Read the World: Australia

Books by authors from Australia or set in/about Australia.

Updated February 19, 2024
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True history of the Kelly gang
Carey, Peter, 1943-
Paper Book
Out of nineteenth-century Australia rides a hero of his people and a man for all nations, in this masterpiece by the Booker Prize-winning author of Oscar and Lucinda and Jack Maggs. Exhilarating, hilarious, panoramic, and immediately engrossing, it is also—at a distance of many thousand miles...
Kalpana's dream
Clarke, Judith, 1943-
Paper Book
All she thought of was the boy with the skateboard ... Sheep and shepherds, little new lambs ... Why? Neema and her best friend, Kate, are freshmen at Wentworth High. In English class they have the notorious Ms. "Bride of Dracula" Dallimore for a teacher. "Learn to fly!" she urges her students....
One whole and perfect day
Clarke, Judith, 1943-
Paper Book
In this Michael L. Printz Honor Book, Lily wishes she could be like the other girls in her class. But how can she? As the only sensible person in her family, she never has time to hang out with friends.  'Someone ' has to stay home to look after her brother. Maybe she should fall in love...
Night train
Clarke, Judith, 1943- author.
Paper Book
Eighteen-year-old Luke is the only one who hears the night train -- just a lone whistle, far in the distance, that only sounds in the dead of night. No one else hears it or even believes that the train exists. Threatened at school, pressured by his parents, paralyzed by anxiety about his final...
Possum magic
Fox, Mem, 1946- author.
Paper Book
Grandma Poss uses her best bush magic to make Hush invisible. But when Hush longs to be able to see herself again, the two possums must make their way across Australia to find the magic food that will make Hush visible once more. “Another treat from Mem Fox that is sure to be treasured....
Blabber mouth
Gleitzman, Morris.
Paper Book
Set in Australia, this humorous and touching story of the misadventures of a clever girl who cannot speak and her social misfit of a father will delight readers. “Gleitzman has created a plucky heroine, and readers will enjoy this light, first-person, humorous tale with an Australian tang...
Disquiet
Leigh, Julia, 1970-
Paper Book
Olivia arrives at her mother's chateau in rural France (the first time in more than a decade) with her two young children in tow. Soon the family is joined by Olivia's brother Marcus and his wife Sophie'but this reunion is far from joyful. After years of desperately wanting a baby, Sophie has just...
The touch
McCullough, Colleen, 1937-2015
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller. From the bestselling author of The Thorn Birds comes a family saga replete with tragedy, pathos, history and passion. At its center are Alexander, who fled poverty in Scotland to make his fortune in the American and Australian gold fields; his wife Elizabeth, a sixteen...
What Alice forgot
Moriarty, Liane author.
Paper Book
What would happen if you were visited by your younger self, and got a chance for a do-over? Alice Love is twenty-nine years old, madly in love with her husband, and pregnant with their first child. So imagine her surprise when, after a fall, she comes to on the floor of a gym (a...
Big little lies [electronic resource]
Moriarty, Liane.
Ebook
From the author of Here One Moment and The Husband's Secret comes the #1 New York Times bestselling novel about the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive. THE INSPIRATION FOR THE AWARD-WINNING HBO® SERIES STARRING REESE...
The husband's secret [electronic resource].
Moriarty, Liane.
Audiobook
Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret - something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that...
Nine perfect strangers [electronic resource] A Novel
Moriarty, Liane.
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, now a Hulu original series "If three characters were good in Big Little Lies, nine are even better in Nine Perfect Strangers." --Lisa Scottoline, The New York Times Book Review From the #1...
A confusion of princes
Nix, Garth author.
Paper Book
Garth Nix, bestselling author of the Keys to the Kingdom series and Shade's Children, combines space opera with a coming-of-age story in his YA novel A Confusion of Princes.   Superhuman. Immortal. Prince in a Galactic Empire. There has to be a catch....
Mister Monday
Nix, Garth author.
Paper Book
Seven days. Seven keys. Seven virtues. Seven sins. One mysterious house is the doorway to a very mysterious world - where one boy is about to venture and unlock a number of fantastical secrets.
Lizzie nonsense
Ormerod, Jan.
Paper Book
Pioneers in the Australian bush, like those on America's western frontier, had isolated, difficult lives. In this story, based on the author's own family history, Papa goes away to work, leaving Lizzie and Mama and baby alone in their little house. Lizzie's playful pretending turns routine...
Hit and run
Phipson, Joan.
Paper Book
Sixteen-year-old Roland's hit-and-run accident in a borrowed car sends him fleeing into the wild Australian countryside.
The other side of the family
Pople, Maureen, 1928-
Paper Book
Sent from England for safety during World War II to stay with an Australian grandmother known to hate her family, fifteen-year-old Katherine discovers a totally unexpected character and startling revelations about her family.
The book thief
Zusak, Markus.
Paper Book
The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier...
Bridge of clay [electronic resource].
Zusak, Markus.
Ebook
The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be life-changing." NAMED ONE OF THE BEST...

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