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To celebrate The National Year of Reading, ABC TV's First Tuesday Book Club looked for the 10 Aussie Books to Read Before You Die - the great Australian reading list.

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  • The top ten ranked books were:
    1. Cloudstreet - Tim Winton
    2. The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
    3. A Fortunate Life - A.B. Facey
    4. The Harp in the South - Ruth Park
    5. The Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
    6. Jasper Jones - Craig Silvey
    7. The Magic Pudding - Norman Lindsay
    8. The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas
    9. The Secret River - Kate Grenville
    10. Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay

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Hardly a Novel Approach Dianne Butler , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 December 2012; (p. 48)

— Review of 10 Aussie Books to Read Before You Die 2012 single work film/TV
Hardly a Novel Approach Dianne Butler , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 December 2012; (p. 48)

— Review of 10 Aussie Books to Read Before You Die 2012 single work film/TV
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