Congratulations to Chris Cleave whose book Gold is a reminder to everyone jaded by formulaic novels churned out by tired authors just how good contemporary fiction can be. Having just read it in one uninterruptable sitting, I have been left in a lather of frustration. Still several months out from publication date, I am itching to talk to someone about it, itching to put it into the hands of an... Read more

What follows is an exploration of fatherhood, of self, of loyalty, of obligation, of identity and perhaps, of the limits of unconditional love. There are wonderful insights into family, into connection and disconnection, and what it is like to watch someone decide to simply slip away from their moorings. Read more

In Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, Green has done something quite remarkable. He has written a tense psychological thriller and at the same time, a warm and moving story about life, death, love, loyalty and destiny. Read more

This is a particularly sensual novel, and in that respect, it fits very well into that bush setting. The reader feels the ooze of the soil under hoof, smells the diesel of the red Fergy in the shed, hears the plop of the milk in the pail. And when it comes to longings of a more human kind, Tiffany's sparse and unsentimental style is both deft and poetic. Read more

In Suddenly, a Knock on the Door, Keret serves up bite-size morsels of satire, realism and absurdism - the perfect combination for anyone suffering from the bloated , overblown hyperbole that constitutes so much of the the best sellers list. Read more

James Duigan's Clean and Lean Diet Cookbook - perfect for when we all start obsessing about being clean and lean precisely at the time that we are becoming frumpy and dumpy. Read more

The Book of Summers - best read on a hazy warm afternoon on a verandah. With a box of tissues. And a ticket to Budapest in your back pocket. Read more

Thinking, Fast and Slow is a masterpiece - a brilliant and engaging intellectual saga by one of the greatest psychologists and deepest thinkers of our time. Kahneman should be parking a Pulitzer next to his Nobel Prize. Read more

Wendy Jones has written a surprisingly restrained and moving book. There are secrets which aren't pretty, there are shocks without sensationalism. This is a novel about duty, love, loss and responsibility and it deserves a very wide audience. Read more

Secrets and Lies is a series of eight modern classics with deception at their very core. Read more