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ABC Radio National 2025: top 20 books (excerpt)

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20 ranked · top 10 made the cut
  1. Boy Swallows Universe — Trent Dalton
  2. The Book Thief — Markus ZusakHistorical Fiction
  3. A Gentleman in Moscow — Amor TowlesHistorical Fiction, Literary Fiction
  4. All The Light We Cannot See — Anthony DoerrHistorical Fiction
  5. Lessons in Chemistry — Bonnie Garmus
  6. Burial Rites — Hannah KentMystery, Historical Fiction
  7. The Dictionary of Lost Words — Pip Williams
  8. Demon Copperhead — Barbara KingsolverLiterary Fiction
  9. A Little Life — Hanya Yanagihara
  10. Wolf Hall — Hilary MantelHistorical Fiction
  1. 1 below the Cut
    Small Things Like These — Claire Keegan
  2. 2 below the Cut
    Where the Crawdads Sing — Delia Owens
  3. 3 below the Cut
    The Narrow Road to the Deep North — Richard Flanagan
  4. 4 below the Cut
    Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine — Gail HoneymanRomance, Literary Fiction
  5. 5 below the Cut
    Year of Wonders — Geraldine BrooksHistorical Fiction
  6. 6 below the Cut
    Still Life — Sarah Winman
  7. 7 below the Cut
    Wifedom — Anna Funder
  8. 8 below the Cut
    Dark Emu — Bruce Pascoe
  9. 9 below the Cut
    The Road — Cormac McCarthyLiterary Fiction
  10. 10 below the Cut
    The Secret River — Kate Grenville

#1 for ABC Radio National 2025: Boy Swallows Universe — Trent Dalton — the top 10 made the cut out of 20.

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