10 Reads in Honor of Australia Day

Australia is renowned for its natural and man-made wonders from ‘roos and Uluru/Ayers Rock, to Sydney’s Opera House and Harbor Bridge. To celebrate Australia Day, we’ve put together a list of some our favorite books inspired by the Land Down Under.

A Commonwealth of Thieves by Peter Keneally

The Complete Stories by David Malouf

The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes

Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

The Road from Coorain by Jill Ker Conway

The Singing Line by Alice Thomson

In a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson

A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute

The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

Magic Tree House #20: Dingoes at Dinnertime by Mary Pope Osborne