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8 Books You Need To Buy This Month

8 Books You Need To Buy This Month
8 Books You Need To Buy This Month

THE NOVEL HABITS OF HAPPINESS by Alexander McCall Smith (Hachette, $29.99).
Isabel Dalhousie – that inimitable and generous philosopher – is back in Alexander McCall Smith’s 10th tale in his Edinburgh series. Settle in for a soul soothing read. Out now

A PLACE CALLED WINTER by Patrick Gale (Hachette, $29.99).
Gale’s first foray into historical fiction is a haunting tale of a gentleman farmer exiled to Canada at the beginning of the 20th century, after an illicit affair with another man. Out now

THE SHORE by Sara Taylor (William Heinemann, $32.99).
Many young women think they have a book in them – few of them have one quite like this. Taylor’s debut, The Shore, chronicles the inhabitants of an isolated island chain over time. It’s strange and wild and dreamy. Out now

INSIDE THE O’BRIENS by Lisa Genova (Simon& Schuster, $29.99).
Is Lisa Genova the new Jodi Picoult? We think so. Following on from Still Alice (now an Oscar-winning film starring Julianne Moore), Genova’s latest focuses on another debilitating illness: Huntington’s disease. Out now.

WHAT SHE LEFT by TR Richmond (Michael Joseph, $32.99).
Every month brings another book billed as the new Gone Girl, but we think we’ve found a winner. An academic investigates
the death of a local girl, not knowing the truth, lies and lethal consequences he will uncover. Out April 22

THE WOLF BORDER by Sarah Hall (Faber Fiction, $29.99).
Power struggles, Scottish independence and the reintroduction of wolves to rural England. It’s a bizarre premise for
a novel, but trust us, in the hands of two-time Man Booker nominee Sarah Hall, it works. Out April 22

QUICKSAND by Steve Toltz (Hamish Hamilton,$32.99).
Speaking of Man Booker nominees, cult favourite (and Australian) funnyman Steve Toltz is back with his second book, Quicksand, about a down-and-out writer who uses his best friend as a muse. Out April 22

SECRET KEEPING FOR BEGINNERS by Maggie Alderson (HarperCollins, $29.99).
This bestselling author turns her razorsharp gaze on a family – and the secrets they are desperately keeping from each other – in her latest novel, set among the glitterati of upper-middleclass London. Out April 27