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Best books I’ve read 2024

Books to prevent enshittification.

Australian, Classics, Colonialism, Contemporary, End of year review, Environment, Fiction, Historical, Indigenous writers, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Novel, Poetry, Stella Prize, Year in review

Review: Naag Mountain by Manisha Anjali

Be taken into the dreamworld.

Colonialism, Fiji, India, Pacific, Poetry

Review: Detachable Penis by Sam Elkin

The boundary between the professional and personal is arbitrary.

Australian, Contemporary, LGBTIQ, Memoir, Transgender

Review: Anam by André Dao

History as speculative fiction.

Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Historical, Novel, Refugees, Vietnam, War

Review: All Fours by Miranda July

In this fervid novel, a 45-year-old married woman sets out from Los Angeles for a holiday in New York after…

Contemporary, Female writers, Fiction, LGBTIQ, Novel, US

Review: Peripathetic by Cher Tan

Essays exuberantly wandering and open-ended.

Art, Australian, books, Criticism, Cultural theory, Essays, Singapore, writing

Review: The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger

Will make you see your house plants in a new light.

Botany, nature, Nonfiction, Plants, science, US

Review: Wall by Jen Craig

The dangers of telling someone about the art you are working on.

Art, Australian, Contemporary, Fiction, Novel

Review: Chinese Fish by Grace Yee

Poetry that writes back against colonial inequity.

China, New Zealand, Poetry, Racism

Review: Deep Water by James Bradley

How do you tell a story as big as the ocean?

Australian, Climate change, History, Marine science, nature, Nonfiction, Oceans

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