Indie Book Award (Australia)Longlist

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The Indie Book Awards were established in 2008 with the aim of creating a unique award recognising and rewarding the best Australian writing as chosen by Australian independent booksellers. The show more Awards celebrate the enormous depth and range of literary talent in this nation.




The Indie Book Awards differ from other literary awards because they are chosen by independent booksellers who are renowned for their love of books and reading, support new and emerging Australian authors and foster a love of quality writing.

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Stages:
All, Winner (79), Shortlist (213), Longlist (197)
Categories:
Years:
All, 2024 (36), 2023 (12), 2021 (30), 2020 (35), 2019 (18), 2018 (36), 2017 (30)

Longlist 197

WorkCategoryYear
If I Was a Horse by Sophie BlackallChildren's Books2024
The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright: An Elston-Fright Tale by Reece CarterChildren's Books2024
Walk With Us: Welcome to Our Country by Adam, GoodesChildren's Books2024
The 169-Story Treehouse: Doppelganger Doom! (The Treehouse Books, 13) by Andy GriffithsChildren's Books2024
Millie Mak the Maker by Alice PungChildren's Books2024
Australian Animals: From Beach to Bush by Brent TurnerChildren's Books2024
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki BrammerDebut Fiction2024
Fed to Red Birds by Rijn CollinsDebut Fiction2024
The House of Now and Then by Jo DixonDebut Fiction2024
Duck à l'Orange for Breakfast by Karina MayDebut Fiction2024
At the Foot of the Cherry Tree by Alli ParkerDebut Fiction2024
The Things That Matter Most by Gabbie StroudDebut Fiction2024
Restless Dolly Maunder by Kate GrenvilleFiction2024
The Hummingbird Effect by Kate MildenhallFiction2024
Homecoming by Kate MortonFiction2024
God Forgets About the Poor by Peter PolitesFiction2024
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin StevensonFiction2024
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte WoodFiction2024
The Year I Met My Brain: A Travel Companion for Adults Who Have Just Found Out They Have ADHD by Matilda BoseleyIllustrated Non-Fiction2024
The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook: Habits for Hope in a Changing World by Kirsten BradleyIllustrated Non-Fiction2024
Getting to Know the Birds in Your Neighbourhood by Darryl JonesIllustrated Non-Fiction2024
A Seat at My Table: Philoxenia: Vegetarian and Vegan Greek Kitchen Recipes by Kon KarapanagiotidisIllustrated Non-Fiction2024
Songs from the Kitchen Table by Archie RoachIllustrated Non-Fiction2024
Bush FlowersIllustrated Non-Fiction2024
The Man Who Wasn't There by Dan BoxNon-Fiction2024
Showing Up by Nedd BrockmannNon-Fiction2024
The Last Charge of the Australian Light Horse by Peter FitzSimonsNon-Fiction2024
Best Wishes: The funny new book from the bestselling, much loved and eternally hopeful author of The Land Before Avocado and Flesh Wounds by Richard GloverNon-Fiction2024
The Queen Is Dead by Stan GrantNon-Fiction2024
Heartbake by Charlotte ReeNon-Fiction2024
Grace Notes by Karen ComerYoung Adult2024
The Lorikeet Tree by Paul JenningsYoung Adult2024
The Isles of the Gods by Amie KaufmanYoung Adult2024
We Could Be Something by Will KostakisYoung Adult2024
Some Shall Break by Ellie MarneyYoung Adult2024
Robert Runs by Mariah SweetmanYoung Adult2024
Sunbathing: A Novel by Isobel BeechDebut Fiction2023
The Islands by Emily BrugmanDebut Fiction2023
The Mother by Jane CaroDebut Fiction2023
Cautionary Tales for Excitable Girls by Anne Casey-HardyDebut Fiction2023
Every Version of You by Grace ChanDebut Fiction2023
JesustownDebut Fiction2023
Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica AuFiction2023
The Tilt by Chris HammerFiction2023
Salt and Skin by Eliza Henry-JonesFiction2023
The Sun Walks Down by Fiona McFarlaneFiction2023
Willowman by Inga SimpsonFiction2023
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin StevensonFiction2023
respect by Aunty Fay MuirChildren's Books2021
The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle BinksChildren's Books2021
The Hunted by Gabriel BergmoserDebut Fiction2021
Kokomo by Victoria HannanDebut Fiction2021
The Loudness of Unsaid Things by Hilde HintonDebut Fiction2021
The Coconut Children by Vivian PhamDebut Fiction2021
The Morbids by Ewa RamseyDebut Fiction2021
Sheerwater by Leah SwannDebut Fiction2021
The Tolstoy Estate by Steven ConteFiction2021
A Room Made of Leaves by Kate GrenvilleFiction2021
The Survivors by Jane HarperFiction2021
Infinite Splendours by Sofie LagunaFiction2021
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghyFiction2021
