the buzz
COSMO SHELFIE
Melbourne’s reignited our love of the hard copy with Books on
the Rail, encouraging commuters to take home books left on
the seats. Kick off your own bus book club with our top picks...STING
Sandra Brown
Shaw has been sent
to kill Jordie, but he
chooses to abduct
her instead, starting
achasewith$
million on the line.
It’sthelatestfrom
the author of a few
New York Timesbest-
selling thrillers.>THE JOYCE GIRL
Annabel Abbs
Lucia, daughter of
genius James Joyce,
is making her name as
a dancer in pre-WWII
Paris. A fictionalised
novel based on a true
story of a woman who
was abandoned by
her lovers and driven
mad by her family.THE HATING GAME
Sally Thorne
Thorne’s debut novel
focusesonLucyand
Joshua – colleagues,
enemies, but maybe
lovers? *shock!* Sure
it’s the formula for a
chick-lit success story,
but it’s still just as
worthy of a spring
read in the sunshine.THE EASY WAY OUT
Steven Amsterdam
Atimelytakeonthe
conversation around
euthanasia. The fiction
surrounds Evan, a
nurse who is also a
suicide assistant. It
broaches the moral
question: if someone
was in pain, would
you help them die?ADNAN’S STORY
Rabia Chaudry
You may have listened
to the podcastSerial,
butthisbookdives
deeper into the story
of Adnan Syed, by the
woman who set the
wheels in motion for
the podcast. Fingers
crossed for an audio
book by Sarah Koenig.DOING IT,edited by
Karen Pickering
An eye-opening and
frank chat about sex;
22 stories ofdoing it
from the perspective
of writers, politicians
and sex workers. It’s
themessyeroticaof
sexual shenanigans
that you’d talk about
WORDS BY MEL EVANS. PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS JANSEN/BAUERafter a few drinks.
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