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This book is #96 in our 2022 Top 101. Dymocks Booklovers voted for it as one of their favourite reads and we hope you enjoy it too! Discover all the winning titles in the 2022 Top 101 list.From the no. 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Husband's Secret, and Big Little Lies with new novel Apples Never Fall out now.NOW A MAJOR TV MINISERIES ON AMAZON PRIMEThe retreat at health and wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage, and absorb the meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages.Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired bodies and minds.These nine perfect strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.With her wit, compassion and uncanny understanding of human behaviour, Liane Moriarty explores the depth of connection that can be formed when people are thrown together in... unconventional circumstances.LONGLISTED FOR THE ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2019PRAISE FOR NINE PERFECT STRANGERS"She is...both hugely popular yet subversive...Nine Perfect Strangers shows Moriarty still taking risks with fiction...weighty issues writ with humour and a light touch. The hammer is still in the handbag, ready to smash a glass window or two." Lucy Sussex, The Australian"Welcome to Tranquillum House where those Perfect Strangers ... have come to sort out their lives ...This gives Moriarty the opportunity to do what she does best, write about the human condition and connections that bind us all, with wicked humour, empathy and compassion - and a little bit of danger thrown in." Frances Whiting, Courier MailPRAISE FOR LIANE MORIARTY"One of the few writers I'll drop anything for. Her books are wise, honest, beautifully observed..." Jojo Moyes"Moriarty is a deft storyteller who creates believable, relatable characters." Washington Post"Moriarty is brilliant at her craft, all the time cranking up the suspense." The Age"Funny and scary" Stephen King"Sharply intelligent" Entertainment Weekly"Mistress of the razor-sharp observation" Kate Morton