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...
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....
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
FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BIG LITTLE LIES AND HERE ONE MOMENT A "cheerfully engaging"(Kirkus Reviews) novel for anyone who's ever asked herself, "How did I get here?" Alice Love is twenty-nine, crazy about...
Big little lies [electronic resource]
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...
The husband's secret [electronic resource].
Moriarty, Liane.
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller -- Imagine that your husband wrote you a letter to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his darkest secret -- something with the potential to destroy the life you built together, and the lives of others as well. Imagine, then, that you stumble...
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
Arthur Penhaligon, destined to die at a young age, is saved by a key shaped like the minute hand of a clock, but his survival invokes the wrath of the mysterious Mister Monday who will stop at nothing to get the key back.
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.
Paper Book
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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