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Want to read books set in WA? Well we've got you covered! Check out these titles not only set in picturesque Perth but are also written by WA authors.

Updated August 10, 2024
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Vertigo
Herbert, Karen.
Paper Book
Frances, a public servant, is struggling to come to terms with the disappearance of her colleague Eric, and the death of her brother. Asked to review Eric's last work file, Frances becomes an accidental sleuth, analysing spreadsheets and reports for clues that may help solve Eric's mysterious...
The Disorganisation Of Celia Stone
Young, Emma.
Paper Book
Meet Celia Stone, the ultimate hyper-organised, journal-obsessed thirty-something with a life that is perfectly planned out and running like clockwork. From her promising writing career to her devoted partner and rigorous fitness routine, Celia has it all - and she's right on track with her early...
True West
Whish-Wilson, David
Paper Book
The first book in the Lee Southern series by award-winning author David Whish-Wilson. Western Australia, 1988. After betraying the Knights bikie gang, 17-year-old Lee Southern flees to the city with nothing left to lose. Working as a rogue tow truck driver in Perth, he is captured by right...
I Am Already Dead
Whish-Wilson, David.
Paper Book
In a thrilling sequel to True West, trainee private investigator Lee Southern finds himself drawn into a web of danger and deceit as he investigates a series of bribery attempts targeting a wealthy entrepreneur. Under the expert tutelage of retiring PI Frank Swann, Lee uses all of his developing...
Clear to the horizon
Warner, Dave
Paper Book
In 1999, three young women go missing in the Perth suburb of Claremont. One body is discovered. The others are never found. Snowy Lane (City of Light) is hired as a private investigator, but neither he nor the cops can find the serial killer. Seventeen years later, another case brings Snowy...
Cloudstreet
Winton, Tim
Paper Book
Tim Winton's great family dramaWith an introduction by Philip HensherWinton's Miles Franklin award-winning masterpiece.Will you look at us by the river! The whole restless mob of us on spread blankets in the dreamy briny sunshine skylarking and chiacking about for one day, one clear, clean, sweet...
The silence of water
Booth, Sharron
Paper Book
When Fans mum, Agnes, announces the family is moving to Western Australia to take care of Agness father -- a man they have never spoken of before now -- Fan finds herself a stranger in a new town living in a home whose currents and tensions she cannot read or understand. Resentful of her mothers...
Benang: From the Heart
Scott, Kim.
Paper Book
Harley, a man of Nyoongar ancestry, finds himself at a difficult point in the history of his country, family and self. As the apparently successful outcome of his white grandfather's enthusiastic attempts to isolate and breed the 'first white man born', he wants to be a failure. But would such...
Smart ovens for lonely people
Tan, Elizabeth
Paper Book
Conspiracies, memes, and therapies of various efficacy underpin this beguiling short-story collection from Elizabeth Tan. In the titular story, a cat-shaped oven tells a depressed woman she doesn't have to be sorry anymore. A Yourtopia Bespoke Terraria employee becomes...
The Other Bridget
Johns, Rachael.
Paper Book
'Prolific, entertaining and charming, Rachael Johns is arguably the best romantic writer in Australia.' The Australian Named after a famous fictional character, librarian Bridget Jones was raised on a remote cattle station, with only her mother's romance novels for company. Now living...

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