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Books Alive's "50 Books You Must Own 2007"

Yearly Australian campaign where hundreds of books are reviewed by a panel to arrive at this selection. In alphabetical order by title.
1. A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
by Marina Lewycka
  
2.
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 Absolutely Faking It
by Tiana Templeman
  
3.
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 Beastly Tales: Six Crazy Creature Capers
by Richard Tulloch and Terry Denton
  
4.
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 Blossom Possum: The Sky is Falling Down Under
by Gina Newton and Kilmeny Niland
  
5.
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 Diamond Dove
by Adrian Hyland
  
6.
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 Doubting Thomas
by Maurice Gleitzman
  
7. Everyman's Rules for Scientific Living: A Novel
by Carrie Tiffany
  
8. Everything You Need to Know About the World by Simon Eliot
by Simon Eliot
  
9. Fat,Forty,Fired: One Man's Frank,Funny,and Inspiring Account of Losing His Job and Finding His Life
by Nigel Marsh
  
10.
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 Food, Sex and Money
by Liz Byrski
  
11.
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 For Sale or Swap: Library Edition
by Alyssa Brugman
  
12.
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 Fox Hunt
by James Phelan
  
13.
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 Head Over Heels
by Sam and Jenny Bailey
  
14.
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 Hit
by Tara Moss
  
15. The Husband
by Dean Koontz
  
16.
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 Inhaling the Mahatma
by Christopher Kremmer
  
17. Journey to the Stone Country
by Alex Miller
  
18.
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 Kisses for Daddy
by Frances Watts and David Legge
  
19.
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 Lost for Words: Australia's Lost Language in Words and Stories
by Hugh Lunn
  
20. Marley and Me
by John Grogan
  
21. Mister Pip
by Lloyd Jones
  
22. Night Fall
by Nelson DeMille
  
23. Olivia
by Ian Falconer
  
24.
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 One Woolly Wombat
by Kerry Argent
  
25. Romulus, My Father
by Raimond Gaita
  
26.
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 Rose By Any Other Name
by Maureen McCarthy
  
27.
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 Rubdown
by Leigh Redhead
  
28. Salvation Creek : An unexpected Life
by Susan Duncan
  
29. Young Bond: Silverfin - Book #1: A James Bond Adventure (Young Bond)
by Charlie Higson
  
30. Silvermeadow
by Barry Maitland
  
31. Suite Francaise
by Irene Nemirovsky
  
32.
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 Swallow the Air (Black Australian Writing)
by Tara June Winch
  
33. Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life in Science
by P. C. Doherty
  
34.
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 The Big Picture: Life, Work and Relationships in the 21st Century
by Bernard Salt
  
35.
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 The Butterfly Man
by Heather Rose
  
36. The Cat on the Mat Is Flat
by Andy Griffiths
  
37. The Dragon Man (Inspector Challis Mysteries)
by Garry Disher
  
38.
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 The Great War
by Les Carlyon
  
39.
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 Gypsy Crown, The
by Kate Forsyth
  
40. The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Hero of the Great Age of Polar Exploration
by Simon Nasht
  
41. The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards
  
42.
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 The Shifting Fog
by Kate Morton
  
43.
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 The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel
by Diane Setterfield
  
44. The Undertow (Cliff Hardy series)
by Peter Corris
  
45.
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 Tobruk
by Peter Fitzsimons
  
46.
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 Unpolished Gem
by Alice Pung
  
47. While I Live (The Ellie Chronicles)
by John Marsden
  
48. Wildwood Dancing
by Juliet Marillier
  
49.
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 Will
by Maria Boyd
  
50.
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 Zac Power #1: Poison Island (Zac Power)
by H.I. Larry
  
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Created by dt123 on Nov 07, 2007.