In mid-April, 2015 Bachelor and fitness expert Sam Wood has his first book being published. It’s called 28 by Sam Wood, and it is the book counterpart to his online training program of the same name.

It’s no secret that we see lots of health and fitness books each year, so we decided to put Sam’s program to the test. We’re halfway through, and here is a look at how we’re feeling about it so far.

2017 is bringing some of the best, most original, most inventive, and most wicked crime books to our shelves. Here are 17 that we think you should look out for, along with short blurbs to pique your interest! 

Check out some of the new releases that we're loving this month! 

It’s no secret that filmmakers love adapting books for their films. It’s also no secret that we love watching films that have been adapted from books. It’s a good thing we enjoy them so much, because there are so many book to film adaptations coming to cinemas this year that we feel like we’ll spend all our free non-reading time at the movies! 

Valentine’s Day. It’s the most divisive faux-holiday on the calendar, and chances are you are aware that it is only a few short days away.

We’ve prepared a list of the best books to read this Valentine’s Day. Whether you’re male, female, happy, or sad, we think there’s something here for everyone. 

Last night, the longlist for the 2017 Stella Prize was announced.

Read on for more details about the 12 longlisted books.

To celebrate the release of the third book from Tess Masters, The Perfect Blend, we asked Tess a few questions about how to put our health first in 2017.

We’ve been proudly supporting Australian authors since 1879, and we asked some of our staff members to recommend their favourite Australian book to you. Happy reading, Booklovers!

While we do allow both Australian and international titles in our Top 101 list, we know that there are many of you out there who prefer to support local authors and their incredible local stories. To help you prepare your vote, we’ve compiled a list (in alphabetical order) of all the Australian authors and their books that have made it onto the shortlist. 

We've looked at adult fiction to look forward to in 2017, and then non-fiction to look forward to in 2017... Now it's time to look at the young adult books you'll be desperate to get your hands on this year! 

We’ve asked some of our most voracious readers in the office which three books they’d pick from the summer selection promotion, and why you should pick them up too. Their selections cross categories and genres, and we know there’s something in here for everyone!  

Last week we wrote about fiction to look forward to in 2017 and this week we’re back with a big non-fiction preview of the year ahead.

Get ready to add some books to your TBR lists, Booklovers! We’ve put together a long list of new fiction titles coming in 2017 that we’re looking forward to. Grab a drink, either warm or cool (it’s 12pm somewhere, right?), get comfortable, and prepare to discover the books you’re going to love this year.

Sue Radd, author of Food as Medicine, has put together a list of handy tips to stay healthy during the festive season.

We know that it can be hard to find the motivation to put your book down and make some plans and goals, so we asked our friends at NoteMaker to help us curate a list of the most inspirational and useful stationery items to help you make 2017 your best year yet. 

Last year, we posted a list of the best books of the year as voted by our well-read team.

We're back in 2016 with a new list that looks at our top picks from the past 12 months. Did your favourite 2016 book make it onto the list?

It's the most wonderful time of the year for books, but the massive number of new books on our shelves can be overwhelming! We asked some of our well-read team members which book is sitting at the top of their must-have list, and we've compiled their answers to give you some shelf help. 

The 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Awards are being announced later today and we spoke to three of the shortlisted authors about their writing habits. 

To help ease you into the Christmas spirit, we launched our stunning first Christmas catalogue last week and it’s full of gift recommendations for even the trickiest person on your To Buy For list.

Gosh, it has been a really long time since we have done one of these! We're so thrilled to be back with our first top ten list in nearly two months. 

In our opinion, happiness is a good book and enough time to read it. While we can’t always help with your ability to manage your reading vs non-reading time, we most definitely can help you find your next great read.

If there's one thing we love almost as much as books it's music, so naturally we also love books about music. The Right Track by Harmoy Jones perfectly blends a coming of age tale with some sweet, sweet tunes, and we love this book so much that we're giving you the chance to win a copy along with a $50 iTunes gift card! 

J.K. Rowling continues her time at the top of our best-sellers list, but which debut author has jumped into our top ten less than a week after her book was published? Keep reading to find out!

