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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo NerudaThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsThe Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo NerudaCollected Poems by W.H. Auden
Best Poetry Books
3,077 books — 2,684 voters
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
Best History Books
4,099 books — 4,690 voters

The Harp in the South by Ruth Park
Set in Sydney
54 books — 23 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,830 books — 4,137 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Science Fiction
3,889 books — 8,033 voters
Carpentaria by Alexis WrightThe Harp in the South by Ruth ParkOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyCloudstreet by Tim WintonTrue History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Best Modern Australian Literature
576 books — 677 voters

True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter CareyOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyThe Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 2,012 voters
Carpentaria by Alexis WrightCloudstreet by Tim WintonThe Glass Canoe by David IrelandBreath by Tim WintonJourney to the Stone Country by Alex Miller
The Miles Franklin Literary Award
86 books — 48 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,935 books — 125,056 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Odyssey by HomerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainMildred Pierce by James M. Cain
Books that have been made into films from the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list
499 books — 25 voters

The Shepherd's Hut by Tim WintonGnomon by Nick HarkawayThe Overstory by Richard Powers
The 2019 Tournament of Books Longlist
76 books — 431 voters
Open by Andre Agassi
Best Sports History Books
226 books — 113 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,837 books — 26,142 voters
The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,505 books — 16,685 voters

Cloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe City & the City by China Miéville
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,233 books — 9,158 voters
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter WohllebenThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Thoughtful Reads / Book Club
126 books — 146 voters

The Black Obelisk by Erich Maria RemarqueFlotsam by Erich Maria RemarqueThree Comrades by Erich Maria RemarqueAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Best of Erich Maria Remarque
53 books — 18 voters