Genre Lists

• Crime
• Memoir
• Food in Literature
• Contemporary Australian Writers
• Sport
• Sci-Fi
• World Literature
• Travel

 

Crime

BRAUN, Lillian Jackson
CHILD, Lee
CHRISTIE, Agatha
CLARK, Mary Higgins
COBEN, Harlan
COLE, Martina
COOK, Robin
CONNELLY, Michael
CORNWELL, Patricia
CRAIS, Robert
DAY, Marele
DISHER, Garry
DEAVER, Jeffrey
EVANOVICH, Janet
FAIRSTEIN, Linda
FIELDING, Joy
FOX, Kathryn
FRENCH, Nicci
GEORGE, Elizabeth
GRAFTON, Sue
GRISHAM, John
HILL, Reginald
HOAG, Tammy
JAMES, P. D.
LEATHER, Stephen
LORD, Gabrielle
MCCALL SMITH, Alexander
MCDERMID, Val
MARSH, Ngairo
MILLS, Alan
NEALE, Tom
PATTERSON, Richard North
RANKIN, Ian
REICHS, Kathy
RENDELL, Ruth
ROBINSON, Peter
GREGORY, Susanah
WALTERS, Minette
WENTWORTH, Patricia
WOLSTENCROFT, David

 

Memoir

Autobiographies

Author	Title of book
BURROUGHS, Augusten	Running with Scissors
DOHERTY, Peter	The beginners Guide to winning the Nobel Prize
FONDA, Jane	My Life so Far
HARLEY, Jonathan	Lost in Transmission
HUMPHRIES, Barry	My Life as me
MCCOURT, Frank	Angela's Ashes
MACDONALD, Sarah	Holy Cow
MCINNES, William	A man's got to have a hobby
MACLAINE, Shirley	Out on a leash: exploring the nature of reality and Love
MANDELA, Nelson	Long walk to freedom
MARSDEN, John	I am what I am: my life and curious times
MOODY, Mary	Last Tango in Toulouse
NOWRA, Louis	Shooting the Moon
RALSTON, Aron	Between a rock and a hard place
ROSE, Peter	Rose Boys
SAYER, Mandy	Velocity
WAUGH, Steve	Out of my comfort zone

Biographies

Author	Title of book
ACKROYD, Peter	Shakespeare, the biography
CLARKE, Gerald	Capote: a biography
NIALL, Brenda	The Boyds
STEPHENSON, Pamela	Billy
WILSON, A. N.	Iris Murdoch: as I knew her

Food in literature

Author	Title of book
ALBERT, Susan	Chile Death
ALEXANDER, Stephanie	The cook's companion
BOURDAIN, Anthony	Kitchen confidential: adventures in the culinary underbelly
CAPELLA, Anthona	The food of love
COURTENAY, Bryce	The Family Frying Pan
DAVIDSON, Diane Mott	Sticks and Scones
DAVID, Elizabeth	An omelette and a glass of wine
DIVAKARUNI, Chitra Banerjee	The mistres of spices
ELBLING, Peter	The foodtaster
ESQUIVEL, Laura	Like water for chocolate
FAIRBANKS, Nancy	The perils of Paella
FLAGG, Fannie	Fried green tomaoes at the whistlestop cafe
GREENWOOD, Kerry	Earthly delights (Corinna Chapman series)
HALLIGAN, Marion	The Taste of Memory
HAMILTON-PATERSON, James	Cooking with Fernet Branca
HARRIS, Joanne	Chocolat
HARRIS, Joanne	Five quarters of the orange
KOLPEN, Jana	The legend of the Villa Della Luna
LAWSON, Nigella	How to eat
LOHREY, Amanda	Camille's bread
MEHRAN, Marsha	Pomegranate soup
OLIVER, Jamie	The naked chef
PICKARD, Nancy	The Blue Corn Murders
PRIOR, Lily	La cucina: a novel of rapture
REICHL, Ruth	Garlic and sapphires: the secret life of a restaurant critic in disguise
ROSSANT, Collette	Apricots on the Nile: a memoir with recipes
SLATER, Nigel	Toast
TRUONG, Monique	The book of salt

 

