Book recommendations

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Here's a round up of suggested sites where you are bound to find your next great read!

Better Reading features Australia's top 100 books as voted by Australians, including lists of weekly top ten books for adults and children.

Better Reading

Novelist is our first stop when looking up new works of fiction and nonfiction, discovering award winning books, and accessing discussion guides, talks, recommended reads and more.

The Literary Reference Centre provides access to articles and information on thousands of authors and their works, and covers different styles and literature through the ages.

Literary Reference Center

BlackWords records information about the lives, careers, and works of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and storytellers, and the literary cultures and traditions that formed and influenced them.

Blackwords

Book reviews

The tenth gift / Jane Johnson

Check out this review - a book of the past, present and a mystery solved.

Feminist cross-stitch : 40 bold & fierce patterns / Stephanie Rohr

Crafty activists will love this snarky book with its 40 irreverent, vintage-inspired cross-stitch patterns

Dude crafts / Mike Warren

This is a delightful book of crafts from the mundane such as tool clips and tape organisers to the more unusual barbecue branding iron to personalize your steaks.

Discovering Matthew / Vivienne Freestone

Matthew is a boy out of place in the world, and he doesn't know why. Can he find his place and space to be the person he knows he can be?

Boy swallows universe / Trent Dalton

The bestselling novel that has taken Australia, and the world, by storm.

Better reading top 100 books

The Better Reading top 100 books list is voted on each year by Australians.

The Stella prize

The Stella prize is Australia's most prestigious award celebrating women and non-binary writers and their contribution to culture. Find out about the 2022 winner and what books we have available online!

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