| Titles | Order |
| 1788: The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet by David Hill | General Non-Fiction, 2009 |
| I Am Melba by Ann Blainey | Biography, 2009 |
| A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn | Newcomer of the Year, 2009 |
| The Boat by Nam Le | Book of the Year, 2009 |
| Breath by Tim Winton | Book of the Year, 2009 |
| I dream of Magda by Stefan Laszczuk | Newcomer of the Year, 2009 |
| Life in his hands : the true story of a neurosurgeon and a pianist by Susan Wyndham | General Non-Fiction, 2009 |
| The Man Who Owns the News: Inside the Secret World of Rupert Murdoch by Michael Wolff | Biography, 2009 |
| Never Say Die by Chris O'Brien | Newcomer of the Year, 2009 |
| Stella Miles Franklin: a biography by Jill Roe | Biography, 2009 |
| Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan | Book of the Year, 2009 |
| Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee by Chloe Hooper | Book of the Year, 2009 |
| The Unlikely Voyage of Jack De Crow: A Mirror Odyssey from North Wales to the Black Sea by A. J. Mackinnon | Newcomer of the Year, 2009 |
| What's Happening to Our Girls? by Maggie Hamilton | General Non-Fiction, 2009 |
| Affection: An Erotic Memoir by Krissy Kneen | Biography of the Year, 2010 |
| I Came to Say Goodbye by Caroline Overington | Fiction Book of the Year, 2010 |
| After Words: The Post-Prime Ministerial Speeches by P. J. Keating | General Non-fiction, 2012 |
| The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia by Bill Gammage | General Non-fiction, 2012 |
| Cadel Evans: The Long Road To Paris by Cadel Evans | Biography, 2012 |
| Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks | Literary Fiction, 2012 |
| Darren Lockyer: Autobiography by Darren Lockyer | Biography, 2012 |
| Foal's Bread by Gillian Mears | Literary Fiction, 2012 |
| The Freudian Slip by Marion Von Adlerstein | General Fiction, 2012 |
| Indochine by Luke Nguyen | Illustrated Book, 2012 |
| Life without limits : inspiration for a ridiculously good life by Nick Vujicic | Newcomer of the Year, 2012 |
| The Little Veggie Patch Co. : how to grow food in small spaces by Fabian Capomolla | Newcomer of the Year, 2012 |
| Lola's Secret by Monica McInerney | General Fiction, 2012 |
| Mawson: And the Ice Men of the Heroic Age: Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen. by Peter FitzSimons | General Non-fiction, 2012 |
| Past the Shallows by Favel Parrett | Literary Fiction, 2012 |
| A Private Life: Fragments, Memories, Friends by Michael Kirby | Newcomer of the Year, 2012 |
| Rose Petal Jam: Recipes and Stories from a Summer in Poland by Beata Zatorska | Illustrated Book, 2012 |
| The Roving Party by Rohan Wilson | Newcomer of the Year, 2012 |
| Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly | General Fiction, 2012 |
| The Street Sweeper by Elliot Perlman | Literary Fiction, 2012 |
| Women's stuff by Kaz Cooke | General Non-fiction, 2012 |
| Worse Things Happen at Sea: Tales of Life, Love, Family and the Everyday Beauty in Between by William McInnes | Book of the Year, 2012 |
| The Wreckage by Michael Robotham | General Fiction, 2012 |
| Zumbo by Adriano Zumbo | Illustrated Book, 2012 |
| The Amber Amulet by Craig Silvey | General Fiction, 2013 |
| Black Caviar by Gerard Whateley | Newcomer, 2013 |
| The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally | Literary Fiction, 2013 |
| The Essential Leunig: Cartoons from a Winding Path by Michael Leunig | General Non-fiction, 2013 |
| Eugenia by Mark Tedeschi | Biography, 2013 |
| Exit Wounds by John Cantwell | Biography, 2013 |
| Floundering by Romy Ash | Newcomer, 2013 |
| Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East by Benjamin Law | General Non-fiction, 2013 |
| Gina Rinehart by Adele Ferguson | Biography, 2013 |
| Greater Mekong by Luke Nguyen | Illustrated Book, 2013 |
| Jack of Diamonds by Bryce Courtenay | General Fiction, 2013 |
| The Little Veggie Patch Co's guide to backyard farming by Fabian Capomolla | Illustrated Book, 2013 |
| Lola Bensky by Lily Brett | Literary Fiction, 2013 |
| The Mothers' Group by Fiona Higgins | General Fiction, 2013 |
| The mountain by Drusilla Modjeska | Literary Fiction, 2013 |
| Nine Days by Toni Jordan | General Fiction, 2013 |
| On Warne by Gideon Haigh | Biography, 2013 |
| The People Smuggler: The True Story Of Ali Al Jenabi, The 'Oskar Schindler Of Asia' by Robin De Crespigny | Newcomer, 2013 |
| Political animal : the making of Tony Abbott by David Marr | Biography, 2013 |
| Questions of Travel by Michelle De Kretser | Literary Fiction, 2013 |
| Secrets of the Tides by Hannah Richell | Newcomer, 2013 |
| Speechless: A Year in My Father's Business by James Button | General Non-fiction, 2013 |
| True North: The Story of Mary and Elizabeth Durack by Brenda Niall | Biography, 2013 |
| What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits and Pieces by Katie Quinn Davies | Illustrated Book, 2013 |
| I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai | International Book, 2014 |
| And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini | International Book, 2014 |
