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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Big little lies
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
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...
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The husband's secret
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE--THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF BIG LITTLE LIES AND APPLES NEVER FALL One of the Best Books of the Year--Entertainment Weekly One of the Top Ten Books of the Year--People...
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Nine perfect strangers
Moriarty, Liane
Paper Book
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...
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A confusion of princes
Nix, Garth.
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....
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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.
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The book thief
Zusak, Markus.
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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...
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Bridge of Clay
Zusak, Markus
Paper Book
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY * THE WALL STREET JOURNAL The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE...
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