Recs if you like Cloudstreet...
penguin friends (Southern Hemisphere Reads)
Southern Hemisphere reads!! we will be running an unofficial SH season readalong, and our Spring readalong book is Wale Rider (1/9-30/11)! this is for any books written by SH authors, especially those set here, so pop your fav recs in the comments ๐ (i haven't read all of these! so double check content warnings if you need to)
Top 100 Australian books
G'day! This weekend our national radio station is counting down the top 100 Australian books of all time. As voted by readers. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/radionational/countdown/top100books I'll be listening as much as I can and I'll create a list to share the top 100 as we go.
Reading the World: Australia
Enjoy my newest lit series, โReading the Worldโ, in an attempt to diversify your own reading and broaden horizons, I have included a mix of genres. Sensitive topics often lie ahead as history, social and political issues are usually the centre of this writing. Enjoy!
read around the world: oceania
Around the world
Books from every country for reading around the world challenge (no particular order, I might have missed some, will be updating) Feel free to suggest!
bucket list classics - non western, non white, and non american
created by a western gal โ trying my best but might have inaccuracies
A Sense of Down Under
Aussie and Kiwi Classics to take you far into Oceania
Radio National Top 100 Australian Books 2026
Announced on ABC Radio National 18 October 2026
Big Jubilee Read
A list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, 10 from each decade of Elizabeth II's reign, was selected by a panel of experts and announced by the BBC and The Reading Agency on 18 April 2022.
Australian Stories
Fiction and non fiction
ยฉ 2025 Pagebound