Beyond the Top 100: The books readers nearly voted in
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Episode Beyond the Top 100: The books readers nearly voted in
More than 280,000 votes were cast. Now Kate and Cassie reveal the books that just missed Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books countdown.
With special guests literary curator and Top 100 producer Michaela Kalowski, and critic and publisher Geordie Williamson, they unpack the biggest talking points from the vote and spotlight the next 100 books in Australia's literary ranking.
Download a printable Top 100 Australian Books 1-100 ranked
Also, the list from 101-200
The 'Ones That Got Away' List: 101-200
101 — Phosphorescence (2019) — Julia Baird
102 — Bliss (1981) — Peter Carey
103 — Always Home Always Homesick (2025) — Hannah Kent
104 — Kissed by the Moon (2013) — Alison Lester
105 — The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1997) — Richard Flanagan
106 — A Room Made of Leaves (2020) — Kate Grenville
107 — The Eleventh Hour (1988) — Graeme Base
108 — The Labyrinth (2020) — Amanda Lohrey
109 — Fight Like a Girl (2016) — Clementine Ford
110 — Eggshell Skull (2018) — Bri Lee
111 — Bruny (2019) — Heather Rose
112 — Any Ordinary Day (2018) — Leigh Sales
113 — No Friend But the Mountains (2018) — Behrouz Boochani
114 — The Season (2024) — Helen Garner
115 — Who Sank the Boat? (1982) — Pamela Allen
116 — Bridge of Clay (2018) — Markus Zusak
117 — The Riders (1994) — Tim Winton
118 — Romulus My Father (1998) — Raimond Gaita
119 — Banjo Paterson's Bush Ballads (2007) — A.B. Banjo Paterson
120 — On the Beach (1957) — Nevil Shute
121 — Wake in Fright (1961) — Kenneth Cook
122 — The Transit of Venus (1980) — Shirley Hazzard
123 — The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill (1939) — Dorothy Wall
124 — The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1930) — Henry Handel Richardson
125 — All Our Shimmering Skies (2020) — Trent Dalton
126 — Obernewtyn (1987) — Isobelle Carmody
127 — An Imaginary Life (1978) — David Malouf
128 — Mary Poppins (1934) — P.L. Travers
129 — Death of a River Guide (1994) — Richard Flanagan
130 — Disgrace (1999) — J. M. Coetzee
131 — The Rúin (2018) — Dervla McTiernan
132 — Hating Alison Ashley (1984) — Robin Klein
133 — Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (1984) — Mem Fox and Julie Vivas
134 — He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (1994) — John Birmingham
135 — Sorrow and Bliss (2020) — Meg Mason
136 — Gould's Book of Fish (2001) — Richard Flanagan
137 — Dusk (2024) — Robbie Arnott
138 — Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (1996) — Doris Pilkington and Nugi Garimara
139 — Tell Me Why (1993) — Archie Roach
140 — Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (2021) — Anita Heiss
141 — The Year of Living Dangerously (1978) — Christopher Koch
142 — Holding the Man (1995) — Timothy Conigrave
143 — How To End a Story: Collected Diaries (2021) — Helen Garner
144 — The Drover's Wife (1892) — Henry Lawson
145 — Journey to the Stone Country (2002) — Alex Miller
146 — Grand Days (1993) — Frank Moorhouse
147 — Grug (1979) — Ted Prior
148 — Ransom (2009) — David Malouf
149 — See What You Made Me Do (2019) — Jess Hill
150 — The Songlines (1987) — Bruce Chatwin
151 — The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea (1965) — Randolph Stow
152 — Memorial Days (2025) — Geraldine Brooks
153 — Tirra Lirra by the River (1978) — Jessica Anderson
154 — The First Stone (1995) — Helen Garner
155 — Rowan of Rin (1993) — Emily Rodda
156 — The White Girl (2019) — Tony Birch
157 — The Good People (2016) — Hannah Kent
158 — The Women in Black (1993) — Madeleine St John
159 — Bitter Wash Road (2013) — Garry Disher
160 — The CWA Cookery Book and Household Hints, 54th edition (1993) — CWA
161 — Once (2005) — Morris Gleitzman
162 — Nevermoor (2017) — Jessica Townsend
163 — Tracks (1980) — Robyn Davidson
164 — Poor Man's Orange (1949) — Ruth Park
165 — The Biggest Estate on Earth (2011) — Bill Gammage
166 — Australian Gospel (2024) — Lech Blaine
167 — The Wife and the Widow (2019) — Christian White
168 — Praise (1992) — Andrew McGahan
169 — The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) — Thomas Keneally
170 — Illywhacker (1985) — Peter Carey
171 — Migrations…
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