Voting Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books countdown is open!
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Cast your votes now to decide on Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books.
It’s time to get your votes in! Radio National’s Top 100 Books has opened for voting and now it’s up to you. This year they’re celebrating Australian writing (in all it’s forms). This means you can vote for any book as long as the author, illustrator, translator, or named editor has a meaningful relationship with Australia (through citizenship, residency, or cultural connection) or the editorial process occurred in Australia.
The website has some titles to inspire you but we’ve put together some of our favourites too:
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
To smack or not to smack is the question that reverberates through the interconnected lives dissected in Christos Tsiolkas' award-winning novel.
The Happiest Refugee by Anh Do
The laugh-out-loud, reach-for-your-hanky story of one of Australia's best-loved comedians - the national bestseller.
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
A deeply moving novel about forgiveness, grief, and what it means to be 'good', from the award-winning author of The Natural Way of Things and The Weekend.
Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser
Questions of Travel is a dazzling, compassionate and deeply moving novel from one of world literature's stars.
The Shifting Fog by Kate Morton
A rich and engrossing story of love, passion, tragedy and lies set in the gaiety, glamour, and grand country houses of post-war Edwardian England.
One Hundred Years of Betty by Debra Oswald
One ordinary extraordinary woman living through a century of massive change, from the bestselling author of The Family Doctor.
The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
A mesmerising literary novel about a lost man in search of connection - a meditation on love, art and commitment, set against the backdrop of one of the greatest art events in modern history, Marina Abramovic's The Artist is Present.
Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch
ARIA Award-winning singer and actress Clare Bowditch confronts her inner critic in this no-holds-barred memoir.
Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
A witty, profound and painfully relatable debut novel exploring solitude, desire, and the allure of chasing something that promises nothing.
Journey to the Stone Country by Alex Miller
Winner of the 2003 Miles Franklin Award. A superbly compelling work of betrayals, compassion, secrets and reconciliation.
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
This is where it all started! The first classic Phryne Fisher mystery, featuring our delectable heroine, cocaine, communism and adventure. Phryne leaves the tedium of English high society for Melbourne, Australia, and never looks back.
Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
The extraordinary, unputdownable bestselling novel exploring trauma, connection, and our cultural obsession with dead girls.
Somebody's Land by Adam Goodes, Ellie Laing and David Hardy
A multiple award-winning, accessible picture book for young children that introduces First Nations history and the term 'terra nullius' to a general audience, from Australian of the Year, community leader and anti-racism advocate Adam Goodes and political adviser and former journalist Ellie Laing, with artwork by Barkindji illustrator David Hardy.
Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee
A multi-award-winning book about finding good in the bad that will break your heart while raising your spirits in the way that only a classic novel can.
Voting closes 1 October and you can only vote once BUT you do get to choose up to 10 books.
The Top 100 is announced on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October so start planning your listening party with your bookish besties.
Vote now: Browse by authors | Top 100 Books
P.S. If you want to discuss the Top 100 Australian Books join the ABC Book Club Facebook Group and swap recommendations with fellow readers.
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