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The Bookshelf

ABC Australia

What are you reading, loving or being challenged by? We review the latest in fiction for dedicated readers and for those who wish they read more.

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538 episodes

  1. Quirky Japanese bookshops, gothic classics and uncanny Norwegian tales 54:05
  2. Dogs, Time Travel and October Book Releases 54:35
  3. Yiyun Li's music meditation, Marlon James' Booker-shortlisted epic, Bonnie Garmus' latest 54:36
  4. Beyond the Top 100: The books readers nearly voted in 54:36
  5. Australian artists, writers and readers share the Australian books they love most 1:11:51
  6. Chris Hammer, Jem Calder and Pip Williams reviewed on this week's Bookshelf 54:36
  7. New fiction from Barbara Kingsolver, Colm Tóibín and Ayad Akhtar 1:01:38
  8. Ambition, Rage, Gothic Hunger: New Novels from Min Jin Lee, Louise Kennedy and Catherine Chidgey 1:00:01
  9. Emily St. John Mandel and John Boyne alongside a Booker-longlisted debut 1:01:23
  10. New Fiction: Donal Ryan, Emma Cline, Max Easton and Sebastian Barry 54:37
  11. New Fiction from Melissa Harrison and Malcolm Knox + Mandy Sayer's Top 3 54:37
  12. Top 100 Australian Books from Byron Writers Festival 54:36
  13. Anjet Daanje's extraordinary The Stork and the Dromedary + Liane Moriarty returns with Big Little Truths 1:05:00
  14. The Haunting Wild, a Trip to Mars and Dreaming of Escape in 1980's France 54:36
  15. Miles Franklin winner Omar Musa + Booker-longlisted All Them Dogs and Téa Obreht's Sunrise 1:05:09
  16. Meg Mason's new novel + reviews from Hannah Kent, Andy Griffiths, Tom Wright (BONUS: Anna Funder's Top 3) 1:03:09
  17. From Covid-era China to the world of Frida Kahlo and Colson Whitehead's latest 54:36
  18. Art, apocalypse and country people 1:02:46
  19. Laura McPhee Browne, Leïla Slimani, Kris Kneen & Bruce Pascoe's favourite Aus books 59:07
  20. Melbourne Writers' Festival with Hannah Kent and Beejay Silcox 53:57
  21. The Bookshelf’s best: Four standout novels from the past year 53:50
  22. Zan Rowe and Madeleine Gray review: Chris Ames/Fiona Mozley/Niamh Campbell 53:57
  23. Michael Robotham and Roanna Gonsalves review: Andrew Sean Greer/Ilka Tampke/Michael Pedersen 54:36
  24. Hannah Kent and Tom Wright review: Maggie O'Farrell/Ann Patchett/Christine Balint 54:46
  25. Beejay Silcox & Bernadette Brennan review: Doireann Ní Ghríofa/Chloe Wilson/Deborah Levy 54:06
  26. Launching ABC Radio National’s 2026 Top 100 Books countdown at SWF 54:36
  27. Madeleine Gray & Tim Rogers review: Wayne Marshall/Ellena Savage/Lena Dunham/Douglas Stuart 54:37
  28. Elizabeth Strout returns, Caro Claire Burke's Yesteryear and more new fiction 54:36
  29. Hannah Kent & Tom Wright review: Amanda Lohrey/Deepa Anappara + International Booker 58:30
  30. Tony Birch & Beejay Silcox review: Inga Simpson/Asako Yuzuki/Helen Bain 1:08:08
  31. Tim Rogers & Madeleine Gray review: Amitav Ghosh/Edwina Preston/Gwendoline Riley 54:33
  32. Michael Robotham & Geordie Williamson review: Steve Toltz/Ben Lerner/Siân Hughes 1:00:56
  33. ~ Festival Special: Irish Writer Colum McCann 54:37
  34. Yann Martel, Debra Adelaide and Fiona Kelly McGregor - from myth to mid‑century Sydney 54:36
  35. Short fiction from Louise Erdrich; essays by Alex Miller; and a surreal comic tale from Michael Winkler 54:36
  36. Lanchester, Groff and Costello — reviewed by Hannah Kent and Tim Rogers 58:50
  37. ~ Festival Special: Bringing the past to life with Emily Maguire and Jock Serong 54:35
  38. Siblings, secrets and shame in regional Australia in M L Stedman's A Far Flung Life and Eva Hornung's The Minstrels (REVIEWERS Michael Robotham and Roanna Gonsalves) 54:34
  39. Gabriel Tallent: Crux + Claire Thomas: On Not Climbing Mountains + Helle Helle: They (REVIEWERS: Hannah Kent and Tom Wright) 54:36
  40. Does Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights adaptation do justice to the original novel? 17:54
  41. Tayari Jones: Kin + Nadia Davids: Cape Fever + two bloody rom-coms (REVIEWERS: Tony Birch and Beejay Silcox) 54:32
  42. So Far Gone: Jess Walter + Good People: Patmeena Sabit + Eradication: Jonathan Miles (REVIEWERS: Tim Rogers and Madeleine Gray) 54:36
  43. Madeline Cash: Lost Lambs + George Saunders: Vigil + new releases by George Kemp and Steven Carroll (REVIEWERS: Michael Robotham & Roanna Gonsalves) 54:20
  44. Michael Mohammed Ahmad: Bugger + Jeanette McCurdy: Half His Age + Nina McConigley: How to Commit a Postcolonial Murder (REVIEWERS: Hannah Kent & Tom Wright) 53:57
  45. Julian Barnes: Departure(s) + Cassie Stroud: Iluka + Patrick Charnley: This, My Second Life (REVIEWERS: Tony Birch & Beejay Silcox) 53:57
  46. Festival Special: Maggie O'Farrell on Hamnet and more
  47. Summer Reading: at the Brisbane Writers Festival 54:35
  48. Summer Reading: with Alan Hollinghurst, Mariana Enriquez, Afra Atiq and Catherine Chidgey 54:35
  49. Summer Reading: It's time for poetry 54:35
  50. Summer Books Special: Novelist, essayist, raconteur Colm Tóibín 52:00