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5 books to read this winter

Looking for your next read? This issue’s Book Nook brings together five captivating titles spanning locked-room literary thrillers, extraordinary true stories, ancient historical fiction, charming literary history, and a gritty dual-timeline feminist mystery. Whether you’re after a page-turner for a rainy afternoon or a story that lingers long after the final chapter, these reads are well worth curling up with.

The Ending Writes Itself

On a remote Scottish island, six authors compete to finish a dead novelist’s final manuscript – but as the stakes rise, so does the body count in this compulsive locked-room literary thriller.

Author : Evelyn Clarke

Publisher : HarperCollins Australia

The Titanic Story of Evelyn

Lisa Wilkinson tells the extraordinary true story of Evelyn Marsden – the only Australian to survive the Titanic – a courageous nurse who helped save lives while believing her own death was imminent.

Author : Lisa Wilkinson

Publisher : Hachette Australia

Great Writers & the Cats Who Owned Them

A charming wander through the lives of famous authors and the felines who shaped their days, blending lively storytelling with fascinating literary history in a beautifully illustrated tribute to the cats behind the books.

Author : Susannah Fullerton

Publisher : Bodleian Library Publishing

Lady X

Margot flees her A-list husband and uncovers a vigilante legend that may be linked to her own mother, in this gritty dual-timeline story of feminist rage, resistance, and the courage of truth-telling.

Author : Molly Fader

Publisher : Penguin Random House

Daughter of the Rebellion

Captured and sold into a Roman gladiator school, a young Visigoth woman rises to fame as the city’s most renowned gladiatrix – but the cost of glory may be more than she’s willing to pay.

Author : Jamie Ogle

Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers