Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year Winners

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Winners

	Girt (The Unauthorised History of Australia #1) by David Hunt (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 5,458 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year for Nielsen BookData Booksellers' Choice Award (Shortlisted) (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas 3.23 avg rating — 29,773 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Girl Stuff - A Full-On Guide To The Teen Years by Kaz Cooke (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 403 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salvation Creek by Susan Duncan 3.85 avg rating — 1,192 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret River by Kate Grenville 3.81 avg rating — 21,851 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joe Cinque's Consolation: A True Story of Death, Grief and the Law by Helen Garner 4.08 avg rating — 5,768 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin 4.12 avg rating — 30,165 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Sentences: How Cliches, Weasel Words and Management-Speak Are Strangling Public Language by Don Watson 3.60 avg rating — 465 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2003)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diary of a Wombat (Ala Notable Children's Books. Younger Readers (Awards)) by Jackie French 4.24 avg rating — 6,189 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2002)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blue Day Book: A Lesson in Cheering Yourself Up by Bradley Trevor Greive 4.03 avg rating — 2,774 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (2000)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stravinsky's Lunch by Drusilla Modjeska 4.17 avg rating — 154 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (1999)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan 3.76 avg rating — 4,803 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (1998)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning For Revenge (Tomorrow, #5) by John Marsden 4.17 avg rating — 16,698 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (1997)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Letters by Robert Dessaix 3.83 avg rating — 387 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cook's Companion by Stephanie Alexander 4.38 avg rating — 1,913 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (1996)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Stone: Some Questions of Sex and Power by Helen Garner 3.58 avg rating — 2,167 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (1995)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeska 3.76 avg rating — 370 ratings Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year (1994)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars