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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 is struggling to come to terms with her colleague' s disappearance and her brother's death. In the course of her work as a public servant, she uncovers a trail of corruption that leads to the highest levels of government and the names of those who do anything to keep their names hidden.
The Disorganisation Of Celia Stone
Young, Emma.
Paper Book
Every woman should have this book on their to-do list.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...
True West
Whish-Wilson, David
Paper Book
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-wing extremists whose combination of seduction and blackmail keeps him on the wrong side of the...
I Am Already Dead
Whish-Wilson, David.
Paper Book
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 skills, instincts and cunning to get to...
Clear to the horizon
Warner, Dave
Paper Book
In 1999 and 2000, three young women disappear from outside the Autostrada nightclub in the Perth suburb of Claremont. Knockabout Snowy Lane is hired as a private investigator, but neither he nor the cops can find the abductor. Seventeen years on, the daughter of a wealthy mining magnate goes missing...
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 Fan's mum, Agnes, announces the family is moving to Western Australia to take care of Agnes's father--a man they've 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 mother's...
Benang: From the Heart
Scott, Kim.
Paper Book
In the vast expanse of Western Australia, a young Indigenous man embarks on a profound journey within himself. Labelled as the successful outcome of his white grandfather' s attempts to breed the ' first white man born' , Harley wants to be a failure. Finding himself at a difficult point in the...
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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