Book That Means Most To Australian Readers (2003)

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AND THE WINNER WAS…

1. Cloudstreet By Tim Winton
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   "ABC tallied the votes from their online and postal mail poll and the winner was Tim Winton's "Cloudstreet"
   
   


Source:
http://www.abc.net.au

THE TOP 20

And here's the voters choice top 20.

1. Cloudstreet By Tim Winton
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


2. A Fortunate Life By A.b. Facey
   
   
   (history)
   
   


3. Dirt Music By Tim Winton
   
   
   (literature and fiction, romance)
   
   


4. My Brother Jack By George Johnston
   
   
   (classics, literature and fiction)
   
   


5. The Magic Pudding By Norman Lindsay
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


6. The Tree Of Man By Patrick White
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


7. Seven Little Australians By Ethel Turner
   
   
   (classics, literature and fiction)
   
   


8. The Fortunes Of Richard Mahony By Henry Handel Richardson
   
   
   (business books, children books, IT books, food and cooking, health, history, literature and fiction, mystery and thrillers, nonfiction, parenting, religion and spirituality, romance, science, teens)
   
   


9. Tomorrow When The War Began By John Marsden
   
   
   (adventure, children books, teens)
   
   


10. My Place By Sally Morgan
    
    
    (history)
    
    


11. Power Without Glory By Frank Hardy
    
    
    (business books, children books, IT books, food and cooking, health, history, literature and fiction, mystery and thrillers, nonfiction, parenting, religion and spirituality, romance, science, teens)
    
    


12. Power Of One By Bryce Courtenay
    
    
    (literature and fiction)
    
    


13. Oscar And Lucinda By Peter Carey
    
    
    (literature and fiction)
    
    


14. The Harp In The South By Ruth Park
    
    
    (literature and fiction)
    
    


15. Snugglepot And Cuddlepie By May Gibbs
    
    
    (children books)
    
    


16. Eucalyptus By Murray Bail
    
    
    (literature and fiction, romance, fantasy)
    
    


17. The Idea Of Perfection By Kate Grenville
    
    
    (literature and fiction)
    
    


18. The Ancient Future By Traci Harding
    
    
    (business books, children books, IT books, food and cooking, health, history, literature and fiction, mystery and thrillers, nonfiction, parenting, religion and spirituality, romance, science, teens)
    
    


19. I Can Jump Puddles By Alan Marshall
    
    
    (children books)
    
    


20. Voss By Patrick White
    
    
    (classics, literature and fiction)
    
    


Source:
http://www.abc.net.au

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