Search History was shortlisted for the 2023 Readings New Australian Fiction Prize, included in The Guardian’s 25 Best Australian Books of 2023 and selected as one of the Best Australian Fiction titles for 2023 by Readings Books.

After Ana flees to Melbourne in the wake of a breakup, all she has to show for herself is an unfulfilling job and one particularly questionable dating app experience. Then she meets Evan the old-fashioned way: at a bar. Charming, kind, and responsible, Evan is a complete deviation from her usual type. Anna tries to let their relationship unfold IRL, but she can’t resist the urge to find him online. When she discovers that his previous girlfriend, died in a hit-and-run, she begins to worry that she’s living in the shadow of his lost love. The more Anna learns about Evan's past, the more questions she has: Was their relationship as perfect as it looked? Why won’t he talk about it?

 Perceptive and original, full of both pathos and humor, Search History explores the uncertainties of twenty-first-century romance. Ana’s journey down the internet rabbit hole of modern dating asks the question: Which is our “true” self—the one we should to the world online, or the one we keep to ourselves?

“[An] astute debut…. Funny, keenly observed, and, at times, painfully relatable. Taylor’s willingness to hold up a mirror to cringe-worthy impulses make her a writer to keep tabs on.” 

–Publishers Weekly

“Smart [and] self-aware…. [A] sharp and pacy cautionary tale for the extremely online… As the protagonist of this compulsive debut discovers, you click at your own risk.”

–The Guardian

“Most of us have left some kind of regrettable imprint on the internet…. This angst about past online selves informs Amy Taylor’s quick-witted debut novel…. Taylor writes in crisp and clever strokes…Search History is a light-hearted and earnest take on the challenges that courting has for those eager to hit search before the reply button.”

–Books + Publishing

Search History was published by Allen and Unwin in Australia and Dial Press - Random House in the U.S.