| At the Close of Play by Ricky Ponting | Biography, 2014 |
| Barracuda by Christos Tsiolkas | Literary Fiction, 2014 |
| Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney | International Book, 2014 |
| Elianne by Judy Nunn | General Fiction, 2014 |
| Everything to Live For: The Inspirational Story of Turia Pitt by Turia Pitt | Biography, 2014 |
| Eyrie by Tim Winton | Literary Fiction, 2014 |
| The Food of Vietnam by Luke Nguyen | Illustrated Book, 2014 |
| Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia by David Hunt | General Non-fiction, 2014 |
| The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt | International Book, 2014 |
| The Good Life by Hugh Mackay | General Non-fiction, 2014 |
| Gurrumul by Robert Hillman | Illustrated Book, 2014 |
| The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty | General Fiction, 2014 |
| A Long Way Home: A Memoir by Saroo Brierley | Biography, 2014 |
| Love Italy by Guy Grossi | Illustrated Book, 2014 |
| Madness : a memoir by Kate Richards | Biography, 2014 |
| Murder in Mississippi by John Safran | General Non-fiction, 2014 |
| The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan | Literary Fiction, 2014 |
| Ned Kelly by Peter FitzSimons | Biography, 2014 |
| The New Classics by Donna Hay | Illustrated Book, 2014 |
| The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane | Literary Fiction, 2014 |
| On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the Nomads by Tim Cope | General Non-fiction, 2014 |
| The Tournament by Matthew Reilly | General Fiction, 2014 |
| Watching You by Michael Robotham | General Fiction, 2014 |
| All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr — not in English Common Knowledge | International book, 2015 |
| Amnesia by Peter Carey | Literary Fiction, 2015 |
| Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty — not in English Common Knowledge | General Fiction, 2015 |
| A Bone of Fact by David Walsh — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography, 2015 |
| The bush : travels in the heart of Australia by Don Watson | General Non-Fiction, 2015 |
| Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke — not in English Common Knowledge | Literary Fiction, 2015 |
| Gallipoli by Peter FitzSimons — not in English Common Knowledge | General Non-Fiction, 2015 |
| The Golden Age by Joan London — not in English Common Knowledge | Literary Fiction, 2015 |
| Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett | Literary fiction, 2015 |
| Here Come the Dogs: A Novel by Omar Musa | Matt Richell Award for New Writer, 2015 |
| Life or Death by Michael Robotham | General Fiction, 2015 |
| Lost & Found by Brooke Davis — not in English Common Knowledge | General Fiction, 2015 |
| Love Your Sister by Connie Johnson — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography, 2015 |
| Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung | General Fiction, 2015 |
| My Story by Julia Gillard — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography, 2015 |
| The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story: Life, Countdown and Everything in Between by Ian Molly with Jeff Jenkins Meldrum — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography,2015 |
| Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned by Lena Dunham | International book, 2015 |
| Only the Animals: Stories by Ceridwen Dovey — not in English Common Knowledge | Matt Richell Award for New Writer, 2015 |
| Optimism: Reflections on a Life of Action by Bob Brown — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography, 2015 |
| Plenty More: Vibrant Vegetable Cooking from London's Ottolenghi by Yotam Ottolenghi — not in English Common Knowledge | International book, 2015 |
| The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion | General Fiction, 2015 |
| The Tea Chest by Josephine Moon — not in English Common Knowledge | Matt Richell Award for New Writer, 2015 |
| This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial by Helen Garner | General Non-Fiction, 2015 |
| We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler — not in English Common Knowledge | International book, 2015 |
| When the Night Comes by Favel Parrett | Literary Fiction, 2015 |
| Where Song Began by Tim Low — not in English Common Knowledge | General Non-Fiction, 2015 |
| The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb — not in English Common Knowledge | General Non-Fiction, 2015 |
| Yes Please by Amy Poehler — not in English Common Knowledge | International book, 2015 |
| The Anti-Cool Girl by Rosie Waterland | Biography, 2016 |
| Australia's Second Chance - From the author of The Australian Moment / EXPRES COURIER FROM SYDNEY WITH DHL/ UPS / FEDEX by George Megalogenis | General Non-fiction, 2016 |
| Body Lengths by Leisel Jones — not in English Common Knowledge | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2016 |
| Close Your Eyes by Michael Robotham — not in English Common Knowledge | General Fiction, 2016 |
| Cornersmith: Salads and Pickles: Vegetables with More Taste & Less Waste by Alex Elliott-Howery | Illustrated, 2016 |
