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    The 25 best Australian novels of the last 25 years

    • It’s hard to compare Carpentariato any other novel, so it’s probably best to just read it. Alexis Wright brings her shimmering style to the fictional town of Desperance, in the Gulf country of north-wester… See more

    Breath, Tim Winton

    Before you cry “what about Cloudstreet or The Riders?“, I’ll remind you that this list only extends to the past 25 years. But if you love those novels, you’ll find yourself in familiar terr… See more

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    A Fraction of The Whole, Steve Toltz

    The first in what Toltz calls his “trilogy of fear novels”, A Fraction of the Wholefollows the adventures of the outlandish Dean family. It’s told from the perspective of Jasper Dea… See more

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    The Slap, Christos Tsiolkas

    The scene is familiar to many: snags on the backyard barbecue, family and friends mingle, drinks are poured. But in this novel, everything stops when a man slaps a misbehavin… See more

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    Jasper Jones, Craig Silvey

    This coming-of-age classic follows bookish teenager Charlie Bucktin, who becomes tied to outcast Jasper Jones through a terrible secret. Set in 1965 in the fictional regional mi… See more

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    That Deadman Dance, Kim Scott

    The novel explores first contact between the Noongar people and European whalers and sealers anchored on the coastline of southern Western Australia, the so-called “friendly fro… See more

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