The Good Turn by Dervla McTiernanFiction2021
Golden Daze by Sean DohertyIllustrated Non-Fiction2021
Rivers: The Lifeblood of Australia by Ian HoskinsIllustrated Non-Fiction2021
To Asia, With Love: Everyday Asian Recipes and Stories From the Heart by Hetty McKinnonIllustrated Non-Fiction2021
The Flying Kangaroo: 100 Years of Qantas by Neil Montagnana-WallaceIllustrated Non-Fiction2021
Stalin's Wine Cellar by John BakerNon-Fiction2021
The Last Lighthouse Keeper: A Memoir by John CookNon-Fiction2021
The Golden Maze: A Biography of Prague by Richard FidlerNon-Fiction2021
Searching for Charlotte: The Fascinating Story of Australia's First Children's Author by Kate ForsythNon-Fiction2021
I Catch Killers: The Life and Many Deaths of a Homicide Detective by Gary JubelinNon-Fiction2021
Fire Country by Victor SteffensenNon-Fiction2021
The Lost Soul Atlas by Zana FraillonYoung Adult2021
When Rain Turns to Snow by Jane GodwinYoung Adult2021
Aurora Burning by Amie KaufmanYoung Adult2021
None Shall Sleep (The None Shall Sleep Sequence, 1) by Ellie MarneyYoung Adult2021
The Erasure Initiative by Lili WilkinsonYoung Adult2021
Loner by Georgina YoungYoung Adult2021
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals by Sami BaylyChildren's Books2020
Mr Chicken All Over Australia by Leigh HobbsChildren's Books2020
A Trip to the Beach by Gwyn PerkinsChildren's Books2020
The Glimme by Emily RoddaChildren's Books2020
TillyChildren's Books2020
A Constant Hum by Alice BishopDebut Fiction2020
Hitch by Kathryn HindDebut Fiction2020
Act of Grace by Anna KrienDebut Fiction2020
Crossings by Alex LandraginDebut Fiction2020
Six Minutes by Petronella McGovernDebut Fiction2020
The White Girl by Tony BirchFiction2020
The Rip by Mark BrandiFiction2020
Silver by Chris HammerFiction2020
Maybe the Horse Will Talk by Elliot PerlmanFiction2020
Damascus by Christos TsiolkasFiction2020
The Yield by Tara June WinchFiction2020
The Leaf Supply Guide to Creating Your Indoor Jungle by Lauren CamilleriIllustrated Non-Fiction2020
Australian Modern: The Architecture of Stephenson & Turner by Philip GoadIllustrated Non-Fiction2020
Australian Designers at Home by Rose-Innes JennyIllustrated Non-Fiction2020
Ben Quilty by Ben QuiltyIllustrated Non-Fiction2020
Warndu Mai (Good Food): Introducing native Australian ingredients to your kitchen by Rebecca SullivanIllustrated Non-Fiction2020
In an Australian Light by Jo TurnerIllustrated Non-Fiction2020
Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga: A not-so-perfect tree change by Todd AlexanderNon-Fiction2020
Against All Odds by Craig ChallenNon-Fiction2020
Banking Bad: How Corporate Greed and Broken Governance Failed Australia by Adele FergusonNon-Fiction2020
Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I, 1978-1987 by Helen GarnerNon-Fiction2020
See What You Made Me Do: Power, Control and Domestic Violence by Jess HillNon-Fiction2020
Back on Track: How one man and his dogs are changing the lives of rural kids by Bernie ShakeshaftNon-Fiction2020
How It Feels to Float by Helena FoxYoung Adult2020
Aurora Rising by Amie KaufmanYoung Adult2020
Weapon by Lynette NoniYoung Adult2020
Invisible Boys by Holden SheppardYoung Adult2020
Land of Fences by Mark SmithYoung Adult2020
This is How We Change the Ending by Vikki WakefieldYoung Adult2020
I Am Change by Suzy ZailYoung Adult2020
Flames by Robbie ArnottDebut Fiction2019
The Helpline: A Novel by Katherine ColletteDebut Fiction2019
The Ruin by Dervla McTiernanDebut Fiction2019
The Earth Does Not Get Fat by Julia PrendergastDebut Fiction2019
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly RinglandDebut Fiction2019
The Lucky Galah by Tracy SorensenDebut Fiction2019
The Fragments by Toni JordanFiction2019
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane MoriartyFiction2019
The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate MortonFiction2019
The Children's House by Alice NelsonFiction2019
The Other Wife by Michael RobothamFiction2019
Cedar Valley by Holly ThrosbyFiction2019
The Ship That Never Was: The Greatest Escape Story Of Australian Colonial History by Adam CourtenayNon-Fiction2019
Boys Will be Boys by Clementine FordNon-Fiction2019
Butterfly on a Pin: A memoir of love, despair and reinvention by Alannah HillNon-Fiction2019
The Barefoot Investor for Families by Scott PapeNon-Fiction2019
Teacher by Gabrielle StroudNon-Fiction2019
Axiomatic by Maria TumarkinNon-Fiction2019
Mopoke by Philip BuntingChildren's Books2018
The Very Noisy Baby by Alison LesterChildren's Books2018
Tales from a Tall Forest by Shaun MicallefChildren's Books2018
The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone by Jaclyn MoriartyChildren's Books2018
