August 2026 - I Want Everything

Hello book lovers, Our book for August is I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena. It starts with a lie. One small lie to get everything he wants. But one lie leads to another, and another. Caught in his own web of deception, how can he recognise the truth? And what is it going to cost him? The legendary career of reclusive cult author Brenda Shales remains one of Australia’s last unsolved literary mysteries. Her books took the literary world by storm before she disappeared from the public eye, after a mysterious plagiarism case. But when an ambitious young writer stumbles across Brenda at a Melbourne pool, he realises the scoop of a lifetime is floating in front of him: the truth behind why she vanished without a trace. The only problem? He must pretend to be someone he’s not to trick the story out of her. **Winner of The Readings New Australian Fiction Prize 2025** **Shortlisted for the 2026 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year** https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781761631733/i-want-everything--dominic-amerena--2025--9781761631733