Australia

Boomsday three-stars

Literary

By Christopher Buckley

Chasing Kangaroos four-stars Selection

Science

By Tim Flannery

Diary of a Bad Year three-and-half-stars

Literary

By J. M. Coetzee

Like You'd Understand, Anyway four-stars

Literary

By Jim Shepard

Seven Types of Ambiguity three-and-half-stars

Literary

By Elliot Perlman

The Broken Shore four-stars

Crime

By Peter Temple

The Ghost Writer three-and-half-stars

Literary

By John Harwood

The Lost four-stars

History

By Daniel Mendelsohn

The Turning four-stars

Literary

By Tim Winton

The Unknown Terrorist three-and-half-stars

Literary

By Richard Flanagan