Recently, Better Reading announced their annual list of Top 100 Books.

“Each year, Australians have their say about which books and authors they love to read in the Better Reading Top 100. It has become a well-loved annual event that readers vote for, celebrate and discuss. It is a true reflection of what Australians read, featuring a mix of crime, women’s general fiction, literary fiction and classics”.
– betterreading.com

Following is the list of 100 books that made the 2024 Top 100 list. The books with ticks are those that I’ve read. I was surprised to realise that I have read only forty two books from this list. After giving it some thought, I realise that the positive about that, is that there are 58 great books on the list left to be read in the future.

Of the books that I have read, there are some that I absolutely agree should be on this list, and also some books that I wouldn’t have put on the list.

Top 100 2024

1. Lola In The Mirror by Trent Dalton. ✔️
2. Honeybee by Craig Silvey. ✔️
3. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
4. Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton. ✔️
5. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak. ✔️
6. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
7. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ✔️
8. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. ✔️
9. The Dry by Jane Harper. ✔️
10. Ice Breaker by Hannah Grace
11. The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams ✔️
12. Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. ✔️
13. The Seven by Chris Hammer. ✔️
14. The Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland. ✔️
15. All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr ✔️
16. Chai Time At Cinnamon Gardens by Shankari Chandran
17. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. ✔️
18. The Other Bridget by Rachel Johns
19. Consider Me by Becka Mack
20. Dark Mode by Ashley Kalagian Blunt
21. Cloud Street by Time Winton. ✔️
22. Homecoming by Kate Morton. ✔️
23. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
24. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon. ✔️
25. Bookbinder of Jericho by Pip Williams. ✔️
26. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover. ✔️
27. The Sugar Palace by Fiona McIntosh. ✔️
28. Fairy Tale by Stephen King ✔️
29. The Wakes by Dianne Yarwood
30. Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
31. Still Life by Sarah Winman
32. Lying Beside You by Michael Robotham. ✔️
33. The Tilt by Chris Hammer. ✔️
34. The Thursday Murder Club by Chris Naismith
35. The Soulmate by Sally Hepworth
36. Talented Mrs. Greenway by Tea Cooper
37. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
38. Horse by Geraldine Brooks
39. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
40. Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne
41. Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien. ✔️
42. The Last Love Note by Emma Grey
43. Mr. Einstein’s Secretary by Matthew Reilly
44. Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt by Lucinda Riley and Harry Whittaker. ✔️
45. Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan. ✔️
46. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. ✔️
47. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Bachman
48. The Lost Man by Jane Harper. ✔️
49. Rush by Michelle Prak
50. House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
51. Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
52. Hummingbird Effect by Kate Mildenhall
53. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. ✔️
54. Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
55. The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson
56. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Vergheese
57. Green Dot by Madeleine Gray
58. The Angry Women’s Choir by Meg Bignell
59. Verity by Colleen Hoover. ✔️
60. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
61. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
62. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. ✔️
63. At The Foot Of The Cherry Tree by Alli Parker
64. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
65. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. ✔️
66. The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien. ✔️
67. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
68. Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson. ✔️
69. Voices in the Dark by Fleur McDonald
70. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. ✔️
71. Money Club by Fiona Lowe
72. Bitter and Sweet by Amal Awad
73. Back on Track by Tricia Stringer
74. The Wife & The Widow by christian White. ✔️
75. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
76. Time After Time by Karly Lane
77. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
78. A Woman’s Work by Victoria Purman. ✔️
79. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty. ✔️
80. 1984 by George Orwell. ✔️
81. Something Bad is Going To Happen by Jessie Stephens
82. Secrets of the Huon Wren by Claire Van Ryn
83. The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
84. The Other Side of Her by B.M. Carroll
85. Limberlost by Robbie Arnott
86. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
87. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
88. Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
89. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. ✔️
90. Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang
91. Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
92. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwabb
93. Babel by R.F. Kuang
94. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty. ✔️
95. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
96. Exiles by jane Harper. ✔️
97. Before You Knew My Name by Jacqueline Bublitz
98. The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood. ✔️
99. Normal People by Sally Rooney
100. Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth

Are your favourite books on the Top 100 list? Do you think there any surprises? I’d love to hear your thoughts, and promise to reply to all comments left.

Link to Better Reading

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