Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award Winners

The best Australian writing as chosen by Australian Independent Booksellers. Four categories: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Debut Fiction and Children's, with ...more

Winners

	A Song Only I Can Hear by Barry Jonsberg 3.87 avg rating — 1,162 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Young Adult (2019)	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
	Lenny's Book of Everything by Karen Foxlee 4.34 avg rating — 3,446 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Children's (2019)	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
	Welcome to Country by Marcia Langton 4.19 avg rating — 261 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Illustrated Non-Fiction (2019)	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 Arsonist: A Mind on Fire by Chloe Hooper 4.04 avg rating — 5,981 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Non-Fiction (2019)	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
	Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 45,259 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Fiction (2019)	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
	Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton 4.34 avg rating — 96,182 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Debut Fiction (2019)	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
	Native: Art and design with Australian Plants by Kate Herd 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Illustrated Non-Fiction (2018)	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
	Wimmera by Mark Brandi (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 5,464 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Debut Fiction (2018)	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
	Saga Land by Richard Fidler 4.03 avg rating — 2,709 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Non-Fiction (2018)	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 Choke by Sofie Laguna 4.22 avg rating — 5,966 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Fiction (2018)	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
	Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow (Nevermoor, #1) by Jessica Townsend (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 74,534 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Children's (2018)	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
	Wilder Country (Winter, #2) by Mark Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 602 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Young Adult (2018)	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
	Words in Deep Blue by Cath Crowley (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 40,796 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Young Adult (2017)	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
	Circle by Jeannie Baker 3.83 avg rating — 372 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Children's (2017)	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
	Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner 4.09 avg rating — 3,638 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Non-Fiction (2017)	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 Last Painting of Sara de Vos by Dominic Smith (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 30,554 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Fiction (2017)	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 Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) by Jane Harper (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 263,320 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Debut Fiction (2017)	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
	Cloudwish (The Six Impossiverse #3) by Fiona Wood 3.73 avg rating — 1,380 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year Young Adult (2016)	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 Bad Guys: Episode 1 by Aaron Blabey 4.18 avg rating — 19,394 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Children's (2016)	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
	Reckoning: A Memoir by Magda Szubanski 4.10 avg rating — 6,904 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Nonfiction (2016)	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 Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 14,776 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Book of the Year Fiction (2016)	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
	Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 2,216 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction (2016)	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
	Foreign Soil by Maxine Beneba Clarke 3.90 avg rating — 2,367 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction (2015)	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
	Withering-By-Sea (A Stella Montgomery Intrigue, #1) by Judith Rossell (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 2,052 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Children's & YA (2015)	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
	Golden Boys by Sonya Hartnett 3.72 avg rating — 1,573 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Fiction (2015)	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 Bush by Don Watson 3.99 avg rating — 579 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Book of the Year Non-Fiction (2015)	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
	Burial Rites by Hannah Kent (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 122,492 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction (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
	Kissed by the Moon by Alison Lester 4.46 avg rating — 301 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Children's & YA (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 Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan 4.04 avg rating — 62,178 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Book of the Year & Book of the Year Fiction (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
	Girt (The Unauthorised History of Australia #1) by David Hunt (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 6,381 ratings Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award for Nonfiction (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