Contemporary Australian Writers

BAIL, Murray
BRADLEY, James
CAREY, Peter
DAVIES, Luke
CLEARY, Jon
CORRIS, Peter
COURTENAY, Bryce
DART-THORNTON, Cecilia
DESSAIX, Robert
DREWE, Robert
EARLS, Nick
FALCONER, Delia
FLANAGAN, Richard
GARNER, Helen
GEMMELL, Nicki
GREENWOOD, Kerry
GRENVILLE, Kate
KENNEALLY, Tom
LORD, Gabrielle
MCCULLOUGH, Colleen
MCGAHERN, Andrew
MALOUF, David
MILLER, Alex
MORRISSEY, Di
NUNN, Judy
REILLY, Matthew
PERLMAN, Eliot
TEMPLE, Peter
TSIOLKAS, Christos
WATT, Peter
WINTON, Tim
ZUSAK, Markus

 

Sport

Sci-Fi

Author	Title of book
ADAMS, Douglas	Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy
ASIMOV	I, Robot
BEAR, Greg	Darwin's Radio
CARD, Orson Scott	Ender's Game
CLARKE, Arthur C.	2001 A Space Odyssey
DICK, Philip K.	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
GIBSON, William	Neuromancer
HEINLEIN, Robert A.	The Moon is a harsh Mistress
HOBAN, Russell	Riddley Walker
LE GUIN, Ursula	Left Hand of Darkness
ORWELL, George	1984
NIFFENEGGER, Audrey	The Time Traveller's Wife
NIVEN, Larry	Ringworld
REYNOLDS, Alastair	Pushing Ice
ROBINSON, Kim Stanley	Mars Trilogy
RUSSELL, Mary Doria	The Sparrow
SIMMONS, Dan	Hyperion
STEPHENSON, Neal	Snow Crash
WELLS, H. G.	War of the Worlds
WILLIS, Connie	Doomsday Book

 

World Literature

Author	Title of book
ACHEBE, Chinua	Things fall apart
ALI, Monica	Brick Lane
ALLENDE, Isabel	The House of Spirits
CAREY, Peter	Oscar and Lucinda
ECO, Umberto	The name of the Rose
GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel	Love in the time of Cholera
GAO, Xingjian	Soul Mountain
HOSSEINI, Khaled	The Kite Runner
HULME, Keri	The Bone People
IHIMAERA, Witi	Whale Rider
KINGSOLVER, Barbara	The Poisonwood Bible
KUNDERA, Milan	The Unbearable Lightness of Being
LAHIRI, Jhumpa	The Namesake
MCCALL SMITH, Alexander	Tears of the Giraffe
MALOUF, David	The Great World
MARTEL, Yann	Life of Pi
MURAKAMI, Haruka	Kafka on the Shore
ONDAATJE, Michael	The English Patient
PAMUK	My name is Red
ROY, Arundhati	The God of Small Things
RUSHDIE, Salman	Satanic Verses
SETH, Vikram	An equal Music
WINTON, Tim	The Riders
XINRAN	Good Women of China

 

Travel

Author	Title of book
BAKER, Glenn A.	On the Road to Damascus: and other fabulous thoroughfares
BRIGHT, Michael	1001 natural wonders you must see before you die
CAREY, Peter	Wrong about Japan: a father's journey with his son
DE BOTTON, Alain	The art of travel
HITT, Jack	Off the road: a modern-day walk down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain
HUTCHEON, Jane	From rice to riches: a personal journey through a changing China
KELLY, Kieran	Tanami: on foot across Australia's desert heart
KOZEL, Ben	Five months in a leaky boat: rowing through Mongolia and Siberia to the Arctic Ocean
LARKIN, John	Larkin about in Ireland: an Irish writer's pilgrimage to a homeland he has never lived in
MCGREGOR, Ewan	Long way round: chasing shadows across the world
RAFFAELE, Paul	The last tribes on earth: journeys among the world's most threatened cultures
SHAKESPEARE, Nicholas	In Tasmania: adventues at the end of the World
SPARKS, Nicholas	Three weeks with my brother
STEPHENSON, Pamela	Treasure Islands: sailing the South Seas in the wake of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson
STEWART, Robin E.	Tread lightly: a guide to travelling green in Australia
TOMLINS, Jacqueline Ruth	1962: A girl's own adventure: across Africa any way any how
WATKINS, Steve	Unforgetable Journeys to take before you die
WISNER, Franz	Honeymoon with my brother