Top Aussie Books

It is interesting that one of the first (and, I think best) Australian books I read was Xavier Herbert's "Capricornia". When I mention it to others, they seem not to have heard of it. It deserves being known and read.

I quite enjoyed Capricornia. It's a big, baggy book with a strong Socialist message, but it does evoke very well the place (N/QLD) and the time. I'd certainly recommend it, probably for a holiday read.

I will vote for Seven Little Australians for best Australian book.

I just loved The White Earth by Andrew McGahan, it is so very Australian.

I wonder if this works The White Earth #4?

ETA: Andrew Mcgahan

Anything by Bryce Courtenay. I've just finished his last book Jack of Diamonds. So sad that there will be no more to look forward to.

Poor Fellow my Country is a super read.

I really enjoy, Richard Flanagan's writing. Gould's Book of Fish and Wanting are two of his I've read and would highly recommend.
I also love Gail Jones Sorry.
Kate Grenville has some wonderful novels The Secret River and Lilian's Story are very good.
Gillian Mears Foal's Bread is beautifully crafted.

Patrick White is another author that I have found interesting, takes a bit of work but I think he is worth reading.
Miles Franklin is another that I would suggest for an Aussie reading list.

Anything written by Olga Masters at the moment I am reading a collection of short interlocking stories A Long Time Dying, it is set in the 1930s in a small country town not far from where I live.

I was looking to see exactly where the book was set and got distracted. That's one heck of a tag that it ended up with!

Some of the other tags http://www.librarything.com/tags/mike6210 were just as descriptive.

The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney is almost as baggy as Capricornia, but more pleasant to read. How about My Brother Jack for something a bit more recent? Steven Carroll's trilogy which begins with The Art of the Engine Driver is set in a more recent period again.

And for a comic but nevertheless perceptive take on modern Australia - well, reasonably modern, you couldn't bludgeon anyone to death with a mobile phone nowadays - there's nothing like Shane Maloney's Murray Whelan books.

I always liked The Watcher on a a Cast Iron balcony

I must admit to being able to pick up anything by Jon Cleary and know I will enjoy it. Was sadden by his passing a few years ago.