor Melanie Kembrey has rounded up the best new books to read this summer. Updated September 10, 2026 — 2:17pm,first published 11:25am...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (63+ words) smh.com.au September marks the start of the bumper Christmas season, when publishers release a huge crop of books from big names and small. Here are 18 of the many new titles out this month, with loads more to look…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (94+ words) In fiction this week, it’s a feast of coming-of-age and otherworldly tales that range across Australia, India and even the afterlife, while our non-fiction books explore Australian colonial violence, our legal system and a re-issue of Camille Paglia’s controversial 1990 book…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (51+ words) smh.com.au As we head into the final month of winter, you can find stacks of new books popping up in your local bookshop. Here are 13 that might be up your street....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (307+ words) Modernist classics, speculative short stories and literary love affairs make for a wide-ranging fiction line-up this week, while the non-fiction shelves traverse Australian history and mental health to Parisian kitchens and the unsettling future of synthetic biology. Our critics deliver…...