Why Join?

  • Add New Books

  • Write a Review

  • Backpack Reading Lists

  • Newsletter Updates

Join Now

Filter:

The Paris Model

The Paris Model
  • Author(s): Alexandra Joel
  • Location(s): Australia, France
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s

Historical fiction based on a true story about an Australian woman who became a Dior model in post-WW2 Paris.

The Performance

The Performance
  • Author(s): Claire Thomas
  • Location(s): Melbourne
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A novel about three women at turning points in their lives, and the one night that changes everything. One night, three women go to the theater to see a play. Wildfires are burning in the hills outside, but inside...

The Persimmon Tree

The Persimmon Tree
  • Author(s): Bryce Courtenay
  • Location(s): Java, Australia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 20th Century looking back to WW2

Set among the Pacific islands and in the Indian Ocean, The Persimmon Tree tells the very personal and often romantic stories of men and women caught up in larger events – in this case starting with the Japanese invasion...

The Philosopher’s Daughters

The Philosopher’s Daughters
  • Author(s): Alison Booth
  • Location(s): The Outback
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1890s

A tale of two very different sisters whose 1890s voyage from London into remote outback Australia becomes a journey of self-discovery, set against a landscape of wild beauty and savage dispossession. London in 1891: Harriet Cameron is a talented...

The Point

The Point
  • Author(s): Marion Halligan
  • Location(s): Canberra
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Themes of destruction, loss, and desire are explored in this intricately crafted novel. On a cliff overlooking a scenic lake and city skyline rises an elegant glass confection that is home to the best restaurant in town—The Point. Here,...

The Postcard

The Postcard
  • Author(s): Leah Fleming
  • Location(s): London, Australia
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1930s and 2002

2002, Australia. When Melissa discovers a postcard addressed to ‘Desmond’ among her recently deceased father’s effects, she is determined to discover this person’s identity and his relationship to her father. She soon embarks on a journey that will take...

The Potato Factory

The Potato Factory
  • Author(s): Bryce Courtenay
  • Location(s): Hobart, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1800s

Ikey Solomon is in the business of thieving and he’s very good at it. Ikey’s partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey...

The Rain Never Came

The Rain Never Came
  • Author(s): Lachlan Walter
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future
  • Era(s): The Future

In a thirsty, drought-stricken Australia, the country is well and truly sunburnt. As the Eastern states are evacuated to more appealing climates, a stubborn few resist the forced removal. They hide out in small country towns – where no...

The Recipient

The Recipient
  • Author(s): Dean Mayes
  • Location(s): Australia
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): 2016

Her heart is dying. Casey Schillinge is a vivacious young woman on the verge of making her mark on the world. While backpacking, she is struck down by a tropical disease and suffers cardiac failure. But at the eleventh...

The Rest is Silence

The Rest is Silence
  • Author(s): Kevin Scully
  • Location(s): New South Wales, Bethnal Green, Dorset
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s to 2000s

A monastery is dying.Brother Columba and his frail Abbot face the task of having to leave the rural sanctuary that has been home to an order of monks since its foundation to live in a care home in inner-city...

Would you like to add a book or a review or create a reading list? Join Today – It's FREE

Register Now