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Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
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Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
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Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
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Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: 1
Read a minimum of 12 books for the year by Australian Authors...
3 x Male Authors
1. The First Friend by Malcolm Knox
2. Ghost Cities by Siang Lu
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3 x Female Authors
1. Rapture by Emily Maguire
2. The Work by Bri Lee
3. Stories My Grandmothers Didn't Tell Me by Andra Putnis
3 x 2025 New Release
1. The Knowing by Madeleine Ryan
2. Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place by Kate Grenville
3. Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks
3 x Favourite genre (Literary Fiction)
1. The Choke by Sofie Laguna
2. The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
3. Sixty Lights by Gail Jones
I reckon I was a bit optimistic this year so this time I will just go for a dozen! I'm spoiled for choice as I got an Aussie Crime Fiction mystery bag at the library the other day (great fun), but let's see which ones I get on with and which I DNF like hot potatoes in my usual fashion.Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
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Male Authors
1. The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill ✅ fin Feb 12 - 4 stars
2. 17 Years Later by J.P. Pomare ✅ fin Feb 22, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
3. Murder in the Pacific: Ifira Point by Matt Francis ✅ fin Mar 5, ⭐️⭐️⭐️.
Female Authors
1. No Country for Girls by Emma Styles ✅ fin Jan 10, ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
2. Perfections by Kirstyn McDermott ✅ fin Feb 28, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. The Chilling by Riley James ✅ fin May 5, ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
2025 New Releases - no clue what new releases are coming up, will have to have a look at my library.
1. Landovel by Emily Rodda ✅
- fin 7 Aug, ⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. The Butterfly Women AA - Finished 21 Nov 2025, 5 stars ✅
3.The Stolen - Vikki Petraitis ✅ AA - 3 stars, finished 23 Nov 2025
Favourite Genre (Crime Fiction, Romance or Horror)
1. Newly Undead in Dark River fin Apr 8, ⭐️⭐️⭐️✅
2. Thirty-Three Teethby Colin Cotterill fin Jul 31, ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 ✅
3. The Spider and Her Demons by sydney khoo fin Jan 25, ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 ✅ (I guess it kind of counts? It's light horror)
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Sign me up please, Brenda!Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
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**All Authors for this challenge are to be Australian!**
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Count me in :)Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Easy
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Male Authors
1. The Nowhere Child Christian White AA
2. The Bogan Book Club AA Done 4* 12/5/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. 17 Years Later J.P. Pomare AA Done 5* 4/9/2025https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Female Authors
1. The Jam Maker Mary-Lou Stephens AA Done 5* 25/1/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. The Three of Us Kim Lock AA Done 4* 22/2/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. The Reunion Bronwyn Rivers AA Done 4* 10/3/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2025 New Releases
1. A Snowy River Summer Stella Quinn AA Done 5* 8/3/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. A Cold Dose of Murder Emily George AA Done 4* 18/2/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Where the Heart Is Nicola Marsh AA Done 4* 29/01/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Favourite Genre Romance
1. Ring for an Heir Annie West AA Done 5* 3/1/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. After-Hours Proposal (Harlequin Presents Trish Morey AA Done 5* 6/2/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. Breaking the Ice Amy Andrews AA Done 5* 26/7/2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: 1
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Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
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🦘 Male Authors
1. Dusk by Robbie Arnott - 02/01 - 5★
2. Wild Dogs by Michael Trant - 27/04 - 3★
3. Juice by Tim Winton - 10/06 - 4★
4. The Falls by B. Michael Radburn - 13/03 - 3★
5. The Valley by Chris Hammer - 07/05 - 5★
6. The Wreckage by Michael Robotham - 22/06 - 3★
7. The Ledge by Christian White - 11/08 - 4★
8. The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland - 05/11 - 4.5★
9. The Wrong Woman by J.P. Pomare - 16/11 - 4★
🦘 Female Authors
1. Horse by Geraldine Brooks - 13/01 - 5★
2. Willowman by Inga Simpson - 25/05 - 5★
3. The Season by Helen Garner - 18/02 - 4★
4. Till Death Do Us Tart by H.Y. Hanna - 01/04 - 3.5★
5. The Golden Thread by Tea Cooper - 04/06 - 4★
6. The Mummy Bloggers by Holly Wainwright - 28/07 - 3★
7. The Last Woman in the World by Inga Simpson - 12/09 - 5★
8. The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird - 06/06 - 5★
9. Art Hour at the Duchess Hotel by Sophie Green - 21/10 - 3.5★
2025 New Releases
1. One Dark Night by Hannah Richell (pub 01/01) - 12/04 - 4★
2. The Sirens by Emilia Hart (pub 12/02) - 19/06 - 4★
3. The Deadly Dispute by Amanda Hampson (pub 01/04) - 15/08 - 4.5★
4. The Stranger at the Table by Cassie Hamer (pub 01/04) - 10/05 - 3.5★
5. The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan (pub 30/04) - 10/07 - 4★
6. The Ladies' Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison Goodman (pub 30/04) - 26/08 - 4★
7. Nemesis by Patricia Wolf (pub 10/06) - 10/08 - 4★
8. The Hollow Girl by Lyn Yeowart (pub 02/09) -
9. Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent (pub 29/04) - 17/09 - 4.5★
🦘 Favourite Genre - Mystery
1. Opal by Patricia Wolf - 17/01 - 4★
2. The Lullaby Man by Anni Taylor - 27/03 - 4★
3. Killarney by Nikki Mottram - 05/03 - 4.5★
4. Sanctuary by Garry Disher - 09/03 - 4★
5. A Shadow at the Door by Jo Dixon - 04/04 - 3.5★
6. Say You're Sorry by Michael Robotham - 26/07 - 4★
7. The Reach by B. Michael Radburn - 21/08 - 4★
8. Gone by Glenna Thomson - 06/09 - 4★
9. Bridge to Burn by Rachel Amphlett - 13/11 - 3.5★
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Male Authors
✔︎1. Tim Winton Juice 30/1 5★
✔︎2. Peter Carey The Chemistry of Tears 5/1 3★
✔︎3. Richard Flanagan Question 7 19/2 4★
✔︎4. Jock Serong Cherrywood 26/5 4★
✔︎5. Markus Zusak Three Wild Dogs (and the Truth): A Memoir 20/4 4★
✔︎6. Garth Nix The Left-Handed Booksellers of London 23/7 3★
✔︎7. Shane Jenek Caught in the Act 3/3 4★
✔︎8. Robert Drewe Our Sunshine 8/3 3★
✔︎9. Christopher Koch Lost Voices 20/1 5★
Female Authors
✔︎1. Lolo Houbein Tibetan Transit 10/1 4★
✔︎2. Karen Wyld Where the Fruit Falls 9/2 4★
✔︎3. Sue Butler Rebel Without A Clause 5/2 4★
✔︎4. Liz Byrski A Month of Sundays 4/2 4★
✔︎5. Helen Garner The Season 3/3 4★
✔︎6. Inga Simpson The Thinning 5/4 5★
✔︎7. Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood 30/4 4★
✔︎8. Leila Yusaf Chung Chasing Shadows 10/5 3★
✔︎9. Anna Funder Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life 10/2 5★
2025 New Releases
✔︎1. Memorial Days: A Memoir by Geraldine Brooks 14/6 4★
✔︎2. Where the Birds Call Her Name by Claire van Ryn 22/5 4★
✔︎3. By Her Hand: An engrossing historical fiction debut, a tale of family, battles and female empowerment, for readers who love Geraldine Brooks and Maggie O'Farrell by Marion Taffe 30/5 5★
✔︎4. The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan 16/11 4★
✔︎5. Lyrebird by Jane Caro 10/4 4★
✔︎6. The Lotus Shoes by Jane Yang 22/6 4★
✔︎7. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy 2/11 5★
✔︎8. Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent 4/11 4★
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Favourite Genre (Historical Fiction)
✔︎1. At The Foot Of The Cherry Tree by Alli Parker 18/5 4★
✔︎2. The Dressmaker's Secret by Rosalie Ham 2/4 2★
✔︎3. Rapture by Emily Maguire 18/4 4★
✔︎4. The Divine Wind by Garry Disher 7/5 4★
✔︎5. Grand Days by Frank Moorhouse 24/3 4★
✔︎6. Preservation by Jock Serong 14/7 4★
✔︎7. The Butterfly Collector by Tea Cooper 8/6 4★
✔︎8. The Lovers' Room by Steven Carroll 24/6 5★
✔︎9. A Woman's Work by Victoria Purman 3/9 4★
Count me in.Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: 1
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1. Tom Houghton by Todd Alexander 4★ (21/4/25)
2. The Best of Adam Sharp by Graeme Simsion
3. Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
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1. The Book of Emmett by Deborah Forster
2. Food, Sex and Money by Liz Byrski
3. A Family of Strangers by Fiona Lowe 4★ (6/4/25)
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1.The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan
2. The Sirens by Emilia Hart
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1. Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie
2.The Only Child by Kayte Nunn
3. The Dark Lake by Sarah Bailey
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Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2022Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Two
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Male Authors
1. The Seven by Chris Hammer 4★ (10/8/25)
2. An Empty Coast by Tony Park 3★ (22/5/25)
3. Thaw by Dennis Glover 4★ (10/1/25)
4. The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty 4★ (5/2/25)
5. Mole Creek by James Dunbar
6. The Ledge by Christian White 4★ (24/2/25)
Female Authors
1. Matia by Emily Tsokos Purtill 4★ (20/6/25)
2. The Creeper by Margaret Hickey 4.5★ (13/4/25)
3. Little Stones by Elizabeth Kuiper 4★ (6/6/25)
4. Fall Girl by Toni Jordan 3.5★ (8/5/25)
5. Heartsease by Kate Kruimink 4★ (26/6/25)
6. Theory & Practice by Michelle de Kretser 4★ (29/4/25)
2025 New Releases
1. Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent 5★ (9/7/25)
2. The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan 4.5★ (13/7/25)
3. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks 5★ (24/5/25)
4. Where the Birds Call Her Name by Claire van Ryn 3.5★ (22/2/25)
5. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy 5★ (8/4/25)
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Favourite Genre - Historical Fiction
1. Saltblood by Francesca De Tores 3★ (2/4/25)
2. Horse by Geraldine Brooks
3. The Ink Stain by Meg Keneally 3★ (4/7/25)
4. The Sugar Palace by Fiona McIntosh 3★ (17/2/25)
5. The Honourable Thief by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
6. The Winter Dress by Lauren Chater 4★ (17/5/25)
OK, I will confess, I have been checking daily since the read-a-thon, looking for the new challenges to start!So of course I am in. Books to follow
Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
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3 x Male Authors
✅ 1 - Babel - Barry Maitland - - 25/4/2025 - ★★★
✅ 2 - The Verge Practice - Barry Maitland - 24/5/2025 - ★★★★
✅ 3 - No Trace - Barry Maitland - 6/6/2025 - ★★★★
3 x Female Authors
✅ 1 - Stone Town - Margaret Hickey - 24/8/2025 - ★★★★
✅ 2 - Broken Bay- Margaret Hickey - 31/8/2025 - ★★★☆
✅ 3 - The Creeper- Margaret Hickey - 28/8/2025 - ★★★
3 x 2025 New Release
✅ 1 - The Unquiet Grave - Dervla McTiernan - 10/5/2025 - ★★★★
✅ 2 - Hang on St. Christopher - Adrian McKinty - 13/6/2025 - ★★★★
✅ 3 - The Body Next Door - Zane Lovitt - 14/7/2025 - ★★★★
3 x Favourite genre (Police/Crime)
✅ 1 - All My Enemies - Barry Maitland - 3/1/2025 - ★★★★
✅ 2 - The Chalon Heads - Barry Maitland - 3/2/2025 - ★★★☆
✅ 3 - Silvermeadow- Barry Maitland - 8/3/2025 - ★★★★
Yay! New challenges!Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: ?
