Top 100 Books is Radio National's annual countdown where we hand over the reins to you. You vote for your favourite books, then we take over Radio National for a weekend to count them down.​

Each year we focus on a different theme. In 2026, we're celebrating Australian writing in all its many forms.

There's a good number of books 📚 on why Australia SHOULD NOT adopt the USA'S Lefty archaic (Latin) Westernism of Politics, nor align itself with it.

Boy swallows universe. Okay. To tell the truth im not that into aussie books. I read mostly british stuff but there are some aussie authors i like. Books have gotten so expensive nowadays though I most do my shopping at the lifeline book festival.

Spot

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Sep 28^th, 2026 at 11:21pm:

Boy swallows universe. Okay. To tell the truth im not that into aussie books. I read mostly british stuff but there are some aussie authors i like. Books have gotten so expensive nowadays though I most do my shopping at the lifeline book festival. Spot

I watched the series, but haven't read the book.

Off the top of my head there's 'Cloudstreet', 'The Slap', and 'A Fortunate Life'.