Just three Aboriginal writers appeared in Radio National’s poll. There was little sense of the breadth and creativity of our First Nations writing scene.

There is a growing body of First Nations titles being published every year. The massive success of authors such as Wright and Lucashenko – Wright alone has won two Miles Franklin awards and two Stella prizes – signals a long-overdue recognition of First Nations literary excellence.

Given this, here are ten First Nations books from the past 25 years (in no particular order) I would nominate for the books of the century.

Anyone read any of these? I’ve shamefully not read any.

  • stonkage@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Top lists are always clickbait. The author’s background doesn’t enter my equation when I’m choosing a book. If I read enough of their work, I might look them up but I don’t really care