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Shortlist
Our selection of 20 great reads set in Victoria or by Victorian authors. Find out more about each book and its author, read an extract, and locate your nearest public library so you can borrow the book and start reading!
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A woman neurotically counts everything in her world – and soon realises that numbers don't help much when you fall in love.
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The gritty memoir of a young shearer's coming of age.
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A woman travels to Nepal and India to learn about her glamorous starlet-turned-Buddhist mother.
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A teenager is found dead in St Kilda, leading a middle-aged detective into the appalling world of child abuse, drug dealing and paedophilia.
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Seven powerful stories that take place in different corners of the globe.
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The memoir of dedicated Australian feminist and environmental activist Bette Boyanton.
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A dedicated doctor's life begins to crumble when she is sued over a delayed diagnosis – and things will never be the same for her again.
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An anthology featuring the cream of Australian fantasy and science-fiction writing.
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Take a trip through Melbourne's culinary history, with some recipes to sample along the way.
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Authors share their spirited and often humorous stories of growing up with two very different cultures – Asian and Australian.
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Follows the life of the glamorous yet ill-tempered singer Dame Nellie Melba – Australia's first international superstar and native Melburnian.
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A tragedy sets Jemma Musk on the run from the law in this novel set in 19th-century Victoria.
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Familiar city buildings transform into monuments to struggles of the past in this exploration of Melbourne's hidden alternative political history.
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A man leaves Ithaca for Australia in 1916. Ninety years later, his grand-daughter is translating his memoirs, while making a journey of her own – back to Ithaca.
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Australia's wartime brides tell their story of their voyage to England to start a new life.
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The true story of an Aboriginal man who died in custody, leading to an uprising by the local community.
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A meditation on the complexities of Australian suburban life and the process of change told through the memories and contemplations of its residents.
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The biography of Tom Wills – the man who gave birth to Australian Rules football 150 years ago.
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A rich anthology of moving poetry from one of Australia's most inspiring writers Peter Steele.
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Tense fears grip war-torn Berlin as two zookeepers and their animals struggle to survive.
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