Favourite Australian Novels

[Mosman Library]

Last year Australian Book Review asked its readers for their Favourite Australian Novel (any era, any genre). 290 novels were nominated and the results were unveiled this month.

1. Cloudstreet - Tim Winton
2. The Fortunes of Richard Mahony - Henry Handel Richardson
3. Voss - Patrick White
4. Breath - Tim Winton
5. Oscar and Lucinda - Peter Carey
6. My Brother Jack - George Johnston
7. The Secret River - Kate Grenville
8. Eucalyptus - Murray Bail
9. The Man Who Loved Children - Christina Stead
10. The Tree of Man - Patrick White
11. My Brilliant Career - Miles Franklin
12. Monkey Grip - Helen Garner
13. Dirt Music - Tim Winton
14. The Vivisector - Patrick White
15. Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay
16. Remembering Babylon - David Malouf
17. For the Term of His Natural Life - Marcus Clarke
18. The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea - Randolph Stow
19. Carpentaria - Alexis Wright
20. The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas

You can read their feature article on the Top 10 here (PDF).