BookPeople Gift Guide

December 2024

The best books for the holiday season as chosen by Australia’s leading booksellers

Australian Fiction

The Thinning

The Thinning
Inga Simpson

Juice

Juice
Tim Winton

Dusk

Dusk
Robbie Arnott

Rapture

Rapture
Emily Maguire

The Belburd

The Belburd
Nardi Simpson

Theory & Practice

Theory & Practice
Michelle de Kretser

Leave the Girls Behind

Leave the Girls Behind
Jacqueline Bublitz

The Ledge

The Ledge
Christian White

Everyone this Christmas has a Secret

Everyone this Christmas has a Secret
Benjamin Stevenson

The Burrow

The Burrow
Melanie Cheng

Unfinished Business

Unfinished Business
Shankari Chandran

My Name Is Gucci

My Name Is Gucci
Sun Jung

International Fiction

Intermezzo

Intermezzo
Sally Rooney

The City and Its Uncertain Walls

The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami

Orbital

Orbital
Samantha Harvey

Tell Me Everything

Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout

Time of the Child

Time of the Child
Niall Williams

We Solve Murders

We Solve Murders
Richard Osman

Biography & Memoir

We Are the Stars

We Are the Stars
Gina Chick

The Voice Inside

The Voice Inside
John Farnham

Three Wild Dogs and the Truth

Three Wild Dogs and the Truth
Markus Zusak

My Animals, and Other Animals

My Animals, and Other Animals
Bill Bailey

Dropping the Mask

Dropping the Mask
Noni Hazlehurst

What I Ate in One Year

What I Ate in One Year
Stanley Tucci

Non-Fiction & History

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World

The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
William Dalrymple

Mr and Mrs Gould

Mr and Mrs Gould
Grantlee Kieza

Odyssey

Odyssey
Stephen Fry

Women Living Deliciously

Women Living Deliciously
Florence Given

Mean Streak

Mean Streak
Rick Morton

The Season

The Season
Helen Garner

Food & Illustrated

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art

65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art
Marcia Langton

Ottolenghi COMFORT

Ottolenghi COMFORT
Helen Goh

Good Cooking Every Day

Good Cooking Every Day
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Salad for Days

Salad for Days
Alice Zaslavsky

Big Garden Design

Big Garden Design
Paul Bangay

About Face

About Face
Amber Creswell Bell

Children’s and YA

Hazel's Treehouse

Hazel's Treehouse
Zanni Louise

Landovel

Landovel
Emily Rodda

The 113th Assistant Librarian

The 113th Assistant Librarian
Stuart Wilson

The Midwatch

The Midwatch
Judith Rossell

All the Beautiful Things

All the Beautiful Things
Katrina Nannestad

To Stir with Love

To Stir with Love
Kate Mildenhall

Gift & Travel

You Don't Have To Have A Dream

You Don't Have To Have A Dream
Tim Minchin

Murdle Australia

Murdle Australia
G.T Karber

Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2025

Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2025
Lonely Planet