If you’re looking for more books to read, here is a very comprehensive list form Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) which has announced its longlist 2017.
General fiction book of the year
- All These Perfect Strangers (Aoife Clifford, S&S)
- The Birdman’s Wife (Melissa Ashley, Affirm)
- The Chocolate Tin (Fiona McIntosh, Michael Joseph)
- The Dry (Jane Harper, Macmillan)
- The Four Legendary Kingdoms (Matthew Reilly, Macmillan)
- The One Who Got Away (Caroline Overington, HarperCollins)
- The Rules of Backyard Cricket (Jock Serong, Text)
- Truly Madly Guilty (Liane Moriarty, Macmillan)
Literary fiction book of the year
- An Isolated Incident (Emily Maguire, Picador)
- Between a Wolf and a Dog (Georgia Blain, Scribe)
- Crimes of the Father (Tom Keneally, Vintage)
- Goodwood (Holly Throsby, A&U)
- The Easy Way Out (Steven Amsterdam, Hachette)
- The Good People (Hannah Kent, Picador)
- The Last Painting of Sara de Vos (Dominic Smith, A&U)
- Where the Trees Were (Inga Simpson, Hachette)
General nonfiction book of the year
- Dying: A Memoir (Cory Taylor, Text)
- Everywhere I Look (Helen Garner, Text)
- Fight Like a Girl (Clementine Ford, A&U)
- Girl Stuff 8-12 (Kaz Cooke, Viking)
- Talking To My Country (Stan Grant, HarperCollins)
- The Barefoot Investor (Scott Pape, Wrightbooks)
- The Road to Ruin: How Tony Abbott and Peta Credlin Destroyed their own Government, (Niki Savva, Scribe)
- True Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia Volume 2 (David Hunt, Black Inc.)
Biography of the year
- Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing (Ashleigh Wilson, Text)
- Life As I Know It (Michelle Payne & John Harms, MUP)
- Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader (Troy Bramston, Scribe)
- Songs of a War Boy (Deng Adut, Hachette)
- The Boy Behind the Curtain (Tim Winton, Hamish Hamilton)
- The Hate Race (Maxine Beneba Clarke, Hachette)
- Victoria (Julia Baird, HarperCollins)
- Working Class Boy (Jimmy Barnes, HarperCollins)
Book of the year older children (8 to 14 years)
- Artie and the Grime Wave (Richard Roxburgh, A&U)
- Gemina (Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, A&U)
- The Bad Guys Episode 4: Attack of the Zittens (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)
- The Bone Sparrow (Zana Fraillon, Lothian)
- The Unforgettable What’s His Name (Paul Jennings, illus by Craig Smith, A&U)
- WeirDo #7: Mega Weird! (Anh Do & Jules Faber, Scholastic)
- Words in Deep Blue (Cath Crowley, Pan)
- Wormwood Mire: A Stella Montgomery Intrigue (Judith Rossell, ABC Books)
Book of the year for younger children (0 to 8 years)
- Charlie and the War Against the Grannies (Alan Brough, Pan)
- Circle (Jeannie Baker, Walker Books)
- Mr Chicken Arriva a Roma (Leigh Hobbs, A&U)
- Pig the Elf (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)
- Pig the Winner (Aaron Blabey, Scholastic)
- The 78-Storey Treehouse (Andy Griffiths, illus by Terry Denton, Pan)
- There is a Monster on My Holiday Who Farts (Tim Miller & Matt Stanton, ABC Books)
- What Do They Do with All the Poo from All the Animals at the Zoo? (Anh Do & Laura Wood, Scholastic)
Illustrated book of the year
- Around the World in 80 Dinners (Janne Apelgren & Joanna Savil, MUP)
- Basics to Brilliance (Donna Hay, HarperCollins)
- Margaret Preston (Lesley Harding, Miegunyah Press)
- Neighbourhood (Hetty McKinnon, Plum)
- New York (Megan Hess, Hardie Grant Books)
- Penguin Bloom: The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family (Cameron Bloom & Bradley Trevor Greive, ABC Books)
- Smith & Daughters: A Cookbook (Shannon Matinez & Mo Wyse, Hardie Grant)
- The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Guide (Kayla Itsines, Macmillan)
International Book of the Year
- Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen, S&S)
- Commonwealth (Ann Patchett, Bloomsbury)
- Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (J K Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne, Little Brown)
- The 8-Week Blood Sugar Diet (Michael Mosley, S&S)
- The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo (Amy Schumer, HarperCollins)
- The Hidden Life of Trees (Peter Wohlleben, Black Inc.)
- The North Water (Ian McGuire, Scribner)
- The Underground Railroad (Colson Whitehead, Fleet)
Matt Richell Award for new writer of the year
- Fight Like a Girl (Clementine Ford, A&U)
- Goodwood (Holly Throsby, A&U)
- Music and Freedom (Zoë Morrison, Vintage)
- The Dry (Jane Harper, Macmillan)
- The Island Will Sink (Briohny Doyle, The Lifted Brow)
- The Midnight Watch (David Dyer, Hamish Hamilton)
- The Paper House (Anna Spargo-Ryan, Picador)
- Wasted: A Story of Alcohol, Grief and a Death in Brisbane (Elspeth Muir, Text)
Small publishers’ adult book of the year
- Damned Whores and God’s Police (Anne Summers, NewSouth)
- Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus and Nauru (Madeline Gleeson, NewSouth)
- Position Doubtful: Mapping Landscapes and Memories (Kim Mahood, Scribe)
- Poum and Alexandre (Catherine de Saint Phalle, Transit Lounge)
- Saltwater (Cathy McLennan, UQP)
- The Australian Native Bee Book (Tim Heard, Sugarbag Bees)
- The Island Will Sink (Briohny Doyle, The Lifted Brow)
- The Worst Woman in Sydney: The Life and Crimes of Kate Leigh (Leigh Straw, NewSouth)
Small publishers’ children’s book of the year
- Crabbing with Dad (Paul Seden, Magabala)
- Even Mummy Cries (Naomi Hunter & Karen Erasmus, Empowering Resources)
- I Love Me (Sally Morgan & Ambelin Kwaymullina, Fremantle Press)
- Mad Magpie (Gregg Dreise, Magabala)
- My Sister is a Superhero (Damon Young & Peter Carnavas, UQP)
- Steve Goes to Carnival (Joshua Button & Robyn Wells, Magabala)
- The Mozzie with a Sharp Snozzie (Irina Goundortseva, Big Sky Publishing)
- The Secrets We Keep (Nova Weetman, UQP).