Pile by the Bed reviews Sisters in Arms by Shida Bazyar an exploration of the immigrant experience in Germany against a backdrop of the rise of neo-Nazism.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Seven by Chris Hammer, the third rural Australian crime novel to feature detectives Lucic and Buchanan, this one set in the NSW irrigation region.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Wolf Hunt by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen a thriller that explores the lives of expatriate Israelis in America and engagingly explores the grey area of a number of complex issues.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Secret Hours by Mick Herron a top shelf stand alone espionage novel set in Herron's Slough House continuity.

Pile by the Bed reviews Gods of the Wyrdwood by RJ Barker (Forsaken #1), a ferocious piece of world building and a great set up for the rest of his third fantasy trilogy.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Death I Gave Him by Em X Lui a science fiction, locked room retelling of Hamlet complete with AI, experimental drugs and surveillance.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Detective by Ajay Chowdhury, the third book in his crime series about a disgraced Indian policeman who starts again in London with the help of his family and their restaurant

Pile by the Bed reviews The Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin, the first book in a science fiction series set in a world in which all disputes are settled by one-on-one combat.

Pile by the Bed reviews Ordinary Gods and Monsters by Chris Womersley a kids-on-bikes coming-of-age crime story set in 1980s Melbourne suburbia.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Wonder State by Sarah Flannery Murphy, her third book in which she uses a supernatural premise to explore and expose the lives of her very real protagonists.

Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Tom Lake by Ann Patchett another beautifully observed, totally engaging novel exploring relationships and family.

Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Learned by Heart by Emma Donoghue, a book that explores the teenage years of Victorian-era personality Ann Lister through the eyes of her roommate and first lover - Elixa Raine.

Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Ripper by Shelley Burr, page-turning Australian rural crime follow up to her award winning debut Wake.

Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera, a fascinating debut urban fantasy that explores issues of belonging, revolution, power, religion, class and race.

Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends He Who Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan, the final book in her Radiant Emperor Duology a historical fantasy set in fourteenth century China, Mongolia and Korea.

Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Cuddy by Benjamin Myers an exploration of the life and legacy of St Cuthbert and the Cathedral built to house his remains in Durham over a period of 1300 years.

Pile by the Bed reviews Airside by Christopher Priest a novel that explores the starnge "null space" of airports through the eyes of a film critic.

Pile by the Bed reviews Abandon by Blake Crouch, a thriller revolving around a hundred year old mystery involving the disappearance of the population of a mining town.

Pile by the Bed reviews For the First Time, Again, the final book in Take Them to the Stars, Sylvain Neuvel's science fiction series that reimagines the second half of the Twentieth Century and in particular the space race.

Pile by the Bed reviews Kill for Me Kill for You a stand along thriller from Steve Cavanagh that takes a familiar crime trope and turns it on its head.