The Sweet, Terrible, Glorious Year I Truly, Completely Lost It by Lisa Shanahan, 304 pp, realistic, humor [GR | Amazon] |
Joel and Cat Set the Story Straight by Nick Earls & Rebecca Sparrow, 240 pp, multiple POV, humor [GR | Amazon] |
Earlier this week, we highlighted some of our favorite Australian young adult authors and books and many that we are excited to try in the future. While researching that post, I realized how very vast the choices were and how much we had left to explore. While I've included over 100 different Aussie YA books in this Wall of Books, there are hundreds more left out. If I've left out your favorite, leave it in the comments and I'll add it in. I'd like to thank Kat from Cuddlebuggery for helping me add in some of the data. I'd also love to recommend some other Australian blogs and reviewers that regularly feature Aussie fiction: Vegan YA Nerds, Belle's Bookshelf, Maree's Musings, Inkcrush, Trinity, Reynje, and Emily. I am almost certainly missing some very important people but it is late and my mind is mush. I know several people found some fun books in our Wall of Short YA Books so I hope some of you find one or two new Australian YA books to read from this post. I was/am surprised how many of them are available through Amazon US (and especially for Kindle!) There are a few which are not available on Amazon so I linked to Fishpond in those cases, though just a few seem to be sadly out of print.
Happy reading!
30 Comments
Andrea
10/7/2012 06:38:08 pm
That looks like an amazing amount of work to put together! But such nice eye candy.
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10/7/2012 07:07:02 pm
It does take forever but it's worth it. Also, it is mindless so I just did the lion's share of it while I watched Dexter, Homeland, and a really crap Sarah Jessica Parker movie (I Don't Know How She Does It) I think that movie is supposed to be inspiring for mothers but all it made me want to do is never ever have children.
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10/7/2012 07:01:27 pm
*dances around in all the Aussie glory*
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10/7/2012 07:08:06 pm
You've read "most of them"?! Holy heck, then you are some sort of Wonder Woman. There are some pretty obscure ones hiding in there.
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10/9/2012 01:35:00 am
Whoops.... "heard of" most of them.
Reynje
10/7/2012 07:12:44 pm
One of you delightful ladies *needs* to read Creepy & Maud - I'd love to hear what you make of it. I've not reviewed it yet, but it's pretty unique..
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10/8/2012 12:54:11 am
That one looked specifically interesting to me, Rey! I saw that it is available for Kindle and that you and one other reviewer I trust really loved it and that pretty much clinched it for me.
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10/7/2012 07:28:25 pm
Crikey! ;) Great work, Flann. The Kobo store has been my latest go to resource for Aussie ebooks. They have a ton of UQP titles. BN.com has a few too, like Brown Skin Blue and Loving Richard Feynman.
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10/8/2012 01:22:41 pm
We'll brainstorm Aussie book suppliers when I see you next. There are definitely a few I need to buy very soon, hard copy and ecopy.
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10/8/2012 01:20:27 pm
I love all three of those and I'm jealous that you're experiencing them for the first time.
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10/8/2012 03:59:35 am
I've read a ton of these books, and they're all terrific! I'm sure that you put a ton of time into this post. :)
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10/8/2012 01:19:17 pm
Yeah, I'm interested to see what (hopefully nothing) is changed between Good Oil and Love & Other Perishable Items. Catie did a comparison of the US & Aussie versions of Graffiti Moon and there were loads of differences:-/
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10/8/2012 01:26:29 pm
Collecting holds is one of the best joys in life. I currently have loads out for The Cybils. The piles are both overwhelming and absolutely beautiful:)
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Maja
10/8/2012 04:45:34 am
Wow, there are so many I've read, and so many I've never even heard of! One thing is sure, I'll be coming back to check out this list very often! It's a good way to make sure I read at least one Aussie title every month. There are plenty to choose from.
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10/8/2012 01:33:35 pm
Even as the maker, there are so, so many that I've yet to read. It's exciting to see how much there is out there.
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Sarah
10/8/2012 12:13:13 pm
As an avid lurker I finally feel compelled to comment. . . this is a fantastic list (I truly mean that, as a New Zealander I probably have more access to Aus YA lit than those in the states and have read quite a few of these), but Margaret Mahy is not Australian! . . .and quite possibly would have been quite offended to be called such
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10/8/2012 12:28:49 pm
Ah! I had no clue. Will fix that now. I have to admit, there aren't tons of sources for of compiled information on this subject so I checked blogs, some Australian websites, and lots of people's Goodreads shelves. I'm kind of offended on her behalf as well that several people (including me!) have her books shelved as Australian when she is from New Zealand. Yikes. I'm duly embarrassed and apologize for the mistake.
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10/8/2012 05:47:40 pm
There are books on this list that even I haven't heard of... I need to make it my mission to read them all :D
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lalibrarylady86
10/9/2012 04:14:33 am
"The Power of One" is one of my favorite books. In order to read the sequels, I had to get them through inter-library loan. Perhaps it is not considered YA?
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10/9/2012 04:13:41 pm
Do you mean Bryce Courtenay's Power of One? That is meant to be amazing, I agree, but he isn't Australian. I think he's South African?
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Nomes
10/9/2012 10:45:29 am
man, this is amazing.
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Brittany
10/14/2012 01:41:42 pm
You have just dramatically increased my TBR pile... all I can say to this is, THANK YOU! I even have a GR shelf dedicated strictly to Aussie authors. It's small now at 16 (including all of Melina Marchetta's books), but I have a feeling it will steadily continue to grow.
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