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Books Set in Australia.

Description: Recommend books set in Australia.

Members: 8 participating members (show all)

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1
The Thorn Birds
by Colleen McCullough
6,747 members, 134 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (1), Selliers (1), merrystar (2), KimarieBee (3), ahef1963 (7)

Score: 16.86

Explanations:

ahef1963 (7): An important (one might say seminal) book in my development: the first time I read a book with sex in it.

2
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
3,273 members, 128 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), gypsysmom (2), KimarieBee (4), ahef1963 (4)

Score: 13.02

Explanations:

ahef1963 (4): A real favourite. I've read it so many times. Going to Alice Springs is a must-do for my life.

3
The Light Between Oceans
by M. L. Stedman
6,091 members, 476 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), KimarieBee (2), ahef1963 (20)

Score: 9.26

4
The Dry
by Jane Harper
2,752 members, 217 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), gypsysmom (3), KimarieBee (6)

Score: 8.96

5
Picnic at Hanging Rock
by Joan Lindsay
1,492 members, 48 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), KimarieBee (7), ahef1963 (8)

Score: 8.2

Explanations:

ahef1963 (8): Fascinating, creepy, excellent work. Lindsay's handling of atmosphere is so skilled.

6
The Rosie Project
by Graeme Simsion
6,300 members, 502 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (4), KimarieBee (8), ahef1963 (19)

Score: 7.12

7
In a Sunburned Country
by Bill Bryson
8,288 members, 216 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (5), KimarieBee (10), ahef1963 (18)

Score: 6.87

Explanations:

ahef1963 (18): A travelogue. Hilarious and interesting.

8
My Brilliant Career
by Miles Franklin
1,072 members, 31 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), gypsysmom (6)

Score: 6.56

9
The Distant Hours
by Kate Morton
3,230 members, 195 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (7), KimarieBee (11), ahef1963 (26)

Score: 6.43

10
True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey
3,837 members, 73 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), gypsysmom (8)

Score: 5.05

11
Big Little Lies
by Liane Moriarty
5,137 members, 335 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (5), ahef1963 (12)

Score: 4.82

12
I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
5,747 members, 315 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (9), ahef1963 (9)

Score: 4.62

Explanations:

ahef1963 (9): Possibly my favourite book of all time.

13
The Husband's Secret
by Liane Moriarty
4,843 members, 355 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), KimarieBee (12)

Score: 4.35

14
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton
6,964 members, 417 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (9), ahef1963 (17)

Score: 4.28

Explanations:

ahef1963 (17): Takes place partly in Australia, partly in England.

15
Tracks
by Robyn Davidson
834 members, 36 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (10), ahef1963 (25)

Score: 4.04

16
The Unexpected
by K. A. Applegate
272 members, 6 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1)

Score: 4

17
Inland
by Gerald Murnane
152 members, 6 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: bluepiano (1)

Score: 4

Explanations:

bluepiano (1): Not the subject of yet the basis of the excellent! novel is narrator's childhood in Australia.

18
A man you can bank on
by Derek Hansen
13 members, 1 review
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1)

Score: 4

19
The Broken Shore
by Peter Temple
1,088 members, 50 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (11), ahef1963 (28)

Score: 3.94

20
The Journals of Captain Cook
by Captain James Cook
292 members, 2 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2)

Score: 3.36

Explanations:

ahef1963 (2): If you read this at Project Gutenberg it gives an excellent bio of Capt. Cook which is almost as good as his journals.

21
The Ern Malley Affair
by Michael Heyward
92 members, 2 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: bluepiano (2)

Score: 3.36

Explanations:

bluepiano (2): A very very good hoax that caused a great upset in the then-suffocatingly provincial Australian literary circle.

22
The Road from Coorain
by Jill Ker Conway
1,621 members, 28 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3)

Score: 3.04

23
His Illegal Self
by Peter Carey
695 members, 25 reviews
3.23 stars (3.23 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3)

Score: 3.04

24
Walkabout
by James Vance Marshall
677 members, 13 reviews
3.24 stars (3.24 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3)

Score: 3.04

25
Elizabeth Costello
by J. M. Coetzee
2,381 members, 44 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6)

Score: 2.56

26
Seven Little Australians
by Ethel Turner
590 members, 17 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10)

Score: 2.25

Explanations:

ahef1963 (10): The classic Australian tale of seven children. It's decidedly brutal; no way would I let children read this.

27
Oscar and Lucinda
by Peter Carey
3,811 members, 58 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (12)

Score: 2.15

28
What Alice Forgot
by Liane Moriarty
3,544 members, 238 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13)

Score: 2.11

29
Cloudstreet
by Tim Winton
2,378 members, 56 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (13)

Score: 2.11

30
Truly Madly Guilty
by Liane Moriarty
2,378 members, 148 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14)

Score: 2.07

31
Dirt Music
by Tim Winton
1,966 members, 44 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (14)

Score: 2.07

32
The Hypnotist's Love Story
by Liane Moriarty
1,340 members, 93 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15)

Score: 2.03

33
Love Song
by Nikki Gemmell
72 members, 1 review
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (15)

Score: 2.03

34
The Last Anniversary
by Liane Moriarty
1,186 members, 57 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

Score: 2

35
The Darwin Elevator
by Jason M. Hough
368 members, 33 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (16)

Score: 2

36
The Household Guide to Dying
by Debra Adelaide
365 members, 40 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (17)

Score: 1.97

37
That Deadman Dance
by Kim Scott
216 members, 15 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (18)

Score: 1.94

38
Spiking the Girl
by Gabrielle Lord
52 members, 2 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (19)

Score: 1.92

39
The Lost Man
by Jane Harper
1,187 members, 82 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (20)

Score: 1.89

40
Riders in the Chariot
by Patrick White
604 members, 17 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (21)

Score: 1.87

Explanations:

ahef1963 (21): Another favourite. It's huge and dense but the rewards are ample.

41
Rabbit-Proof Fence
by Doris Pilkington
651 members, 28 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22)

Score: 1.85

42
The Fatal Shore
by Robert Hughes
3,448 members, 49 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23)

Score: 1.83

Explanations:

ahef1963 (23): Possibly the most respected and certainly the most thorough history of the founding of Australia.

43
The Bat
by Jo Nesbø
3,162 members, 168 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (24)

Score: 1.81

Explanations:

ahef1963 (24): Jo Nesbo's Norwegian detective goes to solve a series of murders in Sydney.

44
Oranges and Sunshine: Empty Cradles
by Margaret Humphreys
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: ahef1963 (27)

Score: 1.76

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