Summer Reading Guide: Australian Fiction
The Animals in That Country
Out on the road, no one speaks, everything talks.
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Seven and a Half
An audacious and transformative novel about the past, the present and the power of writing and imagination from the award-winning author of Damascus and The Slap.
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Wild Abandon
A breathtaking new novel from the Stella Prize-winning author of The Strays.
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When Things Are Alive They Hum
A heartbreaking work of wonder about the hum that connects us all
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Small Joys of Real Life
The night Eva shared a smile with Pat, something started. Two weeks later, lying together in her bed, Pat said, 'You can't live your life saying you'll get around to doing something you know will make you happy. You just have to...
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Scary Monsters
From the twice-winner of the Miles Franklin Award, Scary Monsters is an affecting, profound and darkly funny exploration into racism, misogyny and ageism.
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Plum
The wildly impressive, raucously funny and deeply moving second novel from award-winning writer, actor and director for television, theatre and film, Brendan Cowell, confirming the talent he showed in his bestselling debut novel...
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Permafrost
Visual and performance artist, and winner of the inaugural Kill Your Darlings Manuscript Award, SJ Norman turns their hand to fiction with spectacular results.
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Once There Were Wolves
From the author of the international bestseller Migrations comes a pulse-pounding new novel set in the wild Scottish Highlands.
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Love and Virtue
Feminism, power and sex play out through the eyes of young Australian uni students in a contemporary narrative that is fiercely authentic
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The Last Woman in the World
After the fire. After the virus. They came. A remarkable literary novel from the multi-award-nominated Australian writer
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The Labyrinth
A moving tale of grief, community and the possibility of starting over, by an award-winning Australian author.
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Killernova
A collection of poetry and wood carvings that burns blindingly bright.
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In Moonland
In present-day Melbourne, a man attempts to piece together the mystery of his father's apparent suicide, as his young family slowly implodes.
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The Hush
Everything can change in a heartbeat ... The pulse-pounding new thriller from the bestselling author of You Don't Know Me
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How Decent Folk Behave
A vibrant, thought-provoking collection from the ABIA and Indie award-winning author of The Hate Race and Carrying the World.
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Griffith Review 74: Escape Routes
Sometimes, we all need to get away...
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Flock: First Nations Stories Then and Now
Curated and introduced by award-winning author Ellen van Neerven, Flock features luminous storytelling from leading Aboriginal writers, such as Tony Birch, Melissa Lucashenko and Tara June Winch, as well as some of the brightest...
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Fishing for Lightning: The Spark of Poetry
Sarah Holland-Batt's highly acclaimed and popular poetry columns from The Australian are collected together for the first time in Fishing for Lightning - suitable for the general reader as well as poetry aficionados.
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Dropbear
This fierce debut from award-winning writer Evelyn Araluen confronts the tropes and iconography of an unreconciled nation with biting satire and lyrical fury.
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Devotion
Hannah Kent's long-awaited novel demonstrates her sublime ability with language that creates an immersive, transformative experience for the reader. Devotion is a book to savour.
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Dark as Last Night
A masterful new story collection from award-winning Indigenous writer Tony Birch
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Danged Black Thing
Danged Black Thing is an extraordinary collection of stories about love and migration, gender and class, patriarchy and womanhood, from a remarkable and original voice
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Cold Coast
Inspired by the story of Svalbard's first female trapper, Cold Coast is a gripping portrayal of survival within the stark beauty and perilous wilderness of the high Arctic
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Bodies of Light
Jennifer Down cements her status as a leading light of Australian literary fiction in this heart-rending and intimate saga of one woman's turbulent life
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Believe in Me
An unforgettable and profound novel about three generations of one family and the healing power of understanding where you've come from.
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The Bass Rock
Three women, hundreds of years apart, slip into each other's lives in a novel of darkness, violence and madness.
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After Story
When a mother and daughter take the overseas trip of a lifetime, they discover that the past is never quite behind them.
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Apples Never Fall
From the outside, the Delaneys appear to be an enviably contented family. But now Joy Delaney has disappeared and her children are re-examining their parents' marriage and their family history with fresh, frightened eyes.
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