The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Melbourne

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
2298 The Getting Of Wisdom Henry Handel Richardson 1910 Australian English
3869 Monkey Grip Helen Garner 1977 Australian English
4853 Melbourne David Cecil 1939 British English
4930 Running Jean Echenoz 2008 French French
5489 The Slap Christos Tsiolkas 2008 Australian English
8516 Into The Woods Anna Krien 2010 Australian English
8711 Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester 2004 Australian English
9371 Their Brilliant Careers Ryan O’Neill 2016 Australian English
9798 Axiomatic Maria Tumarkin 2018 Australian English
10380 Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim 2021 Australian English
10449 Arthur Ashe: A Life Raymond Arsenault 2018 Unknown English
10807 Laurinda Alice Pung 2014 Australian English
10875 Anam André Dao 2023 Unknown English
10968 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
11078 Theory & Practice Michelle de Kretser 2024 Unknown English
12023 Cafe Scheherazade Arnold Zable 2001 Australian English
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12410 Growing Up In Australia Various authors Unknown Unknown
13211 The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion 2013 Australian English
14896 Power Without Glory Frank Hardy 1950 Australian English
14983 The Children's Bach Helen Garner 1984 Australian English
16884 Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll Ray Lawler 1955 Australian English
17119 The Spare Room Helen Garner 2008 Australian English
17119 The Life You Can Save Peter Singer 2009 Australian English
17119 New Australian Fiction Suzy Garcia 2019 Unknown English
17119 I Hope This Doesn't Find You Ann Liang 2024 Unknown English
17119 Endure Alex Hutchinson 2018 Canadian English
17119 The Sports Gene David Epstein 2013 American English
17119 My Brother Jack George Johnston 1964 Australian English
17119 Lucinda Brayford Martin Boyd 1946 Australian English
17119 The Australian Ugliness Robin Boyd 1960 Australian English
17119 A History Of Australia, Vol. Iv. Manning Clark 1978 Australian English
17119 The Lucky Country Donald Horne 1964 Australian English
17119 The Watcher On The Cast Iron Balcony Hal Porter 1963 Australian English
17119 Ideas For Australian Cities Hugh Stretton 1970 Australian English
17119 The Australian Legend Russell Ward 1958 Australian English
17119 The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab Fergus Hume 2006 Australian English
17119 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17119 The Dreaming Barbara Wood 1991 American English
17119 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17119 Rip It Up And Start Again. Post Punk 1978 1984 Simon Reynolds 2005 British English
17119 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English