Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2020 Collins Booksellers Autumn Reading Guide 2020 | Page 6

FICTION SHARKS IN THE TIME OF SAVIOURS SIX TUDOR QUEENS: KATHERYN HOWARD, THE TAINTED QUEEN Alison Weir RRP $32.99 Historian Alison Weir draws on extensive research to recount one of the most tragic tales in English history - that of a lively, sweet but neglected girl, used by powerful men for their own gain. This mesmerising novel brings her to life. HOUSE ON ENDLESS WATERS Emuna Elon RRP $29.99 House on Endless Waters is a lyrical and exquisitely moving novel about a writer who embarks on a transformative journey in Amsterdam, where he discovers the shocking truth about his mother’s wartime experience. ALMOST A MIRROR Kirsten Krauth RRP $29.99 As it moves between the Blue Mountains and Melbourne, Sydney and Castlemaine, Almost a Mirror reflects on the healing power of creativity and the everyday sacredness of family and friendship in the face of unexpected tragedy. 15 Kawai Strong Washburn RRP $32.99 DUE MAY 14 DUE APRIL THE OCTOPUS AND I Sharks in the Time of Saviours is a powerful debut novel that delicately blends Hawaiian myth with the broken American dream. Washburn’s story examines what it means to be both of a place and a stranger in it. Erin Hortle RRP $29.99 A stunning debut novel set on the Tasmanian coast that lays bare the wild, beating heart at the intersection of human and animal, love and loss, and fear and hope. THE BEE AND THE ORANGE TREE DUE APRIL 28 Melissa Ashley RRP $29.99 This keenly-awaited second book from the author of The Birdsman’s Wife, restores another remarkable woman to her rightful place in history. The Bee and the Orange Tree is a deeply absorbing portrait of a time, a place, and the subversive power of the imagination. DUE APRIL NIGHT LESSONS IN LITTLE JERUSALEM Rick Held RRP $29.99 The hero of this book was not a saint, nor even a tzadik - the nearest Jewish equivalent - but he was a hero. Someone who risked his own life to make a difference to the life of another. Were his motives selfless? No… THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY 28 Laura Jean McKay RRP $29.99 MAMMOTH Chris Flynn RRP $29.99 Ranging from the Pleistocene Epoch to nineteenth-century America and beyond, Mammoth illuminates a period of history when ideas about science and religion underwent significant change. THE BASS ROCK Elvie Wyld RRP $32.99 The lives of three women weave together across four centuries in the dazzling new book from Evie Wyld. Intricately crafted and compulsively readable, The Bass Rock burns bright with anger and love. Give a gift card DUE APRIL 28 Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks… Bold, exhilarating, and wholly original, The Animals in That Country asks what would happen, for better or worse, if we finally understood what animals were saying. feature TITLES THE BOOK OF LONGINGS Sue Monk Kidd RRP $32.99 OUR PRICE $27 99 Ana is a rebellious young woman, with a brilliant mind, who writes secret narratives about the silenced women around her. A chance encounter with the eighteen-year-old Jesus changes everything: his ideas and his passion are intoxicating... THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS Pip Williams RRP $32.99 The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. It’s a lyrical and thought-provoking celebration of words, and the power of language to shape the world and our experience of it. Available in-store and online collinsbooks.com.au