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Male Authors
1. The Montegiallo School of Swearing by Andrew HC McDonald fin 5/4/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. The Nightmare Sequence by Omar Sakr fin 9/5/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Eden by Mark Brandi fin 25/6/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. The White Crow by Michael Robotham fin 28/7/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Legacy by Chris Hammer fin 18/10/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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1. Translations by Jumaana Abdu fin13/1/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Voices in the Dark by Fleur McDonald fin 8/1/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life by Anna Funder fin 14/2/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty fin 22/2/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. The Spare Room by Helen Garner fin 11/3/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. Shadowfell by Juliet Marillier fin 28/4/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan fin 1/5/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. Raven Flight by Juliet Marillier fin 7/5/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. The Caller by Juliet Marillier fin 6/6/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2025 New Releases
1. The Spirit Circle by Tara Calaby fin 6/1/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2. Lyrebird by Jane Caro fin 22/2/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Barren Cape by Michelle Prak fin 27/2/25 ⭐️⭐️
4. The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins fin 8/3/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. Miles Franklin Undercover: The little-known years when she created her own brilliant career by Kerrie Davies fin 11/3/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. The Wolf Tree by Laura McCluskey fin 23/3/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. When She Was Gone by Sara Foster fin 24/4/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. The Ghost Walk by Karen Herbert fin 29/6/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. The Palazzo by Kayte Nunn fin 25/7/25 ⭐️⭐️
Favourite Genre Historical fiction
1. Murder in Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood fin28/1/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2.That Bligh Girl by Sue Williams fin 9/2/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods fin 18/2/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
4. Songs for the Dead and the Living by Sara M. Saleh fin 23/2/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5. By Her Hand by Marion Taffe fin 2/4/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
6. Fulvia by Kaarina Parker fin 16/6/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
7. Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin fin 18/7/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
8. Slashed Beauties by A. Rushby fin 13/9/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
9. Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood fin 26/9/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: 1
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Male Authors
✔️ 1. Breath- Tim Winton. 13/4/25
✔️ 2. Eden - Mark Brandi 14/8/25
✔️ 3. The Bogan Book Club - John Larkin. 18/1/25
Female Authors
✔️ 1. The Art of Taxidermy - Sharon Kernot 3* 10/1/25
✔️ 2. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow - Jessica Townsend 8/6/25
✔️ 3. The Burrow - Melanie Cheng 8/9/25
✔️2025 New Releases
1.✔️ The Theory of Everything - Yumna Kassab 17/3/25
2. ✔️ Human/Nature: On Life in a Wild World - Jane Rawson 21/4/25
3. ✔️ Nightingale - Laura Elvery 4/5/25
Favourite Genre - Literary Fiction
✔️ 1. The Thinning - Inga Simpson 11/6/25
2. ✔️ The Sun Was Electric Light - Rachel Morton 4/6/25
✔️3. West Girls - Laura Elizabeth Woollett. 18/1/25
Please note that the template has the year as 2022, and some of us have copied that!
