Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Retirement Plan | 2025 | Sue Hincenbergs | Buy |
The Retirement Plan (2025) is the only book in Sue Hincenbergs’ catalogue to date. The novel follows a protagonist whose vision of life after work turns out to be far harder to achieve than expected. Whether the complications are personal, relational, or simply the gap between imagined freedom and the reality of unstructured time, the story is grounded in recognisable experience.
The book occupies a space in contemporary fiction that does not get much attention: the lives of women who are not young but are still very much in the middle of things, with decades ahead and genuine choices still to make. For readers interested in midlife fiction with a contemporary feel, The Retirement Plan is a worthwhile read.