BookPeople Highlights

February 2025

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

Adult Fiction

Three Days in June

Three Days in June
Anne Tyler

Somebody Down There Likes Me

Somebody Down There Likes Me
Robert Lukins

A Piece of Red Cloth

A Piece of Red Cloth
Leonie Norrington

Nesting

Nesting
Roisin O'Donnell

Upon a Starlit Tide

Upon a Starlit Tide
Kell Woods

The Knowing

The Knowing
Madeleine Ryan

Adult Non-Fiction

Memorial Days

Memorial Days
Geraldine Brooks

Gutsy Girls

Gutsy Girls
Josie McSkimming

Joan Lindsay

Joan Lindsay
Brenda Niall

Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China

Emperor of the Seas: Kublai Khan and the Making of China
Jack Weatherford

Finding Australian Birds

Finding Australian Birds
Tim Dolby

The Use of Photography

The Use of Photography
Annie Ernaux

Children’s and YA

Chickenpox

Chickenpox
Remy Lai

I Am Not Jessica Chen

I Am Not Jessica Chen
Ann Liang

All Better Now

All Better Now
Neal Shusterman

Searching for Treasure

Searching for Treasure
Johanna Bell

Wonders Under the Moon

Wonders Under the Moon
Tai Snaith

Wave Atlas

Wave Atlas
Sarah Zambello