Annual Aussie Author Challenge 2025 - Everything is Australian - COMPLETEDLevel One: 12 titles (one set) - all AUSSIE authors
TASKS:
3 x Male Authors ✔️
1. The 113th Assistant Librarian by Stuart Wilson - 02/01/25 - 5★s
2. The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix - 10/01/25 - 2★s
3. Catch Me If I Fall by Barry Jonsberg - 12/01/25 - 3★s
3 x Female Authors ✔️
1. Maeve's Baby by Fiona McArthur - 01/02/25 - 4★s
2. The Lupin Fields by Heather Reyburn - 09/04/25 - 4★s
3. Murder at the Piccadilly Playhouse by C.J. Archer - 14/03/25 - 5★s
3 x 2025 New Release✔️
1. The Calendar Mums by Lauren K McKellar - 11/03/25 - 5★s
2. Where the Heart Is by Nicola Marsh - release date 01/02/25 - 19/01/25 - 5★s
3. The Whisperer's War by Jackie French - - 24/02/25 - 5★s
3 x Favourite genre - Romance ✔️
1. The Drifter by Anthea Hodgson - 21/04/25 - 2★s
2. The Trouble With Choices by Trish Morey - 11/01/25 - 5★s
3. Home To Turtle Bay by Marion Lennox - 07/04/25 - 4★s
Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Three
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Male Authors
✅1. The Nowhere Child by Christian White - 16/02, 5⭐
✅2. Crosskill by Garry Disher - 11/03, 4⭐
✅3. Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton - 27/04, 5⭐
✅4. The Wrong Man by Tim Ayliffe - 09/06, 5⭐
✅5. Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson - 14/06, 4⭐
✅6. Invisible Boys by Holden Sheppard - 04/08, 5⭐
✅7. Treasure & Dirt by Chris Hammer - 17/08, 4⭐
✅8. The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion - 17/09, 5⭐
✅9. Quick by Steve Worland - 04/11, 5⭐
Female Authors
✅1. Jacaranda by Mandy Magro - 14/01, 3⭐
✅2. Too Much Lip by Melissa Lucashenko - 12/05, 4⭐
✅3. Paradise by Patricia Wolf - 18/05, 5⭐
✅4. The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins - 11/06, 5⭐
✅5. Geraldine by Andrea Thompson - 17/06, 5⭐
✅6. Hades by Candice Fox - 27/07, 5⭐
✅7. The Wedding Forecast by Nina Kenwood - 05/08, 4⭐
✅8. Retribution by Sarah Barrie - 10/09, 4⭐
✅9. Birds of a Feather by Rhianna King - 19/10, 5⭐
2025 New Releases
✅1. Blood Pact by Fiona McIntosh - 09/03, 4⭐
✅2. The Campers by Maryrose Cuskelly - 09/03, 3⭐
✅3. Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods - 30/04, 4⭐
✅4. Love on the Air by Ash London - 10/05, 5⭐
✅5. The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison Goodman - 09/08, 5⭐
✅6. A Piece of Red Cloth by Leonie Norrington, Merrkiyawuy Ganambarr-Stubbs, Djawa Burarrwanga & Djawundil Maymuru - 10/08, 5⭐
✅7. Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin - 09/09, 5⭐
✅8. Whisky Valley by Joan Sauers - 18/10, 4⭐
✅9. The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Mark Mupotsa-Russell - 24/11, 5⭐
Favourite Genre: Historical Fiction
✅1. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams - 09/01, 4⭐
✅2. Rapture by Emily Maguire - 16/01, 4⭐
✅3. Among the Grey Gums by Paula J. Beavan - 31/01, 3⭐
✅4. Khaki Town by Judy Nunn - 31/01, 4⭐
✅5. Saltblood by Francesca De Tores - 20/02, 3⭐
✅6. Dirrayawadha by Anita Heiss - 13/04, 4⭐
✅7. The Night on the Darling River by Darry Fraser - 12/08, 5⭐
✅8. The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer - 29/10, 5⭐
✅9. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman - 31/10, 5⭐
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Level: 1
12/12 (all AA)
Male Authors
📔1. S.R. White, White Ash Ridge, 4/29/25, 3*, AA
📔2. Silk Road, Colin Falconer, 6/17/25, 5*, AA
📔3. The Banksia House Breakout, James Roxburgh, 8/29/25, 3*, AA
Female Authors
📔1. Rachel Amphlett, None the Wiser, 1/13/25, 3*, AA
📔2. Sally Rigby, Deadly Games, 1/21/25, 4*, AA
📔3. The Only Child, Kayte Nunn, 3/11/25, 5*, AA
2025 New Releases
📔1. The Ex, Alex Sinclair, 6/27/25, 3*, AA, published May 6
📔2. Welcome to West Street, Nicole Trope, 8/3/25, 3*, AA, published April 22
📔3. Poisoned Ground: A Jodi Brennan Australian Outback Thriller, Phillip Strang, 8/6/25, 3*, AA, published July 13
Favourite Genre (mystery)
📔1. The Woman Behind Her, Anna Willett, 4/17/25, 4*, AA
📔2. The Day After the Party, Nicole Trope, 5/1/25, 2*, AA
📔3. Her Hidden Bones, Fiona Tarr, 6/3/25, 4*, AA
All done 😁Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2022
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: One
12/12
Male Authors
1. Simon Rowell - The Good Dog ✅ 3* (4/1)
2. Silver by Chris Hammer ✅ 3* (11/7)
3. Chris Hammer - Scrublands ✅ 4* (11/4)
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1. Liane Moriarty - Apples Never Fall ✅ 4* (8/1)
2. The Offing by Roz Nay ✅ 4* (8/2)
3. Nicola Moriarty - The Ex Girlfriend ✅ 3* (1/2)
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✅2025 New Releases
1. The Wedding Party by Rebecca Heath (07/01) ✅ 3* (21/5)
2. The Secrets of Willow Bay by Phillipa Nefri Clark (21/01) ✅ 2* (10/7)
3. A Snowy River Summer by Stella Quinn (05/03) ✅ 4* (22/8)
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1. Taken by Dinuka McKenzie ✅ 3* (20/3)
2. The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernan ✅ 2* (9/7)
3. Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie ✅ 2* (11/5)
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I'm in!Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025 🦘
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: ONE (though this may change during the year 😉)
12/12
Male Authors
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The Oasis by Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...✅2.
First Person by Richard Flanagan AA🦘 COMPLETED 15.04.25 ⭐⭐.5 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...✅3.
Scrublands by Chris Hammer COMPLETED 29.04.25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... Female Authors
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Gunnawah by Ronni Salt ⭐⭐⭐⭐.4 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...✅2.
Serenity's Song by Cathryn Hein ⭐⭐⭐.8 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...✅3.
The Paris Bookshop for the Broken-Hearted by Rebecca Raisin AA🦘 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...2025 New Releases
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One Dark Night by Hannah Richell ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 Published 01.01.2025https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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The Knitting Club at Wagtail Ridge by Janet Gover ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 published 01.01.2025 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...✅3.
