Black Cockatoo
By: Carl Merrison
3.57
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
'Black Cockatoo' is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragil…
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1. Blueback
By: Tim Winton
3.56
Format: 304 pages,
From the author of the bestselling novel "The Riders" comes a bewitching fable sure to delight read… read more
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- childrens
- school
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
2. The Road to Winter (Winter, #1)
By: Mark Smith
3.83
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition for Since a deadly virus and the violence that followed wiped out his par… read more
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3. Sleepless in Stringybark Bay
By: Susan Duncan
3.57
Format: 389 pages, Paperback
A page-turning, mysterious, funny and delightful story by the bestselling author of Salvation Creek… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
4. Lola in the Mirror
By: Trent Dalton
4.41
Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
5. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
4.13
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
This is the story of the marriage behind some of the most famous literary works of the 20th century… read more
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6. Cold Enough for Snow
By: Jessica Au
3.73
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
A mother and daughter travel from abroad to meet in Tokyo: they walk along the canals through the a… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
"She had kept, I knew, all the tickets, brochures and guides we had been given to take home, as if she would take them out later to read as one reads a novel."-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
"The best we could do in this life was to pass through it, like smoke through the branches, suffering, until we either reached the state of nothingness, or else suffered elsewhere."-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
"Nowadays, she said, people were hungry to know everything, thinking that they could understand it all, as if enlightenment were just around the corner. But, she said, in fact there was no control, an…"-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
"Then she reached for her bag and took out a small book. She explained she had found it at a store near her home, and that it described the nature of your character based on the date of your birth. (.…"-Jessica Au, Cold Enough for Snow
7. Limberlost
By: Robbie Arnott
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In the heat of a long summer Ned hunts rabbits in a river valley, hoping the pelts will earn him en… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
"After an hour of sodden stomping they saw ghostly figures beckoning them through the dense cloud. Highland snow gums, colour-swirled and hardy, and alpine yellow gums, splashed with shades of lemon a…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He told her the story of it, his words coming faster than with the others, without artifice or caution. Told her how he'd known there was something wonderful under the old paint from the moment he sa…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"He'd stare at that field of water until all the things he could not handle were rinsed out of him, and all that remained within him was the memory of that night: the whale, the warmth of the coat, hi…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
"Three days after their wedding they were standing at the base of Liffey Falls, at the brisk death of winter, watching an airborne river thrash its way earthward. The water tumbled through high ridges…"-Robbie Arnott, Limberlost
8. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets
By: Dawn French
3.87
Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more
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9. Dropbear
By: Evelyn Araluen
4.13
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
I told you this was a thirst so great it could carve rivers. This fierce debut from award-winnin… read more
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- australia
- indigenous
10. The Yield
By: Tara June Winch
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Knowing that he will soon die, Albert ‘Poppy’ Gondiwindi takes pen to paper. His life has been spen… read more
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- contemporary
- australia
- fiction
- indigenous
"My mummy, she said, 'The Aborigine is a pity, my son.' She said everyone was always insulted by her no matter what she did, so she let herself do the most insulting thing she could think of - take th…"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
"The story goes that the church brought time to us, and the church, if you let it, will take it away. I’m writing about the other time, though, deep time. This is a big, big story. The big stuff goes …"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
"I was born on Ngurambang — can you hear it? — Ngu-ram-bang. If you say it right it hits the back of your mouth and you should taste blood in your words. Every person around should learn the word for …"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
"The evidence of their civilisation, after so many years of farming, was difficult to find on the surface of the land. But they said it was embedded in the language of Albert’s dictionary, that with t…"-Tara June Winch, The Yield
11. The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)
By: Amie Kaufman
3.92
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
When Selly's father leaves her high and dry in the port of Kirkpool, she has no intention of riding… read more
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- fiction
"First flowers, now you don't like pastries?" he asks, studying my frown. "What's next, kittens?"-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)
"Better not start apologizing now my prince," she says. "you'll run out of time to cover it all."-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)
"There." I lean across to tuck it behind his ear. "Everything useless around here is beautifully decorated. I wouldn't want you to feel left out."-Amie Kaufman, The Isles of the Gods (The Isles of the Gods, #1)
12. Runt
By: Craig Silvey
4.46
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
13. Inheritance: A Visual Poem
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
4.49
Format: 46 pages, Hardcover
They tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do… read more
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- contemporary
14. The Money Club
By: Fiona Lowe
3.94
Format: 528 pages, Paperback
A gripping exploration of modern greed as bestselling Australian author Fiona Lowe unpicks the mora… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- contemporary
15. The Things She's Seen
By: Ambelin Kwaymullina
3.80
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Nothing's been the same for Beth Teller since the day she died. Her dad is drowning in grief. He… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- indigenous
"My science teacher said that just because two things happened together didn't mean one was because of the other, or as she put it: correlation does not imply causation."-Ambelin Kwaymullina, The Things She's Seen
16. The Work
By: Bri Lee
3.43
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
Lally has invested everything into her gallery in Manhattan and the sacrifices are finally paying o… read more
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- fiction
- contemporary
17. The Visitors
By: Jane Harrison
3.86
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stan… read more
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- australia
- fiction
- school
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18. Bindi
By: Kirli Saunders
4.26
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
WINNER Daisy Utemorrah Award 2019 WINNER WAPBA Meet 11-year-old Bindi. She’s not really into ma… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- indigenous
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- contemporary
- australia
19. Black Cockatoo
By: Carl Merrison
3.57
Format: 62 pages, Paperback
'Black Cockatoo' is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragil… read more
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- cultural
- childrens
- school
- middle grade
- indigenous
- short stories
- fiction
- contemporary
- australia
- birds
20. After the Smoke Clears
By: Kylie Kaden
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
From the best-selling author of One of Us and The Day the Lies Began comes an emotional and grippin… read more
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- fiction
21. Dirt Poor Islanders
By: Winnie Dunn
3.96
Format: 246 pages, Kindle Edition
Dirt Poor Islanders is a potent, mesmerising novel that opens our eyes to the brutal fractures navi… read more
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- australia
