Australian Reading Challenge 2022 - hosted by curatoriallyyours

A book set in the bush or the outback.
I mean, most of us live in cities or the suburbs but the bush/outback setting does seem to be overrepresented in fiction... well, at least when you think about how few of us actually live in those settings!
All books added
Runt by Craig Silvey

Runt

Craig Silvey

6 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions) user-added

fiction childrens contemporary funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Jessica by Bryce Courtenay

Jessica

Bryce Courtenay

696 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

fiction historical romance reflective medium-paced
The Cartographer's Secret by Tea Cooper

The Cartographer's Secret

Tea Cooper

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical emotional mysterious fast-paced
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone

Ernest Cunningham #1

Benjamin Stevenson

384 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark funny mysterious medium-paced
The Yield by Tara June Winch

The Yield

Tara June Winch

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Endangered: Three Plays by Sarah Hamilton, Hannie Rayson, Justine Campbell, Caleb Lewis

Endangered: Three Plays

Sarah Hamilton, Hannie Rayson, Justine Campbell, Caleb Lewis

220 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction adventurous dark medium-paced
Dragon Skin by Karen Foxlee

Dragon Skin

Karen Foxlee

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Picnic At Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

Picnic At Hanging Rock

Joan Lindsay

208 pages • first pub 1967 (editions)

fiction classics mystery dark mysterious slow-paced
The Lost Man by Jane Harper

The Lost Man

Jane Harper

352 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner

Seven Little Australians

The Woolcots #1

Ethel Turner

152 pages • first pub 1894 (editions)

fiction childrens classics emotional hopeful medium-paced