Under Summer Skies by Tricia Stringer and Joanne Speirs ⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...Favourite Genre
✅1. (set in a Psychiatric Hospital)
The Glass House by Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...✅2. Mystery/Thriller
Body of Lies by Sarah Bailey ⭐⭐⭐.6 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...✅3. Mystery/Thriller
The Housemate by Sarah Bailey ⭐⭐⭐⭐.1 https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: 3
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Male Authors
1. The 22 Murders of Madison May by Max Barry 2/1 3★
2. Two Steps Onward by Graeme Simsion, Anne Buist 28/2 3★
3. A Town Called Treachery by Mitch Jennings 7/3 4★
4. Wings Above The Diamantina by Arthur W. Upfield 6/6 3.5★
5. Asylum by Jack Adams 11/6 4★
6. Mr. Jelly's Business by Arthur W. Upfield 8/8 4★
7. Taking Tom Murray Home by Tim Slee 10/8 3★
8. Winds of Evil by Arthur W. Upfield 11/8 4★
9. The Mystery of Swordfish Reef by Arthur W. Upfield 17/9 3.5★
Female Authors
1. A Secret Garden in Paris by Sophie Beaumont 29/1 4★
2. City Girl Country Girl by Liz Harfull 27/6 3.5★
3. Women of a Certain Rage by Liz Byrski 27/2 3★
4. Riverboat Point by Tricia Stringer 17/3 3★
5. Rake's Honour by Beverley Oakley 23/3 2★
6. Drop Dead by Margot Neville 12/4 3.5★
7. Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood 9/6 5★
8. Thoroughly Disenchanted by Alexandra Almond 14/6 3.5★
9. The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson 18/6 4★
2025 New Releases
1. The Knitting Club at Wagtail Ridge by Janet Gover 22/2 4★
2. Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt 13/4 3.5★
3. Orpheus Nine by Chris Flynn 25/4 4★
4. The View from the Balcony by Janette Paul 31/7 4★
5. Where the Heart Is by Nicola Marsh 5/8 3.5★
6. Lessons in Love at the Seaside Salon by Sophie Green 13/9 4★
7. Melaleuca by Angie Faye Martin 29/10 4★
8. The Stranger at the Table by Cassie Hamer 1/11 3.5★
9. Your Friend and Mine by Jessica Dettmann 7/11 4★
Favourite Genre - contemporary
1. Two Weeks 'til Christmas by Laura Greaves 1/1 3★
2. Emergency Exit Only by Michelle Upton 5/1 3.5★
3. The Rabbits by Sophie Overett 11/3 2★
4. As the River Rises by Fiona McArthur 22/3 5★
5. The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill 26/3 3.5★
6. Sunrise Over Mercy Court by Fiona McCallum 13/4 4★
7. Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor 31/5 4★
8. The Rivertown Vet by Jennifer Scoullar 24/2 3★
9. The Library at Wagtail Ridge by Janet Gover 11/7 4★
Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: 3
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Male Authors
1. Juice - Tim Winton 23/1 4.5★
2. Lying Beside You - Michael Robotham 5/1 4★
3. The Golden Maze - Richard Fidler 17/2 3.75★
4. 17 Years Later - J.P. Pomare 20/2 4★
5. Dusk - Robbie Arnott 15/2 4★
6. Cherrywood - Jock Serong 10/9 3.75★
7. The Ledge - Christian White 22/6 4★
8. Good Girl, Bad Girl - Michael Robotham 10/5 4★
9. Three Boys Gone - Mark Smith 18/5 3.5★
Female Authors
1. The Season - Helen Garner 13/3 4★
2. Bluebottle - Belinda Castles 16/1 3.5★
3. The Locksmith's Daughter - Karen Brooks 28/3 3.75★
4. Khaki Town - Judy Nunn 22/2 3.5★
5. Magpie's Bend - Maya Linnell 8/3 3.5★
6. The Venice Hotel - Tess Woods 2/4 4★
7. The Other Bridget - Rachael Johns 26/2 4★
8. There Was Still Love - Favel Parrett 15/9 4★
9. The Burrow - Melanie Cheng 19/4 4★
2025 New Releases
1. Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy 4 Mar 2025 7/6 5★
2. The Jam Maker - Mary-Lou Stephens 1 Feb 2025 16/3 3.75★
3. The Unquiet Grave - Dervla McTiernan 30 Apr 2025 13/7 4.5★
4. The Bad Bridesmaid - Rachael Johns 28 Jan 2025 27/4 4★
5. Blood Pact - Fiona McIntosh 7 Jan 2025 20/3 3.75★
6. Memorial Days - Geraldine Brooks 4 Feb 2025 6/5 4.25★
7. Where the Birds Call Her Name - Claire van Ryn 4 March 2025. 14/5 4★
8. A Snowy River Summer - Stella Quinn 5 March 2025 3.75★
9. Lyrebird - Jane Caro 1 April 2025 7/7 4★
Favourite Genre (Crime/Mystery)
1. Tipping Point - Dinuka McKenzie 26/1 3.75★
2. The Creeper - Margaret Hickey 13/1 3.75★
3. The Secrets She Keeps - Michael Robotham 25/9 4★
4. Opal - Patricia Wolf 7/4 4★
5. The Prospect - Fleur McDonald 26/7 4★
6. Joy Moody Is Out of Time - Kerryn Mayne 10/7 3.5★
7. Endgame - Sarah Barrie 21/9 4★
8. The Botanist's Daughter - Kayte Nunn 9/8 3.75★
9. A Dangerous Language - Sulari Gentill 2/5 4★
Yes please, count me in!Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: One
12/12
Male Authors
✅1. Scarecrow Returns by Matthew Reilly read 2.1.25 - 4⭐
✅2. Stalker by Jack Adams read 9.4.25 - 3⭐
✅3. The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham read 5.5.25 - 4⭐
Female Authors
✅1. The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan read 30.3.25 - 4⭐
✅2. A High Whisk Situation by H.Y. Hanna read 2.1.25 - 3⭐
✅3. The Talented Mrs Greenway by Tea Cooper read 8.7.25 - 3.5⭐
2025 New Releases
✅1. The Jam Maker by Mary-Lou Stephens 1st February 2025 read 31.3.25 - 5⭐
✅2. The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins 4th March 2025 read 5.6.25 - 3⭐
✅3. Broke Road by Matthew Spencer 8 July 2025 read 14.6.25 - 5⭐
Favourite Genre - Crime
✅1. Retribution by Sarah Barrie read 22.08.25 - 4⭐
✅2. Dark Past by Catherine Lee read 16.06.25 - 4⭐
✅3. Paradise by Patricia Wolf read 04.05.25 - 4⭐
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Thank you Sue! Fixed. It doesn't matter how many times we both go over it, there's always something! Appreciate your eagle eye!
