Spring 2025 Reading Guide: Must-Read Books at Roaring Stories Balmain

neighbourhoodmedia
Sep 5
2 min read

Discover New Fiction, True Crime, and Insightful Non-Fiction With Our Spring 2025 Book Guide

The Spring Book Reading Guide for 2025 is a curated collection of must-read new titles chosen to inspire and delight local book lovers. Visit instore at Roaring Stories on to explore the shelves, discover new favourites, and find the perfect gift for friends and family. Happy reading, Balmain!

The Revisionists ($34.99)

Michelle Johnston

When Christine Campbell, once a lauded journalist, is confronted by her oldest—and estranged— childhood friend about her coverage of unrest in the North Caucasus over 20 years ago, her story unfurls across three different timelines. Exploring ideas of identity, self-making, the elasticity of memory and truth, this compelling and thought-provoking novel will have you hooked.

Better Things Are Possible ($34.99)

Jack Toohey

In a 24/7 news cycle perpetuated by social media, Jack Toohey is a voice of hope in a sea of grim headlines and unjust systems. With a positive mission to rebuild broken systems, Toohey provides a rallying cry of hope for anyone feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world, because if we’re going to fix issues like climate, inequality and housing, we have to replace defeatism and channel our energy to solutions and innovation.

Broke Road ($34.99)

Matthew Spencer

Homicide Detective Rose Riley and newspaper man/ true crime author Adam Bowman are back together solving crime. This time they are in the Hunter Valley wine region where a woman has been found dead in her home. Lots of suspects, mining companies and plenty of intrigue all make for a thoroughly satisfying murder mystery

Snake Talk ($36.99)

Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher

The serpent in Australian Aboriginal stories is both a creator and destroyer, dwelling in the liminal spaces between physical and spiritual worlds, between story and history. Tyson Yunkaporta and Megan Kelleher speak to keepers of lore across the world to discover if stories such as those of the Basilisk, Wyvern, Naga, and Quetzalcoatl work similarly to resolve global issues of existential crisis.