To help get you and your little booklovers into the Book Week spirit, we’ve put together a list of some of our favourite literary-inspired costume ideas.

Jack Delosa, author of Unwritten - Reinvent Tomorrow, took some time out of his busy schedule to write a guest post for our blog about one of the most important women in publishing: the one and only J.K. Rowling!

We’re sad to say that today is the last official day of our #LoveOzYA promotion. Today we have a Q&A from Trinity Doyle, whose debut novel Pieces of Sky is of course part of the 2 for $30 promo!

Collected here for the very first time are the answers of Deborah Biancotti, Margo Lanagan, and Scott Westerfeld to some of the most pressing questions of our time, including what their favourite book growing up was and which three fictional characters they’d like to invite to dinner.

Book five in the Old Kingdom series, Goldenhand, is out in October, so until you have that in your hot little hands let’s learn some more about Mr Garth Nix.

Never was there a funnier #LoveOzYA author to follow on Twitter than Will Kostakis! He has not one but two books in our #LoveOzYA promotion this month, and he’s kindly answered our Q&A for us.

We’re so excited today to bring to you, our dear readers, a Q&A from Emily Gale.

Stranger Things lends itself incredibly well to Booklovers, and we've come up with a list of ten books to read to help fill the Stranger Things-shaped hole in your life.

In a twist that will surprise absolutely nobody, Harry Potter has completely dominated our best-sellers list this week.

Today we have a Q&A from Randa Abdel-Fattah. Her latest book When Michael Met Mina was inspired by Randa’s PhD fieldwork examining issues of race in Australia.

Ellie is a true champion of Australian stories and we couldn’t think of a better person to end our week of Q&As with.

Today we have a Q&A from Megan Jacobson, whose debut novel Yellow is one of our favourite YA novels of 2016 so far.

We hope you’re enjoying reading our daily #LoveOzYA posts as much as we’re enjoying posting them. It’s quite a treat to be able to learn more about some of our favourite authors. Today we’re excited to be posting a Q&A from Fleur Ferris, and both of her books are included in the promo!

Today we’re incredibly excited to have a Q&A from a #LoveOzYA committee member, Ambelin Kwaymullina. 

Our Q&A today comes from an author who has written not one but two truly excellent standalone #LoveOzYA novels, Melissa Keil.

This month we’re all about promoting local content to local readers, and you can’t get much more local than Rebekah Turner. 

Every week day during the #LoveOzYA promotion we will be bringing you exclusive content from authors whose books are included in the promotion, and we couldn't think of a better place to start than with the author of our YA Book of the Month, Lili Wilkinson. 

Best-selling historical novelist Philippa Gregory took some time out of her busy schedule to tell us a bit more about her latest book Three Sisters, Three Queens. 

The longlist announcement for the 2016 Man Booker Prize is almost upon us, and we’re excited to see which 12 or 13 books will be in the running this year to win one of the English language’s most prestigious literary prizes. Here are our longlist predictions.

There has been some maas-ive (see what we did there?) news for Sarah J. Maas fans this morning! 

Jojo Moyes was nearly knocked off top spot this week by none other than herself, but a weekend surge saw Me Before You jump back into top spot for another week.

Voting for the 2016 list has opened and you have until midnight on Sunday 31 July to have your say and vote for ten of your favourite kids’ books.
 
To give you some inspiration, we asked some of our well-read team to share their favourite kids’ book (we were very mean and asked them to only pick one!). Take a look below to see which books they chose.

Welcome to the first top ten for the second half of 2016! 

The first half of the year has been fun but the second half, as we slowly make our way towards the busiest book time of the year, is shaping up to be nothing short of epic.

Hugh Mackay, social researcher and author of seventeen books (including six novels), is back with a brand new book, Beyond Belief.

Read on to learn more about one of Australia's most respected authors.

The halfway point of 2016 is nearly upon us, and this will be our last top ten list in the first half of the year. 

This week was a bit of a slow one for our top ten. All of the books in the list were also in last week's list, albeit some of them in different places. 

If you are stuck in a winter reading rut, there's a lot to love in our top ten this week.