The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Sydney

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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
2032 Cosmos Alexander von Humboldt 1845 German German
3065 The Secret River Kate Grenville 2005 Australian English
5381 Bluenose Ghosts Helen Creighton 1969 Canadian English
5513 Riders In The Chariot Patrick White 1961 Australian English
6382 A Voyage Round The World Georg Forster 1777 German German
6544 Collected Poems Les A. Murray 1991 Australian English
6680 A Fraction Of The Whole Steve Toltz 2008 Australian English
6745 Life With Billy Brian Vallee 1986 Canadian English
7622 Dropbear Evelyn Araluen 2021 Australian English
8007 The Eye Of The Storm Patrick White 1973 Australian English
8188 Questions Of Travel Michelle de Kretser 2012 Australian English
8309 How The Light Gets In M. J. Hyland 2003 Australian English
8714 Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester 2004 Australian English
8984 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
9066 The Tribe Michael Mohammed Ahmad 2014 Australian English
9192 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9235 Panthers And The Museum Of Fire Jen Craig 2015 Australian English
9242 Tirra Lirra By The River Jessica Anderson 1978 Australian English
9375 Their Brilliant Careers Ryan O’Neill 2016 Australian English
9802 Blak Work Alison Whittaker 2018 Australian English
9973 Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens Shankari Chandran 2022 Unknown English
10129 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10578 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
10655 Chinese Postman Brian Castro 2024 Unknown English
10687 What An Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman 2023 Unknown English
10894 Looking For Alibrandi Melina Marchetta 1992 Australian English
10997 Portable Curiosities Julie Koh 2016 Australian English
11086 Mirror Sydney Vanessa Berry 2017 Australian English
11358 The House Of Youssef Yumna Kassab 2019 Australian English
11500 What The Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley, Peter Read 2020 Unknown English
11644 On Animals Susan Orlean 2021 American English
12123 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12412 Growing Up In Australia Various authors Unknown Unknown
13736 Christianity In The Twentieth Century Brian Stanley 2018 British English
13886 Faith Singer Rosie Scott 2000 Australian English
14589 Confident Women Tori Telfer 2021 Unknown English
14761 The Home Of The Blizzard Douglas Mawson 1914 Australian English
14899 The Harp In The South Ruth Park 1948 Australian English
14985 Ornamentalism David Cannadine 2001 British English
14985 Ultra Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
14985 The Happiest Man On Earth Eddie Jaku 2020 Unknown English
15916 Seven Little Australians Ethel Turner 1894 Australian English
15916 The Story Of Anzac C E W Bean 1921 Australian English
15916 A House Is Built M Bernard Eldershaw 1929 Australian English
15916 Here's Luck Lennie Lower 1930 Australian English
15916 Johah Louis Stone 1911 Australian English
15916 Two Expeditions Into The Interior Of Southern Australia, 1828 31 Charles Sturt 1833 Australian English
15916 A Complete Account Of The Settlement At Port Jackson Watkin Tench 1793 Australian English
15916 Ralph Rashleigh James Tucker 1929 Australian English
15916 The Cruise Of The Snark Jack London 1911 American English
17163 Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988 British English
17163 The Global Soul Pico Iyer 2000 British English
17163 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17163 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English
17163 What Alice Forgot Liane Moriarty 2009 Australian English
17163 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17163 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17163 Restless Dolly Maunder Kate Grenville 2023 Australian English
17163 New Australian Fiction Suzy Garcia 2019 Unknown English
17163 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17163 The Last Place On Earth Roland Huntford 1979 British English
17163 Sea Of Glory Nathaniel Philbrick 2003 American English
17163 Everything I Know About Love Dolly Alderton 2018 British English
17163 Bliss Peter Carey 1981 Australian English
17163 How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg 2023 Unknown English
17163 Tides Of Fire James Rollins 2023 American English
17163 Lost Connections Johann Hari 2018 British English
17163 Lifespan David A. Sinclair 2019 Australian English
17163 A Corner Of A Foreign Field Ramachandra Guha 2003 Indian English
17163 My Brother Jack George Johnston 1964 Australian English
17163 Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come Jessica Pan 2019 Unknown English
17163 The Impersonators Jessica Anderson 1980 Australian English
17163 Homesickness Murray Bail 1980 Australian English
17163 The Australian Ugliness Robin Boyd 1960 Australian English
17163 A History Of Australia, Vol. Iv. Manning Clark 1978 Australian English
17163 They're A Wierd Mob Nino Culotta 1957 Australian English
17163 Come In Spinner Dymphna Cusack, Florence James 1951 Australian English
17163 The Timeless Land Eleanor Dark 1941 Australian English
17163 Kings In Grass Castles Mary Durack 1959 Australian English
17163 Careful, He Might Hear You Summer Locke Elliott 1963 Australian English
16808 Rum Rebellion H V Evatt 1938 Australian English
17163 Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia Edward John Eyre 2004 Australian English
17163 The Letters Of Rachel Henning Rachel Henning 1952 Australian English
17163 The Lucky Country Donald Horne 1964 Australian English
17163 The Americans, Baby Frank Moorhouse 1972 Australian English
17163 The Shiralee D'Arcy Niland 1955 Australian English
17163 Wild Men Of Sydney Cyril Pearl 1958 Australian English
17163 Flying Fox And Drifting Sand Francis Ratcliffe 1976 Australian English
17163 Ideas For Australian Cities Hugh Stretton 1970 Australian English
17163 The Battlers Kylie Tennant 1941 Australian English
17163 The Australian Legend Russell Ward 1958 Australian English
17163 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17163 Free Speech Jacob Mchangama 2024 Unknown English
17163 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17163 The Beatles Anthology The Beatles 2000 British English
17163 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17163 Here Goes Nothing Steve Toltz 2022 Australian English
17163 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
16912 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17163 The Dreaming Barbara Wood 1991 American English
17163 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17163 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17163 The Dictionary People Sarah Ogilvie 2023 Unknown English
17163 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17163 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17163 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17163 The Mastermind Evan Ratliff 2019 American English
17163 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17163 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17163 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17163 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17163 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17163 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17163 Trekka Round The World John Guzzwell 1979 British English
17163 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English