Australia's top 100 books, with a blurb for each
Regular readers know that I love a good list. This is certainly a great list which will no doubt spark debate and hopefully encourage many to pick up a book.
ABC Radio National asked listeners to vote for their favourite Australian books, and the countdown of 100 finished over the weekend. As The Guardian’s Stephanie Convery reported, Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet took first place, ahead of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief and Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe. It is not a new result for Winton. Cloudstreet also topped the ABC’s public poll back in 2003.