Top Horror Novels
Discover new books on Goodreads
See if your friends have read any of Kate Grenville's books
Kate Grenville

Kate Grenville’s Followers (877)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Kate Grenville


Born
in Sydney, Australia
October 14, 1950

Website

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction


Kate Grenville is one of Australia's most celebrated writers. Her international bestseller The Secret River was awarded local and overseas prizes and is now a much-loved classic. Grenville's other novels include The Lieutenant, Lilian's Story, the Orange Prize–winner The Idea of Perfection and A Room Made of Leaves. Her works of non-fiction include One Life: My Mother's Story, Elizabeth Macarthur's Letters and Unsettled: A Journey Through Time and Place.

 ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.8 · 63,469 ratings · 6,438 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors
The Secret River
3.81 avg rating — 26,246 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
A Room Made of Leaves
3.85 avg rating — 10,873 ratings — published 2020 — 24 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Lieutenant
3.68 avg rating — 5,937 ratings — published 2007 — 52 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Restless Dolly Maunder
3.84 avg rating — 4,811 ratings — published 2023 — 11 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Sarah Thornhill
3.87 avg rating — 3,884 ratings — published 2011 — 38 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
The Idea of Perfection
3.65 avg rating — 3,867 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
One Life: My Mother's Story
4.08 avg rating — 2,083 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Lilian's Story
3.70 avg rating — 1,717 ratings — published 1984 — 34 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Unsettled: A Journey Throug...
3.94 avg rating — 630 ratings — 4 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Searching for the Secret River
3.96 avg rating — 626 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Kate Grenville…

Series by Kate Grenville

The Secret River The Lieutenant Sarah Thornhill
(3 books)
by
3.80 avg rating — 36,066 ratings

Lilian's Story Dark Places Joan Makes History
(3 books)
by
3.64 avg rating — 2,746 ratings

Lilian's Story
(1 book)
by
3.70 avg rating — 1,717 ratings

Quotes by Kate Grenville  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“How short a time a person had to be alive, he thought. How long to be dead.”
― Kate Grenville, The Secret River
8 likes
Like

“Anyone can be lovely, but you are rare.”
― Kate Grenville, Lilian's Story
7 likes
Like

“Everything in his life had come down to the sensation of her fingers against his. The person he was, the history he carried within himself, every joy and grief he had ever experienced, slipped way like an irrelevant garment. He was nothing but skin, speaking to another skin, and between the skins there was no need to find any words.”
― Kate Grenville, The Lieutenant
6 likes
Like

Polls

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Canongate Boo...: February 2009: The Lieutenant 4 51 Jan 16, 2009 01:04PM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. Summer Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread) 3022 3297 Aug 31, 2010 10:39PM  
Reading with Style: This topic has been closed to new comments. FA10 RwS Completed Tasks 923 436 Dec 01, 2010 06:41AM  
Challenge: 50 Books: Zee's 50 Books for 2010 - Completed! 56 143 Jan 01, 2011 07:51AM  
The History Book ...: VELVETINK'S 50 BOOKS READ IN 2010 24 125 Jan 02, 2011 03:08PM  
Historical Fictio...: Challenge #4 - September 1 - December 31 877 450 Jan 03, 2011 01:10PM  
Aussie Readers: Australian Literary Fiction - Discovering ourselves through inspiring and thought-provoking stories... 33 166 Feb 23, 2011 11:45PM  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Kate to Goodreads.