Books Set in Australia
Novels and stories set in Australia, mostly lesbian & sapphic fiction, historical romance and gay fiction. The most-read are The Thorn Birds (1977), Desire (1981) and Unwanted Bride (1982).
This list collects 66 books in this collection by 45 authors, published between 1976 and 2023. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
The Thorn Birds
Colleen McCullough
Desire
Charlotte Lamb
Unwanted Bride
Anne Hampson
The Pride of the Peacock
Eleanor Burford
The Prince's Captive Wife
Marion Lennox
The Ship of Brides
Jojo Moyes
Brave Land, Brave Love
Connie Mason
Dingoes at Dinnertime
Mary Pope Osborne
Tongues of Serpents
Naomi Novik
Wild Land, Wild Love
Connie Mason
Christmas with Her Boss
Marion Lennox
Bold Land, Bold Love
Connie Mason
Holding the Man
Timothy Conigrave
The Gathering
Isobelle Carmody
No Sweeter Paradise
Penelope Neri
Blood and Circuses
Kerry Greenwood
Queen of the Flowers
Kerry Greenwood
Body Guard
Claire McNab
Under the Southern Cross
Claire McNab
Pocket Apocalypse
Seanan McGuire
Sabrina Down Under
Ellen Titlebaum
Past Due
Claire McNab
Love, Zena Beth
Diane Salvatore
Lessons in Murder
Claire McNab
Darkness Unbound
Keri Arthur
Dream Lover
Lyn Denison
The Brutal Truth
Lee Winter
Mad About the Boy
Maggie Alderson
Death Down Under
Claire McNab
Fatal Reunion
Claire McNab
Gold Fever
Lyn Denison
The Steam Mole
Dave Freer
Cop Out
Claire McNab
Dead Certain
Claire McNab
The Untold
Courtney Collins
The Sequin Star
Belinda Murrell
Inner Circle
Claire McNab
Set Up
Claire McNab
Double Bluff
Claire McNab
Blood Link
Claire McNab
Heart on Fire
Simmonds, Diana.
The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (Adventure of Black Peter / Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton / Adventure of the Abbey Grange / Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Dying Detective / Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Six Napoleons / Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax / His Last Bow / Valley of Fear)
Arthur Conan Doyle
Accidental Murder
Claire McNab
Guarded Desires
Lexxie Couper
Death Understood
Claire McNab
Death by Death
Claire McNab
Past Caring
Suzannah Dunn
Horribly Harry
Sarah Honey, Lisa Henry