We are HALF WAY through 2025 already, it’s time to check-in with your reading goals and search for inspiration to refresh your bookshelf! We can’t wait to introduce what our team of experts has chosen as our June Books of the Month!
Whether you’re drinking a delicious hot beverage, enjoying the crisp morning air or meeting with your friends for a relaxing afternoon, our June reads are here to brighten your month. Let’s get reading!
FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH
Our Fiction Book of the Month is an authentic and gripping crime drama from Angie Faye Martin, “Melaleuca”.
Renee Taylor is planning to stay the minimum amount of time in her remote hometown and then she is fleeing back to Brisbane. Then a murdered woman is found on the outskirts of town. Leading the investigation, Renee uncovers a concerning connection to the disappearance of two young women thirty years earlier. As she delves deeper and the case unfurls, intergenerational cruelties, endemic racism, and deep corruption show themselves, as the dark truths about the town and its people begin to unwind and pollute the present.
Angie skilfully weaves the fierce setting of outback Queensland with mystery, acrid secrets and unflinching authenticity. Get your copy of “Melaleuca” in-store today.
NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH
We are greatly pleased to announce our Non-Fiction Book of the Month will be the 15th Anniversary edition of the life-changing business and self-development guide “Start With Why” by Simon Sinek.
Simon ignited a movement in 2009, to help people find a greater sense of purpose in their career and to the driving forces of businesses: WHY? Simon provides a simple framework that inspires people to build organisations and lead movements in a more powerful and effective way. This 15th anniversary edition celebrates a simple but transformative idea that has changed the way we think about leadership and legacy.
Get your copy of this inspiring read at QBD today!
YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE MONTH
Critically acclaimed author Ann Liang has written another dazzling and heartfelt novel “Never Thought I’d End Up Here” and it is our YA Book of the Month.
Leah Zhang has spent her whole life in LA – it’s all she’s ever known. Her parents send Leah on an intensive two-week travel program across China’s most beautiful cities. To them, it’s the perfect opportunity for Leah to get back to her roots. To Leah, it’s simply a much-needed escape from the stress of looming exams. Yet, the deeper she wanders through China’s provinces, the deeper Leah finds herself falling for the boy she once despised…
Get your copy of “Never Thought I’d End Up Here” in-store now.
CHILDREN’S FICTION BOOK OF THE MONTH
The highly anticipated next installment in the Detective Beans series is our Children’s Book of the Month: Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town by Li Chen!
Detective Beans is back to solve all the mysteries such as who ate Mum’s donuts, which pigeon stole King Chip, or even who burgled a diamond ring… Beans is ready for anything, he is even starting a detective school – if he can find any students.
Get ready for new adventures, new friends and of course gorgeous new illustrations! Get your copy of Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town at QBD today!
To find out more about our Book of the Month initiative ask a friendly in-store team member or head to our website here.
