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More than 280,000 votes were cast. Now Kate and Cassie reveal the books that just missed Radio National's Top 100 Australian Books countdown.With special guests literary curator and Top 100 producer Michaela Kalowski, and critic and publisher Geordie Williamson, they unpack the biggest talking points from the vote and spotlight the next 100 books in Australia's literary ranking.Download a printable Top 100 Australian Books 1-100 rankedAlso, the list from 101-200 The 'Ones That Got Away' List: 101-200101 — Phosphorescence (2019) — Julia Baird102 — Bliss (1981) — Peter Carey103 — Always Home Always Homesick (2025) — Hannah Kent104 — Kissed by the Moon (2013) — Alison Lester105 — The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1997) — Richard Flanagan106 — A Room Made of Leaves (2020) — Kate Grenville107 — The Eleventh Hour (1988) — Graeme Base108 — The Labyrinth (2020) — Amanda Lohrey109 — Fight Like a Girl (2016) — Clementine Ford110 — Eggshell Skull (2018) — Bri Lee111 — Bruny (2019) — Heather Rose112 — Any Ordinary Day (2018) — Leigh Sales113 — No Friend But the Mountains (2018) — Behrouz Boochani114 — The Season (2024) — Helen Garner115 — Who Sank the Boat? (1982) — Pamela Allen116 — Bridge of Clay (2018) — Markus Zusak117 — The Riders (1994) — Tim Winton118 — Romulus My Father (1998) — Raimond Gaita119 — Banjo Paterson's Bush Ballads (2007) — A.B. Banjo Paterson120 — On the Beach (1957) — Nevil Shute121 — Wake in Fright (1961) — Kenneth Cook122 — The Transit of Venus (1980) — Shirley Hazzard123 — The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill (1939) — Dorothy Wall124 — The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (1930) — Henry Handel Richardson125 — All Our Shimmering Skies (2020) — Trent Dalton126 — Obernewtyn (1987) — Isobelle Carmody127 — An Imaginary Life (1978) — David Malouf128 — Mary Poppins (1934) — P.L. Travers129 — Death of a River Guide (1994) — Richard Flanagan130 — Disgrace (1999) — J. M. Coetzee131 — The Rúin (2018) — Dervla McTiernan132 — Hating Alison Ashley (1984) — Robin Klein133 — Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (1984) — Mem Fox and Julie Vivas134 — He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (1994) — John Birmingham135 — Sorrow and Bliss (2020) — Meg Mason136 — Gould's Book of Fish (2001) — Richard Flanagan137 — Dusk (2024) — Robbie Arnott138 — Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (1996) — Doris Pilkington and Nugi Garimara139 — Tell Me Why (1993) — Archie Roach140 — Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (2021) — Anita Heiss141 — The Year of Living Dangerously (1978) — Christopher Koch142 — Holding the Man (1995) — Timothy Conigrave143 — How To End a Story: Collected Diaries (2021) — Helen Garner144 — The Drover's Wife (1892) — Henry Lawson145 — Journey to the Stone Country (2002) — Alex Miller146 — Grand Days (1993) — Frank Moorhouse147 — Grug (1979) — Ted Prior148 — Ransom (2009) — David Malouf149 — See What You Made Me Do (2019) — Jess Hill150 — The Songlines (1987) — Bruce Chatwin151 — The Merry-Go-Round in the Sea (1965) — Randolph Stow152 — Memorial Days (2025) — Geraldine Brooks153 — Tirra Lirra by the River (1978) — Jessica Anderson154 — The First Stone (1995) — Helen Garner155 — Rowan of Rin (1993) — Emily Rodda156 — The White Girl (2019) — Tony Birch157 — The Good People (2016) — Hannah Kent158 — The Women in Black (1993) — Madeleine St John159 — Bitter Wash Road (2013) — Garry Disher160 — The CWA Cookery Book and Household Hints, 54th edition (1993) — CWA161 — Once (2005) — Morris Gleitzman162 — Nevermoor (2017) — Jessica Townsend163 — Tracks (1980) — Robyn Davidson164 — Poor Man's Orange (1949) — Ruth Park165 — The Biggest Estate on Earth (2011) — Bill Gammage166 — Australian Gospel (2024) — Lech Blaine167 — The Wife and the Widow (2019) — Christian White168 — Praise (1992) — Andrew McGahan169 — The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) — Thomas Keneally170 — Illywhacker (1985) — Peter Carey171 — Migrations


