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Best books I’ve read 2025

Maybe my gayest year of reading.

Australian, Classics, Contemporary, End of year review, Environment, Fiction, Historical, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Novel, Poetry, queer, Year in review

Review: Ankami by Debra Dank

Exploring the unbearable.

Aboriginal writers, Australian, Colonialism, Family history, History, Nonfiction, Racism

Review: Who Was That Man? by Neil Bartlett

Searching for origins.

England, gay, History, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Oscar Wilde, queer, UK

Review: Desire Paths by Megan Clement

Defence of movement.

Australian, Contemporary, COVID-19, France, Grief, Journalism, Memoir, Nonfiction

Review: Black Convicts by Santilla Chingaipe

Australia’s convict history has been whitewashed.

Australian, Colonialism, History, Nonfiction, Slavery

Review: Cactus Pear For My Beloved by Samah Sabawi

A portrait of life in Gaza.

Biography, Family history, Gaza, Nonfiction, Palestine

Review: My Giddy Aunt by Sharon Connolly

A forgotten world of Australian theatre.

Australian, Family history, History, Nonfiction, Theatre

Review: Human/Nature by Jane Rawson

What do we mean when we say ‘nature’?

Animals, Conservation, Ethics, Extinction, nature, Nonfiction

Review: Leaping Into Waterfalls by Bernadette Brennan

Why isn’t Gillian Mears a household name?

Australian, Biography, Female writers, Literature, Nonfiction

Best books I’ve read 2024

Books to prevent enshittification.

Australian, Classics, Colonialism, Contemporary, End of year review, Environment, Fiction, Historical, Indigenous writers, LGBTIQ, Nonfiction, Novel, Poetry, Stella Prize, Year in review

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