Best Modern Australian Literature

1.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,626 ratings
2.
Cloudstreet
Cloudstreet 4.01 avg rating — 27,410 ratings
3.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating — 60,771 ratings
4.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,092 ratings
5.
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1)
Tomorrow, When the War Began (Tomorrow, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 59,521 ratings
6.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 29,108 ratings
7.
The Secret River
The Secret River 3.81 avg rating — 24,637 ratings
8.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,498 ratings
9.
Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating — 164,326 ratings
10.
A Fortunate Life
A Fortunate Life 4.25 avg rating — 9,642 ratings
11.
Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda 3.73 avg rating — 21,640 ratings
12.
Jasper Jones
Jasper Jones 4.09 avg rating — 42,332 ratings
13.
True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang 3.83 avg rating — 23,802 ratings
14.
The Slap
The Slap 3.26 avg rating — 32,509 ratings
15.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,167 ratings
16.
Breath
Breath 3.91 avg rating — 24,822 ratings
17.
Shantaram
Shantaram 4.28 avg rating — 233,194 ratings
18.
Dirt Music
Dirt Music 3.87 avg rating — 15,188 ratings
19.
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding 4.09 avg rating — 10,199 ratings
20.
My Brilliant Career
My Brilliant Career 3.80 avg rating — 7,487 ratings
21.
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 584,724 ratings
22.
Looking for Alibrandi
Looking for Alibrandi 3.90 avg rating — 25,236 ratings
23.
Gifts of the Peramangk
Gifts of the Peramangk 4.31 avg rating — 86 ratings
24.
Jessica
Jessica 4.25 avg rating — 11,524 ratings
25.
My Place
My Place 3.99 avg rating — 6,672 ratings
26.
On the Jellicoe Road
On the Jellicoe Road 4.12 avg rating — 51,500 ratings
27.
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus 3.49 avg rating — 5,669 ratings
28.
I Am the Messenger
I Am the Messenger 4.03 avg rating — 167,671 ratings
29.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North 4.03 avg rating — 60,941 ratings
30.
A Fraction of the Whole
A Fraction of the Whole 4.14 avg rating — 23,931 ratings
31.
The Potato Factory (The Potato Factory, #1)
The Potato Factory (The Potato Factory, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 11,098 ratings
32.
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish 3.70 avg rating — 5,774 ratings
33.
The Harp in the South
The Harp in the South
by: Ruth Park
4.02 avg rating — 4,767 ratings
34.
Burial Rites
Burial Rites 4.04 avg rating — 121,022 ratings
35.
The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden 4.15 avg rating — 234,189 ratings
36.
The Year of Living Dangerously
The Year of Living Dangerously 3.90 avg rating — 1,916 ratings
37.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating — 171,899 ratings
38.
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence 3.69 avg rating — 8,682 ratings
39.
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies 4.31 avg rating — 1,089,437 ratings
40.
Jack Maggs
Jack Maggs 3.69 avg rating — 4,404 ratings
41.
Voss
Voss 3.78 avg rating — 3,488 ratings
42.
I Can Jump Puddles
I Can Jump Puddles 3.91 avg rating — 2,840 ratings
43.
The Tree of Man
The Tree of Man 3.95 avg rating — 2,169 ratings
44.
Carpentaria
Carpentaria 3.74 avg rating — 1,989 ratings
45.
Tim
Tim 3.86 avg rating — 5,414 ratings
46.
Monkey Grip
Monkey Grip 3.69 avg rating — 7,531 ratings
47.
The Broken Shore (Broken Shore #1)
The Broken Shore (Broken Shore #1) 3.86 avg rating — 7,169 ratings
48.
Bliss
Bliss 3.76 avg rating — 3,556 ratings
49.
My Brother Jack
My Brother Jack 3.94 avg rating — 2,671 ratings
50.
Vernon God Little
Vernon God Little 3.61 avg rating — 33,418 ratings
51.
The Turning
The Turning 4.01 avg rating — 6,174 ratings
52.
The Husband's Secret
The Husband's Secret 3.95 avg rating — 713,320 ratings
53.
Barracuda
Barracuda 3.69 avg rating — 9,240 ratings
54.
Riders in the Chariot
Riders in the Chariot really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 979 ratings
55.
Johnno
Johnno 3.74 avg rating — 1,437 ratings
56.
