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Sydney : Top 10 Novels set in Sydney

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1. A Timeless Land (1941)

This novel by Eleanor Dark includes several historical Sydney characters.
2. Come in Spinner (1951)

By Dymphna Cusack and Florence James. A group of Sydney women are thrown into turmoil during WWII.
3. They’re a Weird Mob (1957)

Memoirs of John O’Grady, an “Italian immigrant journalist” turned builders’ labourer.
4. Riders in the Chariot (1961)

A satire by Patrick White.
5. Careful He Might Hear You (1963)

By Sumner Locke Elliot. A 1930s orphan resists his aunt’s efforts to adopt him.
6. The Glass Canoe (1976)

David Ireland’s darkly comic novel is set in the masculine world of a suburban pub.
7. Puberty Blues (1979)

A coming-of-age 1970s beach culture story by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey.
8. Oscar and Lucinda (1988)

This Booker Prize-winning novel by Peter Carey traces a romance between a gambling minister and an heiress.
9. Looking for Alibrandi (1992)

Melina Marchetta’s coming-of-age novel features a young girl struggling to find her identity.
10. Monkey’s Mask (1994)

Dorothy Porter’s verse novel features a lesbian private detective and several poetic red herrings.