| The dismissal by Paul Kelly | General Non-fiction, 2016 |
| Flesh Wounds by Richard Glover | Biography, 2016 |
| The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins — not in English Common Knowledge | International Book, 2016 |
| Give the Devil His Due by Sulari Gentill | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2016 |
| Grandpa's Great Escape by David Walliams | International Book, 2016 |
| The Happy Cookbook by Lola Berry | Illustrated, 2016 |
| The Lake House by Kate Morton | General Fiction, 2016 |
| A mother's story by Rosie Batty — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography, 2016 |
| The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood — not in English Common Knowledge | Literary Fiction, 2016 |
| One Life: My Mother's Story by Kate Grenville | General Non-fiction, 2016 |
| The Perfumer's Secret by Fiona McIntosh — not in English Common Knowledge | General Fiction, 2016 |
| I Quit Sugar: Simplicious by Sarah Wilson | Illustrated, 2016 |
| Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski | Biography, 2016 |
| Rush Oh! by Shirley Barrett — not in English Common Knowledge | New Writer, 2016 |
| Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar | Matt Richell Award for new writer, 2016 |
| The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks — not in English Common Knowledge | Literary Fiction, 2016 |
| The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante — not in English Common Knowledge | International Book, 2016 |
| Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden by Janet Hawley | Illustrated, 2016 |
| The World without Us by Mireille Juchau — not in English Common Knowledge | Literary Fiction, 2016 |
| The 78-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths | Audiobook, 2017 |
| The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet: Lose weight fast and reprogramme your body by Michael Mosley | International, 2017 |
| The Barefoot Investor: The Only Money Guide You'll Ever Need by Scott Pape — not in English Common Knowledge | Non-fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Basics to Brilliance by Donna Hay | Illustrated, 2017 |
| Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain — not in English Common Knowledge | Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Guide: 200 Recipes and Weekly Menus to Kick Start Your Journey by Kayla Itsines | Illustrated, 2017 |
| The Birdman's Wife by Melissa Ashley — not in English Common Knowledge | General Fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| The Chocolate Tin by Fiona McIntosh — not in English Common Knowledge | General Fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Commonwealth by Ann Patchett | International, 2017 |
| The Dry by Jane Harper — not in English Common Knowledge | New Writer of the Year, 2017 |
| Fight Like A Girl by Clementine Ford — not in English Common Knowledge | Non-fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Girl stuff for girls aged 8-12 : your real guide to te pre-teen years by Kaz Cooke — not in English Common Knowledge | Non-fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| The Good People by Hannah Kent | Audiobook, 2017 |
| Goodwood by Holly Throsby — not in English Common Knowledge | Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling | International, 2017 |
| The Hate Race by Maxine Beneba Clarke — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography Book of the Year, 2017 |
| The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben | International, 2017 |
| An isolated incident by Emily Maguire — not in English Common Knowledge | Literary Fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Life As I Know It by Michelle Payne — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Make It Happen: Live Your Best Life by Michelle Bridges | Audiobook, 2017 |
| The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian by David Dyer — not in English Common Knowledge | New Writer of the Year, 2017 |
| Music and freedom by Zoe Morrison | New Writer of the Year, 2017 |
| New York: Through a Fashion Eye by Megan Hess | Illustrated, 2017 |
| The North Water by Ian McGuire | International, 2017 |
| Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus and Nauru by Madeline Gleeson — not in English Common Knowledge | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2017 |
| The One Who Got Away by Caroline Overington — not in English Common Knowledge | General Fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Penguin the Magpie: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family by Cameron Bloom | Illustrated, 2017 |
| Position doubtful : mapping landscapes and memories by Kim Mahood | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2017 |
| Poum and Alexandre: A Paris Memoir by Catherine de Saint Phalle — not in English Common Knowledge | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2017 |
| The Road to Ruin: how Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin destroyed their own government by Niki Savva | General Non-fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Saltwater by Cathy McLennan | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2017 |
| Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (That Happens To Be Vegan) by Shannon Martinez | Illustrated, 2017 |
| Songs of a War Boy by Deng Thiak Adut — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Talking to my country by Stan Grant | Non-fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia by David Hunt | Audiobook, 2017 |
| Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty — not in English Common Knowledge | General Fiction Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Victoria: The Queen by Julia Baird — not in English Common Knowledge | Biography Book of the Year, 2017 |
| Basics to Brilliance Kids by Donna Hay | Illustrated, 2018 |
| Being 14 by Madonna King | General Non-fiction, 2018 |
| La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman | International, 2018 |
| Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth by Charles Massy | Small Publishers' Adult, 2018 |
| Cardinal : the rise and fall of George Pell by Louise Milligan | Small Publishers' Adult, 2018 |
| The Choke by Sofie Laguna | Literary Fiction, 2018 |
| Danger music : how teaching the cello to children in Afghanistan led to a self-discovery almost too hard to bear by Eddie Ayres | Biography, 2018 |
| The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey | General Fiction, 2018 |
| Depends What You Mean by Extremist: Going Rogue with Australian Deplorables by John Safran | General Non-fiction, 2018 |
| Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman | International, 2018 |
| First Person by Richard Flanagan | Literary Fiction, 2018 |
| First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety by Sarah Wilson | General Non-fiction, 2018 |
| Force of Nature by Jane Harper | General Fiction, 2018 |
| The Girl From Munich by Tania Blanchard | New Writer of the Year, 2018 |
| Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie | International, 2018 |
| The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie Green | General Fiction, 2018 |
| Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel by George Saunders | International, 2018 |
| A Long Way from Home by Peter Carey | Literary Fiction, 2018 |
| The Museum of Words: a memoir of language, writing, and mortality by Georgia Blain | Small Publishers' Adult, 2018 |
| Native: art and design with Australian plants by Kate Herd | Illustrated, 2018 |
| Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend | New Writer of the Year, 2018 |
| Paris: Through a Fashion Eye by Megan Hess | Illustrated, 2018 |
| The Restorer by Michael Sala | Small Publishers' Adult, 2018 |
| Saga Land by Richard Fidler | General Non-fiction, 2018 |
| See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt | Literary Fiction, 2018 |
| Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman | New Writer of the Year, 2018 |
| Tracker : stories of tracker tilmouth by Alexis Wright | Biography, 2018 |
| The Trauma Cleaner by Sarah Krasnostein | New Writer of the Year, 2018 |
| The Trip of a Lifetime by Monica McInerney | General Fiction, 2018 |
| Unbreakable by Jelena Dokic | Biography, 2018 |
| Unmasked by Turia Pitt | Biography, 2018 |
| Wimmera by Mark Brandi | Literary Fiction, 2018 |
| Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough | Older Children (ages 13+), 2019 |
| Any Ordinary Day: What Happens After the Worst Day of Your Life? by Leigh Sales | General Non-fiction, 2019 |
| Back, After the Break by Osher Gunsberg | Biography Book of the Year, 2019 |
| Becoming by Michelle Obama | International Book, 2019 |
| Black cockatoo by Carl Merrison | Small Publishers’ Children’s Book, 2019 |
| Blakwork by Alison Whittaker | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2019 |
| The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2019 |
| Boys Will Be Boys by Clementine Ford | General Non-fiction, 2019 |
| Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak | Literary Fiction, 2019 |
| Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina | Older Children (ages 13+), 2019 |
| Challenge Accepted!: 253 Steps to Becoming an Anti-It Girl by Celeste Barber | Biography Book of the Year, 2019 |
| Circe by Madeline Miller | International Book, 2019 |
| The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton | Audiobook, 2019 |
| The Cook's Apprentice: Tips, Techniques and Recipes for New Foodies by Stephanie Alexander | Illustrated Book, 2019 |
| Dear Santa by Samuel Johnson | General Non-fiction, 2019 |
| Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee | New Writer of the Year, 2019 |
| The Extremely Weird Thing that Happened in Huggabie Falls by Adam Cece | Small Publishers’ Children’s Book, 2019 |
| Family: New Vegetarian Comfort Food to Nourish Every Day by Hetty McKinnon | Illustrated Book, 2019 |
| The Geography of Friendship by Sally Piper | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2019 |
| I Had Such Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness | Small Publishers’ Children’s Book, 2019 |
| Hive by A. J. Betts | Older Children (ages 13+), 2019 |
| Jane Doe and the Cradle of All Worlds by Jeremy Lachlan | Older Children (ages 13+), 2019 |
