In the Good Books with Luke Bateman - Hachette Recommended Reads

Friday 26 June 2026

We’ve partnered with In the Good Books with Luke Bateman to bring powerful stories to passionate readers. Explore our picks featured on the In the Good Books podcast.

Featured Books

  • Tenderfoot

    Tenderfoot

    Toni Jordan

    Luminous, aching, exhilarating - a coming-of-age novel like no other, from the bestselling, award-winning author of Addition.

  • Margaret, Are You Leaving?

    Margaret, Are You Leaving?

    Dianne Yarwood

    An uplifting and life-affirming novel about family lost and found from the author of Australian bestseller The Wakes.

  • The Names

    The Names

    Florence Knapp

    Powerfully moving and full of hope, this is the story of three names, three versions of a life, and the infinite possibilities that a single decision can spark.

  • All the Colours of the Dark

    All the Colours of the Dark

    Chris Whitaker

    Two childhood best friends. Torn apart by tragedy. Reunited by their search for the truth. Even if finding it means losing each other forever...

  • Land

    Land

    Maggie O'Farrell

    A story of buried treasure, overlapping lives, ancient woodland, persistent ghosts, a particularly loyal dog, and how, when it comes to both land and history, nothing ever goes away.

  • Villa Coco

    Villa Coco

    Andrew Sean Greer

    A sun-drenched paean to youth, to age and to the fulfilment of love - filled with great wisdom and a spirit of unadulterated joy.

  • Broken Country

    Broken Country

    Clare Leslie Hall

    A love story with the pulse of a thriller, Broken Country is a heart-pounding novel of impossible choices and devastating consequences.

  • Arborescence

    Arborescence

    Rhett Davis

    From the award-winning author of Hovering comes a strikingly original novel about what it means to grapple with a world where the very definition of humanity is changing.

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