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Agatha Christie’s lovable creation Hercule Poirot is one of crime fiction’s most memorable characters. Methodical and meticulous, he has inspired countless imitators in books and on screen. The Hercule Poirot Boxed Set brings together some of Christie’s most iconic Poirot cases as he utilises his “little grey cells” to find the culprit. PS: We ran a Facebook compet... Read more

A one size fits all definition for Australian fiction? Nup. Australian imaginations cross borders and time as easily as those from elsewhere. There is no rule that all Australian fiction must deal with the bush, or the surf or gritty inner city crime. Within the short selection below you’ll find Medieval Europe, Chinese dragons, Antarctica, Texas, CIA conspiracies and, from Christos Tsiol... Read more

2014 will be remembered as the year Australian Richard Flanagan won the Man Booker prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North. We’re sure you’ll all recall that Narrow Road featured in our Best Books of 2013 list, along with Pulitzer Prize winning The Goldfinch and Stella Prize winning The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka, so we feel very confident proclaiming that somewhere in this list... Read more

Do you remember polio? Perhaps you don’t, but when I was growing up there were children who wore callipers (metal contraptions bolted to their leg below the knee) at my school or limped along wearing an awful tall shoe. Joan London has chosen child polio victims as her subject for this beautiful, tender and gently moving novel set in The Golden Age, a home for polio sufferers called in nineteen... Read more

Whether on the field, the pitch, the track or commentating from the sidelines, these men are amongst the biggest names in sport today. Their inspiring stories are a must for any sport fanatics summer reading collection. Pushing the Limits by Kurt Fearnley with Warwick Green When Kurt Fearnley was a kid, he would leave his wheelechair at the front gate and go exploring with his brothers and sist... Read more

Their music has inspired millions, but what what do you really know about them? The sex and the drugs and the rock and the roll, it’s all here, laid bare. Dancing with Myself by Billy Idol In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs and rock ... Read more

This anticipated debut has already been sold into twenty one countries and seems destined to be one of this year’s big favourites. It’s a truly original and charming story originating in the author’s own tragic loss at the early death of her mother. She’s translated her own grief into a fantasy fable that asks big existential questions with a very light touch. When seven... Read more

Christmas is almost here and for three lucky winners their Christmas will come earlier than expected with a copy of Personal signed by Lee Child. Are you a winner? Drum roll please… All you had to do to go in the draw was order any book in the Jack Reacher series. The lucky winners are… T.Stonehouse, Warwick, QLD A.Carrol, Tweed Heads, NSW A.Loschiavo, Box Hill South, VIC Personal Jack Re... Read more

We wanted to give you a glimpse inside the genius that is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul! But first, a big congrats to the winners of our Diary of a Wimpy Kid Facebook Competition winners. They are: Lynn Donges, Kristen Gislason Callow, Nicole Campbell, Nat Langfeldt, Lily Cunningham! Winners, please email us at promos@booktopia.com.au with your details! Check out some pages of the mega be... Read more

Some writers are happy to write the same book over and over. They find a successful formula and stick to it. Paddy O’Reilly is not one of those writers. This book could not be more different from The Fine Colour of Rust, her deliciously humorous rural anti-romance. Except for one thing: she does one-off, out-of-the-box, quirky characters to a T. The trio at the centre of The Wonders would, in t... Read more