List of 41 Books Based in Australia
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You might be trying to find books whose stories unfold in a particular location. In search of something specific? This useful list of books based in Australia will help you out.
Interested in learning more about Australia? The books below are great but some were published a while ago. Some other resources to learn about Australia include the Crowdsourced Explorer and Wikipedia.
| Title | Author | Publishing Year | Genre |
| A Fortunate Life | Albert B. Facey | 1981 | Autobiography, Biography, Drama |
| A Fraction of the Whole | Steve Toltz | 2008 | Novel, Domestic Fiction |
| A Town Like Alice | Nevil Shute | 1950 | Novel, Fiction, War story |
| Big Little Lies | Liane Moriarty | 2014 | Novel, Mystery, Psychological Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| Boy Swallows Universe | Trent Dalton | 2018 | Novel, Coming-of-age story, Bildungsroman |
| Cloudstreet | Tim Winton | 1991 | Novel, Allegory, Domestic Fiction |
| Cocaine Blues | Kerry Greenwood | 1989 | Mystery, Historical Fiction |
| Dirt Music | Tim Winton | 2001 | Novel, Romance novel, Psychological Fiction |
| I Am the Messenger | Markus Zusak | 2002 | Novel, Fiction |
| In a Sunburned Country | Bill Bryson | 2000 | Travel literature |
| Jasper Jones | Craig Silvey | 2009 | Novel, Fiction, Bildungsroman |
| Jessica | Bryce Courtenay | 1998 | Historical Fiction |
| Looking for Alibrandi | Melina Marchetta | 1992 | Young adult fiction, Bildungsroman |
| Murder on the Ballarat Train | Kerry Greenwood | 1991 | Mystery, Fiction |
| Mutant Message Down Under | Marlo Morgan | 1990 | Adventure fiction |
| On the Beach | Nevil Shute | 1957 | Novel, Science Fiction, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, War story |
| On the Jellicoe Road | Melina Marchetta | 2006 | Novel, Young adult fiction |
| Oscar and Lucinda | Peter Carey | 1988 | Novel, Historical Fiction |
| Picnic at Hanging Rock | Joan Lindsay | 1967 | Novel, Mystery, Historical Fiction, historical novel |
| Saving Francesca | Melina Marchetta | 2003 | Novel, Young adult fiction |
| Stolen: A Letter to My Captor | Lucy Christopher | 2009 | Young Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Thriller, Mystery |
| The Distant Hours | Kate Morton | 2010 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| The Dry | Jane Harper | 2016 | Novel, Fiction, Crime novel, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Police procedural |
| The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding | Robert Hughes | 1986 | History, Nonfiction |
| The Forgotten Garden | Kate Morton | 2008 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| The Husband's Secret | Liane Moriarty | 2013 | Novel, Thriller, Mystery, Contemporary romance, Domestic Fiction |
| The Hypnotist's Love Story | Liane Moriarty | 2011 | Novel, Fiction, Romance novel |
| The Light Between Oceans | M.L. Stedman | 2012 | Novel, Historical Fiction, War story, Domestic Fiction |
| The Narrow Road to the Deep North | Richard Flanagan | 2013 | Novel, Historical Fiction, War story |
| The Potato Factory | Bryce Courtenay | 1995 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction, Domestic Fiction |
| The Road from Coorain | Jill Ker Conway | 1989 | Biography, Autobiography |
| The Rosie Project | Graeme Simsion | 2013 | Fiction, Romance novel |
| The Secret Keeper | Kate Morton | 2012 | Novel, Mystery, Historical Fiction |
| The Secret River | Kate Grenville | 2005 | Novel, Historical Fiction |
| The Ship of Brides | Jojo Moyes | 2005 | Romance novel, Historical Fiction |
| The Thorn Birds | Colleen McCullough | 1977 | Novel, Romance novel, Historical Fiction, Family saga |
| Tomorrow, When the War Began | John Marsden | 1993 | Young adult fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure fiction, War story |
| Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback | Robyn Davidson | 1980 | Memoir, Travel literature, Autobiography, Biography |
| True History of the Kelly Gang | Peter Carey | 2000 | Novel, Crime novel, historical novel, Crime Fiction, Biographical Fiction |
| What Alice Forgot | Liane Moriarty | 2009 | Novel, Domestic Fiction |
| Wildflower Hill | Kimberley Freeman | 2008 | Historical Fiction |
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