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Adele Dumont

Adele Dumont is an Australian writer and critic

March 2026

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    Bob Carr, ‘a masterpiece’ and a horny queer fantasy: the best Australian books out in March

    Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

February 2026

  • Image of Claire Thomas with book, on not climbing mountains.

    Australian book reviews
    On Not Climbing Mountains by Claire Thomas review – impressive, for a patient reader

    This ambitious novel follows a grieving woman who distracts herself with research on famous names who had connections to Switzerland

May 2025

  • Composite image: author Hannah Kent, with short blonde bob, smiling, with trees behind; and the cover of Always Home, Always Homesick, showing a purple-toned icy tundra.

    Australian book reviews
    Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent review – absorbing memoir brings Iceland to life

  • Composite of featured book covers: Painting Portraits of Everyone I've Ever Dated by Joseph Earp, Chinese Parents Don't Say I Love You by Candice Chung, Nightingale by Laura Elvery, A Bunker in Kyiv by John Lyons, He Would Never by Holly Wainwright, Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent, Broken Brains by Jamila Rizvi and Rosie Waterland, Letters to Our Robot Son by Cadance Bell, The Empress Murders by Toby Schmitz, Find Me at the Jaffa Gate by Micaela Sahhar, I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena, Viet Kieu bookcover by Thi Le

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    ‘Literary scandal’, ‘joke-a-minute’, ‘captivating’: the best Australian books out in May

February 2025

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    Australian book reviews
    The Knowing by Madeleine Ryan review – intriguing ‘phone-free’ premise falters in execution

    The author’s sophomore novel, in which a young woman is propelled on a journey of self-discovery after accidentally leaving her mobile at home, asks interesting questions but pulls its punches

September 2024

  • Liane Moriarty and her book cover

    Australian book reviews
    Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty review – interesting premise, disappointing result

    The Big Little Lies author imagines what would happen if a mysterious woman on a flight began predicting the deaths of her fellow passengers

August 2024

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    Australian book reviews
    If You Go by Alice Robinson review – what would you do with a second chance at life?

    This ambitious novel, which follows a mother who wakes up in the future without her children, wrestles with complex existential questions

June 2024

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    ‘Ideal for a night in, hiding from the cold’: the best Australian books out in June

    Each month Guardian Australia editors and critics pick the upcoming titles they have already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on