Sarah's votes on the list Writers who have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers' Festival 2026

Listopia > Sarah's votes on the list Writers who have withdrawn from Adelaide Writers' Festival 2026 (66 Books)

1	The Season by Helen Garner really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,494 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner 4.09 avg rating — 3,822 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Spare Room by Helen Garner 3.90 avg rating — 9,629 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The First Stone by Helen Garner 3.58 avg rating — 2,885 ratings Sarah rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner 4.10 avg rating — 7,816 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	This House of Grief by Helen Garner 3.98 avg rating — 15,112 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Stories: The Collected Short Fiction by Helen Garner 3.66 avg rating — 995 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton 4.34 avg rating — 43,851 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Love Stories by Trent Dalton 4.13 avg rating — 19,010 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton 3.94 avg rating — 26,868 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton 4.33 avg rating — 103,061 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton 3.93 avg rating — 11,679 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Lyrebird by Jane Caro (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 5,316 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Mother by Jane Caro (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 5,383 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Accidental Feminists by Jane Caro (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 642 ratings Sarah added it to currently-reading See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah 4.28 avg rating — 1,544 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah 3.59 avg rating — 3,994 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah 3.65 avg rating — 12,318 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Springtime: A Ghost Story by Michelle de Kretser 3.03 avg rating — 1,075 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Questions of Travel by Michelle de Kretser 3.08 avg rating — 3,069 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Mullumbimby by Melissa Lucashenko 3.89 avg rating — 2,475 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko 4.04 avg rating — 9,142 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Mutiny on the Bounty: A saga of sex, sedition, mayhem and mutiny, and survival against extraordinary odds by Peter FitzSimons 4.46 avg rating — 2,538 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Dropbear by Evelyn Araluen 4.06 avg rating — 2,137 ratings Sarah rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 4,177 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Rot by Evelyn Araluen 4.33 avg rating — 454 ratings Sarah rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Black Witness: The Power of Indigenous Media by Amy McQuire 4.51 avg rating — 216 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Correspondent by Peter Greste really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 71 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The First Casualty: A Memoir from the Front Lines of the Global War on Journalism by Peter Greste 4.26 avg rating — 255 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Another Now: Dispatches from an Alternative Present by Yanis Varoufakis 3.78 avg rating — 2,741 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism by Yanis Varoufakis 4.01 avg rating — 12,226 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works—and How It Fails by Yanis Varoufakis 4.14 avg rating — 22,382 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	James by Percival Everett 4.41 avg rating — 607,020 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Trees by Percival Everett 4.06 avg rating — 69,149 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	On Beauty by Zadie Smith 3.79 avg rating — 93,984 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Devotion by Hannah Kent (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 13,791 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Good People by Hannah Kent (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 24,262 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 130,029 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Airways by Jennifer Mills (Goodreads Author) 2.70 avg rating — 96 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Salvage by Jennifer Mills (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 206 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Dyschronia by Jennifer Mills (Goodreads Author) 3.10 avg rating — 377 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka by Clare Wright 3.98 avg rating — 404 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	You Daughters of Freedom: The Australians Who Won the Vote and Inspired the World by Clare Wright 4.25 avg rating — 180 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Zadie Smith: How to Fail Better by Zadie Smith 3.64 avg rating — 28 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Fraud by Zadie Smith 3.25 avg rating — 36,808 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Dusk by Robbie Arnott 4.14 avg rating — 6,957 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Limberlost by Robbie Arnott 4.22 avg rating — 9,059 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott 4.01 avg rating — 6,821 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Flames by Robbie Arnott 4.04 avg rating — 4,582 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Work by Bri Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.36 avg rating — 6,011 ratings Sarah rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Who Gets to Be Smart: Privilege, Power and Knowledge by Bri Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 3,243 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Beauty by Bri Lee (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 1,907 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Eggshell Skull by Bri Lee (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 15,426 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	How Decent Folk Behave by Maxine Beneba Clarke 4.51 avg rating — 367 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Jesustown by Paul Daley 3.57 avg rating — 345 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All by Hannah Ferguson 4.21 avg rating — 2,607 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Taboo: Conversations We Never Had About Sex, Body Image, Work and Relationships by Hannah Ferguson 4.09 avg rating — 3,206 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Invisible Mending by Mike Ladd really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 3,535 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	On Reckoning by Amy Remeikis 4.72 avg rating — 569 ratings Sarah rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	What's the Big Idea?: 30 Years of the Australia Institute by Anna Chang (editor) 3.70 avg rating — 67 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee by Chloe Hooper 4.27 avg rating — 4,282 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	A Child's Book of True Crime by Chloe Hooper 2.97 avg rating — 810 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Arsonist: A Mind on Fire by Chloe Hooper 4.04 avg rating — 6,278 ratings Sarah rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Balcony Over Jerusalem: A Middle East Memoir - Israel, Palestine and Beyond by John Lyons 4.45 avg rating — 1,461 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	A Bunker in Kyiv: The Astonishing Story of the People's Army Defying Putin by John Lyons 4.26 avg rating — 335 ratings Sarah added it to to-read See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars