I’m sick of reading American books. Would love some Aussie recommendations.
Power Without Glory by Frank Hardy . Based on real people and real events. The Sentimental Bloke by C J Dennis On the Beach by Nevil Shute The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson.
Absolute epic, this book.
I was going to say Caddy, but checked and it’s Sydney. Oops.
Yes, Power Without Glory is great!
I quite enjoyed On the Beach (1957). It’s post apocalyptic, set heavily in Melbourne following a nuclear war.
Author is British though, but he wrote it after moving to Australia.
Kerry Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher novels are set in and around Melbourne in the 1920’s.
I never read these books but I loved the TV show adaptation!
I liked the books better than the tv version.
Kerry Greenwood - the Corinna Chapman series for a more contemporary take than Phryne Fisher.
Definitely second the Corinne Chapman series by Kerry Greenwood, so good!!! Also, if you like mysteries with some humour, ‘Brunswuck Street Blues’ by Sally Bothroyd was really enjoyable. Highly recommend
I quite liked The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume. The telemovie was good too.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
A million votes for the Corinna books. Also Eaglehawk by that author’s not-husband. Resurrection Man by Sean Williams has Melb but not in an especially recognisable way.
How about young adult fiction set in Melbourne? Any titles we know of?
I remember liking the Tomorrow, When the War Began series as a teenager (set in rural Vic). It’s about a group of Aussie teenagers who return from a bush camping trip to find everyone in the town gone. I remember it gets pretty dark and seemed really grounded for a YA series at the time, but I was 15 so take it with a grain of salt haha
thanks!