Truth (Broken Shore, #2)
Truth (Broken Shore, #2) 3.77 avg rating — 3,728 ratings
57.
Morgan's Run
Morgan's Run 4.02 avg rating — 5,806 ratings
58.
Seven Types of Ambiguity
Seven Types of Ambiguity 4.01 avg rating — 5,173 ratings
59.
The Man Who Loved Children
The Man Who Loved Children 3.57 avg rating — 4,611 ratings
60.
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
The Sound of One Hand Clapping 3.77 avg rating — 5,370 ratings
61.
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 260,233 ratings
62.
The Riders
The Riders 3.62 avg rating — 7,539 ratings
63.
The Transit of Venus
The Transit of Venus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4,875 ratings
64.
The Boat
The Boat
by: Nam Le
3.62 avg rating — 5,996 ratings
65.
The Twyborn Affair
The Twyborn Affair 3.96 avg rating — 588 ratings
66.
The White Earth
The White Earth 3.70 avg rating — 1,885 ratings
67.
Saving Francesca
Saving Francesca 3.99 avg rating — 33,280 ratings
68.
Death of a River Guide
Death of a River Guide 3.92 avg rating — 2,811 ratings
69.
Holding the Man
Holding the Man 4.41 avg rating — 6,316 ratings
70.
That Deadman Dance
That Deadman Dance
by: Kim Scott
3.61 avg rating — 1,548 ratings
71.
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1)
Cocaine Blues (Phryne Fisher, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 28,561 ratings
72.
They're a Weird Mob
They're a Weird Mob 3.75 avg rating — 1,109 ratings
73.
The House at Riverton
The House at Riverton 3.95 avg rating — 123,471 ratings
74.
Remembering Babylon
Remembering Babylon 3.48 avg rating — 3,690 ratings
75.
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1)
The First Man in Rome (Masters of Rome, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 23,947 ratings
76.
All That I Am
All That I Am 3.83 avg rating — 10,338 ratings
77.
Seven Little Australians (Woolcots, #1)
Seven Little Australians (Woolcots, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 4,802 ratings
78.
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 3.67 avg rating — 1,822 ratings
78.
Boy Swallows Universe
Boy Swallows Universe 4.34 avg rating — 94,649 ratings
80.
All the Birds, Singing
All the Birds, Singing
by: Evie Wyld
3.61 avg rating — 14,531 ratings
81.
Four Fires
Four Fires 4.28 avg rating — 4,887 ratings
82.
Grand Days
Grand Days 3.73 avg rating — 890 ratings
83.
To the Islands
To the Islands 3.87 avg rating — 309 ratings
84.
Playing Beatie Bow
Playing Beatie Bow
by: Ruth Park
3.95 avg rating — 5,333 ratings
85.
Out of Ireland
Out of Ireland 3.97 avg rating — 242 ratings
85.
What Alice Forgot
What Alice Forgot 4.07 avg rating — 503,629 ratings
87.
The Great World
The Great World 3.88 avg rating — 808 ratings
88.
Parrot and Olivier in America
Parrot and Olivier in America 3.44 avg rating — 7,567 ratings
89.
That Eye, the Sky
That Eye, the Sky 3.52 avg rating — 2,080 ratings
90.
The Moon Gate
The Moon Gate 4.39 avg rating — 2,511 ratings
91.
White Walls
White Walls
by: H.M.C.
4.04 avg rating — 108 ratings
92.
The Mary Smokes Boys
The Mary Smokes Boys 3.53 avg rating — 122 ratings
92.
The Aunt's Story
The Aunt's Story 3.49 avg rating — 626 ratings
94.
Colombiano
Colombiano 4.33 avg rating — 1,802 ratings
95.
Shiver
Shiver 3.62 avg rating — 870 ratings
96.
Illywhacker
Illywhacker 3.78 avg rating — 3,070 ratings
97.
Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4)
Caesar's Women (Masters of Rome, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 7,614 ratings
98.
The Lieutenant
The Lieutenant 3.68 avg rating — 5,655 ratings
99.
Tirra Lirra by the River
Tirra Lirra by the River 3.73 avg rating — 1,448 ratings
100.
So Much to Tell You (So Much to Tell You, #1)
So Much to Tell You (So Much to Tell You, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 5,870 ratings
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