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Cloudstreet Reigns: Australia's Beloved Book Revealed
18 Oct
Summary
- Tim Winton's 'Cloudstreet' named Australia's favourite book.
- The Book Thief and Boy Swallows Universe follow in rankings.
- The list includes diverse genres from fiction to cookbooks.
Tim Winton's celebrated novel, Cloudstreet, has been voted Australia's most favourite book. The announcement follows a nationwide poll conducted by ABC Radio National, which identified readers' top 100 Australian literary works.
Securing the second position was Markus Zusak's 2005 novel, The Book Thief, with Trent Dalton's Boy Swallows Universe rounding out the top three. Cloudstreet, first published in 1991, chronicles two families living together in postwar Perth, and has garnered numerous awards and widespread recognition.
The comprehensive top 100 list spanned various genres, including fiction, nonfiction, children's literature, and cookbooks. Notable inclusions featured The Australian Women's Weekly Children's Birthday Cake Book, Stephanie Alexander's The Cook's Companion, and Nagi Maehashi's RecipeTin Eats: Dinner.
Several esteemed authors, such as Helen Garner and Peter Carey, had multiple entries. The earliest published work, Marcus Clarke's 1874 novel For the Term of His Natural Life, also made the list. The poll's host described the collection as a varied representation of Australian reading habits.