| Johnathan Thurston: The Autobiography by Johnathan Thurston | Biography Book of the Year, 2019 |
| Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions by Johann Hari | International Book, 2019 |
| The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland | New Writer of the Year, 2019 |
| The Lost Man by Jane Harper | Audiobook, 2019 |
| Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country: A Travel Guide to Indigenous Australia by Marcia Langton | General Non-fiction, 2019 |
| Mirka & Georges by Lesley Harding | Illustrated Book, 2019 |
| The Nowhere Child by Christian White | General Fiction, New Writer of the Year, 2019 |
| Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi | International Book, 2019 |
| The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan | General Fiction, 2019 |
| Scrublands by Chris Hammer | General Fiction, 2019 |
| Shell: A Novel by Kristina Olsson | Literary Fiction, 2019 |
| The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton | Literary Fiction, 2019 |
| Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein | Older Children (ages 13+), 2019 |
| A Superior Spectre by Angela Meyer | Small Publishers’ Adult Book, 2019 |
| The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris | General Fiction, New Writer of the Year, 2019 |
| Teacher by Gabrielle Stroud | Biography Book of the Year, 2019 |
| Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko | Literary Fiction, 2019 |
| Whisper by Lynette Noni | Small Publishers’ Children’s Book, 2019 |
| The 117-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths | younger children ages 7–12, 2020 |
| Against All Odds by Craig Challen | General nonfiction, 2020 |
| Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman | Young adult, 2020 |
| Australia Modern: Architecture, Landscape & Design 19251975 by Hannah Lewi | Illustrated, 2020 |
| Banking Bad: How Corporate Greed and Broken Governance Failed Australia by Adele Ferguson | General nonfiction, 2020 |
| Being Black 'n Chicken, and Chips | Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, 2020 |
| Ben Quilty (MacMillan Mini-Art) by Ben Quilty | Illustrated, 2020 |
| Bruny by Heather Rose | General fiction, 2020 |
| Call Me Evie by JP Pomare | Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, 2020 |
| Cilka's Journey: A Novel by Heather Morris | General fiction, 2020 |
| Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas | Literary fiction, 2020 |
| Detention by Tristan Bancks | Older children (ages 13+), 2020 |
| The Dutch House by Ann Patchett | International, 2020 |
| Fake: A startling true story of love in a world of liars, cheats, narcissists, fantasists and phonies by Stephanie Wood | General nonfiction, 2020 |
| Feeding the Birds at Your Table: A guide for australians by Darryl Jones | Small publishers’ adult, 2020 |
| Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner | International, 2020 |
| Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham | General fiction, 2020 |
| It Sounded Better In My Head by Nina Kenwood | Older children (ages 13+), 2020 |
| Jack Charles: Born-again Blakfella by Jack Charles | Biography, 2020 |
| Kindred by Kirli Saunders | Small publishers’ adult, 2020 |
| Kitty Flanagan's 488 Rules for Life: The Thankless Art of Being Correct by Kitty Flanagan | General nonfiction, 2020 |
| The Lost Boys by Paul Byrnes | Illustrated, 2020 |
| Paris Savages by Katherine Johnson | Small publishers’ adult, 2020 |
| The prettiest horse in the glue factory : a memoir by Corey White | Biography, 2020 |
| The Resilience Project by Hugh Van Cuylenburg | Audiobook, 2020 |
| Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta | Small publishers’ adult, 2020 |
| The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan | General fiction, 2020 |
| See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence by Jess Hill | General nonfiction, 2020 |
| Silver by Chris Hammer | General fiction, 2020 |
| The surprising power of a good dumpling by Wai Chim | Older children (ages 13+), 2020 |
| Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music by Archie Roach | Biography, 2020 |
| The Testaments by Margaret Atwood | International, 2020 |
| There Was Still Love by Favel Parrett | Literary fiction, 2020 |
| Three Women by Lisa Taddeo | International, 2020 |
| The Weekend by Charlotte Wood | Literary fiction, 2020 |
| Welcome to Your Period by Yumi Stynes | Older children (ages 13+), 2020 |
| When all is said & done by Neale Daniher | Biography, 2020 |
| Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | International, 2020 |
| The White Girl by Tony Birch | Small publishers’ adult, 2020 |
| The Whole Fish Cookbook: New Ways to Cook, Eat and Think by Josh Niland | Illustrated, 2020 |
| Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar | Literary fiction, 2020 |
| The Yield by Tara June Winch | Literary fiction, 2020 |
| Young Dark Emu : a truer history by Bruce Pascoe | younger children ages 7–12, 2020 |
| Your Own Kind of Girl by Clare Bowditch | Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, 2020 |