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🇦🇺 Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: 2
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🇦🇺 Male Authors
✔ 1. Dusk by Robbie Arnott (read 29 Oct) 4.5★
✔ 2. Hang on St. Christopher by Adrian McKinty (read 21 April) 5★
✔ 3. Blood and Gold byMichael Trant (read 28 Nov) 4★
✔ 4. The Ledge by Christian White (read 24 Aug) 4.5★
✔ 5. The Wiregrass by Adrian Hyland (read 30 Nov) 4★
✔6. Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish by Richard Flanagan (read 28 April) 5★
🇦🇺 Female Authors
✔ 1. The Missing Brides by Helen Goltz (read 16 Mar) 4★
✔ 2. Spring Clean for the Peach Queen by Sasha Wasley (read 1 Feb) 4★
✔ 3. The Rewilding by Donna M Cameron (read 6 April) 5★
✔ 4. Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne
✔ 5. The School Run by Ali Lowe (read 18 Jan) 4.5★
✔ 6. The Borrowed Life of Frederick Fife by Anna Johnston
🇦🇺 New Releases 2025
✔ 1. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (read 25 Apr) 5★
✔ 2. The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan (read 3 May) 5★
✔ 3. The Secrets of Willow Bay by Phillipa Nefri Clark (read 8 Jan) 3.5★
✔ 4. The Ladies Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison Goodman (read 10 Aug) 3.5★
✔ 5. The White Crow by Michael Robotham (read3 Jul) 5★
✔ 6. Murder in the Cathedral by Kerry Greenwood (read 12 Sept) 4★
🇦🇺 Favourite genre - Mystery & Suspense
✔ 1. Jasper Cliff by Josh Kemp (read 22 Jan) 3.5★
✔ 2. The Bookstore at Rivers End by Phillipa Nefri Clark (read 10 Nov) 4★
✔ 3. The Only Child by Kayte Nunn (read Oct 22) 4★
✔ 4. With Winter Comes Darkness by Robbi Neal (read 16 May) 5★
✔ 5. Shadows of Winter Robins by Louise Wolhuter (read 20 Sept) 4.5★
✔ 6. Trick or Treat by Kerry Greenwood (read 24 July) 4★
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I’ve added and linked my books now - except 2 of the expected new releases, which I’ll add as I get them: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
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Male Authors
1. 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem finished Mar 16 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Landfall finished Jan 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Dear Miffy finished Jan 15 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Broke Road finished Jul 23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Juice finished Jun 26 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. The Ledge by Christian White finished Aug 28 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson finished Oct 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. Everyone in This Bank Is a Thief by Benjamin Stevenson finished Oct 17 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. First Name Second Name finished Sep 21 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Female Authors
1. Cactus Pear For My Beloved: A Family Story from Gaza finished Apr 17 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Black Witness: The Power of Indigenous Media finished Apr 25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Black Convicts: How slavery shaped Australia finished Apr 28 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Days of Innocence and Wonder finished Feb 28 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. Translations finished May 16 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. The Burrow finished Apr 28 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. Where the Birds Call Her Name finished Feb 19 ⭐⭐⭐
8. The Things That Matter Most finished Feb 11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. Ash Mountain finished Feb 4 ⭐⭐⭐
2025 New Releases
1. After the Great Storm finished Jan 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Wild Dark Shore finished Mar 12 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. The Reunion finished Jan 11 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
4. Chinese Parents Don't Say I Love You: A Memoir of Saying the Unsayable with Food finished Apr 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. When She Was Gone finished Mar 20 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
6. Memorial Days finished Mar 15 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. The Stolen finished Aug 31 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. The Visitor finished Jul 16 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. The Final Chapter finished Jul 14 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Favourite Genre - Historical
1. Weyward finished Feb 4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Jade and Emerald finished Jan 17 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Theory & Practice finished May 11 ⭐⭐⭐
4. After Darkness finished Apr 30 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. By Her Hand finished Mar 3 ⭐⭐⭐
6. The Whisky Widow finished Jun 30 ⭐⭐⭐
7. Upon a Starlit Tide finished Jun 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
8. A Language of Limbs finished Jun 9 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. The Grapevine finished Jan 23 ⭐⭐⭐
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Gosh 2024 went by quickly! I'm in again.Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: medium
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Male Authors
1. The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott 18/1/25 4 stars
2. Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton 6/4/25 5 stars
3. An Empty Coast by Tony Park 4/6/25 4 stars
4. The Underdog by Markus Zusak 15/4/25 4 stars
5. Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey 21/3/25 5 stars
6. In the Evil Day by Peter Temple 1/4/25 4 stars
7. All the Beautiful Things You Love by Jonathan Seidler 11/9/25 4 stars
8, Cloudstreet by Tim Winton 31/8/25 2 stars
Female Authors
1. Kate Hamilton -- An Unholy Alliance 2/2/25 2 stars
2. Shankari Chandran -- Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens 19/3/25 3 stars
3. Anna Funder --Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life 13/4/25 3 stars
4. Jane Harper -- Exiles 12/6/25 4 stars
5. Aoife Clifford -- It Takes a Town 8/4/25 4 stars
6. Merlinda Bobis -- The Kindness of Birds 27/4/25 3 stars
7.Megan Rogers -- The Heart Is a Star 17/6/25 3 stars
8.Elizabeth Kuiper --Little Stones 9/6/25 4 stars
9. My Mother, The Spy: The daring and tragic double life of ASIO agent Mercia Masson by Cindy Dobbin 30/7/25 2 stars
2025 New Releases
1. Gunnawah by Ronni Salt 19/4/25 3 stars
2. The White Crow by Michael Robotham 24/8/25 4 stars
3. When She Was Gone by Sara Foster 14/5/25 4 stars
4. The Unquiet Grave by Dervla McTiernan 29/5/25 4 stars
5. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks 2/8/25 5 stars
6. The Butterfly Women by Madeleine Cleary 26/10/25 4 stars
7. Mischance Creek bt Garry Disher
8. Die by the Sword by Tony Park
Favourite Genre Crime
1. The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan 16/2/25 3 stars
2. Judgement Day by Mali Waugh 13/1/25 4 stars
3. The Tilt by Chris Hammer 15/4/25 4 stars
4. What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan 20/4/25 4 stars
5. Gone by Midnight by Candice Fox 24/4/25 4 stars
6.Sanctuary by Garry Disher 15/1/25 4 stars
7.The Ruin by Dervla McTiernan 6/5/25 4 stars
I’d love to participate please :) I’m new to Goodreads and how groups work. How should I track my progress in the group?
Might as well go all in as I usually need 4 Aussie Authors every month for the monthly challenges!Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
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I will link your post (#40) in the second post, where you can click on your name to update your challenge etc. You'll need to lay out your challenge (check out others to see what they've done) and link your books and authors. In the comment box, you'll see "add book/author". Just click on that and follow the prompts :)
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I would like to joinAnnual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: 32/36
Male Authors
1. ✔ Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix Read 24/1. 4★
2. ✔ The Catalpa Rescue by Peter FitzSimons Read 3/5. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. ✔ We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord by Garth Nix Read 29/5. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. ✔ Darkest Night, Brightest Star by Barry Jonsberg Read 17/7. 3★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. ✔ Aisle Nine by Ian X. Cho Read 13/8. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
6. ✔ Shark Arm: A Shark, A Tattooed Arm and Two Unsolved Murders by Phillip Roope Read 6/9. 4★
7. ✔ Living with the Locals, Early Europeans' experience of Indigenous Life by John Maynard Read 2/10. 5★
8. ✔ The Things That Will Not Stand by Michael Gerard Bauer Read 31/10. 4★
9. ✔ Jack's Island by Norman Jorgensen Read 30/11. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Female Authors
1. ✔ Fyrebirds by Kate J. Armstrong Read 8/3. 4★
2. ✔ The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska Read 23/4. 5★
3. ✔ Estella by Kathy George Read 16/5. 4★
4. ✔ Phosphorescence: On Awe, Wonder and Things That Sustain You When the World Goes Dark by Julia Baird Read 27/6. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
5. ✔ Comes the Night by Isobelle Carmody Read 20/7. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. ✔ How to Catch a Bogle by Catherine Jinks Read 31/10. 4★
7. ✔ On the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta Read 16/11. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
8. ✔ Drift by Pip Harry Read 6/12. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
White Noise by Raelke Grimmer
The Skin I'm In by Steph Tisdell
2025 New Releases
1. ✔ Sunny At the End of the World by Steph Bowe Read 25/7. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
2. ✔ I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang Read 16/8. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
3. ✔ The Edge of Everything by Miranda Luby Read 17/8. 5★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
4. ✔ Golden by Jade Timms Read 19/8. 5★
5. ✔ Washpool by Lisa Fuller Read 31/8. 3★
6. ✔ How to be Normal by Ange Crawford Read 23/9. 5★ AA
7. ✔ The Sirens by Emilia Hart Read 24/9. 4★
8. ✔ Unhallowed Halls by Lili Wilkinson Read 2/12. 3★
9. ✔ Catch by Sarah Brill Read 6/12. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
Favourite Genre - Mystery
1. ✔ My Family and Other Suspects by Kate Emery Read 23/1. 4★
2. ✔ What's Murder Between Friends by Meg Gatland-Veness Read 15/5. 3★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
3. ✔ The Ladies' Road Guide to Utter Ruin by Alison Goodman Read 3/6. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... AA
4. ✔ Valentine by Jodi McAlister Read 26/6. 3★ AA
