Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Booker Prize Eligible 2022
160 books — 217 voters
Everything, All At Once by Cherie BaridLove & Virtue by Diana ReidThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayI Can Jump Puddles by Alan Marshall
Best Modern Australian Literature
562 books — 669 voters

Who Gets to Be Smart by Bri LeeTalkin' Up to the White Woman by Aileen Moreton-RobinsonDark Emu by Bruce Pascoe
Excellent Aussie Non-Fiction
127 books — 21 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyPersuasion by Jane Austen
Popular Penguins
200 books — 102 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,331 books — 24,664 voters
Eragon by Christopher PaoliniJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,189 books — 25,736 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingDune by Frank Herbert
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Young Adult Books
13,093 books — 80,183 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,575 books — 120,234 voters
Hating Alison Ashley by Robin KleinI Can Jump Puddles by Alan MarshallPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayPlaying Beatie Bow by Ruth Park
The Allison Colpoys Collection
38 books — 7 voters

What a Time to Be Alone by Chidera EggerueWomen Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence GivenFeminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies) by Scarlett CurtisGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
Feminism for the 99% (nonfiction)
111 books — 12 voters
How to Grow a Family Tree by Eliza Henry-JonesA Thousand Perfect Notes by C.G. DrewsHive by A.J. BettsHeadgames by Casey LeverAmelia Westlake by Erin Gough
The Best Australian YA Fiction
28 books — 5 voters

Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenBridge of Clay by Markus ZusakThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland
Fictitious Australia
462 books — 115 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoThe Witches by Roald Dahl
Best (Classic) Books for Teens
147 books — 303 voters