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!
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Pioneer Women of the Bush and Outback by Jennifer Isaacs

Pioneer Women of the Bush and Outback

Jennifer Isaacs

256 pages • first pub 1990 (editions) user-added

nonfiction history
Taboo by Kim Scott

Taboo

Kim Scott

287 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback by Robyn Davidson

Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1700 Miles of Australian Outback

Robyn Davidson

288 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction memoir travel adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
The Backyard Adventurer by Beau Miles

The Backyard Adventurer

Beau Miles

256 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction sports travel adventurous inspiring reflective medium-paced
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray

Anita Heiss

416 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Kings in Grass Castles by Mary Durack

Kings in Grass Castles

Mary Durack

missing duration info • first pub 1959 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous emotional informative slow-paced
We of the Never Never by Jeannie Gunn

We of the Never Never

Jeannie Gunn

232 pages • first pub 1907 (editions)

nonfiction biography classics emotional informative slow-paced
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin

My Brilliant Career

Miles Franklin

248 pages • first pub 1901 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective slow-paced
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