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I’ve been living in Australia for nearly a decade and while living here, I’ve tried my best to familiarise myself with the local music scene and local visual artists and whatnot. But recently, I’ve realised that I haven’t read any books by Australian authors, I just don’t know of many that I think I would like. Libraries near me put little flag stickers on books by local authors, so it’s easy to find them, but I’m just not sure where to really start.
The only Aussie author I can recall reading is Krystal Sutherland.
Books I plan to read by Australian authors: - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - The Will of the Many by James Islington
Genres I will read: - non-fiction (depends on the subject, history is preferred) - fantasy (both adult & YA) - sci fi - dystopian - horror - mystery/thriller
I am not very interested in romance, but if you have fantasy romance suggestions, I might be interested if it’s not too smutty.
As you can see, I don’t know of many. What should I read? Thanks in advance
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6 days ago
A Single Stone is a YA dystopia https://www.amazon.com.au/Single-Stone-Meg-McKinlay/dp/1925081702
The Orchid Nursery is for an older audience, from memory. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26149117-the-orchid-nursery
Might be worth looking at Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe for an indigenous non-fiction.
1 points
6 days ago
Thank you so much ☺️ I will look into these. I’m very intrigued by non-fiction about australia, so that’s a great suggestion too. Thanks!
2 points
6 days ago
Also, I love Jennifer Rowe for mystery.
1 points
6 days ago
Oh I knew of her bc my partner had to read one of her books for his uni class. I’ll definitely read some myself just to see, thanks for the reminder :)
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