The holiday season is on our doorstep and our shelves are already groaning under the weight of some of the most anticipated releases of 2024. Our Summer Reading Guide has arrived, and it's jam-packed with gift ideas for everyone on your list.
Collect your copy from one of our shops or browse a digital version online. Subscribers to the Readings Monthly will receive a copy of their Summer Reading Guide in the mail with November’s Readings Monthly, and you’ll be able to find a copy in the Weekend Australian this Saturday.
This year's Christmas delivery deadline for in stock items is Sunday 1 December for NT, TAS and WA, and Wednesday 11 December for the rest of Australia.
Declared 'the book of the year' by Readings chairman Mark Rubbo, The Granddaughter is a moving and transportive new novel from the award-winning author of The Reader, Bernhard Schlink.
Taking us from 1960s Germany to contemporary Australia, The Granddaughter is an exploration of the wounds of the past, told through the story of a German bookseller's attempt to connect with his radicalised granddaughter.
While stock lasts we have copies of The Granddaughter that include a bookplate signed by Bernhard Schlink.
Signed copies are available online and in our shops, but stock is limited.
'A revelation. It is a careful deconstruction of what motivates us to look up and ultimately – and thankfully – to hope.' – Chris Gordon, Readings bookseller
'A beautifully written story about nature, climate crisis, the night skies and humanity coming together.' – Angela Crocombe, Readings bookseller
'A dystopian commentary on marriage, capitalism, and gender expectations ... a book that will make you angry, make you laugh, but more importantly, will make you think.' – Aurelia Orr, Readings bookseller
'If you love to read historical fiction with a twist of feminism, this one is for you.' – Chris Gordon, Readings bookseller
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International Bookstore of the Year 2016
