Our final selection for 2025 was a novel just published in so-called Australia by Randa Abdel-Fattah, and currently exclusively available internationally here.

With a focus on two of today’s most contested fields, academia and the media, Discipline tallies the price we all pay when those with privilege choose to remain silent. As Israel’s bombardment of Gaza intensifies into the final weeks of Ramadan, academic Ashraf and young journalist Hannah must reckon with their choices, values and places in their communities. Will they be prepared to make sacrifices in the pursuit of what is right?

As a special extra with this bundle, we include a Bookshelf-exclusive printing of Abdaljawad Omar’s essay ‘The Anxiety of Liberation.