Florette by Anna WalkerChildren's Books2018
The Dark Lake by Sarah BaileyDebut Fiction2018
Terra Nullius by Claire G. ColemanDebut Fiction2018
Sparrow by Scot GardnerDebut Fiction2018
The Inaugural Meeting of the Fairvale Ladies Book Club by Sophie GreenDebut Fiction2018
To Become a Whale by Ben HobsonDebut Fiction2018
Storyland by Catherine MckinnonDebut Fiction2018
Half Wild by Pip SmithDebut Fiction2018
A Long Way from Home by Peter CareyFiction2018
The Life to Come by Michelle De KretserFiction2018
First Person by Richard FlanaganFiction2018
The Passage of Love by Alex MillerFiction2018
The Secrets She Keeps by Michael RobothamFiction2018
Taboo by Kim ScottFiction2018
Ferment: A Guide to the Ancient Art of Culturing Foods, from Kombucha to Sourdough (Fermented Foods Cookbooks, Food Preservation, Fermenting Recipes) by Holly DavisIllustrated Non-Fiction2018
Cornersmith: Salads and Pickles: Vegetables with More Taste & Less Waste by Alex Elliott-HoweryIllustrated Non-Fiction2018
Paris: Through a Fashion Eye by Megan HessIllustrated Non-Fiction2018
Ostro: The Pleasure That Comes from Slowing Down and Cooking with Simple Ingredients by Julia Busuttil NishimuraIllustrated Non-Fiction2018
Hummus and Co: Middle Eastern food to fall in love with by Michael RantissiIllustrated Non-Fiction2018
Dreamscapes: Inspiration and Beauty in Gardens Near and Far by Claire TakacsIllustrated Non-Fiction2018
Flowersmith: How to Handcraft and Arrange Enchanting Paper Flowers by Jennifer TranIllustrated Non-Fiction2018
Danger Music by Eddie AyresNon-Fiction2018
Mrs Kelly by Grantlee KiezaNon-Fiction2018
Call of the Reed Warbler: A New Agriculture, A New Earth by Charles MassyNon-Fiction2018
Detours by Tim RogersNon-Fiction2018
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety by Sarah WilsonNon-Fiction2018
Tracker: Stories of Tracker Tilmouth by Alexis WrightNon-Fiction2018
The Silent Invasion by James BradleyYoung Adult2018
The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa KeilYoung Adult2018
Draekora by Lynette NoniYoung Adult2018
My Life as a Hashtag by Gabrielle WilliamsYoung Adult2018
Finding Nevo by Nevo ZisinYoung Adult2018
Charlie and the War Against the Grannies by Alan BroughChildren's Books2017
What Do They Do with All the Poo from All of the Animals at the Zoo? by Anh DoChildren's Books2017
The Bone Sparrow by Zana FraillonChildren's Books2017
Welcome to Country by Aunty Joy MurphyChildren's Books2017
Molly and Mae: A Friendship Journey by Danny ParkerChildren's Books2017
Artie and the Grime Wave by Richard RoxburghChildren's Books2017
The Memory Artist by Katherine BrabonDebut Fiction2017
The Windy Season by Sam CarmodyDebut Fiction2017
Skylarking by Kate MildenhallDebut Fiction2017
Music and Freedom by Zoe MorrisonDebut Fiction2017
The Toymaker by Liam PieperDebut Fiction2017
Ruins by Rajith SavanadasaDebut Fiction2017
The Easy Way Out by Steven AmsterdamFiction2017
Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia BlainFiction2017
The Better Son by Katherine Jane JohnsonFiction2017
An Isolated Incident by Emily MaguireFiction2017
Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina MarchettaFiction2017
The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock SerongFiction2017
Songs of a War Boy: The bestselling biography of Deng Adut - a child soldier, refugee and man of hope by Deng Thiak AdutNon-Fiction2017
Working Class Boy by Jimmy BarnesNon-Fiction2017
Penguin Bloom by Cameron BloomNon-Fiction2017
Talking to My Country by Stan GrantNon-Fiction2017
True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia by David HuntNon-Fiction2017
The Boy Behind the Curtain by Tim WintonNon-Fiction2017
When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-FattahYoung Adult2017
The Other Side of Summer by Emily GaleYoung Adult2017
Breathing Under Water by Sophie HardcastleYoung Adult2017
The Sidekicks by Will KostakisYoung Adult2017
My Sister Rosa by Justine LarbalestierYoung Adult2017
One Would Think the Deep by Claire ZornYoung Adult2017

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The Indie Book Awards were established in 2008 with the aim of creating a unique award recognising and rewarding the best Australian writing as chosen by Australian independent booksellers. The Awards celebrate the enormous depth and range of literary talent in this nation.


The Indie Book Awards differ from other literary awards because they are chosen by independent booksellers who are renowned for their love of books and reading, support new and emerging Australian authors and foster a love of quality writing.

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