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THE WANGS

VS THE WORLD

by Jade Chang

Penguin, $32.99

When patriarch Charles

Wang loses the fortune

he’s slowly built up since

emigrating from China, he

packs his family into a car

and drives from California

to New York. Road trips

always make for hilarious,

side-splitting tales, and this

debut novel will definitely

have you laughing out loud.

Out January 3

HOLD BACK

THE STARS

by Katie Khan

Doubleday, $32.99

Gravity meets One Day

• yes really – in this
  futuristic romance, told
  in reverse as a set of
  star-crossed lovers
  plummet through space
  with only 90 minutes of
  oxygen. Debut author (and
  Paramount Pictures exec)
  Khan has skilfully fleshed
  out her novel’s dystopian
  future. Out January 30

THE HOUSE AT

BISHOPSGATE

by Katie Hickman

Bloomsbury, $27.99

This historical melodrama

has all the right elements:

masterful descriptions of

Renaissance England, a

raunchy affair and an epic

plot (Colonialism! The

Orient! A legendary

diamond!) Out February 1

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THE RIVER AT NIGHT

by Erica Ferencik

Bloomsbury, $24.99

This adrenalin-pumping

page-turner has no fight

sequences, guns or two-

dimensional ex-military

heroes ... Just four BFFs

on a white-water-rafting

holiday gone horribly, fatally

wrong. Out January 1

MISS TREADWAY &

THE FIELD OF STARS

by Miranda Emmerson

4th Estate, $29.99

An American actress goes

missing one night in Soho,

and her assistant attempts

to track her down. This

theatrical novel perfectly

evokes ’60s London in the

middle of winter, in case

you need to escape the

summer heat. Out now

THE BOOK OF MIRRORS

by E.O. Chirovici

Century, $32.99

A thriller within a thriller

unfolds in this story

about an unsolicited

manuscript detailing a

grisly, covered-up crime

from the author’s Ivy League

college days. Out January 3

THE POSSESSIONS

by Sara Flannery Murphy

Scribe, $29.99

There are echoes of

Vertigo and Eyes Wide Shut

in this psychological slow

burner about a secret

organisation that channels

the spirit of its clients’

dead loved ones. It’s

strange, suspenseful

and surprisingly sexy.

Out February 8

THE GIRL BEFORE

by JP Delaney

Quercus, $32.99

Looking for the next The

Girl On The Train? We’ve

found it. This tale follows a

woman renting her dream

house in London ... only to

discover the last tenant was

murdered. Cancel all your

plans to stay in and read

this book. Out January 31

THE SLOW WALTZ

OF TURTLES

by Katherine Pancol

Allen & Unwin, $29.99

Pancol’s first novel saw

a pair of sisters pen a

literary sensation,

thrusting them into the

spotlight. This easy,

breezy sequel follows the

duo as they navigate

the new-found trappings

of success in farcical,

charming Parisian fashion.

Out January 3

CRAZY BUSY GUILTY

by Lauren Sams

Nero, $29.99

marie claire contributor

Lauren Sams perfectly

encapsulated the working

mum’s struggle in her

debut novel, She’s Having

Her Baby. Her latest book

treads common ground

with her hapless, endearing

heroine juggling business

and babies like a pro.

Out January 3

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Beach season brings with it the best books:

breezy reads, gripping thrillers and epic

novels. Pack one of our 10 picks in your bag

Out January 1

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