Warm Winter Read 2026

Updated May 11, 2026
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Why we garden: on the joy and wonder of growing things, even when we don't have to
Moloney, Hannah.
Paper Book
In a world of well-stocked supermarkets and florists, why do we garden, even though we don't have to? This was the question that fascinated Hannah Moloney. So she went out and asked. She spoke to politicians, artists, community leaders, activists and thousands of ordinary...
The Milkwood permaculture living handbook : habits for hope in a changing world
Bradley, Kirsten
Paper Book
What if your habits could create a more meaningful life for you and a better world? The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook is your guide to improving your home, health and happiness - and the planet - one simple step at a time. Packed with practical skills...
The compost coach : make compost, build soil and grow a regenerative garden - wherever you live!
Flood, Kate
Paper Book
Spin food waste and household carbon into garden gold, learn about how and why soil matters, and make climate activism an everyday mission, with compost coach Kate Flood.
Future-steading : live like tomorrow matters : practical skills, recipes + rituals for a simpler life
Miles, Jade
Paper Book
A stunningly illustrated practical guide to growing, preserving and sharing the food that grounds us.
Black leopard, red wolf
James, Marlon
Paper Book
One of TIME's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award The New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street...
The fifth season
Jemisin, N. K.
Paper Book
At the end of the world, a woman must hide her secret power and find her kidnapped daughter in this "intricate and extraordinary" Hugo Award winning novel of power, oppression, and revolution. (The New York Times) This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time. ...
This all come back now : an anthology of First Nations speculative fiction
Saunders, Mykaela
Paper Book
The first-ever anthology of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander speculative fiction - written, curated, edited and designed by blackfellas, for blackfellas and about blackfellas. In these stories, 'this all come back'- all those things that have been taken from us, that we collectively mourn the...
Swordcrossed
Marske, Freya
Paper Book
'If you're doing romantasy without Freya Marske, you're doing it wrong' - Casey McQuiston, author of Red, White & Royal Blue A dazzling queer fantasy from the bestselling author of A Marvellous Light, brimming with steamy romance, rougeish charm and...
Vow of eternal night
Crozier, Lily.
Paper Book
Now a top 10 bestseller! Clara Wagner has always known that monsters are real, and that the worst of them is Prince Raleigh of Rostenburg. For years the prince has treated his people as livestock to sate his thirst for blood. But when he decides it's time to marry, Clara...
Songbird of the Sorrows
Otto, Braidee.
Paper Book
Ask no questions. Obey your orders. Respect your masters. But most of all, love no one. Spy. Thief. Princess. Songbird. Princess Aella was ousted from the Palace of Sorrows and gifted to the secret order of spies known as the Aviary at a young age.
A forbidden alchemy
McEwan, Stacey
Paper Book
Australian BookTok star Stacey McEwan's stunning slow-burn romantasy series traces a fated pair who stumble upon a world-changing secret and are catapulted into a violent class war, finding each other amidst love, loss, and devasting betrayals. Nina Harrow and Patrick Colson...
Manhattan dreaming
Heiss, Anita
Paper Book
Lauren is a curator at the National Aboriginal Gallery in Canberra. She's good at her job, passionate about the Arts, and takes work seriously. It's easy for Lauren to focus on work, that is, when she's not focussing on Adam. Lauren is smitten with, or as her friends say, obsessed with Adam - the...
Sixty-seven days
Weldon, Yvonne
Paper Book
'We don't say any words - everything has been said through two sets of eyes, two entangled souls and endless kissing.' Evie has been raised in the heart of Aboriginal Redfern, by a proud trailblazing Wiradjuri family. She remembers so much about the previous world - the Dreamtime...
An academic affair
McAlister, Jodi
Paper Book
The Love Hypothesis meets The Hating Game in a new standalone rom-com from New York Times acclaimed author and romance academic Jodi McAlister.   Sadie Shaw and Jonah Fisher have known each other for fifteen years - and they've...
Prize catch
Carter, Alan
Paper Book
When Roz Chen's wife, Niamh, is killed in a hit-and-run on a lonely Tasmanian road, the grieving widow begins to wonder if Niamh's death was an accident after all. Meanwhile, SAS veteran Sam Willard is hoping for a fresh start with a job at a salmon farm. But as allegations of old war crimes surface...
The Couples Retreat
Mercier, Mercedes.
Paper Book
There's nothing more dangerous than someone who remembers who you used to be. At a secluded beachfront mansion on Kangaroo Island, three wealthy couples gather for a weekend of partying and luxury indulgence. But beneath the glitter and excess, deep rivalries and explosive...
The wolf tree
McCluskey, Laura
Paper Book
A gripping and atmospheric debut crime thriller set on an isolated Scottish island ... where outsiders are not welcome. Shortlisted for General Fiction Book of the Year at the ABIA's 2026 Longlisted for Best Debut Fiction in the Indie Book Awards 2026 'There's...
The stranger at the table
Hamer, Cassie
Paper Book
A family gathering, but not everyone who sits down to dinner will survive it. Poisonous lies, family secrets, addiction and revenge - always a dish best served cold - are all on the menu. For readers of Sally Hepworth, Jo Dixon and Ali Lowe, this twisty domestic suspense holds you captive from...
The tea ladies
Hampson, Amanda
Paper Book
A wickedly witty cosy crime novel set in Sydney in the swinging sixties, ideal for fans of Richard Osman and Bonnie Garmus.She keeps everyone's secrets, until there's a murder...Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter with a stranger, mild-mannered tea lady Hazel Bates becomes an accidental sleuth,...
Miss Caroline Bingley, private detective
Gardiner, Kelly
Paper Book
A missing maid. A murder most foul. A highly imprudent adventure. Only her fine eyes can uncover the truth. ''Pure indulgence! Full of ardent amours, dastardly deeds and rakish rogues'' KATE FORSYTH ''Miss Bingley dismounts her high horse and reinvents herself as a brilliant...
The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies
Goodman, Alison
Paper Book
A Washington Post Best Mystery Novel of 2023 A high society amateur detective at the heart of Regency London uses her wits and invisibility as an 'old maid' to protect other women in a new and fiercely feminist historical mystery series from New York Times bestselling...
A disappearance in Fiji
Rao, Nilima
Paper Book
A charming debut historical mystery set in 1914 Fiji.
Tripping over myself : a memoir of a life in comedy
Micallef, Shaun
Paper Book
From Shaun Micallef, beloved host of ABC TVs news satire Mad as Hell, comes Tripping Over Myself - an insightful and funny memoir about comedy and life that takes us through uncharted waters to unexpected places. Comedy has been Shauns escape, his guiding light, his refuge, his passport, his...
Slivers, shards and skerricks
Micallef, Shaun
Paper Book
This indefinitive collection brings together under one cover the very best comic writing - parody, poetry, prose, plays, philosophy and political treatise - by Australia's greatest living television host. From 'I Was Scott Morrison's Schnoodle' and 'Around the World in One Pair of Underpants' to the...

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