The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Victoria

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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
1036 The Fortunes Of Richard Mahony Henry Handel Richardson 1917 Australian English
1154 True History of the Kelly Gang Peter Carey 2000 Australian English
3868 Monkey Grip Helen Garner 1977 Australian English
5530 Africa Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund 1952 Czech Czech
7215 Tamarisk Row Gerald Murnane 1974 Australian English
7860 The Plains Gerald Murnane 1982 Australian English
8211 Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe 2014 Australian English
8489 The Dry Jane Harper 2016 Australian English
8509 The Broken Shore Peter Temple 2005 Australian English
8518 Into The Woods Anna Krien 2010 Australian English
8713 Are We There Yet? A Journey Around Australia Alison Lester 2004 Australian English
8935 The White Girl Tony Birch 2019 Australian English
9373 Their Brilliant Careers Ryan O’Neill 2016 Australian English
9799 Axiomatic Maria Tumarkin 2018 Australian English
10381 Tiger Daughter Rebecca Lim 2021 Australian English
10808 Laurinda Alice Pung 2014 Australian English
11079 Theory & Practice Michelle de Kretser 2024 Unknown English
12411 Growing Up In Australia Various authors Unknown Unknown
14199 Picnic At Hanging Rock Joan Lindsay 1967 Australian English
14730 The Looting Machine Tom Burgis 2015 British English
15903 Little Bush Maid Mary Grant Bruce 1910 Australian English
15903 The Eureka Stockade Raffaello Carboni 1855 Australian English
15903 Such Is Life Joseph Furphy 1903 Australian English
15903 Neo Colonialism, The Last Stage Of Imperialism Kwame Nkrumah 1965 Ghanaian English
17125 Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone Benjamin Stevenson 2022 Australian English
17125 The Life You Can Save Peter Singer 2009 Australian English
17125 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17125 New Australian Fiction Suzy Garcia 2019 Unknown English
17125 I Hope This Doesn't Find You Ann Liang 2024 Unknown English
17125 My Brother Jack George Johnston 1964 Australian English
17125 Lucinda Brayford Martin Boyd 1946 Australian English
17125 The Australian Ugliness Robin Boyd 1960 Australian English
17125 All The Green Year D E Charlwood 1965 Australian English
17125 A History Of Australia, Vol. Iv. Manning Clark 1978 Australian English
17125 The Lucky Country Donald Horne 1964 Australian English
17125 The Pea Pickers Eve Langley 1942 Australian English
17125 The Watcher On The Cast Iron Balcony Hal Porter 1963 Australian English
17125 They All Ran Wild Eric Rolls 1969 Australian English
17125 Ideas For Australian Cities Hugh Stretton 1970 Australian English
17125 The Australian Legend Russell Ward 1958 Australian English
17125 A History Of South Africa Frank Welsh 1998 Unknown English
17125 The Mystery Of A Hansom Cab Fergus Hume 2006 Australian English
17125 The Golden Spruce John Vaillant 2005 Canadian English
17125 The Dreaming Barbara Wood 1991 American English
17125 The Tao Of Cricket Ashis Nandy 1989 Indian English
17125 Trekka Round The World John Guzzwell 1979 British English
17125 Rip It Up And Start Again. Post Punk 1978 1984 Simon Reynolds 2005 British English
17125 Dying Cory Taylor 2016 Australian English