NoveList 2024 Reading Challenge - hosted by sarahm

July

Read a book set in Australia or New Zealand.   


NoveList Suggestions
You definitely don't have to stick to these options. NoveList encourages readers to choose any book they'd like for the prompts, these lists just give a starting point. 
  • The New Animals by Pip Adam
  • Pas de Don't by Chloe Angyal
  • Courting Samira by Amal Awad
  • Better The Blood by Michael Bennett
  • The White Girl by Tony Birch
  • Pet by Catherine Chidgey
  • Island Time by Georgia Clark
  • The Hop by Diana Clarke
  • Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates
  • All Our Shimmering Skies by Trent Dalton
  • Scary Monsters by Michelle de Kretser
  • The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
  • The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
  • Baby by Annaleese Jochems
  • The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
  • Others Were Emeralds by Lang Leav
  • All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien
  • The Solitary Twin by Harry Mathews
  • The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlane
  • Homecoming by Kate Morton 
  • Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor 
  • There Should Have Been Eight by Nalini Singh
All books added
The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth

The Mother-In-Law

Sally Hepworth

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller reflective tense fast-paced
Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

Darling Girls

Sally Hepworth

359 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction thriller dark emotional fast-paced
The Hypnotist's Love Story: From the bestselling author of Big Little Lies, now an award winning TV series by Liane Moriarty

The Hypnotist's Love Story: From the bestselling author of Big Little Lies, now an award winning TV series

Liane Moriarty

429 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective medium-paced
Cherish Hard by Nalini Singh

Cherish Hard

Hard Play #1

Nalini Singh

372 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted slow-paced
Love Hard by Nalini Singh

Love Hard

Hard Play #3

Nalini Singh

340 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced
In Utero by Chris Gooch

In Utero

Chris Gooch

248 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction comics horror young adult medium-paced
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

Boy Swallows Universe

Trent Dalton

464 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera

The Whale Rider

Witi Ihimaera

150 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction fantasy magical realism young adult adventurous emotional medium-paced
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Project

Don Tillman #1

Graeme Simsion

295 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Pet by Catherine Chidgey

Pet

Catherine Chidgey

352 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced