# Beyond the Top 100: The books readers nearly voted in

An episode of [The Bookshelf](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/499762704), 23 Oct 2026, 55 min.

Audio: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/pm/Z/np.mp3

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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