5. ✔ Leave the Girls Behind by Jacqueline Bublitz Read 13/7. 4★ Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
6. ✔ A Walk in the Dark by Jane Godwin Read 8/8. 4★ https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
What Have They Done to Liza McLean? by Amy Doak
Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret by Benjamin Stevenson
All Shall Mourn by Ellie Marney
The Last Illusion of Paige White by Vanessa McCausland
The Schoolgirl Strangler by Katherine Kovacic
This Stays Between Us by Margot McGovern
Wandering Wild by Lynette Noni
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The busy creative time for our mods has started with the 2025 challenges starting to come in..please count me in ☺️Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard Progress 36
MALE AUTHORS
✔️1. Michael Robotham - The Secrets She Keeps....4* 20/02/25
✔️2. Christian White - Wild Place....3.5* 28/01/25
✔️3. Chris Hammer - Treasure & Dirt....4* 25/04/25
✔️4. Garry Disher - Under the Cold Bright Lights....3.5* 20/03/25
✔️5. Benjamin Stevenson - Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret....3.5* 06/05/25
✔️6. Jack Heath - Kill Your Husbands....3.5* 19/06/25
✔️7. Nick Earls - Headgames....2.5* 06/01/25
✔️8. Tim Slee - Taking Tom Murray Home....4* 12/01/25
✔️9. Robbie Arnott - Dusk....4* 16/04/25
FEMALE AUTHORS
✔️1. Kelly Rimmer - The Warsaw Orphan....4.5* 01/02/25
✔️2. Patricia Wolf - Paradise....3.5* 23/01/25
✔️3. Sherryl Clark - Woman, Missing....3.5* 09/06/25
✔️4. Annie Seaton - Sienna....3* 26/03/25
✔️5. Phillipa Nefri Clark - The Secrets of Palmerston House....3.5* 03/03/25
✔️6. Anna Funder - Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life....4* 19/04/25
✔️7. Kerry Greenwood - The Green Mill Murder....4* 07/01/25
✔️8. Rachael Johns - Outback Blaze....4* 13/01/25
✔️9. Paula J. Beavan - Among the Grey Gums....3.5* 12/04/25
2025 NEW RELEASES
✔️1. Jackie French - The Whisperer's War....4* 01/05/25
✔️2. One Day at a Time by Jordan Ablett....3.5* 04/06/25
✔️3. Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks....4.5* 24/05/25
✔️4. Where the Heart Is by Nicola Marsh....3.5* 13/06/25
✔️5. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy....4.5* 10/05/25
✔️6. Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent....4.5* 11/07/25
✔️7. His Outback Cowgirl by Alissa Callen....3* 14/06/25
✔️8. Tara: Midwives of Lyrebird Lake, Book 5 by Fiona McArthur....3* 19/10/25
✔️9. Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth....4.5* 08/11/25
FAVOURITE GENRE...Contemporary Fiction
✔️1. Meredith Appleyard - The Seachangers....4* 03/01/25
✔️2. Claire van Ryn - The Secrets of the Huon Wren....4* 10/04/25
✔️3. The Last Illusion of Paige White by Vanessa McCausland....4* 04/07/25
✔️4. Sophie Green - The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle....4* 16/06/25
✔️5. Tricia Stringer - Head for the Hills....3.5* 10/05/25
✔️6. Kelly Doust - Precious Things....3.5* 23/05/25
✔️7. Brooke Dunnell - The Glass House....3.5* 22/02/25
✔️8. Nicole Trope - The Foster Family....3.5* 27/04/25
✔️9.Michelle Upton - Emergency Exit Only....3.5* 18/05/25
Titles to come :)Annual Australian Authors Challenge 2025
Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
Level: Hard
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Male Authors
1. Christian White - The Ledge READ 22/1/25 3*
2. Simon Rowell - The Good Dog READ 8/1/25 4*
3. Garry Disher - Sanctuary READ 8/3/25 3*
Female Authors
1. Jennifer Scoullar - The Rivertown Vet READ 18/1/25 4*
2. Karly Lane - Once Burnt, Twice Shy READ 15/1/25 4*
3. Maya Linnell - Kookaburra Cottage READ 4/2/25 4*
2025 New Releases
1. Leonie Kelsall - Wings Above the Mallee 7/1/25 READ 21/2/25 4*
2. The Whisperer's War by Jackie French 1/3/25 READ 3/4/25 5*
3. Mary-Lou Stephens - The Jam Maker 29/1/25 READ 13/3/25 5*
Favourite Genre (Historical Fiction)
1. Fiona McIntosh - The Fallen Woman READ 5/1/25 4*
2. Jennie Jones - The Girls from Fitzroy READ 27/2/25 4*
3. Tea Cooper - The Woman in the Green Dress READ 25/1/25 5*
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Books mentioned in this topic
Deadline (Jonno Bligh, #2). (other topics)Akarnae (other topics)
Crosskill (other topics)
The Beautiful Words (other topics)
Canticle Creek (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Lynette Noni (other topics)Adrian Hyland (other topics)
Terence J. Quinn (other topics)
Garry Disher (other topics)
Kayte Nunn (other topics)
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Duration: 1/1/25 - 31/12/25
**All Authors for this challenge are to be Australian!
Make sure you check out the challenge guidelines here
Read a minimum of 12 books for the year by Australian Authors...
3 x Male Authors
3 x Female Authors
3 x 2025 New Release
3 x Favourite genre (Mystery, Horror, Romance, YA, etc)
Choose a level of participation:
Level One: 12 titles (one set)
Level Two: 24 titles (two sets)
Level Three: 36 titles (three sets)
Copy the blank template below and paste it into a new comment to start your challenge! Good Luck and Happy Reading! :)
**Completed Challenges: When you have completed your challenge, please post your entire completed challenge as a new message indicating you have finished. A completed challenge must have the following information: (1) Link to book title, (2) Author's name, (3) Date you finished reading your book, (4) Your rating.
**Once you've posted your completed challenge, your name will be ticked off the list.
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