Books from Australia
159 popular australian books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Oceania Challenge" were written by authors from Australia.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith EN
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Winner of the Texas Institute of Letters Jesse H. Jones Award for Fiction A Best Book of the Year: BookPage A Must-Read: The New York Post and The Christian Science Monitor “A story of love, loss, and the enduring power of hope. I was transfixed from page one.” ―Lara Prescott, New York Times bestselling author of The Secrets We Kept From the bestselling author of The Last Painting of Sara de Vos, Dominic Smith’s Return to Valetto tells of a nearly abandoned Italian village, the family that stayed, and long-buried secrets from World War II. On a hilltop in Umbria sits Valetto. Once a thriving v... continue
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Road No Good by Bridget Isichei EN
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What happens when a young New Zealand woman feels the need to escape the online reality that is her life and goes in search of 'real' life experience in poverty-stricken Vanuatu? Bridget Isichei wanted to make a difference in the world; she wanted to help people. However, she didn't know what she was in for when she accepted a two-year volunteer humanitarian post to set up preschools and train women to be teachers in the popular tourist destination of Vanuatu. Instead of cocktails by the sea in a luxury resort, Bridget found herself in Luganville, a shanty town whose inhabitants were still pra... continue
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Sand Talk : How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta EN
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Originally published as 'Sand Talk' in Australia in 2019 by The Text Publishing Company.
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Saudade by Suneeta Peres Da Costa EN
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A Goan immigrant family caught between their complicity in Portuguese rule and their own outsider status in Angola pre-independence.
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Searching for the Secret River by Kate Grenville EN
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Kate Grenville describes her quest to find her convict ancestor, and to understand his life.
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See What You Made Me Do : Power, Control and Domestic Violence by Jess Hill EN
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Domestic abuse is a national emergency- one in four Australian women has experienced violence from a man she was intimate with. But too often we ask the wrong question- why didn't she leave? We should be asking- why did he do it? Investigative journalist Jess Hill puts perpetrators - and the systems that enable them - in the spotlight. See What You Made Me Do is a deep dive into the abuse so many women and children experience - abuse that is often reinforced by the justice system they trust to protect them. Critically, it shows that we can drastically reduce domestic violence - not in generati... continue
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Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts EN
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Novel based on author's life. Gregory David Roberts committed a series of robberies while addicted to heroin, and in 1980 he escaped over the front wall of Victoria's maximum-security prison, making him one of Australia's most wanted men. His subsequent journey took him to various places including Bombay, where he established a free medical clinic for slum-dwellers and worked as a counterfeiter, smuggler, gunrunner and street soldier for the Bombay mafia. Explores the author's journey from being a wanted criminal in Australia to finding humanity on the wild edge of experience.