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New release nonfiction to discover

A compulsive tale of money, lies and avoidable tragedy.

 

The Guardian

 

A grim but absorbing story of wealth, violence and deceit, from the award-winning author of Say Nothing and Empire of Pain.

While stock lasts we have copies of London Falling with signed bookplates available online and in our shops!
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An evocative celebration of food and friendship.
An intimate and sharply informed collection of essays on life in strange times.
A joyful, life-affirming exploration of nature, humanity and community.
An irreverent look at the darkly funny experience of getting older.
A moving collection of short stories, memoir, journal entries, essays and poems by Alex Miller.
The science behind learning to flourish through awareness, insight, connection, and purpose.
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Record Store Day is coming!
Join us at our Carlton, Hawthorn and St Kilda shops on Saturday 18 April for Record Store Day!

We’re kicking off the festivities early with an 8am start at our Carlton shop and will have a large range of Record Store Day exclusives, including a blue variant of Warta-Kiki (Come Together) by Kutcha Edwards and Melbourne Youth Orchestra. Readings is the exclusive stockist and we will be donating 100% of our proceeds to support free music education for young First Nations people.

We are also excited to have an extremely limited amount of Pet Shop Boys Volume with signed bookplates, exclusive to Readings Carlton!

PLUS, simply purchase any vinyl from our Carlton, Hawthorn or St Kilda shops between Monday 13 and Sunday 19 April and you can enter the draw to win 1 of 3 Audio-Technica prizes.
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Join the Reading(s) Challenge (and win!)

The third prompt in our 2026 Reading(s) Challenge is ‘a funny book’, and we have plenty of inspiration on our blog here.

To go into the draw to win the monthly prize of a $30 Readings voucher, simply pick up a free challenge card at your local Readings (or download a printable version), then fill out the card with the title and author of the book you've read and share it with us through instagram or via email at competitions@readings.com.au.

Learn more about the Reading(s) Challenge here.
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