Popular Oceanian Contemporary Fiction Books
Find contemporary fiction books written by authors from Oceania for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (37)
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Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch EN
AustraliaDescription:
When May's mother dies suddenly, her and her brother Billy's loss leaves them both searching for their place in the world. While Billy takes his own destructive path, May sets off to find her father and her Aboriginal identity.
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The Bone People by Keri Hulme EN
Country: Oceania / 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Integrating both Maori myth and New Zealand reality, The Bone People became the most successful novel in New Zealand publishing history when it appeared in 1984. Set on the South Island beaches of New Zealand, a harsh environment, the novel chronicles the complicated relationships between three emotional outcasts of mixed European and Maori heritage. Kerewin Holmes is a painter and a loner, convinced that "to care for anything is to invite disaster." Her isolation is disrupted one day when a six-year-old mute boy, Simon, breaks into her house. The sole survivor of a mysterious shipwreck, Simon... continue
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The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife : A Novel by Anna Johnston EN
Description:
A zany case of mistaken identity allows a lonely old man one last chance to be part of a family in this warm, life-affirming debut novel. “A funny, heartfelt story about found family and seeing the silver lining in life. Fans of Fredrik Backman’s A Man Called Ove and Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures will especially enjoy this new novel.”—Library Journal “Would you mind terribly, old boy, if I borrowed the rest of your life? I promise I’ll take excellent care of it.” Frederick Fife was born with an extra helping of kindness in his heart. If he borrowed your car, he’d return it wash... continue
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The Collected Regrets of Clover : A Novel by Mikki Brammer EN
Description:
A big-hearted and life-affirming debut about a death doula who, in caring for others at the end of their life, has forgotten how to live her own, for readers of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and The Midnight Library.
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The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave EN
Description:
'Nick Cave will obviously live forever, just because the Devil's scared of him.' Rolling Stone.
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The Hating Game : A Novel by Sally Thorne EN
Description:
USA Today Bestseller Debut author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love. Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome. 2) A person’s undoing 3) Joshua Templeman Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Lucy can’t unders... continue
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The Hitwoman's Guide to Reducing Household Debt : There's No Such Thing As an Ex-Killer by Mark Mupotsa-Russell EN
Description:
'I met my husband on the same day I committed my very last murder. There's a joke in there somewhere, about ending two men's lives.' Olivia Hodges used to do horrible things - back when she worked for a Spanish crime syndicate - but she fled that life and moved home to Australia, building a family in the hipster community of the Dandenong Ranges. When a small-time criminal gang brings tragedy to her family, superstitious Olivia believes it's the universe demanding payment for her crimes. She wants revenge, but has to get it without adding to her karmic debt. So she creates situations where the... continue
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The Hop : A Novel by Diana Clarke EN
Country: Oceania / New Zealand
New Zealand
Description:
Sex worker Kate Burns heads to Nevada where she lands a job at America's largest and most successful brothel, "The Hop," but when ten street workers are killed in a nearby city, Kate begins to see things differently as success breeds scandal and unwanted fame.
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The Last Love Note by Emma Grey EN
Description:
You may never stop loving the one you lost. But you can still find love again. Kate is a bit of a mess. Two years after losing her young husband Cameron, she's grieving, solo parenting, working like mad at her university fundraising job, always dropping the balls--and yet clinging to her sense of humor. Lurching from one comedic crisis to the next, she also navigates an overbearing mom and a Tinder-obsessed best friend who's determined to matchmake Kate with her hot new neighbor. When an in-flight problem leaves Kate and her boss, Hugh, stranded for a weekend on the east coast of Australia, sh... continue
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The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland EN
Description:
Winner of the 2019 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year Award. The international bestseller, now sold to over 24 territories internationally, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart tells the enchanting and compelling story of a young girl, daughter of an abusive father, who has to learn the hard way that she can break the patterns of the past, live on her own terms and find her own strength. 'Lush, powerful ...an engrossing novel of female survival.' Bookseller + Publisher A young girl loses both her parents in a tragic event, and is taken to live with her grandmother on a flower farm. Growing up, Al... continue