From chilling thrillers to laugh-out-loud funny reads, from the instantly addictive to the utterly original, here are eight new and recent fiction releases by Australian authors to get lost in. The Girls From Fitzroy July 31, HarperCollins In bestselling Perth-based author Jennie Jones’ latest novel, two young women from opposite sides of the proverbial track strike up a life-altering friendship during Victory in the Pacific Day celebrations in Melbourne. Girl Falling July 30, Pan Macmillan Hayley Scrivenor follows up her breakout novel, the award-winning 2023 hit Dirt Town, with another gripping mystery set against the backdrop of country Australia.
Best friends Daphne and Finn set off on a rock-climbing trip with Finn’s new girlfriend Magdu — though only two of the women will make it home. The Oxenbridge King July 31, HarperCollins Drawing comparisons to Hilary Mantel, this surprising read by award-winning New South Wales poet Christine Paice was inspired by the real-life discovery of the skeleton of King Richard III beneath a carpark in Leicester in 2012. In it Paice imagines the late monarch trapped in the afterlife with a talking raven, before fate sets him on a collision course with the real world — 2010s London, to be exact — in the form of grieving young woman Molly Stern.
All You Took From Me August 1, Transit Lounge Speaking of page-turning psychological thrillers set in the Aussie countryside, All You Took From Me follows anaesthetist Clare Carpenter, rec.