Clues about Australia

Description
A list of books, fiction and non fiction, that help understand aspects of Australia
1
Granta 70: Australia - The New New World
by Ian Jack
165 members
1 review
½ 4.3
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2
Oscar and Lucinda
by Peter Carey
4,479 members
73 reviews
3.8
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Opinionated
3
Illywhacker
by Peter Carey
1,304 members
16 reviews
3.8
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Opinionated
4
Bliss
by Peter Carey
1,013 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
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5
My Life as a Fake
by Peter Carey
1,606 members
37 reviews
½ 3.3
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Opinionated
6
A Long Way from Home: A novel
by Peter Carey
445 members
27 reviews
½ 3.3
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7
The Fatal Shore
by Robert Hughes
4,287 members
57 reviews
4
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8
This House of Grief
by Helen Garner
471 members
26 reviews
4
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9
The Shark Net
by Robert Drewe
407 members
12 reviews
3.8
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Opinionated
10
The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin
3,842 members
65 reviews
3.9
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11
The Penguin Book of Australian Jokes
by Phillip Adams
106 members
1 review
2.8
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Opinionated
12
Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: Paul Keating PM
by Don Watson
265 members
8 reviews
4.2
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13
The End of Certainty: The Story of the 1980s
by Paul Kelly
97 members
4
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14
Puberty Blues: A Surfie Saga
by Kathy Lette
159 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
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Opinionated
15
Unreliable Memoirs
by Clive James
1,057 members
14 reviews
3.9
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Opinionated
16
Seven Types of Ambiguity
by Elliot Perlman
1,264 members
31 reviews
3.9
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17
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand
by John Birmingham
519 members
12 reviews
½ 3.6
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18
Leviathan: The unauthorised biography of Sydney
by John Birmingham
184 members
7 reviews
3.9
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Opinionated
19
The cricket war: The inside story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket
by Gideon Haigh
56 members
3 reviews
4.2
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20
The Greatest Game
by Ross Fitzgerald
20 members
1 review
½ 4.5
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Opinionated
21
The Slap
by Christos Tsiolkas
2,553 members
150 reviews
3.2
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22
Gough Whitlam: A Moment in History
by Jenny Hocking
46 members
1 review
½ 4.3
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23
Voss
by Patrick White
1,573 members
27 reviews
4
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24
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
by Richard Flanagan
3,700 members
163 reviews
4
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25
Monkey Grip
by Helen Garner
582 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
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Opinionated
26
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
4,083 members
150 reviews
4
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27
Remembering Babylon
by David Malouf
1,233 members
35 reviews
½ 3.7
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28
Another country
by Nicolas Rothwell
33 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
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29
Eucalyptus
by Murray Bail
1,288 members
45 reviews
½ 3.5
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Opinionated
30
Tracks
by Robyn Davidson
1,116 members
49 reviews
3.8
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Opinionated
31
The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
by Geoffrey Blainey
265 members
9 reviews
4.1
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Opinionated
32
Looking for Alibrandi
by Melina Marchetta
1,498 members
50 reviews
3.8
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Opinionated
33
A Secret Country
by John Pilger
366 members
4 reviews
3.9
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Opinionated
34
A Fortunate Life
by A. B. Facey
1,049 members
27 reviews
4.2
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35
My Brilliant Career
by Miles Franklin
1,369 members
34 reviews
½ 3.7
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36
The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations About a Triple Murder Trial
by Helen Garner
80 members
6 reviews
½ 3.5
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37
On the Beach
by Nevil Shute
5,395 members
192 reviews
3.9
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38
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll
by Ray Lawler
213 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
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