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
2031 Cosmos Alexander von Humboldt 1845 German German
3063 The Secret River Kate Grenville 2005 Australian English
5379 Bluenose Ghosts Helen Creighton 1969 Canadian English
5510 Riders In The Chariot Patrick White 1961 Australian English
6379 A Voyage Round The World Georg Forster 1777 German German
6542 Collected Poems Les A. Murray 1991 Australian English
6679 A Fraction Of The Whole Steve Toltz 2008 Australian English
6744 Life With Billy Brian Vallee 1986 Canadian English
7621 Dropbear Evelyn Araluen 2021 Australian English
8006 The Eye Of The Storm Patrick White 1973 Australian English
8186 Questions Of Travel Michelle de Kretser 2012 Australian English
8307 How The Light Gets In M. J. Hyland 2003 Australian English
8710 Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester 2004 Australian English
8980 Nova Scotia, Shaped By The Sea Lesley Choyce 2002 Canadian English
9061 The Tribe Michael Mohammed Ahmad 2014 Australian English
9188 The Confidence Game Maria Konnikova 2015 American English
9231 Panthers And The Museum Of Fire Jen Craig 2015 Australian English
9238 Tirra Lirra By The River Jessica Anderson 1978 Australian English
9370 Their Brilliant Careers Ryan O’Neill 2016 Australian English
9798 Blak Work Alison Whittaker 2018 Australian English
9968 Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens Shankari Chandran 2022 Unknown English
10124 The Winds Of Change Eugene Linden 2006 Unknown English
10571 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
10648 Chinese Postman Brian Castro 2024 Unknown English
10680 What An Owl Knows Jennifer Ackerman 2023 Unknown English
10887 Looking For Alibrandi Melina Marchetta 1992 Australian English
10990 Portable Curiosities Julie Koh 2016 Australian English
11079 Mirror Sydney Vanessa Berry 2017 Australian English
11351 The House Of Youssef Yumna Kassab 2019 Australian English
11496 What The Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley, Peter Read 2020 Unknown English
11641 On Animals Susan Orlean 2021 American English
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12410 Growing Up In Australia Various authors Unknown Unknown
13735 Christianity In The Twentieth Century Brian Stanley 2018 British English
13885 Faith Singer Rosie Scott 2000 Australian English
14588 Confident Women Tori Telfer 2021 Unknown English
14760 The Home Of The Blizzard Douglas Mawson 1914 Australian English
14896 The Harp In The South Ruth Park 1948 Australian English
14983 Ornamentalism David Cannadine 2001 British English
14983 Ultra Processed People Chris van Tulleken 2023 British English
14983 The Happiest Man On Earth Eddie Jaku 2020 Unknown English
15897 Seven Little Australians Ethel Turner 1894 Australian English
15897 The Story Of Anzac C E W Bean 1921 Australian English
15897 A House Is Built M Bernard Eldershaw 1929 Australian English
15897 Here's Luck Lennie Lower 1930 Australian English
15897 Johah Louis Stone 1911 Australian English
15897 Two Expeditions Into The Interior Of Southern Australia, 1828 31 Charles Sturt 1833 Australian English
15897 A Complete Account Of The Settlement At Port Jackson Watkin Tench 1793 Australian English
15897 Ralph Rashleigh James Tucker 1929 Australian English
15897 The Cruise Of The Snark Jack London 1911 American English
17117 Our Country’s Good Timberlake Wertenbaker 1988 British English
17117 The Global Soul Pico Iyer 2000 British English
17117 Whole Earth Discipline Stewart Brand 2009 American English
17117 The Climate Book Greta Thunberg 2022 Swedish English
17117 What Alice Forgot Liane Moriarty 2009 Australian English
17117 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17117 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17117 Restless Dolly Maunder Kate Grenville 2023 Australian English
17117 New Australian Fiction Suzy Garcia 2019 Unknown English
17117 There And Back: Diaries 1999 2009 Michael Palin 2024 British English
17117 The Last Place On Earth Roland Huntford 1979 British English
17117 Sea Of Glory Nathaniel Philbrick 2003 American English
17117 Bliss Peter Carey 1981 Australian English
17117 How Big Things Get Done Bent Flyvbjerg 2023 Unknown English
17117 Tides Of Fire James Rollins 2023 American English
17117 Lost Connections Johann Hari 2018 British English
17117 Lifespan David A. Sinclair 2019 Australian English
17117 A Corner Of A Foreign Field Ramachandra Guha 2003 Indian English
17117 My Brother Jack George Johnston 1964 Australian English
17117 Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come Jessica Pan 2019 Unknown English
17117 The Impersonators Jessica Anderson 1980 Australian English
17117 Homesickness Murray Bail 1980 Australian English
17117 The Australian Ugliness Robin Boyd 1960 Australian English
17117 A History Of Australia, Vol. Iv. Manning Clark 1978 Australian English
17117 They're A Wierd Mob Nino Culotta 1957 Australian English
17117 Come In Spinner Dymphna Cusack, Florence James 1951 Australian English
17117 The Timeless Land Eleanor Dark 1941 Australian English
17117 Kings In Grass Castles Mary Durack 1959 Australian English
17117 Careful, He Might Hear You Summer Locke Elliott 1963 Australian English
16764 Rum Rebellion H V Evatt 1938 Australian English
17117 Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia Edward John Eyre 2004 Australian English
17117 The Letters Of Rachel Henning Rachel Henning 1952 Australian English
17117 The Lucky Country Donald Horne 1964 Australian English
17117 The Americans, Baby Frank Moorhouse 1972 Australian English
17117 The Shiralee D'Arcy Niland 1955 Australian English
17117 Wild Men Of Sydney Cyril Pearl 1958 Australian English
17117 Flying Fox And Drifting Sand Francis Ratcliffe 1976 Australian English
17117 Ideas For Australian Cities Hugh Stretton 1970 Australian English
17117 The Battlers Kylie Tennant 1941 Australian English
17117 The Australian Legend Russell Ward 1958 Australian English
17117 Our Final Warning Mark Lynas 2020 British English
17117 Free Speech Jacob Mchangama 2024 Unknown English
17117 The Chaos Machine Max Fisher 2022 Unknown English
17117 The Beatles Anthology The Beatles 2000 British English
17117 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17117 Here Goes Nothing Steve Toltz 2022 Australian English
17117 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
16870 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17117 The Dreaming Barbara Wood 1991 American English
17117 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17117 Our Fragile Moment Michael Mann 2023 Unknown English
17117 The Dictionary People Sarah Ogilvie 2023 Unknown English
17117 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17117 The Earth Transformed Peter Frankopan 2023 British English
17117 The Half Known Life Pico Iyer 2023 British English
17117 The Mastermind Evan Ratliff 2019 American English
17117 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17117 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17117 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17117 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17117 All That I Am Anna Funder 2011 Australian English
17117 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17117 Trekka Round The World John Guzzwell 1979 British English
17117 The Happiest Refugee Anh Do 2010 Australian English